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Scientific Chicago (Season 2013, Episode 61) – Groundbreaking Research on Importance of Bacteria

Groundbreaking Research on Importance of Bacteria (CBC flexible film isolators shown starting at 4:48 into video). Newscast on gastrointestinal/ micobiota research used to help a child with a potentially life-threatening infection: Clostridium Difficile or C. Diff. - University of Chicago

The Gnotobiotic Research Animal Facility (GRAF) Team at the University of Chicago

Winner of the 2017 ALN TurnKey Team of the Year Award

CBC flexible film isolators and accessories and shown throughout video.

Gnotobiotics: getting a grip on the microbiome boom

Lab Animal – October 6, 2017 by Smriti Mallapaty, Editor and Science Writer

The growing interest in the microbiome has driven demand for germ-free and gnotobiotic animals, but facilities are struggling to keep up.

Microbes compete for nutrients, affect metabolism, development in mice

University of Wisconsin-Madison News – August 25, 2017 by Eric Hamilton

“Gut bacteria get to use a lot of our food before we do,” says Federico Rey, a professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

From Mice, Clues to Microbiome’s Influence on Metabolic Disease

University of Wisconsin Biochemisty News - February 20, 2017 by Terry Devitt of University Communications

The community of microorganisms that resides in the gut, known as the microbiome, has been shown to work in tandem with the genes of a host organism to regulate insulin secretion, a key variable in the onset of the metabolic disease diabetes.