Abstract. Host-microbe relationships are studied across biological disciplines, with unique but overlapping conceptual frameworks arising from each of them

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The Yang Lab at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic and infectious diseases. We develop approaches for a...

An overarching goal in microbiome research is to understand how the complex communities in our bodies contribute to health and disease, and ultimately, we aim to leverage and control these communities...

An overarching goal in microbiome research is to understand how the complex communities in our bodies contribute to health and disease, and ultimately, we aim to leverage and control these communities to promote health. To continue advancing this work, we need conceptual frameworks that aid in understanding the relationships between us and our microbiota. Conceptual frameworks can ensure that we avoid doing our science in silos by unifying work across disciplines, and they can help form hypotheses and questions for future research. In human microbiome research, there have been various conceptual frameworks that have advanced our science (1–4). In this perspective, we highlight the symbiosis framework and definitions in connection to microbiome research, with the hope that adoption of this framework will advance our ability to study the human microbiome.

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Abstract. Many microbiological outcomes are shaped by the determinants of community composition, including the factors that allow pathogens to invade healt

Abstract. Laboratory models provide tractable, reproducible systems that have long served as foundational tools in microbiology. However, the extent to whi

Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

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The oral microbiome is increasingly linked to human health. To further examine this microbial community, we present the human reference oral microbiom…

Laboratory models provide tractable, reproducible systems that have long served as foundational tools in microbiology. However, the extent to which these models accurately mimic the biological environ...

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Microbial communities are present on nearly every surface of the human body. These microbiomes exist as dynamic ecosystems that are influenced by heterogeneous nutritional and chemical landscapes, the...

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