F. Askarian

A synthetic skin microbial community (SkinCom) enables reproducible investigations of the human skin microbiome

The paper introduces SkinCom, a synthetic skin microbial community, which enables reproducible in vitro and in vivo studies of the human skin microbiome and recapitulates 65.6% of in vitro responses in a human trial.

Perinatal ampicillin administration modulates murine bile acid metabolism in vivo - an observational study

This study examines how ampicillin exposure via different routes affects bile acid metabolism in mice, finding significant changes in maternal bile acids and increased infant weight.