How Cosmos-Hub Supports Infant Microbiome Research
Cosmos-Hub is tailored to advance data analytics into the infant microbiome, offering research teams the ability to conduct high-resolution profiling and comparisons of microbial communities with unmatched precision and speed.
Research teams benefit from sensitive and accurate taxonomic profiling, functional characterization, and metabolic pathway exploration specifically tailored to infant stool, skin, and breast milk samples. Cosmos-Hub’s streamlined reporting and customizable analytics ensure rapid turnaround and actionable insights, supporting clinical trials, nutritional formulation studies, and foundational science in immune and metabolic development.
Key Features:
- No-Code Platform: Cloud-based software requiring no specialized bioinformatics knowledge
- Integrated Workflow: End-to-end profiling, statistics, storage, and AI interpretation
- RITA AI Co-Pilot: AI-powered data interpretation with scientific referencing
- Atlas Database: Access to 40,000+ samples for comparative meta-analysis
- Enterprise Security: AWS-based solution with secure team sharing and MFA
- Multi-Omics Support: Handles 16S, shotgun metagenomics, ITS, and metabolomics analysis
Shotgun Metagenomics and CHAMP Profiling
Cutting-edge infant microbiome analysis is transforming our understanding of how the infant gut microbiome develops and influences health and disease throughout the first year of life. By using shotgun metagenomics approaches and the precise CHAMP profiler, researchers can track microbial composition, relative abundance, and beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacterium Breve in the infant gut.
These tools reveal the impact of variables like mode of delivery, breast milk/formula feeding, and antibiotic exposure on microbial colonization, shaping the gut-brain axis, immune system development, and the overall implications for infant health and neurocognitive outcomes, as shown in studies by supported by Cmbio . Note links below…
Our shotgun metagenomics services provide high-resolution insights into the human microbiome. Using our proprietary CHAMP profiler—the most sensitive and accurate human microbiome profiler available—we offer detailed taxonomic and functional profiling to help researchers explore how microbial communities influence human health.
Functional Profiling
Delving into functional profiling of the infant gut microbiome is essential for understanding how microbial contributions support immune system maturation, gut health, and the development of the central nervous system during infancy.
This approach reveals how gut microbes and infant gut bacteria, equipped to produce short-chain fatty acids and metabolize human milk oligosaccharides, interact with dietary and environmental exposures—such as preterm birth, maternal stress, and antibiotic exposure—to influence health outcomes and disease risk in human infants. Insights from the infant intestinal microbiota and adult gut microbiota highlight the importance of microbial functional diversity in the gastrointestinal tract, contributing to healthy gut microbiome ecology and immune responses.
