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Skin Health and Personal Care

The skin microbiome is critical in maintaining skin health and addressing conditions such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis. At Cmbio, we offer solutions to help you explore the complex microbial and molecular interactions that influence skin health, aging, and wound healing. Whether you're developing skincare products or investigating the role of the microbiome in dermatological conditions, our expertise provides the insights you need to drive innovation in skin care.

Our Expertise in Skin Microbiome Research

Skin microbiome and metabolomics research require special attention since skin samples are typically low-biomass and high-host, resulting in relatively few bacterial reads. With extensive experience in handling these challenging sample types, we offer a range of tailored solutions to ensure accurate and insightful results.
 

Long-read 16S sequencing 

Provides comprehensive taxonomic profiling of microbial communities, even in samples with limited bacterial content. Our marker gene analysis pipeline provides an affordable and rapid way of analyzing the skin microbiome.

Shotgun Sequencing

Delivers both taxonomic and functional composition data. Our proprietary CHAMP profiler is the most accurate and sensitive human microbiome profiler on the market, making it particularly effective for skin samples with low amounts of bacterial reads, ensuring robust detection of microbial taxa and functions.

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Metabolomics

We offer broad untargeted panels, as well as specialized panels for lipidomics, amino acids, and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), providing insights into how these metabolites influence skin health, aging, and conditions like eczema and acne.

Skin Age Predictor

Assess the impact of treatments or interventions on skin health by applying our machine learning-based skin age predictor, which provides insights into how the microbiome and metabolites contribute to skin aging.

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Strain-level Resolution

Going beyond species-level identification is critical for skin microbiomes due to the different phenotypes seen at the strain level (e.g., C. acnes and Staphylococcus strains). We provide strain-level profiling through SLST for amplicon sequencing (C. acnes) or SNV-based clonal-level profiling via shotgun sequencing.

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Understanding the Connections

Our team of bioinformaticians, microbiologists, and statisticians helps you explore the links between the skin microbiome, metabolites, and skin health conditions. Whether you’re studying wound healing or the effects of skincare products, we can help you interpret the data to drive discoveries and product innovations.

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