Knight Lab

Dr. Rob Knight

Dr. Rob Knight

Wolfe Family Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research, Professor Rob Knight
Departments of Bioengineering and Computer Science & Engineering
University of California San Diego

Research Overview

The Knight Lab uses and develops state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques to ask fundamental questions about the evolution of the composition of biomolecules, genomes, and communities in different ecosystems, including the complex microbial ecosystems of the human body. We subscribe to an open-access scientific model, providing free, open-source software tools and making all protocols and data publicly available in order to increase general interest in and understanding of microbial ecology, and to further public involvement in scientific endeavors more generally.

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