Monthly Archives: April 2016

Mother’s Milk Develops a Healthy Gut Micriobiome

Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi The human gut microbiome is understood to perform useful and necessary functions that help to maintain a healthy body in a multitude of ways such as aiding in the breakdown of otherwise indigestible nutrients and providing … Continue reading

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What is going on with the Zika Virus?

  Contributed by Alli Weis Firstly, what is the Zika virus and how is it spread? This is part 1 of a 3 part series… The Virus: Zika virus is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. The … Continue reading

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Congratulations Alli Weis, PhD Candidate, Microbiology

All of us at The Weimer Micro Lab would like to congratulate Alli Weis for two awards she recently won at the 2016 UC Davis Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium.  Alli won the Dean’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation in … Continue reading

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Wine can reduce risk of heart disease

        Contributed by Nguyet Kong Recent research has been done to understand why wine can reduce the risk of heart disease and it’s all about the gut microbiome. Red wine has a compound called resveratrol that reduce … Continue reading

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