About Us
The Microbiome Community at Johns Hopkins fosters high impact, multidisciplinary research collaborations among researchers on the East Baltimore Campus at the Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and on the Bayview Campus. We provide services to investigators both within Johns Hopkins and at external research institutions. The community conducts basic and translational research on the gut microbiome to contribute knowledge about the role it plays in the development and modulation of chronic and infectious human diseases, and to inform advances in disease prevention and treatment.
Our Team
Cynthia Sears, MD
Bloomberg-Kimmel Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Director, Germ-Free Facility
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dr. Sears’ lab
Hua Ding, MD, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Germ-Free Facility Manager
W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Santowana Aryal
Animal Research Technician
W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Germ-Free Facility
Located at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins Germ-Free Core Facility is a 1,400 square foot sterile research environment that offers a variety of services. Please contact Hua Ding for more information: [email protected]
Events
Steven Salzberg, PhD
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics
Director, Center for Computational Biology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Whiting School of Engineering
Dr. Salzberg’s lab
Jennifer Pluznick, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dr. Pluznick’s lab