Research Projects
We collaborate with a wide variety of highly motivated physician and basic scientists, and our on-going research projects include:
The Microbiome in Surgical Healing
- Characterizing changes in the microbiome associated with surgery and peri-operative antibiotics
- Evaluating oral translocation of bacteria (and opportunistic pathogens) in the acute peri-operative period.
- Determining mechanistic roles of the microbiota in surgical outcomes using mouse models
Quorum Quenching Studies
- Evaluate the in vivo effects of quorum quenching lactonases on microbiota composition and function
- Determine efficacy of quorum quenching to mitigate pathological processes in colorectal cancers