Human microbiome expert & data scientist. Skilled in biology, physics and statistics / pattern recognition supported by extensive lab experience. Extensive publication record on an eclectic variety of topics.
Bioinformatics Training
Human microbiome expert & data scientist. Skilled in biology, physics and statistics / pattern recognition supported by extensive lab experience. Extensive publication record on an eclectic variety of topics.
I: de Goffau MC, Lager S, Sovio U, Gaccioli F, Cook E, Peacock SJ, Parkhill J,
Charnock-Jones DS, Smith GCS. Human placenta has no microbiome but can contain
potential pathogens. Nature. 2019 Aug;572(7769):329-334. doi:
10.1038/s41586-019-1451-5. Epub 2019 Jul 31.
II: Kennedy KM, de Goffau MC, Perez-Muñoz ME, Arrieta MC, Bäckhed F, Bork P,
Braun T, Bushman FD, Dore J, de Vos WM, Earl AM, Eisen JA, Elovitz MA, Ganal-
Vonarburg SC, Gänzle MG, Garrett WS, Hall LJ, Hornef MW, Huttenhower C,
Konnikova L, Lebeer S, Macpherson AJ, Massey RC, McHardy AC, Koren O, Lawley TD,
Ley RE, O'Mahony L, O'Toole PW, Pamer EG, Parkhill J, Raes J, Rattei T, Salonen
A, Segal E, Segata N, Shanahan F, Sloboda DM, Smith GCS, Sokol H, Spector TD,
Surette MG, Tannock GW, Walker AW, Yassour M, Walter J. Questioning the fetal
microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies. Nature. 2023
Jan;613(7945):639-649. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8. Epub 2023 Jan 25. PMID:
36697862.
III: de Goffau MC, Jallow AT, Sanyang C, Prentice AM, Meagher N, Price DJ, Revill
PA, Parkhill J, Pereira DIA, Wagner J. Gut microbiomes from Gambian infants
reveal the development of a non-industrialized Prevotella-based trophic network.
Nat Microbiol. 2022 Jan;7(1):132-144. doi: 10.1038/s41564-021-01023-6. Epub 2021
Dec 31. PMID: 34972822; PMCID: PMC8727306
IV: de Goffau MC, Lager S, Salter SJ, Wagner J, Kronbichler A, Charnock-Jones DS,
Peacock SJ, Smith GCS, Parkhill J. Recognizing the reagent microbiome. Nat
Microbiol. 2018 Aug;3(8):851-853. doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0202-y. PMID:
30046175.
V: van der Vossen EWJ, Davids M, Bresser LRF, Galenkamp H, van den Born BJ,
Zwinderman K, Levin E, Nieuwdorp M, de Goffau MC. Gut microbiome transitions
across generations in different ethnicities in an urban setting – the HELIUS study.
Microbiome (accepted).
2019/2020:
Bioinformatics Training Facility
Department of Genetics
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3EH
United Kingdom
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