August Monthly Seminar recap - Data Integration Pillar

In the August Monthly Seminar, organized by the Data Integration Pillar, we had the pleasure of hosting Francesco Asnicar (University of Trento, Italy), who shared insights into shotgun metagenomics and large-scale computational approaches for studying the microbiome.

🔬 Key highlights:

Overview of microbiome research strategies: from culturing isolates to sequencing and computational modeling.

Demonstrated how shotgun metagenomics enables functional and taxonomic resolution beyond traditional amplicon sequencing.

Showcased case studies on human and animal microbiomes, emphasizing how robust computational pipelines help uncover links between microbial communities, diet, and host health.

Discussed opportunities to expand datasets and tools for broader environmental and host-associated microbiome studies.

💡 The talk emphasized the importance of scalable data integration and how PIG-PARADIGM can leverage these approaches to better understand gut health and sustainable food systems.

A big thank you to Francesco for an engaging and inspiring presentation, and to everyone who joined us!

👉 Stay tuned for upcoming PIG-PARADIGM seminars as we continue exploring microbiomes, nutrition, and sustainable pig production.