Julia Oh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Our central goal is to develop microbiome therapeutics to treat human disease. We use diverse tools like genomics and synthetic biology to investigate our microbiome’s role in our health and engineer therapeutics.
Our central goal is to develop microbiome therapeutics to treat human disease. We use diverse tools like genomics and synthetic biology to investigate our microbiome’s role in our health and engineer therapeutics.
Education and Experience
Associate Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Postdoc, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
Ph.D., Stanford University
B.A., Harvard University
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Featured ArticleMarch 12, 20242024 JAX Scholars announced
JAX is proud to announce Takeshi Iwasaki, M.D., Ph.D., and Morgan Severn, Ph.D., as the 2024 JAX Scholars. -
Press ReleaseDecember 19, 2023JAX's 2023 achievements
JAX is celebrating important research breakthroughs, new faculty and leadership appointments, and crucial advancements in legislation. -
Research HighlightOctober 19, 2022Aging and our microbiomes
Julia Oh and her team collaborated with the UConn Center on Aging to study the microbiome of the skin, oral, and gut in the context of aging. -
Research HighlightJanuary 25, 2021Investigating what makes good bacteria go bad
Five-year grant funds first study of genetic diversity and function of S. epidermidis strains to reveal a shift from benign to infectious.
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Research HighlightMarch 12, 2024Investigating the interactions of staphylococci and skin in health and disease
Supported by a recent NIH grant, Julia Oh will investigate how microbes interact with skin cells and affect the skin's immune and barrier functions. -
Research HighlightFebruary 08, 2023Identifying the functional mechanisms of ME/CFS
Derya Unutmaz and Julia Oh are helping to remove the obstacles for diagnosing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). -
Blog PostApril 26, 2021Using the power of sequencing on our smallest organisms
The microbiome plays a vital role in our health and wellbeing. Now researchers are using sequencing technology to better understand it. -
Research HighlightMay 19, 2020Finding bacterial strain growth rates in microbiome samples
To understand microbiome dynamics, it’s important to identify not only which microbial species are present in a given sample, but also to determine their growth rates.