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“When Cells Pause: Visualizing Quiescence in the Gut” With Martha S. Johnson, PhD
Marsico Hall 2004Dr. Martha S. Johnson is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, working under the direction of Dr. Jean Cook and co-mentored by Dr. Scott Magness. Her work in the Cook Lab focuses on understanding how the cell cycle … Read more
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“Adaptation of the beneficial commensal microbe Akkermansia muciniphila to gastrointestinal mucins and its effects on host physiology” With Raphael H. Valdivia
Marsico Hall 2004Raphael H. Valdivia is the Nanaline Duke Professor of Molecular Genetics and Chair of the Department of Integrative Immunobiology at Duke University School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding how pathogenic and beneficial microbes adapt to their environments and how they influence the physiology of their hosts. The work presented will focus on Akkermansia muciniphila, a mucophilic microbe currently being considered as a next-generation probiotic for various immune and metabolic disorders.
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“Gut E. coli–Derived Metabolites Drive Macrophage–Fibroblast Crosstalk to Promote Intestinal Fibrosis in Crohn’s Disease” With Ju-Hyun Ahn, PhD
Dr. Ahn is a postdoctoral fellow in the Arthur Lab in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research investigates how intestinal microbes and their metabolites influence host signaling networks that drive chronic inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, fibrosis, and microbe-associated tumorigenesis. Her work focuses … Read more
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