Today, Dr. Emily Davenport, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State University, joins the #QualityQuorum to tell us about the research her team does, studying how our own genes impact our microbiomes.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Emily Davenport
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Links for this episode
- A description of GWAS (“Genome Wide Association Study”). Here is an introductory video about the concept.
- An explainer on organoids.
- An essay about the diversity of the host microbiome (i.e. is there a “healthy” microbiome?).
- An article of the work of Dr. Sarkis Mazamian on how individual host genes and bacterial genes can impact the microbiome.
- A nice write up for Dr. Mazamian’s work showing how host genes and bacterial genes can work together…or not.
- An oldish video of how the infant microbiome develops over time by Dr. Rob Knight’s research group.
- An article on the same topic from Dr. Ruth Ley.
- An essay on the mucosal microbiota, rather than the fecal microbiome.
- An interesting member of the human microbiome, Akkermansia that might be related to obesity.
- Another interesting member of the human microbiome, Bifidobacterium, which appears to be associated with host lactose metabolism. Yes, there is a Giant Microbes plush toy.
- An overview of the impact of host genetics on the microbiome by Dr. Davenport.
- A definition of heritability.
- An overview of the Hutterites and how their study has advanced genetics.
- An explainer of the power of twin studies in genetics.
- A fascinating article about ancient dental plaque microbiome by Dr. Davenport and others.
- Dr. Davenport’s faculty website.
- Dr. Davenport’s research group website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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