Microbiome

In the last ten years, research has revealed the significance of bacteria and microbial communities in the environment, oceans, our homes, and our bodies. The UChicago Microbiome Center is positioned to produce research that will improve both human life and the health of the earth.

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How Jetlag Disrupts The Ticks of Your Microbial Clock

<p>Assoc. Prof. Jack Gilbert suggests controlling late-night eating to maintain rhythm of gut microbes</p>


Intensive Loss of Gut Bacteria Diversity

<p>Article cites research by Prof. John Alverdy, which finds that patient gut flora collapse after extended stays in intensive care</p>


The Scientist

The Home Microbiome Project


Argonne National Laboratory

Microbiomes: You Live in Your Own Germ Cloud, Study Finds

<p>Assoc. Prof. Jack Gilbert leads study that finds individuals carry a ‘unique fingerprint’ of microbes that's marked by who they interact with</p>


How the microbiome affects your health, explained

Microbes are so impactful that some researchers consider them to be a separate organ.

Cathryn R. Nagler

Title: Bunning Family Professor in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, Pathology and the College

Expertise: Microbiome

Departmental website: https://pme.uchicago.edu/faculty/cathryn-nagler

Departmental website: https://microbiome.uchicago.edu/directory/cathryn-nagler

Lab website: https://naglerlab.uchicago.edu/

Eugene Chang

Title: Martin Boyer Professor, Department of Medicine

Expertise: Gastroenterology, Nutrition, Microbiome

Departmental website: https://microbiome.uchicago.edu/directory/eugene-b-chang