Ecosystem Heath and Microbiomes
We aim to mitigate the adverse effects of human activities on ecosystems by investigating environment-microbiome interactions using a systems biology approach.
Food Safety and Bacterial Pathogens
We aim to reduce the burden of foodborne diseases and improve food safety through understanding the ecology and adaptation of foodborne bacterial pathogens.
Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment
We aim to reduce human exposure to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by studying the emergence, spread, and evolution of AMR in the environment.
Recent News
See archiveJingqiu giving an invited talk at PSU.
Jingqiu gave a seminar about genomic variation of Listeria and its implication to food safety at ...
Congratulations Mia and Ying-Xian!
Big congrats to Mia for winning the 2024 ASM Student and Postdoctoral Travel Award and to Ying-Xi...
Jingqiu giving a talk at the ATCC/CeZAP workshop.
Jingqiu talked about source attribution of Salmonella at the Zoonotic Disease Research Workshop h...
New paper out!
Our collaborative review paper Adaptive strategies and ecological roles of phages in habitats und...