Impact of farming practices and diet on chicken microbiomes

Published: May 17, 2024 by FME Lab

Last week, in the frame of the 1st Food System Conference in Torino, Stéphane was pleased to show for the first time the results of the Holoflux egg-to-meat project.

In this project, a consortium of 7 INRAE laboratories collaborated for a very ambitious experimental design aiming at studying the impact of farming practices (claustration versus open field), and therefore the impact of the diet on several chicken microbiomes (Fecal, Caecal …). The project revealed how the different microbiomes are changing (or not) with the diet and how the microbiomes maturate during the longitudinal (age) study from egg-to-meat. During the rest of the conference, Stéphane received a lot of positive feedback from the participants with strong encouragements for publishing the outcome of this study.

6th scientific meeting of ANR metasimfood project in Strasbourg

On Tuesday 7th of January, the 7 partners gathered for the second time in Illkirch (close to Strasbourg) and were hosted by Aérial. The meeting was focused on the main advances carried out on the fermented vegetables food model with exiting results confirming the hypothesis postulated earlier in the project. Also, the evening before the meeting, Aérial organized a specific visit of the largest Sauerkraut producer in France, at a small village 30 km south of Strasbourg.

DOMINO: Advancing Food Microbiome Science Across Europe

The DOMINO project is at the forefront of connecting microbiome science, food systems, and health in Europe. Recent activities highlight how DOMINO is driving innovation and fostering collaboration:

Ferments du Futur Innovation Center is open

At the recent opening of the Ferments du Futur Innovation Center (CI2F) in Paris-Saclay, Killian shared insights about how our new plateform PIAM (Print, Image, Analytics and Micro-fermenters) housed in MICALIS supports innovation in industrial fermentation, microbial consortia development, and health-related applications.