Cranking up the resolution

CMIT researchers and their collaborators have figured out how to circumvent those obstacles and enhance our understanding of the invisible communities in our guts.

How industrialized life remodels the microbiome

A new study from an MIT-led team has revealed that these bacterial populations can remake themselves within the lifetime of their host, by passing genes back and forth.

Gut Microbiota Composition and Functional Changes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Authors unveil a large-scale metagenomic microbiome analysis from patients with both Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Functional Heterogeneity in the Fermentation Capabilities of the Healthy Human Gut Microbiota

A new study by Gurry and fellow CMIT colleagues explores the relationship between fiber intake and microbial Short Chain Fatty Acid production

Going for the Gut

Working to preserve human microbiome diversity

Multi-omics of the Gut Microbial Ecosystem in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

In a recently published paper in Nature, Lloyd-Price (et.al) provide a comprehensive analysis of the longitudinal variation in the gut microbiome of patients with IBD.

Ruminococcus gnavus, a Member of the Human Gut Microbiome Associated with Crohn’s Disease, Produces an Inflammatory Polysaccharide

By Katie E. Golden The microbial communities that live peacefully in our gut play a critical role in healthy metabolism and immunity. Evolving research on the microbiome has linked chronic disease, like Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), to significant and characteristic disruptions in both the types and relative abundance of bacterial species that colonize the intestine. […]