Prebiotic Modulation of the Gut Microbiota for Health and Wellness

Seminar Details
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 9:00am to 10:00am

Speaker

M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD
Director of the UNC Microbiome Core
Associate Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill

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Hosts
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Matt Ostrowski, Ph.D.
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Celeste Alexander, Ph.D.
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Alfredo Guerra, Ph.D.
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Microbiome Seminar Series

Speaker Profile: M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph. D. is Associate Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Azcarate-Peril currently conducts research in modulation of the host-associated microbiota by prebiotics and probiotics. She has extensive experience in physiology and functional genomics of probiotic strains. Dr. Azcarate-Peril uses molecular biology, genomics, and next-generation sequencing tools to address questions relevant to the role of the intestinal microbiota in human health and disease.