The commencement meeting of Microbiome Medicine Center was held on 29th of July 2018. And with that the first academic meeting of research groups was organized on 16th of August 2018.  PI's research interests, technologies, and microbiome-related programs were discussed. Each PI gave a 25 minute presentation and interested research topics were discussed profoundly During the commencement meeting, the development planning and research directions of the Microbiome Medical Center were discussed and determined by professors.