The Marco lab is located in The Department of Food Science & Technology at The University of California, Davis
Research in the Marco lab examines the roles of microorganisms in determining food safety, food quality, and gut health. A common thread to our research is the investigation of the ecology and host-microbe interactions of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in food systems and the mammalian digestive tract. The broad objective of our studies is to identify the attributes of microorganisms that can be used to guide improvements in food production to benefit human health.
Research in the Marco lab examines the roles of microorganisms in determining food safety, food quality, and gut health. A common thread to our research is the investigation of the ecology and host-microbe interactions of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in food systems and the mammalian digestive tract. The broad objective of our studies is to identify the attributes of microorganisms that can be used to guide improvements in food production to benefit human health.
LAB NEWS
April 2018 Zach Quart and Hiu Mak presented their research at the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference. Well-done to two of our excellent undergraduate students!
April 2018 Congratulations to Ellie Yin on being selected for the John E. Kinsella Memorial Prize for outstanding research on her doctoral dissertation
April 2018 Congratulations to Eric Stevens on being selected for a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship award
March 2018 Congratulations to Annabelle Yu on being selected to travel to Uganda this summer as part of a Trellis Fund Project from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture.
https://blog.horticulture.ucdavis.edu/2018/02/new-trellis-projects-africa-asia-farmers-university-students/
February 2018 Maria was the guest editor on this year's Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology issue
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/current-opinion-in-biotechnology/vol/49/suppl/C
November 2017. Ellie's paper on the importance of Lactobacillus plantarum plantaricin synthesis in the GI tract was published in the Beneficial Microbes journal (https://doi.org/10.3920/BM2017.0096)
April 2018 Congratulations to Ellie Yin on being selected for the John E. Kinsella Memorial Prize for outstanding research on her doctoral dissertation
April 2018 Congratulations to Eric Stevens on being selected for a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship award
March 2018 Congratulations to Annabelle Yu on being selected to travel to Uganda this summer as part of a Trellis Fund Project from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture.
https://blog.horticulture.ucdavis.edu/2018/02/new-trellis-projects-africa-asia-farmers-university-students/
February 2018 Maria was the guest editor on this year's Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology issue
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/current-opinion-in-biotechnology/vol/49/suppl/C
November 2017. Ellie's paper on the importance of Lactobacillus plantarum plantaricin synthesis in the GI tract was published in the Beneficial Microbes journal (https://doi.org/10.3920/BM2017.0096)
Holiday Party December 2018
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Welcome to Professor Jinlin Guo, visiting Professor, and Yetong Xu, visiting PhD student!
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