Jacob Cavon Joins the Lab
Jacob Cavon, PhD student in the Molecular Engineering and Sciences program at the University of Washington, recently jointed the lab. Jacob graduated from Montana State University, Bozeman with a BS...
View ArticleCrystal Perez Joins the Lab
Crystal Perez, an MD/PhD student at the University of Washington (UW) in the Molecular Engineering Program, recently joined the lab. Crystal graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. and M.S. in...
View ArticleMy Digital Gut: Making Nutrition and Healthcare Personalized, Predictive, and...
ISB Associate Professor Dr. Sean Gibbons delivered a Research Roundtable presentation and highlighted human gut microbiome research being conducted in his lab, including the development of a new tool...
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A New Path Toward Microbiome-Informed Precision Nutrition
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are beneficial molecules created by the bacteria residing in our gut that are closely tied to improved host metabolism, lower systemic inflammation, better...
View ArticleHack Your Health: An Evening with Anjali Nayar and Dr. Sean Gibbons
The human gut microbiome is one of the newest and arguably the hottest topics on the research scene. Over the past 15 years, scientists have found that the trillions of microbiota that live deep in...
View ArticleTiming is Everything: ISB Study Finds Link Between Bowel Movement Frequency...
Everybody poops, but not every day. New research by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) suggests bowel movement frequency is linked to long-term health. An ISB-led research team examined the...
View ArticleA Gut Feeling: Microbes and Their Impacts on Our Minds
The trillions of commensal (non-harmful) microbes that live in and on our bodies contain a hundredfold more unique genes than we harbor within our genomes. Recent work has shown that many of these...
View ArticleISB Named Winner of 2024-2025 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant for Nonprofits
SEATTLE — The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) today announced it has been selected as a winner of the 2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant, a public grant opportunity open to registered...
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2024 Year in Review
ISB reflects on 2024 with much to celebrate: groundbreaking research published in leading scientific journals, well-earned promotions, widespread media coverage, and more. Yet, the year was profoundly...
View ArticleScientists Decode Diet From Stool DNA – No Questions Asked
In this video, ISB President Dr. Jim Heath speaks with ISB Associate Professor Dr. Sean Gibbons about a new study published in Nature Metabolism that introduces a metagenomics-powered approach to...
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