The Oh Lab
The Oh Lab studies the human microbiome for its potential to deliver treatments for infectious and other diseases. (Image by Alex Valm, NHGRI)
The Oh Lab studies the human microbiome for its potential to deliver treatments for infectious and other diseases. (Image by Alex Valm, NHGRI)
Research Highlight
May 24, 2017
Where do a baby’s first microbes come from and what controls which bugs stick around?
A grant of $225,000 from the Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, Inc., will provide funding to support a postdoctoral fellow at The Jackson Laboratory.
Research Highlight
May 06, 2016
Despite near-constant assaults from bacteria, the microbial community on your hands is remarkably stable.
Oh’s research to date has produced seminal findings on the microbial communities of the human skin.
The Search Magazine Article
April 25, 2017
Julia Oh probes the depths of human skin to characterize the microbial communities that contribute to health and disease.
Research Highlight
January 31, 2017
The possible role of the microbiome — the bacteria, fungi and viruses living on and in us — in cancer is an intriguing area for research.
“Microbial dark matter" undoubtedly contains key information about how our microbiome contributes to human health and disease. But how do you study something you can’t see?
Blog Post
February 17, 2015
What should you do if you mouse research facility is hit with a pinworm outbreak? What impact may this have on your experiments?