The microbes that live in and on us direct our immune status, susceptibility to disease, physiological development and metabolism.
DNA sequencing of the microbial community in humans and animals during disease and health allows us to examine critical changes in this community that influence our well-being. These studies are supplemented with detailed transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic data that reveal the underlying biochemical processes of these microbes that dictate health status.
We work on several areas of microbiome:
- How the gastrointestinal community (gut microbiota) influences susceptibility to enteric pathogens including Clostridium difficile and E. coli as well as the progression of inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal cancer
- How individual bacterial species harvest carbohydrate nutrition from the host diet in order to persist in the gut environment
- The microbial ecology of mucosal surfaces including the gut, lungs, nasal cavity and vagina and the influence of these microbes in shaping mucosal immunity
- The evolution of antibiotic resistance, and tracking bacterial pathogen outbreaks
Michigan Microbiome Project
Learn more about the Michigan Microbiome Project and the Microbiome Core.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
Galen B Toews M.D. Legacy Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Fellowship Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Fellowship Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Nina and Jerry D Luptak Research Professor
Research Professor
Mary H Weiser Food Allergy Center
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Research Professor
Mary H Weiser Food Allergy Center
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Frederick G Novy Collegiate Professor of Microbiome Research
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Program Director of Microbiology and Immunology AP&A
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Program Director of Microbiology and Immunology AP&A
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Hans W Vahlteich Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
William Henry Fitzbutler Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
