Emmanuel F Mongodin
University of Maryland - School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, USA
Originally trained as a physiologist, I am also a microbiologist with specific training and expertise in top quality research dedicated to the improvement of human health. My research focuses on the application of microbial genomics, comparative genomics and metagenomic approaches to the study of host-bacteria interactions and the microbial populations colonizing the human body. After I received my Ph.D from the University of Reims-Champagne Ardenne in France in 2000, where I studied the interactions between Staphyloccus aureus and the human respiratory epithelium, I completed a postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Gordon Archer (Richmond, VA) carrying out research focused on the study of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis, using both comparative genomics and transcriptomics (expression profiling using microarrays) approaches. I then joined The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR; Rockville, MD) as a Staff Scientist in 2002 and later the J. Craig Venter Institute, where I actively participated in numerous genome-sequencing projects (such as Campylobacter sp., Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis) and developed a strong expertise in genomics, comparative genomics as well as metagenomics. More recently, I joined as an Assistant Professor the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (SOM) and the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), where I developed a strong expertise in microbiome analyses, both at the microbiome level (microbial species composition and abundance), but also at the functional level (gene expression). These metagenomic projects focus on the microbial communities inhabiting the human gut and the impact they might have on diseases such as diabetes and Crohnfs disease (Dr. Fraser-Liggett), the characterization of the microbial communities inhabiting the oral cavity of healthy adult subjects, as well as the microbiome of the anterior nares and the impact of gdecolonizationh regimens.
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