The AGA Research Foundation and The Dannon Co. presented the 2017 AGA-Dannon Gut Microbiome in Health Award to Dr. Gary D. Wu for his research on microbiota in the human gut. Wu’s project is titled “Equol Production as a Model for the Impact of Diet on the Metabolome of the Gut Microbiota in Humans.” He is on the faculty at Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
“The resources provided by this award will allow us to investigate models for small molecule generation by the gut microbiota that influence the plasma metabolome of the host,” Wu said. “These models will be particularly important to understand the manner by which diet serves as a substrate for the gut microbiota to produce metabolites that ultimately have an impact on human health.”