RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/mei-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2020\/09\/Mei-LAB-logo-1-cropped.png\" "\\"Mei")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The long-term goal of our lab is to understand how reciprocal interactions between the host and gut microbiota impact host health. Specifically, we are interested to address three questions:<\/p>\n
\n- How is a mutualistic relationship between the host and gut microbiota established in the neonatal stage?<\/li>\n
- How do disrupted host-gut microbiota interactions contribute to disease pathogenesis such as colitis and colorectal cancer?<\/li>\n
- How can prebiotics and\/or probiotics-based treatment be used to modulate the intestinal microbiota to improve host health?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
To achieve this goal, we use both mouse and zebrafish as research model systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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The long-term goal of our lab is to understand how reciprocal interactions between the host and gut microbiota impact host health. Specifically, we are interested to address three questions:<\/p>\n
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- How is a mutualistic relationship between the host and gut microbiota established in the neonatal stage?<\/li>\n
- How do disrupted host-gut microbiota interactions contribute to disease pathogenesis such as colitis and colorectal cancer?<\/li>\n
- How can prebiotics and\/or probiotics-based treatment be used to modulate the intestinal microbiota to improve host health?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
To achieve this goal, we use both mouse and zebrafish as research model systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>