Research Abstract
It is well appreciated that symbiotic microbiota can critically contribute to GI development and immune maturation, as well as immune diseases and cancer development. My research interest focuses on structural and functional elucidation of small molecule metabolites, originated from gut symbiotic microbiota. We use various IBD models to assess immunomodulatory actions and we are interested in whether our molecules of interest can modulate prevention/progression GI malignancies such as CRC.