Microbiome Research

The Possibilities

Researchers can study the microbiomes of healthy and premature babies to work toward providing every baby a healthy microbiome at the start of life
Environmental scientists can learn more about healthy soils and oceans to better predict how ecosystems will respond to climate change.
Scientists at the UC Irvine MIND Institute can unravel the complex links between digestive health and debilitating neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s.

The Challenges: What do we need to know?

Research News

UCI: Summer Institute 2019 Microbiomes and Global Change

April 23, 2019

UC Irvine Ridge 2 Reef and Microbiome Initiative Present: Summer Institute 2019 Microbiomes and Global Change UC Irvine announces a 5-day Summer Institute for graduate…

The Whiteson Lab awarded an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant

August 16, 2017

The Whiteson lab was awarded an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant to study the microbiome associated with colon cancer with GI specialist Dr. Bill Karnes…

Nimisha Parekh and Katrine Whiteson awarded pilot from a joint School of Medicine and BioSci

August 16, 2017

Nimisha Parekh (Gastroenterology) and Katrine Whiteson (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) were awarded a pilot from a joint School of Medicine and Dunlop School to…