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Gut Reaction

Posted on March 12, 2025

In GROW, Snehal Chaudhari reveals how gastrointestinal microbes influence disease, a critical step toward developing better therapies.

Posted in NewsTagged faculty, GROW, microbiome, Profile

Research in Brief: The What, Why, and How

Posted on August 24, 2023

Diversity is the key to survival for beneficial bacteria living in your gut. Now, scientists have new tools to explore this diversity.

Posted in NewsTagged bacteria, in-brief, microbiome, Research

Venturelli Receives 2023 Early Career Innovator Award

Posted on July 11, 2023

Ophelia Venturelli received the award in recognition of her work to elucidate the molecular and ecological design principles of microbial communities.

Posted in NewsTagged Awards, microbiome

When Antibiotics Deplete Our Gut Microbiome, a Human Gut Pathogen Takes Advantage

Posted on May 24, 2023

A deleterious bacterial infection can take hold when the diverse community of bacteria in the gut microbiome are killed with antibiotics.

Posted in NewsTagged antibiotic resistance, bacteria, C. diff, microbiome, Research

Machine learning begins to understand the human gut

Posted on July 7, 2022

New computer model accurately predicts behavior of millions of microbial communities from hundreds of experiments, an advance toward precision medicine.

Posted in NewsTagged machine learning, microbiome, Research

A key control knob for microbiome metabolism

Posted on February 28, 2022

Researchers are uncovering the complex mechanisms by which human gut bacteria accomplish a variety of functions, from transforming compounds derived from food into nutrition for the host to producing molecules that impact human behavior and …

Posted in NewsTagged microbiome, modelling, Research

Computational design of microbial communities

Posted on July 16, 2021

Microbial communities are everywhere in the environment. The interactions among these complex networks of organisms shape the overall community function and metabolism, sometimes in unexpected ways. In a paper published May 31 in Nature Communications, …

Posted in NewsTagged microbiome, modelling, Research

Venturelli Lab develops computational model to predict butyrate production in the human gut microbiome

Posted on May 26, 2021

Researchers have developed the capability to predict and design the metabolic activities of microbial communities, which has broad implications for human health, agriculture and bioprocessing. In a paper released May 31st in Nature Communications [link], …

Posted in NewsTagged microbiome, modelling, Research

Venturelli Lab receives R21 to research antibiotic resistant genes

Posted on March 16, 2021

Biochemistry Assistant Professor Ophelia Venturelli has been awarded an Exploratory/ Developmental Research Grant (R21) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award is in support of the development of new methods to uncover associations …

Posted in NewsTagged antibiotic resistance, Grant, microbiome, Research

NIH funds R01 grant to study a model-guided design of next-generation bacterial therapeutics to treat cardiovascular disease

Posted on October 9, 2020

Ophelia Venturelli (Biochemistry) in collaboration with Philip Romero (Biochemistry) and Federico Rey (Bacteriology) were awarded an R01 grant through the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The award will provide a total of $2.7M …

Posted in NewsTagged cardiovascular disease, Grant, microbiome, modelling, Research
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