Adam CN Wong Lab @ UF

Welcome!

My program's central focus is host-microbe interactions, from mutualism to pathogenesis. We integrate multi-omics and molecular genetic approaches to identify the effectors and mechanisms underlying microbial modulation of host behavior, physiology, and pathology.
 
Current questions include:

1) How does variation of the microbiome affect host behavioral and physiological outcomes?
2) How do the gut microbiome shape brain gene regulatory networks across diets and during aging?
3) Can we harness microbial based chemicals to manipulate host behavior?

We use Drosophila melanogaster and also non-model insects (chironomids, D. suzukii) as experimental systems to tackle these questions.