Archana receives new funding to pursue the role of estrogen signaling in the gut and its effect on the microbiome from the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine - See All of the 2021 Awardees. Their Mission: The microbiome research community at UCSF is focused on some of the biggest chronic disease issues of our time with an emphasis on translating discovery into innovative treatment solutions. The human body is home to a thriving community of diverse microbes whose activities and products shape our health. Our mission is to accelerate our understanding of how microbes promote health and prevent disease and to leverage this information to develop novel, effective treatment paradigms bringing them to patients in the shortest possible time.