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Round Lab @RoundLabUtah

Identifying relevant host-microbiota interactions during health

Joined August 2015
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Our department retreat in midway was amazing! Student Michaela Murphy won a first place poster prize and Josiah won a flash talk prize! Inspiring talks from postdoc Claire Doherty and Assistant Professors Amiko Uchida and Alli Weis. Fun group and of people I get to work with!
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Congrats to postdoc Diego Lopez who just received the Jane Coffins postdoctoral fellowship!!!
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Nels Elde@ElEarlyBird
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Stand up for Science Salt Lake #utpol
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Our paper on early life fungi and diabetes has been published today! healthcare.utah.edu/press-re…

Early-Life Gut Microbes May Protect Against Diabetes, Research in Mice Suggests

The results could ultimately help doctors reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes—or potentially even restore lost metabolic function in adulthood—by providing gut microbes that help the pancreas grow and...

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Graduate students Tyson Chiaro and Morgan Greenwoods paper in Cell Host and Microbe was officially accepted today!
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Our paper on early life microbes and pancreatic development was just accepted to Science! Congrats Jennifer hill on the beautiful work and collaborators Zac Stephens and Charlie Murtaugh
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Check our new review on fungi in the gut! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Microbiology & Immunology and the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah are working together to hire a faculty position in the area of Microbiota and cancer. utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

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Nick Jikomes
@trikomes
20 Sep 2024
New episode is live (link in bio). Focuses on how deficiencies in the gut microbiome (missing species) can drive obesity in rodents. As it turns out, the gut microbiome can influence how much fat the gut absorbs.
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Recently had the pleasure of discussing our work on the podcast Mind & Matter, hosted by Nick Jikomes. I invite you to give it a listen. mindandmatter.substack.com/p…
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Just wanted to give a warm welcome to our new postdocs, Diego Lopez and Claire Doherty! We all look forward to working with you!
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Commencement: They talked the talk and walked the walk! Congrats, Dr. Hernandez and Dr. Klag!
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healthcare.utah.edu/publicaf…

Autism’s Missing Microbes May Influence Social Behavior by Protecting the Gut

A new study led by scientists at University of Utah Health demonstrates that it is possible to impact health and behavior by manipulating the gut microbiome in a controlled way.

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We are excited to share the publication of our latest paper! In furthering our understanding of the gut-brain axis, we showed that past intestinal inflammation is associated with deficits in sociability in mice. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Colitis reduces active social engagement in mice and is ameliorated by supplementation with human...

Nature Communications - Past intestinal distress is associated with diminished social behavior in mice. Here, the authors show that treatment with microbiota members that are enriched in...

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Finally, we identified two bacteria species that were enriched in neurotypical people whose provision to mice could ameliorate both colitis severity and its associated sociability deficits. Give it a read and comment below with any questions or comments!
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We also discovered that the microbiotas from people with autism spectrum disorder can convey worsened colitis severity in mice.
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Jennifer Hill@Jen_Suzanne
18 Jan 2024
I'm now recruiting a technician for the soon-to-be Hill Lab. Please share! Any previous experience with gnotobiotic mouse husbandry, microbiology, or pancreatic tissue work is highly desired. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDe…
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Congratulations to former postdoc Kyla Ost (University of Colorado, Anschutz) on receiving an NIH innovator award!
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We are looking for a lab technician to help build and maintain a biorepository as well as perform basic laboratory experiments. If you're interested to learn more and to apply, please use the link below! utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…
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Cell Metabolism@Cell_Metabolism
13 Oct 2022
Two prominent research groups come to a shockingly similar finding from totally different angles! Checkout these two papers #OnlineNow @seeleyrj #KarenGuillemin 🔗 cell.com/cell-metabolism/ful… 🔗 cell.com/cell-metabolism/ful…
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