February 23, 2015

Professor Parthasarathy is researching the microbes in the digestive tract, whose roles in health and physiology are just beginning to be understood. Those communities are still largely mysterious, so his lab is developing new microscopy-based approaches to explore microbial colonization. During "Glimpses of Gut Microbes," professor Parthasarathy discussed his lab's experiments with zebrafish, which are part of a wide range of microbiome research currently being conducted at the UO.
To learn more about professor Parthasarathy’s work and teaching at the University of Oregon check out his profile in February’s e-news!