Gut Health Theme: Leader - Professor Harry Flint

The bacteria which inhabit our guts are not passive passengers, but important players in the metabolism and release of functional food components which affect our nutritional status and health, as well as key regulators of our immune status. Since our diet influences bacterial composition, we require a better understanding of how food influences the host-microbe interaction.

Microbiology - Professor Harry Flint

Professor John Wallace - Microbial metabolism in the gut of man and ruminants

Professor Harry Flint and Dr Sylvia Duncan - Role of gut microorganisms in nutrition and health

Dr. Petra Louis - Diet and functional groups of the gut microbiota

Dr. Karen Scott - Investigations into the metabolism of different substrates by gut bacteria

Dr Silvia Gratz - Impact of diet on intestinal metabolism and gut toxicity

Gut Immunology - Professor Denise Kelly

Professor Denise Kelly - Gut Immunity and Homeostasis

Dr George Grant - Bacteria and diet: promoting gut health

Dr Angela Patterson - Impact of diet and microbiota on homeostasis

Dr Imke Mulder - Environmental and innate factors affecting gut immune homeostasis