MicroBiome Bank donors are very special people. As well as being incredibly healthy, they are also particularly careful about how they eat, not just for themselves but for the patients they help. If you'd like to join them, please apply and we'll see if you fit the criteria.
Before registering, we would like you to understand the process of becoming a donor, including the details of data management and storage, selection methodology, necessary tests and donation steps. If you accept the terms and conditions, please complete the registration process, after which you will be asked to fill in a "Donor Questionnaire". This will ask you about the circumstances of your birth, any previous medical conditions you may have, as well as your current health or dietary habits. The people selected through the questionnaire will be consulted in a detailed data matching session. The next step is a faecal bacteriological and blood serological examination of the donor candidates, which will be evaluated according to the criteria described in the methodological letter. As a final screening step, a faecal microbiome test will be initiated to check the exact composition of the bacteria in the donor's colon.
