Knight Lab

Congratulations to Professor Rob Knight on being named a 2023 Citation Laureate! We are incredibly proud to have such an inspiring leader for our lab. #CitationLaureates #MicrobiomeResearch

New research on the gut-brain axis. Researchers are developing biomarkers to study the association between gut health and neurological cognitive functioning in children. Learn more: contemporarypediatrics.com/view/developin… via @contemporarypediatrics

Latest study in @NatureComms titled "Global branches and local states of the human gut microbiome define associations with environmental and intrinsic factors" uncovers associations with health, diet, and lifestyle. nature.com/articles/s4146…

😊Very happy to see this study out, "Global #branches and local states of the human gut #microbiome define associations with environmental and intrinsic factors" @veiga_pat @muriel_derrien @KnightLabNews nature.com/articles/s4146…

Get your seat to hear @BlaserLab, @gordoisabel1, and @KnightLabNews discussing the latest "Microbiota in Health" discoveries. 👉 Organised by @SymbNET, @IGCiencia and Centro Académico Clínico Católica Luz. 👉Mandatory FREE registration symbnet.eu/agenda/microbi……

“The existence of fungi in most human cancers is both a surprise & to be expected. It is surprising b/c we don’t know how fungi could get into tumors…but it is also expected because it fits the pattern of healthy microbiomes…”@KnightLabNews @StraussmanR bit.ly/3MAlXTt

You are what you excrete? 💩🧬 Is human DNA in faecal microbiome a problem? The answer seems to be yes. Read this News & Views to learn more, by @KnightLabNews and colleagues👇 nature.com/articles/s4156…

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Distribution and Microbial Succession in a Clinical Microbiology Testing Facility during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic #microbiome #SARSCoV2 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…

Catch the latest episode of Women in Science on GradSWEUCLA YouTube Channel featuring Prof. Smruthi Karthikeyan youtube.com/watch?v=ehC4vr… #WomenInScience #womeninstem

Nature research paper: Insulin-regulated serine and lipid metabolism drive peripheral neuropathy nature.com/articles/s4158…

Tickets for CIMM 2023 are available now! Join us March 14 - 16 in San Diego, CA, as we host leading experts to share the latest research into human, animal, and environmental microbiomes. #CIMM2023 eventbrite.com/e/2023-cmi-int…

Hundreds of UC faculty named among the world’s most influential researchers universityofcalifornia.edu/news/hundreds-…

Researchers in US and Israel Detect Fungal DNA in Most Cancer Types Found in the Human Body. darkdaily.com/2022/11/28/res…

Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity | Nature Microbiology nature.com/articles/s4156…

UC San Diego Ranked 8th Globally For Most Influential Researchers today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d… #microbiome

On today's @CellCellPress cover, @KnightLabNews & co. release the first-ever mycobiome atlas — mapping 35 types of #cancer and their associated #fungi The study opens the door for using #microbiome fungi as a diagnostic & therapeutic tool Learn more: bit.ly/MycoAtlas

First-Ever Mycobiome Atlas Describes Associations between Cancers and Fungi today.ucsd.edu/story/first-ev…

UCSD program monitoring wastewater for COVID expands to track monkeypox 10news.com/news/coronavir…

Acetate reprograms gut microbiota during alcohol consumption @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146…