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Jeffrey McLean 7/29/26 Jeffrey McLean 7/29/26

Nanosynbacteria Official Name for Ca. Saccharimonadia

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Jeffrey McLean 3/1/26 Jeffrey McLean 3/1/26

Dr. Jeffrey McLean Appointed Interim Director UW Microbial Interactions & Microbiome Center Oct 2025-

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Jeffrey McLean 10/16/25 Jeffrey McLean 10/16/25

Celine Atkinson Named 2025 School of Dentistry Magnuson Scholar

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Jeffrey McLean 4/15/24 Jeffrey McLean 4/15/24

UW periodontics team led by Kris Kerns discover non-localized effect of inflammation (PNAS)

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Kristopher Kerns 9/22/23 Kristopher Kerns 9/22/23

Nature Review on the diversity and biogeography of the oral microbiome and its impact on human health

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Kristopher Kerns 9/22/23 Kristopher Kerns 9/22/23

Genetic manipulation of Saccharibacteria (phylum Patescibacteria) provides mechanistic insights into epibiotic lifestyle of ultrasmall bacteria (UW Microbiology Collaboration).

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Elissa Elmorr 5/16/23 Elissa Elmorr 5/16/23

Mice and their Microbiomes May Hold the Key to Protecting Astronauts from the Effects of Microgravity (Forsyth and UW) Cell Reports

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Elissa Elmorr 5/16/23 Elissa Elmorr 5/16/23

Research team led by the McLean Lab to expand upon research into variation in response to plaque microbiome accumulation with NIH Clinical Trial

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Kristopher Kerns 9/20/22 Kristopher Kerns 9/20/22

Dr. McLean named Interim Co-Director of Microbiome Center

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Jeffrey McLean 1/6/22 Jeffrey McLean 1/6/22

Oral TM7 bacteria may protect humans from pathogenic bacteria (Cell Host & Microbe)

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Jeffrey McLean 1/6/22 Jeffrey McLean 1/6/22

Researchers gain insights into how ultrasmall bacteria from the environment have adapted to live inside humans (PNAS)

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Jeffrey McLean 7/19/21 Jeffrey McLean 7/19/21

UW researchers reveal three inflammatory clinical responder types to subgingival microbial growth in humans (PNAS) *Received the AAP Clinical Research Award 2022

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Kristopher Kerns 12/15/20 Kristopher Kerns 12/15/20

Replicating Diseased Communities with Modified SHI Media *Number one downloaded paper from Wiley Publishing 2022!

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Kristopher Kerns 9/1/20 Kristopher Kerns 9/1/20

Our work on nano-sized parasitic bacteria covered in TWiM episode 222

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Jeffrey McLean 7/22/20 Jeffrey McLean 7/22/20

Humans are inhabited by a broad diversity of nano-sized bacteria with tiny genomes.

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Kristopher Kerns 4/28/20 Kristopher Kerns 4/28/20

Immune-regulating drug improves gum disease in mice

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Kristopher Kerns 3/21/19 Kristopher Kerns 3/21/19

A Review of Saccharibacteria (TM7) in the Human Oral Microbiome

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Kristopher Kerns 12/4/18 Kristopher Kerns 12/4/18

UW researchers help take major step in study of elusive bacteria

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Kristopher Kerns 12/19/17 Kristopher Kerns 12/19/17

Microbial matter comes out of the dark

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Kristopher Kerns 8/9/16 Kristopher Kerns 8/9/16

Sharing and community curation of mass spectrometry data with Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking

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