Who are we?
The WMP welcomes a diversity of members:
- Founding Members who represent organizations from academia, and industry with a direct interest in the microbiome
- Ex Officio Members who serve as non-voting observers from governments and intergovernmental agencies, foundations and civil society organizations
- Associate Members at any stage of career development from around the world who self-nominate through the WMP application process
WMP Associate Member application
Please complete this form (link here) by October 1, 2024 and submit it to xxx@worldmicrobiomepartnership.org
WMP Executive Council, WMP Working Groups
The WMP will be overseen by a WMP Executive Committee elected by the membership on two-year rotations. The WMP members will participate through Working Groups tasked with specific objectives and these Working Groups will report on their progress to the Executive Committee, to the membership at the biannual WMP Congresses, through peer-reviewed publications, through joint meetings with partner organizations and through other products of their endeavors.
(Names to be completed after 2024 Congress)
2024-2026 WMP Executive Committee:
WMP President
WMP Vice President
WMP Secretary General
WMP Treasurer
2024-2026 WMP Working Group Topics and Co-Chairs:
Working Groups (WG) will be charged with addressing what role(s) the WMP can play in pressing issues which involve the microbiome. Outcomes from these activities can be peer-reviewed papers, joint meetings with relevant organ2847izations, identifying or developing funding opportunities or other products of their efforts.
The proposed topics and co-chairs:
WG A. WMP Role(s) in Microbiome Research Targets: Co-chairs: Matt Henn (Seres Therapeutics), Ryan Ranallo (NIH), Dirk Hadrich (EC)
WG B. WMP Role(s) in Microbiome Product and Regulatory Science: Co-chairs: Chrysi Sergaki (MRHA), Kristen Wanneberger (Ferring Pharmaceuticals), Karen Clement (INSERM)
WG C. WMP Role(s) in Microbiome-One Health Partnerships: Co-chairs: Serge Morand (CNRS), George Fu Gao (Univ Chinese Academy of Sciences), Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
WG D. WMP Role(s) in Microbiome-Relevant Technologies: Co-chairs: Elaine Holmes (Murdoch Univ.) Petra Louis (Rowett Institute), Nicola Segata (Univ of Trento)
WG E. WMP Role(s) in Agroecosystems and Food Security: Co-chairs: Fanette Fontaine (FAO), Angela Sessitsch (Graz Univ. Technology), Yulong Yin (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Chadia Wannous (WOAH)
WG F. WMP Role(s) in Microbial Geo-engineering Including Climate Change: Co-chairs: Susan Prescott (Univ. West Australia), Kelly Goodwin (NOAA), Fabrice DeClerck (CGIAR)
WG G. WMP Role(s) in Microbiome Data Sharing: Co-chairs: Rob Knight (UCSD), Peer Bork (EMBL), Liping Zhao (Rutgers)
WG H. WMP Role(s) in Microbiome Curriculum: Co-chairs: Mark Morrison (Univ. Queensland), Jeroen Raes (KU-Leuven), Emma Allen-Vercoe (Univ Guelph)
WMP Organizing Committee (2022-2024)
Joel Dore, Ph.D., Acting President, World Microbiome Partnership, joel.dore@worldmicrobiomepartnership.org
Lita M. Proctor, Ph.D., Acting Vice President, World Microbiome Partnership, lita.proctor@worldmicrobiomepartnership.org
Sandrine Claus, Ph.D., Acting General Secretary, World Microbiome Partnership, sandrine.claus@worldmicrobiomepartnership.org
Claude Vincent, Ph.D., Acting Treasurer, World Microbiome Partnership, claude.vincent@worldmicrobiomepartnership.org
OUR STEERING COMMITTEE
| Title | Name | Institution | Link to webpage | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr | Jim Versalovic, MD, PhD | Pathologist-In-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital and Director of Texas Children’s Microbiome Center | https://www.texaschildrens.org/find-a-doctor/james-versalovic-md-phd | USA |
| Prof | Rebecca Stumpf, PhD | Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois Urabana-Champaign | https://anthro.illinois.edu/directory/profile/rstumpf | USA |
| Dr | Roberto Flores, PhD | Program Director, Office of Nutrition Research, NIH | https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/onr/staff/roberto-flores-munguia | USA |
| Dr | Ryan Ranallo, PhD | Program Officer, Office of Nutrition Research, NIH | https://ned.nih.gov/search/ViewDetails.aspx?id=2%2flhk%2btelLlD26jxyT4p8WnKxg8tKUSRJZzUeuDl3OY%3d | USA |
| Prof | Peer Bork, PhD | Director of EMBL Heidelberg, EMBL | https://www.embl.org/people/person/bork/ | Germany |
| Prof | Mani Arumugam, PhD | Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen | http://arumugamlab.sund.ku.dk/ | Danemark |
| Prof | Patrizia Brigidi, PhD | Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna | https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/patrizia.brigidi/cv-en | Italy |
| Dr | Nicola Segata, PhD | Laboratory of Computational Metagenomics, University of Trento | http://segatalab.cibio.unitn.it/people.html | Italy |
| Dr | Chrysi Sergaki, PhD | MHRA | https://www.nibsc.org/about_us/staff_profiles/dr_chrysi_sergaki_.aspx | UK |
| Prof | Paul Ross, PhD | Director of APC Microbiome, University College of Cork | https://www.ucc.ie/en/apc/people/paulross/ | Ireland |
| Prof | Omry Koren, PhD | Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University | https://www.korenlab.com/ | Israel |
| Prof | Willem de Vos, PhD | Professor Emeritus, University of Wageningen | https://www.wur.nl/en/persons/willemprof.dr.-wm-willem-de-vos.htm | The Netherlands |
| Prof | Fredrick Backhed, PhD | Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, university of Gothenburg | https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/fredrikbackhed | Sweden |
| Dr | Dirk Hadrich, PhD | Policy and Programme Officer, European Commission | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirk-hadrich-2872a9176/?locale=en_US | EU |
| Prof | Liping Zhao, PhD | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | |
| Prof | Mark Morrison, PhD | Affiliate Professor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland | https://frazer.uq.edu.au/profile/1195/mark-morrison | Australia |
| Prof | Elaine Holmes, PhD | Director of the Centre for Computational and Systems Medicine, Murdoch University | https://www.murdoch.edu.au/research/anpc | Australia |
| Dr | Fanette Fontaine, PhD | Microbiome and AMR Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | https://www.linkedin.com/in/fanette-fontaine-1b3ba04/?originalSubdomain=it | Global |
| Mr | Karel Callens | Senior Advisor to Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | https://www.linkedin.com/in/karel-callens-019a35/?originalSubdomain=it | Global |
| Dr | Fabrice DeClerck, PhD | EAT Science Director, CGIAR | https://eatforum.org/lancet-commissioner/fabrice-declerck/ | Global |
| Dr | Serge Morand, PhD | CNRS-CIRAD | https://www.cirad.fr/en/ | France |
| Dr | Kristin Wannerberger, PhD | Ferring Pharmaceuticals | https://www.ferring.com/ | Switzerland |
| Prof | Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PhD | Rutgers | https://dbm.rutgers.edu/personnel/maria-gloria-dominguez-bello.html | USA |
| Prof | Rob Knight, PhD | University of California San Diego | https://knightlab.ucsd.edu/wordpress/ | USA |
| Dr | Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | https://biosciences.lbl.gov/profiles/emiley-eloe-fadrosh/ | USA |
| Prof | Hiroshi Ohno | RIKEN | https://www.riken.jp/en/research/labs/ims/microbiome_sci/ | Japan |
| Prof | Gwangpyo Ko | South Korea |
OUR OFFICIAL BYLAWS
registered September 28, 2023
The World Microbiome Partnership (WMP) is a non-profit association governed by the French national law of July 1, 1901, as amended, and its implementing texts, with a mission to extend its activities on a global scale. It brings together researchers, industrialists, and officials with the aim of enhancing human health within the ecological concept of « One Health », and also including animal, plant, and environmental health: air, water, and soil.