
to conserve long-term health for humanity.
Media Coverage
2020
- World Radio Switzerland: Interview with Manuel Fankhauser, a Microbiota Vault pioneer (in English)
- RTS (Swiss National Radio): Interview with Joël Doré, a Microbiota Vault collaborator (in French)
- Publico: Vai ser criado um cofre para os micróbios da humanidade
- ElNuevoDia: Un Arca de Noé para los microbios
- ScienceNews: Scientists want to build a Noah’s Ark for the human microbiome
- Blick: Schweiz als Standort für «Arche Noah der Mikroorganismen»
- Heidi.News: EXCLUSIF — Un bunker de l’armée suisse pourrait devenir l’Arche de Noé du microbiote humain
- Higgs: Warum Tausende von Fäkalproben in einem Schweizer Bunker aufbewahrt werden sollen
- LeTemps: La Suisse, terre d’accueil pour une arche de Noé microbienne?
2019
- Time: Human Health Is in the Hands of Bacteria
- Discover Magazine: Scientists Race to Preserve the Biodiversity Inside Our Bodies
- Rutgers Magazine: Gut Check Time
2018
- The Washington Post: The silent microbiome crisis
- NPR: A Frozen Idea To Save Helpful Germs From Disasters
- ScienceDaily: Scientists call for microbial ‘Noah’s Ark’ to protect global health
- Bloomberg: Scientists Urge Doomsday Vault for ‘Good’ Germs
- U.S. News & World Report: Can a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of Microbes Save the World’s Health?
- Business Insider: Scientists want to build a doomsday vault of germs that could one day help save humanity
- The Daily Mail: Scientists reveal plan to create doomsday ‘Noah’s Ark’ for good germs to protect humanity against future disease
- The Guardian: Build ‘Noah’s ark’ for beneficial gut microbes, scientists say
- Cosmos Magazine: Call for a global microbial “Noah’s ark”
- IFL Science!: Scientists Want To Create A “Noah’s Ark” Of Bacteria To Protect The Future Of Global Health
- Inverse: A Doomsday Vault for Seeds Isn’t Enough, We’ll Also Need One for Our Germs