Close-up view of cells inside of a sorghum root, captured using confocal microscopy. Credit: Devin Coleman-Derr
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Ashley Wolf
Assistant Professor, Public Health Division of Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology and Center for Computational Biology
Microbiome research in the Wolf Lab encompasses two areas: bacterial metabolism of dietary ingredients and microbiota-mediated protection against infectious disease (including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Shigella). We combine human microbiome data, laboratory models, and computational analyses to ask questions about the role of diet, microbial competition, and host factors in gut microbiome structure and function.