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Nebraska-based global center to drive bioeconomy solutions for future of food

Ozan Ciftci in lab

Nebraska-based global center to drive bioeconomy solutions for future of food

Yanbin Yin and Xuehuan Feng

Project leads to major discovery about earliest plant life on Earth

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Yanbin Yin and students

Husker scientist aims for personalized nutritional medicine

graphic of cadmium element

Gut bacteria show promise for thwarting toxic effects of cadmium

jars of kombucha

Husker scientists contribute to pilot study showing kombucha’s possible benefits

Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Starches common in processed grains can curb helpful gut bacteria

Nate Korth in lab

Study identifies connections among popcorn, microbiome, human health

Agronomy and Horticulture/Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Chenyong Miao, Qinnan "Bob" Yang, Zhikai Liang and Mallory Van Haute

IANR tech boosts understanding of food crop traits, gut microbiome

Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

photo illustration of fruits and vegetables

Forward thinking, prompts linked with healthier food choices

Microbiologists’ work adds to research on microbiome fungi and childhood disease

Robert Hutkins in lab

Team makes first large-scale estimate of Americans’ consumption of live microbes

Food Science/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/

Study: Deadly mushrooms got toxin-specific genes directly from ancient source

ripe coffee cherries

Researchers from Nebraska, Ethiopia rethinking the coffee ‘cherry’

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Researchers aim to discover microbiome’s role in personalized nutrition

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Robert Hutkins and Andy Benson in lab

Husker scientists studying our ‘second brain’ — the gut microbiome

Food Science/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

food nutrition charts

Experiment shows timely info may prompt purchase of fiber-rich foods

Jeffrey Price loading cages at Gnotobiotic Mouse Facility

Mouse house: Germ-free facility puts Nebraska U at forefront of microbiome research

Food Science/Gnotobiotic Mouse Program/

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Partners with ZEA Biosciences

Study concludes Americans self-diagnose to adopt gluten-free diets

Nebraska research aims to boost milk as infection fighter

Food Science/Nutrition and Health Sciences/

Faculty-led startup takes aim at improving gut health

Food Science/NUtech Ventures/

CAREER award helps Yin develop tools to find key enzymes

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Nebraska microbiologist investigates antibiotics and gut health

Food Science/Health/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

Husker-developed bacterium outperforms commercial probiotic

Food Science/Health/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

Husker researchers explore ways to repurpose grape waste

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Pain in the gut: Microbe betrays neighbors to trigger IBD

Food Science/Health/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

Nebraska research assists state’s craft brewing industry

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Can yogurt each day keep the doctor away?

Food Science/Health/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

Agpocalypse project highlights food-energy-water nexus

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Food for Health Center to study promising pharmaceutical

Food Science/Health/

Gut feeling: Study finds ingested bacteria can stick for months

Food Science/Health/Nebraska Food for Health Center/

Nebraska Food for Health Center to unite strengths in agriculture, medicine

Food Science/Health/

Team earns $1.7M grant to study milk-conveyed molecules

Food Science/Health/

Students gain experience tracking, testing for salmonella

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