Gordon Lab Personnel

Principal Investigators

Jeffrey Gordon, MD (jgordon@wustl.edu)

Instructors

Julia Gross, PhD (jgross@wustl.edu)

Mass spectrometry, proteomics, metabolomics

Dan Peterson, PhD (dpeterson@pathology.wustl.edu)

Gnotobiotic mouse models of the co-evolution of the gut microbiota and immune system

Postdoctoral Fellows

Swaine Chen, MD/PhD (slchen@wustl.edu)

Comparative genomics of microbial symbionts and pathogens

Jeremiah Faith, PhD (faithj@wustl.edu)

http://www.jeremiahfaith.com/

Andy Goodman, PhD (agoodman@wustl.edu)

Genetic approaches toward understanding host-bacterial interactions in the mammalian gut

Eric Martens, PhD (ecmartens@yahoo.com)

Polysaccharide sensing and utilization mechanisms used by bacterial members of the human gut microbiota

Federico Rey, PhD (reyf@wustl.edu)

Diversity of H2-consuming microbes in the human distal gut and their impact on host energy balance

Henning Seedorf, PhD

Priya Sudarsanam, PhD (psudarsanam@genetics.wustl.edu)

Comparative genomics of the human gut microbiome

Link to Human Gut Microbiome Inititative (HGMI)

Graduate Students

Elizabeth Hansen (hansene@msnotes.wustl.edu)

Medical Scientist Training Program, Microbiology Program: Study of the methanogenic Archaeon Methanobrevibacter smithii and its interactions with bacterial members of gut microbiota and the host

Michael Mahowald (mahowald@wustl.edu)

Medical Scientist Training Program, Microbiology Program: Functional and comparative genomic studies of human gut Firmicutes

Brian Muegge (mueggeb@msnotes.wustl.edu)

Medical Scientist Training Program, Microbiology Program: Comparative genomics studies of human intestinal bacteria, and the human gut microbiome

Nathan McNulty (nmcnulty@wustl.edu)

Microbiology Program: Gut environmental factors influencing microbial community structure in humans and mice, implications for energy/nutrient flux

Alejandro Reyes (areyes@artsci.wustl.edu)

Vanessa Ridaura (vkridaur@wustl.edu)

Peter Turnbaugh (turnbapj@wustl.edu)

Molecular Genetics Program: Comparative metagenomic studies of the gut microbiomes of lean and obese mice and human twin-pairs

Tanya Yatsunenko (yata@wustl.edu)

Molecular Microbiology Program: the gut microbiota and microbiome in humans with malnutrition

Senior Research Scientist

Janaki Lelwala-Guruge, PhD (Janaki@wustl.edu)

Analysis of the genotypic and phenotypic properties of cultured members of the human gut microbiota

Technicians

Jill Manchester (jmanch@wustl.edu)

Lab Manager

Microanalytic biochemical studies of the metabolic activities of the mouse and human gut microbiota

Maria Karlsson (karlsson@wustl.edu)

Co-director of our gnotobiotic mouse facility

David O'Donnell (dodonnell@wustl.edu)

Co-director of our gnotobiotic mouse facility

Sabrina Wagoner (wagoner@wustl.edu)

Macromolecular analyses of the gut microbiota; GeneChip-based functional genomic analyses; Mouse phenotyping/genotyping

Administrative Staff

Stephanie Amen (samen@wustl.edu)

Administrative assistant to Jeffrey Gordon

Laura Kyro (lkyro@wustl.edu)

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