Future of Probiotics and Prebiotics and the Implications for Early Career Researchers

This mini review article originated from an ISAPP Student and Fellows Association (SFA) discussion at the 2019 annual meeting. Early career researchers require new skillsets for driving probiotic and prebiotic innovation — skillsets that include genetic characterization and modification of strains, new in vitro, in vivo, and in silico techniques to uncover the effects of probiotics and prebiotics on their targets, and metabolomic analysis. Great opportunity exists for probiotic strains and prebiotic products to address global issues, and today’s early career researchers in the field can play a prominent role in advancing the science and impacting human health.

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Spacova I, Dodiya HB, Happel AU, Strain C, Vandenheuvel D, Wang X, Reid G. Future of Probiotics and Prebiotics and the Implications for Early Career Researchers. Front Microbiol. 2020;11:1400. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01400.