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subtitle: Developing production-quality software tools to study our microbial world.
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    <p>We are a <a href="https://qiime2.org" target="_blank">bioinformatics software engineering</a> lab interested
        in applications of microbiome science in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-24-0286" target="_blank">cancer prevention</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03086-4" target="_blank">cancer treatment</a>, and <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae228" target="_blank">environmental</a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.04148" target="_blank">sustainability</a>.</p>
    <p>We additionally lead activities focused on
        <a href="https://readIAB.org" target="_blank">bioinformatics education</a> and
        <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009056" target="_blank">training</a>, and
        <a href="https://4cscc.github.io" target="_blank">increasing diversity and inclusion in scientific computing</a>.</p>
    <p>Our <a href="https://github.com/qiime2/" target="_blank">software</a> and
        <a href="https://develop.qiime2.org" target="_blank">educational</a> <a href="https://use.qiime2.org" target="_blank">content</a> are free
        and open source, and we're committed to
        <a href="https://forum.qiime2.org" target="_blank">increasing accessibility</a> and <a href="https://library.qiime2.org" target="_blank">building community</a>
        around <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011676" target="_blank">reproducible scientific computing</a> and microbiome science.</p>
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