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UNC Microbiome Core Facility at UNC Chapel Hill🦠 We study prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics with human health | NGS 🧬
https://www.med.unc.edu/microbiome/
Alongside with Angela, Nehal, Amy, and Abe, we now have four amazing undergraduate students in the lab this semester.

Here’s to more curiosity, collaboration, and discovery!
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We’re also welcoming Nehal Devpura back!
Nehal first joined us in her junior and is now a senior student from Nutrition department, studying Nutrition Science & Research on the pre-med track.

Nehal is continuing her Lactobacillus fluorescence project and bringing even more energy to the lab!
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trainee Microbiome Club Speaker: Nona Hashemi
PhD Candidate, Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University

Nona’s innovative work explores engineered microbial biofilms as next-generation platforms for disease detection and therapeutic delivery.
April 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Dr. Lisa Karstens, PhD
Associate Professor, Oregon Health & Science University.
Dr. Karstens specializes in microbiome bioinformatics and women’s health, with NIH-funded research advancing our understanding of bladder disorders through integrative microbiome and cohort data analysis.
April 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thank you!
April 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM