Margaret Alexander
Credentials: Medical Microbiology Department
Position title: Diet, microbiota, immune interactions
Email: mralexander2@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5200
Address:
Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
LAB WEBSITE:
https://alexanderlab.mmi.wisc.edu/
FOCUS GROUPS:
Immunology; Molecular & Genome Biology of Microbes
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
Our laboratory is currently researching the ways by which diet, microbiota, and immune responses interact and the consequences of these interactions for autoimmunity. Our goal is to uncover the mechanisms by which complex diets influence diseases, as well as how disease-associated microbiota members affect immune responses during disease. In our quest to understand these mechanisms we are focused on characterizing both microbial and host metabolites that influence the cross-talk between diet, microbiota, and immune responses. Further, we aim to determine the host and microbial receptors and signaling pathways involved in these interactions.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
Microbial Doctoral Training Program (MDTP)