Genetics
Date:
05/20/2016
The U was recognized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for its contributions to the study of microbiomes. The OSTP announced the National Microbiome Initiative, in which the U is a participant, on May 13. An article appears on the U’s Discover blog.
A number MSI Principal Investigators are involved in microbiome research. MSI has featured this research:
- Comparing the Gut Microbiome of Different African Populations
- Ran Blekhman; Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
- Changes in the Human Gut Microbiome Caused by Colorectal Cancer
- Timothy Starr (Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health; Masonic Cancer Center)
- Dan Knights (Computer Science and Engineering; BioTechnology Institute)
- Ran Blekhman (Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior)
- The Fungal Microbiome in Infants
- Cheryl Gale (Pediatrics; Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development)
- Dan Knights (Computer Science and Engineering; BioTechnology Institute)
- Michael Sadowsky (Director, BioTechnology Institute; Soil, Water, and Climate)