Dominguez-Bello, Maria G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8879-6159
Steiger, Dominik https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2191-8091
Fankhauser, Manuel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7714-6524
Egli, Adrian
Vonaesch, Pascale https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1064-6505
Bokulich, Nicholas A.
Lavrinienko, Anton
Hoffmann, Christian
Zimmermann, Petra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-4318
Muhummed, Abdifatah
Sayasone, Somphou
Larbi, Amma
Padonou, Segla Wilfrid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5861-7260
Zinsstag, Jakob https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-6097
Tschopp, Rea
Santivarangkna, Chalat
Albertos Torres, Diana
Li, Yuen Yi
Benvenga, Vanni https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8698-2805
Teo, Youzheng
Houngbédji, Marcel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2306-1298
Kwarteng, Alex
Knight, Rob
Gilbert, Jack A.
Blaser, Martin J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2447-2443
Article History
Received: 14 April 2025
Accepted: 10 June 2025
First Online: 27 June 2025
Competing interests
: M.G.D.-B., D.S., M.F., A.E., P.V., N.A.B., A.L., C.H., P.Z., A.M., S.S., A.L., S.W.P., J.Z., R.T., C.S., D.A.T., Y.Y.L., V.B., Y.T., M.H., A.K., R.K., J.A.G. and M.J.B. are founders of the initiative and/or participants in the Launch Phase. R.K. is a co-founder of Biota, Inc., and Micronoma, holds equity; he receives income as a consultant or as a scientific advisory board member for BiomeSense, GenCirq, DayTwo, Cybele, Biota, and Micronoma. The University of California, San Diego has reviewed and approved these arrangements in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.