University of Utah · BiologyVirome and Immunity Research Unit
June Louise Round · Salt Lake City, Utah
Research Focus
Dr. June Louise Round's lab focuses on understanding the interactions between the immune system and the microbiota, particularly the virome—viruses that live in and on the body. They study how bacteriophages, a type of virus, influence immune system development and explore the links between intestinal health and diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and diabetes. Their research aims to identify beneficial viral and bacterial communities that can promote health and prevent disease.
viromebacteriophagesmicrobiotaimmune systeminflammatory bowel diseasediabetesintestinal healthantibody responseClostridiamucosal immunity
Research Aims
3AIM 01Catalog the mucosal IgA/IgG reactivity against commensal viruses from healthy human stool samples.
AIM 02Characterize the serum reactivity against gut-resident viral communities using paired samples from humans.
AIM 03Utilize gnotobiotic mice to understand how the immune system influences viral communities in the gut.
Skills the Lab Values
16S ribosomal RNA sequencinganimal modelsgnotobiotic mouse studiesantibody characterizationimmunological assaysviral particle purificationfecal samplingdata analysisserological assaysmicrobiota transplantation
Output against the department
Publications150top 45% of dept.467th of 1,033
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Citations20ktop 20% of dept.209th of 1,033
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