News

Peter is named a 2016 Searle Scholar

Searle Scholars are selected for their potential to make significant contributions to chemical and biological research over the course of their careers. It's really exciting to be among this year's 15 scholars.

The microbial pharmacists within us: a metagenomic view of xenobiotic metabolism

Great work Peter S, Elizabeth, and Rachel!!! Nice to see our first big Nature Reviews Micro paper in print.

Youngest Innovator Ever

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

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

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?

Reiner's perspective on personalized nutrition is out in Cell.

The Next Generation of Probiotics

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

Peter commandeers the Lanier sailboat for the afternoon.  

Highlight on drug metabolism by gut microbes

Great write-up by Sarah DeWeerdt in the Pharmaceutical Journal here.

Mouse diet study on the cover of Cell Host & Microbe

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. (…