Guest Editors
Livia Hecke Morais
California Institute of Technology
Livia Hecke Morais received her PhD in Anatomy and Neuroscience from University College Cork in 2019. Currently she is a postdoctoral researcher in the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the lab of Dr. Sarkis Mazmanian. Her research is focused on understanding how the relationship between resident microorganisms and the hosts’ nervous system influences behavior, brain health, and disease. Central to this question is the bidirectional communication linking the gut and brain during sensitive periods in which microbial disturbances can influence the initiation and progression of developmental and neurodegenerative disorders
Reem Abdel-Haq
California Institute of Technology
Reem Abdel-Haq received her BS in Biology from Brown University in 2016. She is currently a PhD candidate at Caltech, working in the lab of Dr. Sarkis Mazmanian. Her research investigates how the gut microbiome influences neuroinflammation in a preclinical model of Parkinson’s Disease. More broadly, she is interested in the interaction between diet, gut microbiome composition, and the neural pathways that regulate mood and behavior
Cristina Torres Fuentes
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Dr. Torres is an expert in the field of the gut microbiota and bioactive compounds, such as peptides and polyphenols. She did her PhD at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Spain (2008-2012), and was a Postdoc in the APC Microbiome Institute, Cork, Ireland (2012-2017) as well as in UC Davis, California, USA (2017-2018), where she investigated gut microbiota and its role in obesity and colitis. Currently, she is a visiting lecturer at the Tarragona University (URV), Spain where she also studies the interaction of the intestinal microbiota with biological rhythms and the activity of bioactive compounds in metabolic syndrome.
Collection Overview
The past few decades have witnessed an increase in the number of experimental and clinical studies linking alterations of the gut microbiome to neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions. Thus, a role for the gut microbiome in regulating behavior and brain health has been proposed. The gut-microbiome brain axis consists of the bidirectional interactions between the gut and the nervous system that encompass immune, metabolic, and neuronal pathways. While research in this field is relatively new and rapidly evolving, the need for standardization and interdisciplinarity has grown. The aim of this Methods Collection will be to harness the current methodological approaches and tools used in gut-microbiome-brain axis research, making it accessible for researchers that are interested in working in the field.
Articles
Intracerebroventricular Delivery of Gut-Derived Microbial Metabolites in Freely Moving Mice
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2022
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