Fergus Shanahan

The paper identifies non-Bifidobacterial microbiome features associated with Bifidobacterial colonization and develops tools to predict responses to probiotic interventions.

This study identifies IL-32β as a ligand that primes human macrophages for M1-like inflammatory responses via a Myddosome-dependent pathway and shows elevated IL-32 in severe COVID-19.

The paper identifies Health-Associated Core Keystones (HACKs) in the human gut microbiome using large-scale data, showing their association with health and resilience, and their potential in therapeutic applications.