Light Reading: News Stories on UNC-CH Researchers

• The Microbiome & How it Affects Disease – with R. Balfour Sartor, MD
• In fimo, we trust: Finally a name for the experimental examination of excrement
• Original Commentary: Aadra P. Bhatt, Luca Grillo, Matthew R. Redinbo. ‘In Fimo”: A Term Proposed for Excrement Examined Experimentally
• Another Breastfeeding Benefit
• Gut Busters: Do the bugs in our bellies cause more trouble than we think?
• The Business of Bugs
• Big, bad bacteria: Are gut microbes implicated in the worst kind of colon disease?
• On the attack: What triggers the inflammation that causes gut problems?

Women in Science Wednesdays

• Women in Science Wednesdays by Endeavors
• Tori Ehrhardt is a rising senior in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences, double-majoring in psychology and biology. She is also an undergraduate researcher in the Department of Psychiatry within the UNC School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the use of probiotics in pregnancy and their effects on the microbiome.
• Nur Shahir is a PhD student in the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology within the UNC School of Medicine, as well as a member of the UNC Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity. Her research focuses on computational and statistical methods to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s disease.
• Kriti Sharma is a PhD candidate working in the Shank Lab. Her research focuses on understanding the microorganisms in soil that are quietly working to make life above ground possible. As a UNC microbiome researcher, she recently represented the university at the White House’s National Microbiome Initiative launch.