Scientific Advisors
The GutWorks team relies on a world-leading group of peers from academia and industry
for insights, opportunities, and support.
Dr. Alan D. Grossman (MIT)
Alan is the Praecis Professor of Biology and Department Head for Biology at MIT. Using the model organism Bacillus subtilis, the Grossman lab aims to understand fundamental and conserved physiological mechanisms for bacterial propagation and growth, horizontal gene transfer, and DNA replication initiation and its relation to gene expression.
Dr. Carol Gross (UCSF)
Carol is a Professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Cell & Tissue Biology at University of California, San Francisco. The Gross lab takes genetic, biochemical, and systems approaches to study the regulatory mechanisms of bacterial stress responses, protein interactions in the bacterial transcription apparatus, and genome-wide control of gene expression.
Dr. Denise Monack (Stanford)
Denise is a Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford. The Monack lab exploits biochemical and genetic approaches to understand the genetic and molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, with a focus on the pathogen Salmonella and crosstalk between the gut microbiome and host immune response.
Dr. Weston Whitaker (Novome)
Weston is the co-founder and VP of Research at Novome. Novome develops unique synthetic microbiome tools to deliver precise activities to treat chronic diseases. Founded on pioneering technology from Stanford University, Novome engineers and engrafts synthetic gut microbes to treat a variety of microbiota-associated diseases.
Dr. Eoin Brodie (LBNL)
Eoin is a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Deputy Director of the Climate and Ecosystems Sciences Division, and holds an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment at UC Berkeley. The Brodie lab reverse engineers natural microbial communities to enable a predictive understanding of microbial diversity and function. They focus on communities that play important roles in environmental and human health and sustainable energy.
Dr. Michi Taga (UCB)
Michi is an Associate Professor of Plant & Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. The Taga lab combines biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and bioinformatics to study nutrient-sharing relationships among bacteria and their implications for microbial communities. Focusing on corrinoids, the Taga Lab dissects the molecular interactions and interdependencies that are critical to microbial communities.