In this issue, we share some of our successes, which include the introduction of several new software tools, and we share the news about several new grants and awards

Articles included in this issue are Dr. White’s Microbiome Pioneer Award, IGS at FOS, Dr. Serre’s new malaria research, the Hotopp lab’s animated instructive videos, Dr. Fraser now AAAS President Elect, Dr. Rasko named Fellow in AAM, Dr. Mongodin’s collaboration with Dr. Bromberg, and IGS’ $17.5 M GCID grant

A few projects profiled are Dr. Tettelin’s research, Dr. Lynn Schriml's new U41 grant, NIH Awards Funding for DCPPC, Dr. Seneviratne awarded an RO1 studying treatments for alcohol use disorders, and new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Dr. Ravel's VMRC

Features include new research grants, publications, 3D printing prototypes, Cryptosporidium Gene Catalog, MELT tool and the 1000 Genomes Project, Global City Sampling Day, Microbiome Analyses Services Launches, and IGS Investigators Funded to Support the NIH BRAIN Initiative