In a recent lecture at the University of Cambridge, Bill Gates argued that the key to solving child malnutrition, one of the biggest global contributors to inequity, lies in deeper understanding of the gut microbiome. Much microbiome research has focussed on the influence of the gut microbiome on...
About Ruairi Robertson, PhD
Dr. Ruairi Robertson is a postdoctoral researcher based at the Institut Pasteur, Paris. He has 10 years of hands-on experience in microbiome research. His current work focuses on the influence of the early-life gut microbiome on child growth and immunity.
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Shallow Shotgun Sequencing: A Primer
September 16, 2019/by Ruairi Robertson, PhDIt is common for microbiome researchers to struggle over the choice between 16S sequencing or shotgun metagenome sequencing (SMS) for their study. When deciding which sequencing technique to use, it is essential to consider a number of factors including the research question, study design and cost....