Project Overview

Interaction between Helminths and protozoan infection and gut microbiome among School children

Faculty Sponsor

Bineyam Taye (btaye@colgate.edu)

Department(s)

Biology

Abstract

Intestinal helminths and protozoans have coexisted with various microbiomes in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans throughout evolution, but the nature of their relationship remains largely unexplored. Dr. Taye's research aims to investigate the interactions between the gut microbiome and helminth and protozoan parasites. Additionally, he is studying how the microbiome changes in response to antihelminthic drug treatments in Ethiopian school children. As part of this research, students will extract DNA from fecal samples and perform quantitative PCR (qPCR) to identify intestinal parasites. They will also use a bioinformatics pipeline in R to analyze the data

Student Qualifications

Data analysis skills using R statistical software.

Number of Student Researchers

2 students

Project Length

10 weeks

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