Metagenics Joins the UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation as an Industry Sponsor

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Metagenics, Inc., a health sciences company, has joined the UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) as an industry sponsor.

CMI encompasses a large range of expertise from microbiome sampling, a broad range of technologies (metagenomics, metabolomics, meta transcriptomics) and data analysis using high-performance algorithms to machine learning and modeling. The ultimate goal is to increase knowledge of the impact of the microbiome on human health and/or the environment with an eye towards providing innovative solutions and treatments for major disease.

"Throughout our history Metagenics has recognized the importance of bacteria in the gut to human health," said Metagenics Sr. Director, Nutrition Science Nikky Contractor, Ph.D. "That's why we're so excited to join CMI as an industry sponsor. We look forward to working with the leaders in the field of microbiome research to bring the most innovative tools and techniques to our quest to provide personalized lifestyle solutions to our customers."

Metagenics delivers high-quality, science-based nutritional supplements, medical foods, and lifestyle programs to support healthcare practitioners in their efforts to help patients achieve their health and wellness goals. As part of the benefits of this CMI sponsorship, Metagenics will have the opportunity to influence the research directions of the center through participation in the Center Board meetings as well as regular communication with the center's team of experts.

"We are excited to have Metagenics join as a CMI industry sponsor," said Center Faculty Director Rob Knight. "This partnership will help elucidate the relationship between the gut microbiome and nutrition. We're learning a tremendous amount about how your microbiome affects your response to the drugs you take and the food you eat. By partnering with one of the leaders in evidence-based supplements, we'll be able to apply the same tools to maintaining your individual microbiome wellness throughout your lifetime."

About Metagenics, Inc.
Metagenics was founded on a revolutionary idea: Our genes do not predetermine our health potential, and through nutrition, we can impact how our genes express themselves. Embodied by our company motto — genetic potential through nutrition — this groundbreaking principle drives us to deliver high-quality, science-based nutritional supplements, medical foods, and lifestyle programs to support healthcare practitioners in their efforts to help patients achieve their health goals. With a range of nutritional solutions designed to support individual lifestyles, including non-GMO, gluten-free, and vegetarian offerings, we remain committed to supplying practitioners around the world with advanced tools to help support their patients' health goals.

About the UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation
The objective of the Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) is to accelerate microbiome research and understanding, through partnerships with industry sponsors. Together we will develop novel tools and methods to improve human health and benefit the environment by analyzing and manipulating microbiomes — the distinct and diverse communities of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms that live within and around us. This is a multidisciplinary center with access to all the latest omics tools (genomics, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics, multiplex proteomics), processing hundreds of thousands of samples each year and analyzing and collecting data for some of the largest microbiome cohorts in the world. Applications range from human disease understanding, ag bio, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, environmental research, to consumer goods.

SOURCE Metagenics, Inc.