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Youngest Innovator Ever February 16, 2016 Our newest lab member, Imogen Mae Turnbaugh, has already received a prestigious award. She's not quite ready to pipette, but we're in intensive training.	Lab research featured in gastropod February 01, 2016 The latest Gastropod on "The End of the Calorie" discusses some of our research and the importance of the microbiome in nutrition.
Microbiome and cancer therapy January 29, 2016 Peter T received an Innovation Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. It's an honor to be among such a rarefied group of 7 junior scientists.	Siri, what should I eat? December 16, 2015 Reiner's perspective on personalized nutrition is out in Cell.
The Next Generation of Probiotics December 16, 2015 Peter T awarded a Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research from the Global Probiotics Council. Our collaboration with the Dutton lab continues, with the goal of finding new probiotics from fermented foods.	Sailing in the Bay July 02, 2015 Peter commandeers the Lanier sailboat for the afternoon.
Highlight on drug metabolism by gut microbes April 02, 2015 Great write-up by Sarah DeWeerdt in the Pharmaceutical Journal here.	Mouse diet study on the cover of Cell Host & Microbe January 21, 2015 Gut microbiota composition is shaped by environmental factors as well as host genetics. Whether diet-induced manipulation of gut microbes is reproducible across genetically diverse individuals remains unclear and is an important consideration from a therapeutic perspective. Carmody et al. (Cell Host & Microbe Volume 17, pp. 72–84) show that diet can reproducibly overrule genotype-related differences in shaping the murine gut microbiota.
Diet Dominates Host Genotype in Shaping the Murine Gut Microbiota December 18, 2014 Diet-induced manipulation of gut microbes holds therapeutic potential, but the reproducibility of effects across individuals remains unknown. Our new study (Carmody et al., Cell Host Microbe 2015) suggests that diet can reproducibly alter the gut microbiota despite differences in host genotype. Although most bacteria respond rapidly and consistently to repeated dietary shifts, some exhibit dependence on past diet.	First Hooper Lab Meeting December 18, 2014 Peter S locked in a vulcan mind-meld with Jessie.
Turnbaugh lab member discovers a rare solar eclipse October 24, 2014 State-of-the-art solar eclipse detection equipment pioneered by Dr. Spanogiannopoulos.	How the host nourishes the gut microbiome during illness October 09, 2014 We recently collaborated with the Chervonsky lab at U.Chicago to help study the links between fucose, gut microbes, and recovery from disease. See the write-up in The Scientist for more details.

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