Very excited to learn about #citizenscience project Isala https://isala.be/en/ and the vaginal #microbiome in the last session of #CSmicrobiome2026 yesterday.
Isala – Let's swab

We are looking for more than 1,000 women to investigate the influence of vitamins, menstrual products, your menstrual cycle, and your loved ones on the vaginal microbiome.

Isala
I'm at #CSmicrobiome2026 and enjoying "The View" from the top floor of the otherwise not very nice conference centre.
Way back in 2014 I attended another Cell Press Symposium in #Bruges which was held in the Oud Sint-Jan former hospital site right in the middle of all that historic brickwork, which I seem to remember was better. Incidentally, yesterday's tour guide revealed he was born in Oud Sint-Jan when it was still a hospital ...

it's been an interesting #ecology session at the #CellPress symposium on #microbiomes. learned a few things I might follow up on. An impressive representation from Dunn School at #Oxford actually.

#CSMicrobiome2026