Organoid Biology Lab in Translational Predictive Biology Cluster At NCSU
Our lab focuses on enteric nutrient handling and its effect on whole-body nutrient availability by measuring metabolic function in organoid and whole-animal models of neurometabolic disease.
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Fructose is a naturally consumed nutrient that is over-consumed in many modern diets. Our lab uses animal and organoid models to measure enteric fructose uptake and metabolism in the context of health and disease. Learn more about this work in Dr. Williamson’s 2022 paper
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Amino acids are the primary energy-yielding nutrient powering the gut and contribute to neuropeptide production in the gut by the microbiota. Dr. Williamson’s 2022 NIDDK K99/R00 focuses on a group of essential amino acids and the contribution of the microbiota to essential amino acid pools.
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Our lab serves as the Organoid Biology lab within the Translational Predictive Biology Cluster at NCSU. We support primary and induced pluripotent stem cell culture within the cluster and help to develop organoid technologies to address research and therapeutic hurdles. See Dr. Williamson’s prior organoid technolgies.
We are hiring at all levels.
We are recruiting graduate students enrolled in the NCSU Comparative Biomedical Sciences or Biomedical Engineering programs and researchers of all levels with experience with cell culture models, microbiology, mass-spectrometry, and gnotobiotic animal models. We strive to maintain a supportive and enthusiastic environment.