2024
January
New paper alert. Our work with Ilana Brito’s lab characterizing de novo sphingolipid synthesis in Prevotella copri is out at mBio. Congratulations Henry, Min-Ting and Sharon!
2023
November
New paper alert. Our work with Toly Aydemir’s lab addressing how the function of Zinc transporters affects gut microbial communities is out at AJP-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. Congratulations Min-Ting, Janine, and Blake!
Dr. Sharon Thompson joins the lab after completing a PhD in Microbiology and Cell Science at University of Florida. Welcome Sharon!
Dr. Yujin Lee joins the lab from Postdoctoral work in the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Chungbuk National University College of medicine and Hospital (Korea). Welcome Yujin!
AUGUST
Ellie Tan joins the lab from the Graduate Field of Microbiology. Welcome Ellie!!!
Nick Cheng is rotating in the lab from the Graduate Field of Nutrition. Welcome Nick!
AUGUST
Megan Eno joins the lab as a technician. Welcome Megan!!!
JUNE
Derrick Tran joins the lab as a technician. Welcome Derrick!!!
MAY
Min-Ting is the Johnson Lab’s first hooded PhD at Cornell’s Graduation. SO PROUD OF YOU DR. LEE!!
Muying Li is the first MS in Nutrition to graduate from the Johnson Lab. Congratulations Li!!!
Zhongqian Li - our fearless DIAPER cohort app team leader - graduates with his Masters in Engineering. Congratulations Zhongqian!!
Paula passes her A-exam with flying colors!! Congratulations Paula!
Liz is selected for the inaugural class of HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars. This big achievement for the lab was covered in the Cornell Chronicle and Forbes.
Liz is selected as the inaugural Schwartz visionary grant recipient. We are so honored and thankful for the support from the Schwartz Fund.
MARCH
Janine passes her A-exam with flying colors!! Congratulations Janine!
JANUARY
Min-Ting successfully defends her thesis. Congratulations Min-Ting! Good luck making our skin microbiome’s better at Arcaea!
2022
AUGUST
Congratulations Henry, Min-Ting, Kevin, and Janine on the characterization of interactions of dietary cholesterol with the murine and human gut microbiome shown here at Nature Microbiology
JULY
Congratulations Min-Ting, Henry, and Kevin on the first characterization of 3-ketosphinganine reductase activity in Bacteroides detailed here at Journal of Lipid Research
JUNE
Congratulations Liz on being named a Pew Biomedical Scholar in the 2022 cohort
MAY
Congratulations to Henry, Min-Ting, and Kevin on our paper “Host hepatic metabolism is modulated by microbiota-derived sphingolipids” now published here at Cell Host & Microbe
MARCH
We welcomed a new member to the team. Congratulations Liz on baby #3.
2021
DECEMBER
Paula Banuelos joins the lab from the Graduate Field of Biomedical and Biological Sciences. Paula will be studying gut microbes that modify dietary choline to create choline-derived metabolites that impact host health. Welcome Paula!
OCTOBER
Liz delivers the 2021 NIH NIGMS Judith Greenberg Early Career Lecture - “Looking for Lipids in all the right places”
Paula Banuelos and Maya Craig from the graduate field of Biomedical and Biological Sciences are rotating in the lab. Welcome Paula and Maya!
SEPTEMBER
BOSSS is featured as the Technology of the Month in Trends in Biochemical Sciences. Congratulations to Min-Ting for an excellent write up and to Henry for all his hard work on this project.
AUGUST
The lab is awarded an equipment grant from NIH NIGMS for a flow cytometer to continue to develop the BOSSS methodology. Thankful and excited to ramp up the efforts on this project.
JUNE
The lab is back to our home sweet home - Biotech 303. Glad to be back and thankful for an amazing lab and all the people who facilitated the massive amount of work it took to restore the space.
MAY
Janine Comrie joins the lab from the Graduate Field of Nutrition. She will study how dietary long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids interact with the gut microbiome. Welcome Janine!
Min-Ting successfully passes her A-exam! Honored to have our first official PhD candidate in the lab.
Dr. Henry Le moves to become a research scientist at Hexagon in sunny Palo Alto, CA. We will miss you Henry!
APRIL
Liz is named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar in the Humans and the Microbiome Program!
FEBRUARY
Lab relocated to a new space due to a ceiling flood. Amazing job by the team wadding through the debris and getting us moved in no time.