The One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC) in the Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences will host the One Health Microbiome Symposium on May 13 and 14, 2026. The symposium will bring together researchers from an ensemble of traditionally siloed disciplines to unify microbiome science, reflecting the center's mission. By welcoming industry partners and convening experts from the "One Health" pillars of human, agricultural and environmental health, the symposium highlights a central principle: Human health is inseparably linked to the health of our environment.
The symposium will feature three internationally-renowned keynote speakers, faculty and trainee research talks, career and technical workshops, poster sessions, and networking events. The goal of the One Health Microbiome Symposium is to showcase how diverse ecosystems are dependent upon their microbial communities and how microbes flow through these ecosystems to shape the outcomes of health and disease. The biennial event creates an ongoing, supportive, diverse, and intimate environment for microbiome researchers at all career stages to connect.