Research - San Diego, California, United States
The Microsetta Initiative (TMI) is an academic research project that seeks to collect microbiome samples and rich phenotypic data from across the globe. The data gathered will be generated into high quality, technically consistent data for anyone to reuse, to increase the pace of microbiome research. In this pursuit, they seek to democratize the process by empowering "citizen-science" and strengthening educational outreach. Today, consisting of The American Gut Project and the British Gut Project, the initiative will someday span every continent.