Jiaying Zhu

Postdoc

PhD

My research is focused on the interactions between the gut microbiome, microbial metabolites, and cardiometabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk.

I am investigating how gut microbiota and tryptophan-derived microbial metabolites influence host metabolism and whether they can serve as early biomarkers or therapeutic targets for disease prevention.

Specific gut microbes and their metabolites are associated with the development of several diseases, highlighting their great potential as non-invasive tools for predicting host risk and as therapeutic targets. Ultimately, my goal is to identify key microbes/metabolites and to develop models that can be translated into non-invasive diagnostics and novel preventive strategies for cardiometabolic diseases.

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Gothenburg University

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Wallenberg Laboratory/Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Bruna Stråket 16, level 2/3
SE-413 45 Göteborg
SWEDEN

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Wallenberg Laboratory/Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Bruna Stråket 16, level 2/3
SE-413 45 Göteborg

You can also reach our Lab via the main entrance at Sahlgrenska Hospital,
Blå Stråket 5, Entrance H

Bäckhed Lab

Our research group takes a translational research approach to investigate how the gut microbiota contributes to cardiometabolic disease.

We aim to increase the knowledge of the metagenome and explore how metabolites interacts in the processes for developing T2D and CVD.

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