Our goal is to carry out research on interactions between humans and their microbes that yields the maximum positive effect on human welfare. Often this involves development and implementation of new technology for basic research and biotechnology. One research focus involves studies of the human microbiome, the gigantic community of microbes that live associated with every human. Other research centers on specific viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2 and HIV, and the full populations of viruses in humans—the virome. A third related area involves methods for understanding and improving approaches to human gene therapy, including integration by viral vectors.