Area of research
Molecular Biology · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Gut microbiota and health, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research.
Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities
Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems
The multi-kingdom cancer microbiome
Microbiota-mediated mechanisms of mucosal immunity across the lifespan
Microbiota metabolism of intestinal amino acids impacts host nutrient homeostasis and physiology
Colibactin-driven colon cancer requires adhesin-mediated epithelial binding
Recognition and control of neutrophil extracellular trap formation by MICL
Fungal symbiont transmitted by free-living mice promotes type 2 immunity
Selection of cross-reactive T cells by commensal and food-derived yeasts drives cytotoxic TH1 cell responses in Crohn’s disease
Fungal microbiota sustains lasting immune activation of neutrophils and their progenitors in severe COVID-19
Immunoglobulins at the interface of the gut mycobiota and anti-fungal immunity
A pan-cancer mycobiome analysis reveals fungal involvement in gastrointestinal and lung tumors
Mucosal fungi promote gut barrier function and social behavior via Type 17 immunity
Immune regulation by fungal strain diversity in inflammatory bowel disease
The future of fungi: threats and opportunities
The cancer microbiome atlas: a pan-cancer comparative analysis to distinguish tissue-resident microbiota from contaminants
Human gut mycobiota tune immunity via CARD9-dependent induction of anti-fungal IgG antibodies
Mycobiota-induced IgA antibodies regulate fungal commensalism in the gut and are dysregulated in Crohn’s disease
Fungal Trans-kingdom Dynamics Linked to Responsiveness to Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis
Macrophages Maintain Epithelium Integrity by Limiting Fungal Product Absorption
Effects of Intestinal Fungi and Viruses on Immune Responses and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Laboratory mice born to wild mice have natural microbiota and model human immune responses
Malassezia Is Associated with Crohn’s Disease and Exacerbates Colitis in Mouse Models
Gut Mycobiota in Immunity and Inflammatory Disease
Endocytosis of commensal antigens by intestinal epithelial cells regulates mucosal T cell homeostasis
Gut mycobiota under scrutiny: fungal symbionts or environmental transients?
CX3CR1 <sup>+</sup> mononuclear phagocytes control immunity to intestinal fungi
Response to Fungal Dysbiosis by Gut-Resident CX3CR1+ Mononuclear Phagocytes Aggravates Allergic Airway Disease