Microbiome Archives - Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Headshot of Liangliang Hao

The Hao lab develops molecular and cellular tools to precisely track and control disease biology in intact organisms to shed light on the dynamic interplay of diseased cells and their microenvironment. 

Headshot of Miguel Jimenez

Dr. Jimenez’s group develops material, genetic and fabrication approaches to enable integration of living microorganisms into products that can be used for human health, agriculture, the environment and art.

Headshot of Jeremiah Faith

The Faith Lab is developing and applying experimental and computational tools to understand gut microbiota microbiota structure and function to develop live defined microbial therapeutics.

Headshot of Thomas Walz

The Walz laboratory uses molecular electron microscopy to study macromolecular complexes and membrane proteins in a lipid environment. Their research focuses on membrane proteins and biological membrane-related processes, such as vesicular transport.

Jhimmy Talbot, PhD, Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

The Talbot lab investigates how food and microbes are sensed by neurons in the gut and their influence on immunity, nutrition, and metabolism.

Sidhartha Sinha, Assistant Professor, Stanford University

The Sinha lab aims to develop novel solutions to alleviate intestinal inflammatory conditions. Their research is focused on understanding microenvironment changes to identify better therapeutic targets for people with GI immune-mediated disorders.

Eran Segal, Faculty, Weizmann Institute of Science

Dr. Segal is part of a multi-disciplinary lab of computational biologists and scientists focusing on microbiome, nutrition, genetics, and gene regulation in health and disease.

Headshot of Manuela Raffatellu, MD

The Raffatellu lab’s research focus is to understand the complex interplays between gut pathogens, mucosal immunity and the gut microbiota, with the long-term goal of discovering novel and effective therapeutic targets for controlling infection.

Headshot of Maia Kayal

Dr. Kayal specializes in the care of patients with gastrointestinal illnesses with a focus on ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Her current research interests include prediction and risk stratification in ulcerative colitis patients who need surgery.

Sarkis Mazmanian, Professor, California Institute of Technology

The Mazmanian lab aims to discover how the gut microbiome influences development and function of the immune and nervous systems, to understand mechanisms that contribute to the pathophysiology of immunological and behavioral disorders.