The Yassour lab studies the infant gut microbiome, its maternal origins, its natural history in the first few years of life and its impact on pediatric health. Our research is based on establishing diverse human cohorts, longitudinally sampling newborns, infants and children (and often their mothers), and profiling their microbial communities.
The students in the lab come from diverse backgrounds, from microbiology, and medicine to computer science and machine learning.
We truly believe that research should be fun, and we work hard to find the smartest and nicest people to join our lab.