Shoutout to Ammara for doing a talk and presenting an amazing poster
The LAD Lab loved the MGM Retreat at Wrightsville Beach!
Brianna Petrone earns the cover page of PNAS!
“Diversity of plant DNA in stool is linked to dietary quality, age, and household income” https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2304441120
FoodSeq Protocols and Software now available!
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Jeff Letourneau wins The ISME Journal 2022 Best Paper Award
For the 2022 ISME J Best Paper Award, the Editors in Chief would like to recognize three articles for their outstanding quality and impact. Jeff wins this award for his paper Ecological memory of prior nutrient exposure in the human gut microbiome. Congrats…
Congrats to Brianna on her thesis defense!
Brianna Petrone Graduates from the David Lab!
How Much Fiber Should You Eat? A Duke Graduate Student Forages for the Answer
Our recent David Lab graduate discusses his interest in foraging and his research on gut health. https://medschool.duke.edu/stories/how-much-fiber-should-you-eat-duke-graduate-student-forages-answer
Lawrence David, Teresa McDonald, and colleagues, will use Global Grant for Gut Health to study infants in Nicaragua
Childhood and infancy are critical periods during the human lifespan, yet we know very little about gut microbiome development. Their project will focus on children from a community in Nicaragua who are at risk of diarrheal illness. Sylvia Becker-Dreps, the…
Dr. David Receives 2022 Science Diversity Leadership Award
3 Duke researchers; Lawrence David, PhD, associate professor of molecular genetics and microbiology; Chantell Evans, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology; and Gustavo Silva, PhD, assistant professor of biology, were among 25 awardees named nationwide. Each grant recipient will be…
It doesn’t matter much which fiber you choose – just get more fiber!
There are lots of choices on the drug store shelves, but which fiber supplement is the right one for you? All of them help, says David Lab researchers. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/960356 and https://today.duke.edu/2022/07/it-doesn%E2%80%99t-matter-much-which-fiber-you-choose-%E2%80%93-just-get-more-fiber