About
The Boston University Microbiome Initiative brings together scientists from different disciplines and departments, with a common interest in microbial ecosystems. Our research spans multiple scales and levels of complexity, with applications in global change, metabolic engineering, and biomedicine. It is part of is part of the Biological Design Center, and is affiliated with the Bioinformatics Program.
The Boston University Microbiome Initiative brings together scientists from different disciplines and departments, with a common interest in microbial ecosystems. Our research spans multiple scales and levels of complexity, with applications in global change, metabolic engineering, and biomedicine. It is part of is part of the Biological Design Center, and is affiliated with the Bioinformatics Program.
Our goals are:
Our goals are:
(1) To develop multi-level mechanistic understanding of how microbe-microbe and microbe-environment interactions determine microbial community dynamics, diversity and stability.
(1) To develop multi-level mechanistic understanding of how microbe-microbe and microbe-environment interactions determine microbial community dynamics, diversity and stability.
(2) Use systems biology approaches, physics-based theory, experimental studies of molecular processes, and microbiome data analysis to analyze specific communities that span multiple scales – from host-associated microbiome, to complex microbial communities involved in global biogeochemical cycles.
(2) Use systems biology approaches, physics-based theory, experimental studies of molecular processes, and microbiome data analysis to analyze specific communities that span multiple scales – from host-associated microbiome, to complex microbial communities involved in global biogeochemical cycles.
(3) To combine fundamental principles of microbial ecology with synthetic biology approaches to design artificial microbial communities, with biomedical, environmental and metabolic engineering applications.
(3) To combine fundamental principles of microbial ecology with synthetic biology approaches to design artificial microbial communities, with biomedical, environmental and metabolic engineering applications.
Want to get in touch? Email us at microbiome.bu@gmail.com.
Want to get in touch? Email us at microbiome.bu@gmail.com.