Promoting cutting-edge research
The UAB Microbiome Center works to ensure that vital cores necessary to perform microbiome-related work are accessible to investigators at UAB. The Microbiome Center promotes new and established investigators with annual pilot grants.
Fostering an understanding of the microbiome's importance
The UAB Microbiome Center serves as a forum for clinical, translational, and basic science researchers. The annual Microbiome Center Symposium gives researchers an opportunity to share their findings and to highlight the latest breakthroughs in the field.
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Microbiome Center Cores
Learn more about our cores at UAB Virtual Core Day 2022. -
Associate Scientist, Dr. Jessica Scoffield
Named UAB Heersink School of Medicine Pittman Scholar. -
Microbiome Center Symposium
The 2022 Virtual Microbiome Symposium was held January 10, 2022. -
Senior Scientist, Dr. Haydeh Payami
Featured as a keynote speaker at the 2022 UAB Microbiome Symposium. -
Professor, Dr. Nicola Segata
Featured as a keynote speaker at the 2022 UAB Microbiome Symposium. -
Pilot Grant Funding Decision
2021-2022 Microbiome Center Pilot Grant awards announced! -
Senior Scientist, Dr. Sylvie Mrug
Awarded a new R01 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to study the role of epigenetics in health disparities — for a total amount of $2.8 million. -
Associate Scientist, Dr. Sixto Leal
Selected for the Pathologist's 2021 Power List for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Associate Scientist, Dr. Kent Willis
Latest light sheet fluorescence microscopy work was featured on the ZEISS Microscopy Blog: ‘Imaging the Developing Lung to Explore a Critical Disease in Preterm Babies.’
