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BANG LAB

HOST-MICROBE-NUTRIENT INTERACTION

Laboratory of Microbiology and Nutritional Immunology

서울대학교 의과대학 미생물 영양면역 연구실

About

01 about

Bang lab studies biochemical mechanisms underpinning

host-microbe-nutrient interactions and their impacts on human health.

Portfolio

02 research interests

The intestine is the site where the nutrients we intake get absorbed. The human intestine is home to ~100 trillion bacteria which promote digestion of foods and regulate metabolism. Although these bacteria provide us with important benefits, they can also cause many diseases such as infectious diseases and inflammatory diseases. This happens if the immune system fails to prevent the bacteria from invading our cells or when the immune system overreacts to intestinal bacteria. 

In the Bang lab, we study how host immune cells, microbes, and nutrients interact in the intestine to maintain the beneficial host-microbe relationship. We use interdisciplinary approaches of biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics combined with various mouse models. Our goal is to understand the mechanisms regulating the host-microbe interactions and to find new roles of nutrients in regulating the interactions. Our mission is to find better ways to prevent and treat the diseases caused by the dysregulated host-microbe relationship. 

Contact

03 contacts

yeji.bang@snu.ac.kr

02-740-8306 (office)
02-740-8314 (lab)


서울특별시 종로구 대학로 103 서울대학교 의과대학 연구관 329호 (실험실) 312호 (교수연구실)
103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Seoul National University College of Medicine, Yeongu-gwan #329 (lab)

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