Studies on smoking and the impact on the microbiome are rare, but pretty explicit. To put it in a nutshell: guess what, smoking is not good for you.

In recent years, scientists and laymen alike have been turning to the microbiome with renewed interest to explore its interaction with human disease. Now, gut microbiota are even rearing their heads in popular entertainment.

Dirt is Good. That is the title of a book by Rob Knight and Dr. Jack Gilbert published in summer 2018. Dr. Gilbert is one of the world’s leading microbiome scientists at University of Chicago.

In mid-November 2018, the German-French TV channel ARTE broadcasted a documentary called “The Intelligent Stomach – Our Second Brain”.

The November edition of the science magazine “Nature Biotechnology” published an evaluation of 18 microbiome experts on the state of the art of microbiome research, where they shed some light on current trends, chances and problems.

Beginning of October 2018, a team of four US-scientists has released an urgent call to preserve almost lost microbiome diversities.

On September 13, 2018, the BAV Institute and the European Cosmetic Association ICADA organized the first expert seminar on microbiome cosmetics in Germany, MyMicrobiome (Dr. Neumann) moderated and reported on the seminar.