We are thrilled to announce the awardees of the 2021 Microbiome Research Program.
Trainee/Staff Pilot Awards
Trainee pilot awards were each granted $10,000 for a one-year project. Select awards (denoted by *) are co-funded by UCSF ImmunoX.
Carla Grazielle Bueno Silva
Postdoc, PI: Bayrer
Microbiotic and Metabolomic Consequences of Gut LRH-1 Modulation
Youn-Jeong Choi
Postdoc, PI: Saba
Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL) controls redox balance at microbe-gut mucosa interface
Laura Dwyer
Grad Student, PI: Scharschmidt
Identifying Microbial Metabolites Critical to the Immune Trajectories of Preterm Birth Infants
Jacqueline Harris
Resident, PI: Sharon
Establishing the microbiome of eustachian tube dysfunction and allergic rhinitis
Sakeen Kashem
Postdoc, PI: Basbaum
Contribution of the commensal microbiota to mouse sensory behavioral response and peripheral nerve anatomy
Abigail Lind
Postdoc, PI: Pollard
Protective impacts of commensal protists on the human gut microbiome
Xiangpeng Li
Postdoc, PI: Abate
Sequencing 100,000 individual bacterial transcriptomes on a commercial platform
Cecilia Noecker*
Postdoc, PI: Turnbaugh
Applying new tools to assess drivers and consequences of strain-level variation in prevalent gut bacteria
Claire O'Leary*
Postdoc, PI: Locksley
Biliary immunity is shaped by the microbiome
Neil Patel
Resident, PI: Loftus
Impact of Probiotic Sinus Rinse on the Microbiome of the Post-Radiation Nasopharynx of Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nathan Shaw
HS Clinical Instructor, PI: Breyer
Transposition of Oral Buccal Mucosa for Urethral Replacement: Impact on Urinary Microbiome and Urethral stricture outcomes
Claire Schachtschneider*
Jr. Specialist, PI: Lynch
Identification of Bacteriophage Targeting the Asthma-associated Respiratory Pathogen M. catarrhalis
Archana Venkataraman
Postdoc, PI: Ingraham
Uncovering estrogen-dependent changes in the gut microbiome
Faculty Pilot Awards
Faculty pilot awards were each granted $150,000 for a two-year project.
Katrina Abuabara
Associate Professor
Environmental microbes, climate, and allergic disease
Sagar Bapat
HS Clinical Instructor
Identifying In Vivo Microbial Determinants Shaping Long-Range Immune Responses in Obesity
Stephanie Gaw
Assistant Professor
The impact of maternal COVID-19 disease severity on the neonatal intestinal microbiome and its effect on intestinal epithelial barrier function
Jennifer Lai
Associate Professor
Understanding the role of the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis of primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplantation through integrative analysis of the gut microbiome and host metabolome
