Microbe-mapping project transforms entire university campus into a “living lab”

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Source: Giulia Ghisleni and Antonia Bruno

An innovative citizen science project is combining large-scale microbe sampling with metagenomics workshops and utilising the power of students to map out the varied microbiomes of the University of Milano-Bicocca’s campus - including those within the students themselves.

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