Media Coverage

Sean Gibbons was interviewed for a news story on the lack of microbial diversity onboard the International Space Station and how it might be linked to health issues.

Sean Gibbons spoke with podcast host Ira Pastor about the Gibbons Lab’s recent work decoding diet from stool DNA, and many other projects Sean has studied and taken part of over the past several years.

Sean Gibbons was interviewed and discussed the ideal bowel movement frequency and his 2024 study that looked at participants’ pooping habits and their effects on their gut microbiome and overall health.

ISB’s Gibbons Lab developed a breakthrough method that analyzes food-derived DNA in fecal metagenomes, allowing for data-driven diet tracking without the need for burdensome questionnaires.

ISB’s Heath Lab discovered key insights into how T cells – the body’s frontline immune soldiers – respond to infections like COVID-19.

Lee Hood discussed the practicalities of turning a disease care system into a health maintenance system and more.

Nick Jikomes interviewed Lee Hood and talked about systems biology, big data in biology, AI integration, drug development, new therapeutic avenues, and more.

Kristian Swearengen helped develop a novel class of antibodies that binds to a previously untargeted portion of the malaria parasite – work that could lead to new prevention methods.