Microbiome sciences refers to a multidisciplinary research area investigating the structure, relationships, and functions of microbial communities and their environment (microbiomes). Studying microbiomes provides an understanding of microbe-microbe and host-microbe relationships, and their role in the health of individuals to ecosystems.
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Jordan Bisanz
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The interface of microbiology and bioinformatics, with approaches including genomics and metabolomics to investigate the. . .
Seth Bordenstein
- Director of the One Health Microbiome Center
- Huck Chair in Microbiome Sciences
The evolutionary and genetic principles that shape symbiotic interactions between animals, microbes, and viruses and the. . .
Daniel Cosgrove
- Eberly Chair and Professor of Biology
Mechanism of plant growth. Function and evolution of expansins. Biochemistry and rheology of plant cell walls. Growth. . .
Emily Davenport
- Assistant Professor of Biology
Understanding the complex relationship humans have with our microbiomes, using high-throughput sequencing technologies and. . .
Francisco Dini-Andreote
- Huck Early Career Chair in Microbial Community Ecology, Associate Professor of Plant Science
Microbiome, plant-microbe interactions, and community ecology. Harnessing the plant microbiome to enhance protection against. . .
Edward Dudley
- Professor of Food Science
- Director of E. coli Reference Center
Mechanisms driving toxin production in Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli; use of genome sequencing to track pathogen. . .
Kara Fikrig
- Assistant Professor of Vector Ecology
The intersection of entomology and public health, with a focus on understanding the drivers and barriers of mosquito. . .
Erika Ganda
- Emphasis Area Representative, Microbiome Sciences
- Associate Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes
Developing practical ways to leverage the microbiome to improve food safety and improve food production animals' production. . .
David Geiser
- Professor of Mycology
Genomics of fungi, applied to the evolution of plant and animal disease, toxin production, and beneficial roles. Fungal. . .
Jessica Grembi
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
The Grembi lab studies the host-microbiota interplay, with a particular focus on the small intestine, where 90% of nutrient. . .
Kevin Hockett
- Huck Early Career Chair
- Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology
Biological Control, Biology and Ecology of Plant-Microbe and Plant-Environment Interactions, Microbial Ecology and Population. . .
Christian Huber
- Associate Professor of Biology
How evolutionary mechanisms such as mutation, recombination, and natural selection shape genetic diversity and the. . .
Seogchan Kang
- Professor of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology
Genetic and cellular mechanisms underpinning plant-fungal interactions with Arabidopsis thaliana and Fusarium oxysporum as a. . .
Vivek Kapur
- Huck Distinguished Chair in Global Health
- Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
The basic mechanisms by which pathogenic microbes successfully infect, colonize, and cause disease in their hosts.
Joshua Kellogg
- Emphasis Area Representative, Molecular Toxicology
- Associate Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Development of new metabolomics tools for chemical and biological characterization of complex systems. Discovery of new. . .
Girish Kirimanjeswara
- Emphasis Area Representative, Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Associate Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Science
Establishing the Virulence Factors
David Koslicki
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Biology
Developing efficient algorithms to extract insight from high-throughput sequencing data.
Jasna Kovac
- Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety
- Associate Professor of Food Science
Integrating epidemiological, microbiological, molecular and omics methods to better understand microbial pathogenic. . .
Elizabeth McGraw
- Professor and Huck Scholar in Entomology
The genetics of vector, pathogen and symbiont interactions.
Scott Medina
- Director, Center for Biodevices
- Korb Early Career Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Design of bio-inspired functional materials that serve as new tools in precision medicine. Understanding how peptides and. . .
Tim Miyashiro
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
How bacteria adapt to a host environment. The mutualistic symbiosis established between the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna. . .
Ipsita Mohanty
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
At the Mohanty Lab, we seek to decode the chemical language of the microbiome, uncovering how microbial metabolites act as. . .
Andrew Patterson
- Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Professor of Molecular Toxicology
The Patterson lab is focused on understanding the host-metabolite-microbiome axis
Carly Schissel
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
The discovery, design, and synthesis of bioactive peptides with unusual amino acids and structures to create novel peptides. . .
Vishal Singh
- Associate Professor of Nutritional Physiology and Microbiome
Laura Weyrich
- Professor of Anthropology
Reconstructing ancient oral microbiomes and supporting ancient DNA analysis of past humans, environments, and animals.