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The Shikuma Lab studies how bacteria promote animal development in the ocean and human gut. To understand how normal microbiome bacteria promote host development or disease we use microbiology, synthetic biology, genetics, biochemistry and cell-biology approaches during environmentally relevant bacteria-host interactions.
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September 2021 Knowable Magazine - Animals that take advice from bacteria. A descriptive article about our work in Annual Reviews of Microbiology.
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August 2021 Our invited perspective piece in mSystems is live! Read about the ocean of insights we acquired by studying an mysterious microbe-animal interaction.
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March 2021 Dr. Shikuma is invited for 3 talks at 3 Universities, including Vanderbilt University. Check out the talk recording here.
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July 2020 We discovered that genes encoding a distinct Contractile Injection System is present within a majority of healthy human microbiomes. Our new paper is in press at mSystems! Check it out!
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April 2020 Dr. Shikuma receives a prestigious NSF CAREER Award! Here's the news story. |