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The Knight Lab develops and uses computational and experimental techniques to ask questions about the evolution of microbial communities.

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Congratulations to Professor Rob Knight on being named a 2023 Citation Laureate! We are incredibly proud to have such an inspiring leader for our lab. #CitationLaureates #MicrobiomeResearch
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Meet our 23 remarkable Citation Laureates™ of 2023! 🎓 Their ground-breaking work spans diverse fields and has garnered 2,000+ citations. Join us in celebrating their contributions to science and humanity! 🙌👏 #CitationLaureates #NobelClass #Innovation clarivate.com/news/clarivate…
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New research on the gut-brain axis. Researchers are developing biomarkers to study the association between gut health and neurological cognitive functioning in children. Learn more: contemporarypediatrics.com/v… via @contemporarypediatrics

Developing biomarkers for gut and neurological, cognitive functioning associations in children |...

In this Contemporary Pediatrics interview, Rob Knight, PhD, discusses translating adult studies into children to determine gut microbiome biomarkers, and how they are associated with neurological and...

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Latest study in @NatureComms titled "Global branches and local states of the human gut microbiome define associations with environmental and intrinsic factors" uncovers associations with health, diet, and lifestyle. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Global branches and local states of the human gut microbiome define associations with environmental...

Nature Communications - Here, applying an ecological framework to cross-sectional and longitudinal data, the authors identify major branches of the human gut microbiome across the lifespan that...

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😊Very happy to see this study out, "Global #branches and local states of the human gut #microbiome define associations with environmental and intrinsic factors" @veiga_pat @muriel_derrien @KnightLabNews nature.com/articles/s41467-0… – at Paris, France

Global branches and local states of the human gut microbiome define associations with environmental...

Nature Communications - Here, applying an ecological framework to cross-sectional and longitudinal data, the authors identify major branches of the human gut microbiome across the lifespan that...

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Get your seat to hear @BlaserLab, @gordoisabel1, and @KnightLabNews discussing the latest "Microbiota in Health" discoveries. 👉 Organised by @SymbNET, @IGCiencia and Centro Académico Clínico Católica Luz. 👉Mandatory FREE registration symbnet.eu/agenda/microbiota……
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“The existence of fungi in most human cancers is both a surprise & to be expected. It is surprising b/c we don’t know how fungi could get into tumors…but it is also expected because it fits the pattern of healthy microbiomes…”@KnightLabNews @StraussmanR bit.ly/3MAlXTt
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You are what you excrete? 💩🧬 Is human DNA in faecal microbiome a problem? The answer seems to be yes. Read this News & Views to learn more, by @KnightLabNews and colleagues👇 nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Distribution and Microbial Succession in a Clinical Microbiology Testing Facility during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic #microbiome #SARSCoV2 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Distribution and Microbial Succession in a Clinical Microbiology...

For decades, diagnostic clinical laboratories have been an integral part of the health care systems that perform diagnostic tests on patient’s specimens in bulk on a regular basis. Understanding...

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UC San Diego Receives $15M Cryptocurrency Donation, Largest for Research on Airborne Pathogens

UC San Diego has received a $15M cryptocurrency gift, directed by Vitalik Buterin, to establish the Meta-Institute for Airborne Disease in a Changing Climate.

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Catch the latest episode of Women in Science on GradSWEUCLA YouTube Channel featuring Prof. Smruthi Karthikeyan youtube.com/watch?v=ehC4vruu… #WomenInScience #womeninstem

Episode 10 | Smruthi Karthikeyan | Yifan Gao | Women in Science

A series of interviews with female scientists presented by GradSWE ...

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Nature research paper: Insulin-regulated serine and lipid metabolism drive peripheral neuropathy nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Tickets for CIMM 2023 are available now! Join us March 14 - 16 in San Diego, CA, as we host leading experts to share the latest research into human, animal, and environmental microbiomes. #CIMM2023 eventbrite.com/e/2023-cmi-in…

2023 CMI International Microbiome Meeting (CIMM)

On behalf of Dr. Rob Knight, the Center for Microbiome Innovation is pleased to host the 3rd CMI International Microbiome Meeting (CIMM).

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Hundreds of UC faculty named among the world’s most influential researchers universityofcalifornia.edu/n…

Hundreds of UC faculty named among the world’s most influential researchers

More than 330 faculty were included in the 2022 list, more than any other university system in the world.

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Researchers in US and Israel Detect Fungal DNA in Most Cancer Types Found in the Human Body. darkdaily.com/2022/11/28/res…

Researchers in US and Israel Detect Fungal DNA in Most Cancer Types Found in the Human Body

Two recently published studies found a link between fungi present in the human body and some types of cancer.

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Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity | Nature Microbiology nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity

Nature Microbiology - This Resource combines amplicon sequencing, shotgun metagenomic sequencing and untargeted metabolomics to provide a global view of microbial–metabolite associations...

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UC San Diego Ranked 8th Globally For Most Influential Researchers today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-… #microbiome

UC San Diego Ranked 8th Globally for Most Influential Researchers

The Highly Cited Researchers list identifies and celebrates exceptional researchers who are having a significant impact on the research community as evidenced by the rate at which their work is being...

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On today's @CellCellPress cover, @KnightLabNews & co. release the first-ever mycobiome atlas — mapping 35 types of #cancer and their associated #fungi The study opens the door for using #microbiome fungi as a diagnostic & therapeutic tool Learn more: bit.ly/MycoAtlas
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First-Ever Mycobiome Atlas Describes Associations between Cancers and Fungi today.ucsd.edu/story/first-e…

First-Ever Mycobiome Atlas Describes Associations between Cancers and Fungi

An international team of scientists, co-led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has created the first pan-cancer mycobiome atlas—a survey of 35 types of...

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UCSD program monitoring wastewater for COVID expands to track monkeypox 10news.com/news/coronavirus/…

UCSD program monitoring wastewater for COVID expands to track monkeypox

A UC San Diego program that has monitored wastewater for the virus that causes COVID-19 for more than a year has expanded to detect the presence of monkeypox, it was announced Wednesday.

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Acetate reprograms gut microbiota during alcohol consumption @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Acetate reprograms gut microbiota during alcohol consumption

Nature Communications - Chronic alcohol use is associated with intestinal bacterial overgrowth and dysbiosis, but the contribution of ethanol is unclear. Here, using mouse models, the authors find...

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