{"id":2239,"date":"2020-11-03T15:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/?page_id=2239"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:40:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\" style=\"margin-top: 0\">In The News<\/h2>\n<div id='In_The_News' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"text-4\" class=\"widget widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/whitecoat\/probiotics-prebiotics-now-postbiotics-what-s-known-and-not-about-latest-gut-research-1.6403140\">Probiotics, prebiotics \u2014 now postbiotics? 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Speakers will discuss regulation of antiviral immunity and the role of Phase IV metabolism in drug absorption and response, highlighting mechanisms that influence host\u2013microbe interactions and therapeutic effects. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                            <a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/2025\/12\/long-read-sequencing-on-the-go\/\">\n                            <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2020\/11\/microbiome-placeholder-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbnail size-post_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"microbiome core\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2020\/11\/microbiome-placeholder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2020\/11\/microbiome-placeholder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2020\/11\/microbiome-placeholder-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2020\/11\/microbiome-placeholder-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2020\/11\/microbiome-placeholder.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/2025\/12\/long-read-sequencing-on-the-go\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Long Read Sequencing on the go!\">\n                                    Long Read Sequencing on the go!<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><p>The Microbiome Core was awarded CFAC Fall RFA 2025 funding to develop long-read sequencing capabilities within the Core. These funds will boost our efforts to introduce a new long-read sequencing service that supports advanced research needs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                            <a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/2025\/12\/%ce%b21-4-gos-and-gut-health-enhancing-intestinal-integrity\/\">\n                            <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2022\/01\/Yunan-Hu-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbnail size-post_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2022\/01\/Yunan-Hu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2022\/01\/Yunan-Hu-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/2025\/12\/%ce%b21-4-gos-and-gut-health-enhancing-intestinal-integrity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"\u03b2(1\u20134) GOS and Gut Health: Enhancing Intestinal Integrity\">\n                                    \u03b2(1\u20134) GOS and Gut Health: Enhancing Intestinal Integrity<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><p>Yunan Hu, a PhD candidate in Dr. Azcarate-Peril\u2019s laboratory, has recently published a manuscript in Food Bioscience demonstrating that the prebiotics \u03b2(1\u20134) GOS and humanized \u03b2(1\u20134) GOS strengthen intestinal barrier function. Using human primary colonic monolayers, the study shows that both compounds upregulate MUC2 and key tight-junction genes, thereby enhancing epithelial integrity. These findings were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/2025\/12\/%ce%b21-4-gos-and-gut-health-enhancing-intestinal-integrity\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u03b2(1\u20134) GOS and Gut Health: Enhancing Intestinal Integrity\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                            <a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/2025\/12\/the-2025-jim-brown-award\/\">\n                            <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/12\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251209103302_82_5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbnail size-post_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/12\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251209103302_82_5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/12\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251209103302_82_5-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/2025\/12\/the-2025-jim-brown-award\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The 2025 Jim Brown Award!\">\n                                    The 2025 Jim Brown Award!<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><p>Undergraduate researchers Nehal Devpura, Yoo Rim Lee, and Jin Ho Kim presented a poster at the North Carolina Branch\u2013American Society for Microbiology (NC-ASM) conference highlighting their collaborative project, Prebiotic-Driven Dynamics of Lactobacillus Co-Cultures. The poster received the 2025 Jim Brown Award for Best Poster in recognition of this work.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                <\/ul>\n    \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Meet the Director<\/h2>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#007fae;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground \">\n<h1 style=\"color: #fff\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h1 style=\"color: #fff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dr. M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"color: #fff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3062 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2026\/02\/IMG_1025-300x240.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2026\/02\/IMG_1025-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2026\/02\/IMG_1025-1024x820.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2026\/02\/IMG_1025-768x615.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2026\/02\/IMG_1025-1536x1230.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2026\/02\/IMG_1025-2048x1640.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2026\/02\/IMG_1025-600x480.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"color: #fff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Director<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"583\">M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD is Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the UNC Microbiome Core. She leads interdisciplinary efforts to advance microbiome research by providing investigators with expertise in study design, high-throughput sequencing, and integrative analysis of microbial communities across diverse clinical and experimental systems.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"967\">Dr. Azcarate-Peril\u2019s research focuses on how prebiotics, probiotics, and rationally designed microbial consortia modulate host-associated microbiota and influence intestinal physiology and barrier function. Her work integrates molecular biology, functional genomics, and next-generation sequencing to elucidate mechanisms by which the gut microbiome shapes human health and disease.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"1168\">With a background spanning microbial physiology and probiotic functional genomics, she has extensive experience translating microbiome science into clinically and nutritionally relevant applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/microbiome\/directory\/\"><strong>Meet the Team<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/div><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 50px\"><div class = \"alert alert-info  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<i class=\" fas fa-university fa-4x \" style=\"color:#505962;\"><\/i>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-10 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h1 style=\"margin-top: 10px\">The North Carolina Microbiome Consortium<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Mission and Goals<\/h4>\n<p>The North Carolina Microbiome Consortium provides the opportunity for interested and committed participants in academia, industry and the public to seek and share knowledge concerning the science of the microbiome. It seeks to foster interdisciplinary connections among scientists in diverse fields who share a common interest in microbial communities and with those who develop the tools needed to study and understand these communities. By coming together in this common pursuit of knowledge and the exchange of ideas, participants acknowledge the depth of local expertise; seek to establish North Carolina as a recognized leader in microbiome research and innovation, and aim to create greater opportunities for microbiome research and related industries in the state.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #31708f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbiotech.org\/networking\/exchange-groups\/north-carolina-microbiome-consortium\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"wc-cards\">            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div style=\"margin-top: 85px\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicrobiomeUNC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-height=\"700\">Tweets by MicrobiomeUNC<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Research<\/h2>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#007fae;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground \">\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h1 style=\"color: #fff;margin-top: 0\">Beneficial Modulators of the Gut Microbiota<\/h1>\n<p style=\"color: #fff\">The overall goal of my research is to investigate the impact and mechanisms involved in the beneficial modulation of the gut microbiota by prebiotics (functional foods that stimulate growth of gut native beneficial bacteria) and probiotics (live bacteria that benefit their host). I specifically aim to develop prebiotic and probiotic interventions as alternatives to traditional treatments for microbiota-health related conditions, and to advance microbiota-based health surveillance methods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class = \"alert alert-info  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;height: 401px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 83px\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.8728%;text-align: center;vertical-align: top;height: 83px\"><i class=\" far fa-file-alt fa-2x \" style=\"color:#007fae;\"><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.1272%;height: 83px\"><strong>Aljumaah MR, Bhatia U, Roach J, Gunstad J, Azcarate Peril MA.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com\/article\/S0261-5614(22)00344-2\/fulltext\">The microbiome, mild cognitive impairment, and probiotics: A randomized clinical trial in middle-aged and older adults<\/a>. Clin Nutr. 2022 Nov;41(11):2565-2576. doi: 10.1016\/j.clnu.2022.09.012. Epub 2022 Sep 28. PMID: 36228569.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.8728%;text-align: center;vertical-align: top;height: 23px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.1272%;height: 23px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 83px\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.8728%;text-align: center;vertical-align: top;height: 83px\"><i class=\" far fa-file-alt fa-2x \" style=\"color:#007fae;\"><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.1272%;height: 83px\"><strong>Arnold JW, Roach J, Fabela S, Moorfield E, Ding S, Blue E, Dagher S, Magness S, Tamayo R, Bruno-Barcena JM, Azcarate-Peril MA.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40168-020-00980-0\">The pleiotropic effects of prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides on the aging gut<\/a>. Microbiome. 2021 Jan 28;9(1):31. doi: 10.1186\/s40168-020-00980-0. Erratum in: Microbiome. 2021 Feb 26;9(1):56. PMID: 33509277; PMCID: PMC7845053.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.8728%;text-align: center;vertical-align: top;height: 23px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.1272%;height: 23px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 83px\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.8728%;text-align: center;vertical-align: top;height: 83px\"><i class=\" far fa-file-alt fa-2x \" style=\"color:#007fae;\"><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.1272%;height: 83px\"><strong>Arnold JW, Whittington HD, Dagher SF, Roach J, Azcarate-Peril MA, Bruno-Barcena JM.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fnut.2021.640100\/full\">Safety and Modulatory Effects of Humanized Galacto-Oligosaccharides on the Gut Microbiome<\/a>. Front Nutr. 2021 Apr 7;8:640100. doi:10.3389\/fnut.2021.640100. 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