The World Health Organization has listed air pollution, climate change, and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance as the main threats to global health in the future. We use breakthrough methods in ultra-low biomass sequencing to analyze the urban microbiome from surfaces swabbed in Rio de Janeiro to uncover the microorganisms circulating in populated areas and their public health impact on future outbreaks. Likewise, we are involved in an integrated analysis of air microbiomes sampled in different locations on the planet, together with extensive meteorological and physicochemical records, which will give insights into the airborne ecosystem.

Gusareva et a., 2019. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1908493116