Chris Kuzawa

Postdoctoral Fellow in Epigenomics and Human Biology We seek a postdoctoral research associate to work with Professor Christopher Kuzawa at Harvard University. The postdoc will oversee analysis and write up of an extensive longitudinal dataset that has ...

Hey PhD grads - join our group as a postdoc at Harvard! Focus will be analysis of genome wide methylation data from Cebu - measured at ages 21 and 40 years in the full birth cohort (n-1500). 40 yrs of data allow endless possibilities. Circulate widely!

academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14854

Germ free mice inoculated with gut microbes from humans and another larger brained species eat more but grow slower and put on less fat than mice inoculated with GM from smaller brained primate. Instead they prioritize production of glucose (brain fuel) - driven by SCFA and hepatic gluconeogenesis

The primate gut microbiota contributes to interspecific differences in host metabolism Because large brains are energetically expensive, they are associated with metabolic traits that facilitate energy availability across vertebrates. However, the biological underpinnings driving these ...

Awesome new study led by @emallott.bsky.social and Katie Amato - provides compelling evidence that gut microbes are key providers of brain fuel that powered encephalization.
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...