Illuminating the ‘dark matter’ of the gut microbiota metabolome
This seminar will be held using Zoom. Please register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcucu-gpjMvH9PJoOxgx1f6lvYSC7IDv50v
The trillions of bacteria that constitutively colonize our intestines (our gut microbiota) produce tens of thousands of small molecule metabolites that can potentially affect nearly all aspects of human physiology. However, the biological functions of the vast majority of these metabolites remain undiscovered. We are pursuing an orthogonal approach to this problem, where we use host sensing of microbiota metabolites by defined receptors as a lens to illuminate the ‘dark matter’ of the bioactive microbiota metabolome. We believe that this approach will eventually enable us to mine the full depths of the bioactive microbiota metabolome.
Date: 6 July 2020, 14:00 (Monday, 11th week, Trinity 2020)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: This seminar will be held using Zoom. Please register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcucu-gpjMvH9PJoOxgx1f6lvYSC7IDv50v
Speaker: Dr Noah Palm (Assistant Professor of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Organiser: Jennifer Pope (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Organiser contact email address: jennifer.pope@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcucu-gpjMvH9PJoOxgx1f6lvYSC7IDv50v
Audience: Public
Editor: Jennifer Pope