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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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Anubhav Basu, left, graduate student and first author of the paper with Professor of Microbiology Cari Vanderpool
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Gut microbiome research sheds light on oligosaccharide breakdown, prebiotics
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$14.8M Grant Supports Singapore Partnership on Precision Fermentation
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$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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The study team included, back row, from left, graduate student Rebecca Ultrich; chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother; Chris Fields, of the Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, research scientist Po-Chao Wen, graduate student Matt Sinclair; and, front row, from left, senior scientist Hyang Yeon Lee; Jessica Holmes, of the Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center; and biochemistry professor Emad Tajkhorshid. (Study lead author Kristen Muñoz not pictured)
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New antibiotic kills pathogenic bacteria, spares healthy gut microbes
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Using excavated artifacts, Ambrose (pictured) and his team discovered that there was a long-distance cultural exchange between the Tibetan plateau and northern China.
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Tibetan plateau had broader social dimensions than previously thought
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Cows
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Illinois-led team puts cows and microbes to work to reduce greenhouse gases
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