Blog — The Johnson Lab

Our paper detailing effects of bacterial sphingolipid synthesis on liver phenotypes is out in Cell Host & Microbe. Congrats Henry, Min-Ting, and Kevin!

Elizabeth JohnsonJune 6, 2022

Johnson Lab 2021 updates

Elizabeth JohnsonMay 19, 2022

Congratulations Liz on receiving an NIH NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) (R35)

The Johnson lab is trilled to receive support from NIH NIGMS to support our work understanding sphingolipid-dependent host-microbe interactions. Our first NIH award! Looking forward to the great science we can do with this support!

About 90 MarketingAugust 18, 2020

Our Lab’s first paper!!! Dietary sphingolipids are selectively assimilated by members of the mammalian gut microbiome for their own metabolism. Congratulations Min-Ting and Henry!

About 90 MarketingJuly 11, 2020

Congrats to Dr. Henry Le on Cell Host and Microbe Preview

In this month’s issue of Cell Host and Microbe, Dr. Henry Le and I had the wonderful opportunity to write a preview detailing work from the Turnbaugh Lab at UCSF detailing the effects of ketogenic diets on the gut microbiome.