Monthly Archives: September 2016

Exceptional employees: hard to find and easy ignore

  Contributed by Bart Weimer, PhD Since I have 4 students that are graduating and leaving the lab for their next adventure I’ve had many thoughts about finding new employees (students) and traits that my students might possess to make … Continue reading

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Mothers microbiome shapes her offspring’s immune system

Contributed by Nguyet Kong The microbiome of a pregnant mouse can influence the development of her offspring’s immune system. A paper published in Science, the researchers describe the introduction of bacteria to the pregnant mice and the results of this … Continue reading

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Oral Microbiome as a Predictive Tool for Dental Caries

Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi Many site-specific micro biomes of the Human body have been well established and studied in an effort to develop micro biome targeted diagnostics and individualized medicine. In general, these communities reach maturation around 2-4 years of … Continue reading

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