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Microbiome Metabolic Engineering

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The Microbiome Metabolic Engineering theme seeks to understand the positive effects of the microbiome on human health and how harmful environmental factors reduce those effects.

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Bioengineering professor Shannon Sirk
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Exploring the Gut’s Potential to Treat Disease
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A research team led by food science and human nutrition professor Yong-Su Jin combined the special attributes of E. coli with the photosynthetic capabilities of microalgae to take in carbon dioxide and convert it to useful biological chemicals. Photo by Craig Pessman
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Microalgae and bacteria team up to convert CO2 into useful products
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Illinois professors Isaac Cann, left, Stephan Link and Matthew Wheeler were elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Three Illinois faculty named AAAS Fellows
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Anubhav Basu, left, graduate student and first author of the paper with Professor of Microbiology Cari Vanderpool
Research
Gut microbiome research sheds light on oligosaccharide breakdown, prebiotics
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$14.8M Grant Supports Singapore Partnership on Precision Fermentation
Research, Awards
$14.8M Grant Supports Singapore Partnership on Precision Fermentation
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From left, postdoctoral researcher Elisa Caetano-Silva, kinesiology and community health professor Jacob Allen, Ph.D. student Akriti Shrestha and their colleagues found evidence linking the gut microbiomes of aged mice to age-related inflammation common to mice and humans. Photo by Fred Zwicky
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Gut microbes from aged mice induce inflammation in young mice, study finds
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