Northen, senior scientist in Berkeley Lab's Environmental Genomics and System Biology Division, is fascinated by the chemistry of microbiomes, and his group has developed advanced mass spectrometry - based exometabolomic approaches to elucidate metabolic interactions between organisms. (newscenter.lbl.gov)
However, the interpretation of large omics data and the understanding of complex metabolic interactions in engineered microbes remains challenging. (newscenter.lbl.gov)
Group research aims to study the relations between nutraceuticals, physical activity, intracellular mechanisms, gene expression and microbiota using a translational approach to characterize the impact in the whole body of metabolic interactions studied in individual organs and tissues (in vitro / ex vivo: skeletal muscle, heart, bone, liver and kidney). (research.hsr.it)