Tracking Early Gut Development One Metabolite at a Time

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Tracking Early Gut Development One Metabolite at a Time

In this webinar, Alex Dickens will discuss approaches for mapping microbiome-metabolome interactions to understand early-life gut physiology.

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Older Gut Microbiomes Can Drive Vascular Aging

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How the Mom's Microbiome Shapes a Baby's Long-Term Health

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Unraveling the Role of Bile Acids in Human Health

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Exerkines: Molecular Messengers That Mediate Exercise Effects

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Live Imaging Intracellular Parasites Reveals Changes to Host Metabolism

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Gut Microbe Metabolites Lower Levels of Toxic Tau

Kamal Nahas, PhD | | 5 min read

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Plants Defend Themselves Against Heavy Metals

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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Cheddar Cheese Lovers Have Interactive Microbes to Thank

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Exploring Microbial Dark Matter

Kamal Nahas, PhD | | 4 min read

Fatty Feasts May Come at an Immune Cost

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

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Deleting a Gene Quells a Pesky Cheese-Destroying Fungus

Natalia Mesa, PhD | | 3 min read

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