Gibson lab - Center for Microbiome and Inflammation Research

Gibson lab - Center for Microbiome and Inflammation Research We are interested in how the microorganisms in the gut function together and how they alter both infectious and chronic disease susceptibility.

The Center for Microbiome and Inflammation Research investigates the emerging and exciting field of microbiome research that evaluates the factors which influence microbiota establishment in mammals. Since the ecology of microbiota can affect health and disease susceptibility, this research could lead to therapies for chronic inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), diabetes and obesity.

10/12/2021

The last decade has seen nearly 20 papers reviewing the totality of the data on saturated fats and cardiovascular outcomes, which, altogether, have demonstrated a lack of rigorous evidence to support continued recommendations either to limit the consumption of saturated fatty acids or to replace the...

BIOL 318 students
10/08/2021

BIOL 318 students

Non-specific protective effects of certain vaccines have been reported, and long-term boosting of innate immunity, termed trained immunity , has been proposed as one of the mechanisms mediating these effects. Several epidemiological studies suggested cross-protection between influenza vaccination an...

09/23/2021

UBC’s Dr. Deborah Money busts some of the many myths circulating about the vaccines’ impact on fertility.

09/20/2021

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.12.21263451v1.full-text

Following a successful vaccination campaign at the beginning of 2021 in Israel, where approximately 60% of the population were vaccinated with an mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine, it seemed that Israel had crossed the herd immunity threshold (HIT). Nonetheless, Israel has seen a steady rise in COVID-19 morbidi...

BIOL 318 students
09/13/2021

BIOL 318 students

Campus mandates are not forced vaccinations. Mandates offer choices: receive or decline the vaccine.

BIOL 318 students: Consider this for class: the charter of rights for mandatory vaccines
09/04/2021

BIOL 318 students: Consider this for class: the charter of rights for mandatory vaccines

BIOL 318 students: please consider for class discussion
09/04/2021

BIOL 318 students: please consider for class discussion

08/25/2021

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers

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