Amy Lightner, MD
Professor, Scripps Research, Former Grantee
Dr. Lightner specializes in colon and rectal surgery. She is advancing research on regenerative cellular and acellular based therapeutic approaches to offer her Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients non-surgical alternatives.
Ta-Chiang Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Former Grantee
The Liu lab is interested in the molecular mechanisms of how morphologic patterns of cytoplasmic antimicrobial granules are affected by genetics and environmental triggers, and their clinical relevance.
Carrie Lucas, PhD
Associate Professor, Yale University, Former Grantee
The Lucas lab strives to discover mechanisms of disease driving rare immune disorders, focusing on the genetic, cellular and biochemical underpinnings that can illuminate fundamental biology and broadly inform diagnoses and treatments.
Susan Lynch, PhD
Professor; University of California, San Francisco; Former Grantee
The Lynch lab focuses primarily on the human microbiota in both respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, environmental microbial exposures that shape its development and its role in chronic inflammatory diseases.
Eric Martens, PhD
Professor, University of Michigan, Former Grantee
The Martens lab investigates the symbiotic microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract at multiple levels with the goal of using diet and gut microbial interventions to treat chronic conditions such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Sarkis Mazmanian, PhD
Professor, California Institute of Technology, Current Grantee
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.
