Microbiome - Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Microbiome

Identifying specific microorganisms in our gut and promoting certain populations of microbes to treat and prevent Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Researchers

Below are researchers funded by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation who are working in the microbiome.

Headshot of Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD.

Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD

Professor, Harvard University, Current Grantee

The Garrett lab focuses on mucosal immunology and the gut microbiota. They study intestinal inflammation in colitis and the tumor microenviroment in colorectal cancer, with a specific focus on the gut microbiota and immune system.
Andrew Goodman, Professor, Yale University Microbial Sciences Institute

Andrew Goodman, PhD

Professor, Yale University Microbial Sciences Institute, Former Grantee

The Goodman lab aims to dissect the mechanisms that commensal gut microbes use to compete, cooperate and antagonize each other in the gut and explore how microbiome variation impacts our response to pathogenic infection and medical…
Chun-Jun (CJ) Guo, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine

Chun-Jun (CJ) Guo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, Current Grantee

Using genetic approaches, the Guo lab seeks to understand and reprogram the molecular “language” of host-microbe interactions in health and disease for potential therapeutic applications.
Timothy Hand, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Timothy Hand, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Current Grantee

The Hand lab is interested in the immune cells of the intestine and how they respond to the first interactions with colonizing microorganisms. Too little immune response can lead to infection but too much can contribute…
Howard Hang, Professor, Scripps Research

Howard Hang, PhD

Professor, Scripps Research, Former Grantee

The Hang lab aims to understand the chemical mechanisms that modulate host-microbe interactions and translate discoveries into new therapeutic approaches.
Headshot of Liangliang Hao

Liangliang Hao, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University, Current Grantee

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.