Graduate students Paola and Joyce join the lab as does Research Tech Josh.

Deepti Sharan was the recipient of the Duchossois Family Institute Fellowship. Deepti’s research focuses on identifying essential colonization factors for anti-inflammatory Clostridial members of the gut microbiota.

The lab received support from the Brinson Medical Research Fellowship program for research on the role of the gut microbiome in metabolic disease.

2021 saw more growth to the Light Lab with the addition of postdoc Deepti Sharan, Micro student Matt Schechter, and visiting student Aga Grelska.