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], …
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Venturelli Lab receives R21 to research antibiotic resistant genes
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 …
NIH funds R01 grant to study a model-guided design of next-generation bacterial therapeutics to treat cardiovascular disease
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 …
Venturelli receives Gates Grand Challenges Grant for exploratory work on microbiome and malnutrition
With a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists Ophelia Venturelli and Brian Pfleger are working to further research on how to use human-associated intestinal microbes to combat malnutrition in developing countries.
Dynamic modeling helps predict the behaviors of gut microbes
A new study provides a platform for predicting how microbial gut communities work and represents a first step toward understanding how to manipulate the properties of the gut ecosystem.