Benjamin Willing
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Microbiology of Nutrigenomics University of Alberta, Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
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Research area & interests
My lab is interested in understanding the role of the intestinal microbiota and diet-microbe-host interactions in health outcomes, with particular focus on metabolic disease and infection resistance. We use rodent and pig gnotobiotic models with defined communities to understand the role of previously uncharacterized microbes in microbial ecology, metabolite production, and host responses. Microbes that we are currently focusing on include Prevotella, Parasutterella, Escherichia coli and yeast. We are also working on improving microbial formulations of kefir.
