Molecular Microbiology
Overview
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Founded in 2009, the Molecular Microbiology Facility (MMF) is a comprehensive resource for microbiome research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), providing researchers with a cost-effective, high-throughput processing of biological microbiome samples.
The MMF manages a Fecal Biobank and stores and catalogues thousands of human stool samples from patients at MSKCC collected under protocols and clinical trials. The laboratory specializes in methodologies optimized to investigate the microbial composition of human or experimental mouse samples.
We provide services ranging from nucleic acid extraction to bacterial/fungal amplicon sequencing or metagenomics using Illumina platforms in collaboration with the Integrated Genomics Operation (IGO). The MMF supports investigators pursuing basic and clinical research interests in analyzing the microbiota of the small and large intestines, feces, saliva and oral mucosal surfaces, urogenital tract, and skin.
Investigators wishing to utilize our shared facility to bank research specimens or process samples should submit all requests through iLab or submit inquiries via email to Ana Gradissimo at [email protected] . External investigators can also use our iLab account for request submission.
Services
Publications
Abate M, Vos E, Gonen M, Janjigian Y, Schattner M, Laszkowska M, Tang L, Maron S, Coit D, Vardhana S, Vanderbilt C, Strong V. A Novel Microbiome Signature in Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg 2022 Oct; 276(4):605-615. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005587
Smith M, Dai A, Ghilardi G, Amelsberg KV, Devlin SM, Pajarillo R, Slingerland JB, Beghi S, Herrera PS, Giardina P, Clurman A, Dwomoh E, Armijo G, Gomes ALC, Littmann ER, Schluter J, Fontana E, Taur Y, Park JH, Palomba ML, Halton E, Ruiz J, Jain T, Pennisi M, Afuye AO, Perales MA, Freyer CW, Garfall A, Gier S, Nasta S, Landsburg D, Gerson J, Svoboda J, Cross J, Chong EA, Giralt SA, Gill SI, Riviere I, Porter DL, Schuster SJ, Sadelain M, Frey N, Brentjens RJ, June CH, Pamer EG, Peled JU, Facciabene A, van den Brink MRM, Ruella M. Gut Microbiome Correlates of Response and Toxicity Following Anti-CD19 CAR T Cell Therapy. Nat Med 2022 Oct; 28:713-723. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01702-9
Zegarra-Ruiz DF, Kim DV, Norwood K, Kim M, Wu WJH, Saldana-Morales FB, Hill AA, Majumdar S, Orozco S, Bell R, Round JL, Longman RS, Egawa T, Bettini ML, Diehl GE. Thymic Development of Gut-Microbiota-specific T Cells. Nature 2021 May; 594:413-417. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03531-1
People
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- Ph.D. in Biology, Microbiology
- University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2014
- M.Sc. in Biology
- University of Evora, Portugal, 2005
- B.Sc. in Biology
- University of Evora, Portugal, 2003
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Director
Members
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Sr. Research Technician
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Bioinformatics Software Engineer I
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Research Assistant
Senior Research Technician
Alumni
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Lab Manager
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Data Analyst II
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Research Technician
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Sr. Research Technician
Research Technician
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Research Study Assistant
Open Positions
To learn more about available postdoctoral opportunities, please visit our Career Center
Get in Touch
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Director Email
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Director Email
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Core Facility Phone
Resources
- Scientific Research Lead [email protected]
- MMF Team [email protected]
- Laboratory Phone 212-639-8727
- Hours of Operation 9AM - 5PM
- Schwartz Research Building Room 518B, 1250 First Avenue, New York, NY 10065