The Knight Lab develops and uses computational and experimental techniques to ask questions about the evolution of microbial communities.
Joined March 2015
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19 Sep 2023
Congratulations to Professor Rob Knight on being named a 2023 Citation Laureate! We are incredibly proud to have such an inspiring leader for our lab. #CitationLaureates #MicrobiomeResearch
19 Sep 2023
Meet our 23 remarkable Citation Laureates™ of 2023! 🎓 Their ground-breaking work spans diverse fields and has garnered 2,000 citations. Join us in celebrating their contributions to science and humanity! 🙌👏 #CitationLaureates #NobelClass #Innovation
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New research on the gut-brain axis. Researchers are developing biomarkers to study the association between gut health and neurological cognitive functioning in children. Learn more: contemporarypediatrics.com/v… via @contemporarypediatrics
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10 Jul 2023
Latest study in @NatureComms titled "Global branches and local states of the human gut microbiome define associations with environmental and intrinsic factors" uncovers associations with health, diet, and lifestyle. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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20 Jun 2023
😊Very happy to see this study out, "Global #branches and local states of the human gut #microbiome define associations with environmental and intrinsic factors" @veiga_pat @muriel_derrien @KnightLabNews nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Get your seat to hear @BlaserLab, @gordoisabel1, and @KnightLabNews discussing the latest "Microbiota in Health" discoveries.
👉 Organised by @SymbNET, @IGCiencia and Centro Académico Clínico Católica Luz.
👉Mandatory FREE registration symbnet.eu/agenda/microbiota……
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25 May 2023
“The existence of fungi in most human cancers is both a surprise & to be expected. It is surprising b/c we don’t know how fungi could get into tumors…but it is also expected because it fits the pattern of healthy microbiomes…”@KnightLabNews
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25 May 2023
You are what you excrete? 💩🧬 Is human DNA in faecal microbiome a problem?
The answer seems to be yes.
Read this News & Views to learn more, by @KnightLabNews and colleagues👇
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23 Mar 2023
Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Distribution and Microbial Succession in a Clinical Microbiology Testing Facility during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
#microbiome #SARSCoV2
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25 Feb 2023
Catch the latest episode of Women in Science on GradSWEUCLA YouTube Channel featuring Prof. Smruthi Karthikeyan youtube.com/watch?v=ehC4vruu… #WomenInScience #womeninstem
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27 Jan 2023
Nature research paper: Insulin-regulated serine and lipid metabolism drive peripheral neuropathy
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4 Jan 2023
Tickets for CIMM 2023 are available now! Join us March 14 - 16 in San Diego, CA, as we host leading experts to share the latest research into human, animal, and environmental microbiomes. #CIMM2023 eventbrite.com/e/2023-cmi-in…
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20 Dec 2022
Hundreds of UC faculty named among the world’s most influential researchers universityofcalifornia.edu/n…
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Researchers in US and Israel Detect Fungal DNA in Most Cancer Types Found in the Human Body. darkdaily.com/2022/11/28/res…
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30 Nov 2022
Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity | Nature Microbiology
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22 Nov 2022
UC San Diego Ranked 8th Globally For Most Influential Researchers today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-… #microbiome
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29 Sep 2022
On today's @CellCellPress cover, @KnightLabNews & co. release the first-ever mycobiome atlas — mapping 35 types of #cancer and their associated #fungi
The study opens the door for using #microbiome fungi as a diagnostic & therapeutic tool
Learn more: bit.ly/MycoAtlas
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First-Ever Mycobiome Atlas Describes Associations between Cancers and Fungi today.ucsd.edu/story/first-e…
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15 Aug 2022
UCSD program monitoring wastewater for COVID expands to track monkeypox 10news.com/news/coronavirus/…
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Acetate reprograms gut microbiota during alcohol consumption @NatureComms
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