The MetaSUB Research Consortium involves scientists and researchers with varied areas of expertise worldwide to undertake challenges and seek the unknown The projects below address a wide variety of scientific questions and exploration of different fields. Some of these projects are ongoing while some take place on an annual basis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe MetaSUB International Consortium launched on June 21, 2016 the first annual Global City Sampling Day (gCSD). This day scientists, researchers, and trained citizen scientists collected samples from mass-transit systems around the globe. The purpose of gCSD is to have a standardized and coordinated collection of samples across all the world. Since 2016, samples have been taken annually on June 21st. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 the MetaSUB International Consortium banded together\u00a0 to sample urban environments in cities around the globe before, during and after the pandemic. The project aims to characterize the change in the urban metagenome and possibly isolate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe project aims to collect and analyze samples from hospital\/medical environments to compare microbial communities in these environments to the microbial communities in other public spaces collected within the MetaSUB project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe MetaCATS Project aims to study the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses in domestic cats, along with their microbial communities or microbiomes. Studies suggest that cats may be more permissive to the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, however lack of field studies leave a lack of understanding to the transmissibility of the virus in these animals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs a part of a global consortium to monitor cities, the aim of the project is to pioneer the first-ever, city-scale collection and measure of the Olympics, dubbed the Olympiome.\u00a0 The project will track the localization, transit, and persistence of these visitors\u2019 metagenomes and determine where they colonize and change the local urban metagenome of the host city, including the presence and the fluctuations of medically relevant entities such as anti-microbial resistance markers (AMRs) and phages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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