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Zhu Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

@zhulab.bsky.social

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Interested in metabolic interactions in sustaining communal resilience in the inflamed gut

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Zhu Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center @zhulab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Disease-causing pathogen rewires gut metabolism to secure nutrients for growth: Study news.vumc.org/2026/04/30/d...

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Disease-causing pathogen rewires gut metabolism to secure nutrients for growth: Study

Disease-associated pathogens can actively drive intestinal inflammation by reshaping host metabolism, suggesting new therapeutic options.

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Eric Skaar gets the Molecular Biology Prize!#NAS

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Zhu Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center @zhulab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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Zhu Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center @zhulab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Surprisingly, ETBF then engages oxidative metabolism to expand, persist, and drive disease. Grateful for outstanding collaborators Alex Grote, Ashlee Earl, and others, and for the foundational work of leaders in the field, Cynthia Sears and Shruti Naik.

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Zhu Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center @zhulab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A tour de force by our talented team—Luisella Spiga, Ryan Fansler, Yifan Wu, and Madison Butler—showing how the classically anaerobic pathogen ETBF uses its toxin BFT to rewire host metabolism, introducing oxygen into the gut.

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Zhu Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center @zhulab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Excited to share our new paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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