Morrison Group - Research
Our current research projects focus on:
- The Eastern IBD gut microbiota (ENIGMA) project, comparing the microbial communities in Australia and SE Asia in incident Crohn’s disease patients.
- The NHMRC Centre for Excellence in Digestive Health, which uses novel ex-vivo combinations in microbe- and cell-culture methods to examine the pathophysiology of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
- Methanogensis and methanogens in IBD and related digestive disorders.
- Bringing genomes to life by the culture of “new” gastrointestinal and skin microbes.
Student projects
- Wanted live not dead, bringing genomic data to life via novel culture-based methods.
- Novel ex vivo combinations of microbe- and cell-culture studies to characterise the roles of the mucosa-associated microbiota in digestive diseases and disorders.