Research directions

     Environmental Microbiomics Research Center (EMRC) is a research center for environmental microbiome research and education, and aims to understand the role of microorganisms in the environment, and engineer them to improve environmental health. EMRC has four core laboratories:

1.  Data Science Laboratory (DSL) focuses on data generation (e.g., sequencing), data processing, data analysis, and data modelling as well as application and development of computational, bioinformatic and (meta)genomic tools.

2.  Environmental Microbial Ecology Laboratory (EMEL) aims to study microbial ecology theories and analysis of microbial communities from very complex, natural communities, simplified enrichments, to defined communities.

3.  Systems Microbiology Laboratory (SML) is centered on isolation, enrichment and engineering of functional microorganisms and microbial communities, and understanding of gene function, regulation and network.

4.  Environmental Application Laboratory (EAL) targets the development of microbiome related technologies for environmental applications, such as engineering microbiomes for bioremediation of contaminated sites.