The Bess Lab
Discovering & Engineering Microbiome Chemistry
LAB NEWS
October 25, 2024
Our discoveries about Parkinson's disease and the gut microbiome were featured on Futurity. Check out the article here.
Mar. 22, 2024
Our contribution to the first molecular-level mechanism connecting gut bacteria to intestinal α-synuclein aggregation is published in ACS Chemical Biology.
Jun. 30, 2022
Excited to work with Aida Ebrahimi's lab to study the electro-chemistry of gut bacteria's role in α-synuclein aggregation. Thanks to RSCA for the support!
May. 28, 2021
Congratulations to Kylie Uyeda and Zane Long, the newest PhD candidates in the Bess Lab!
July 31, 2020
Delighted to be supported by the Global Probiotics Council to study the chemical reactions that gut bacteria perform when they degrade fiber.
October 21, 2024
Our findings that gut bacteria control the blood concentration of anti-breast cancer drug tamoxifen is published in mBio.
Dec. 29, 2023
Thrilled to be awarded an NSF CAREER grant to support our research on lignin digestion by bacteria.
Jun. 30, 2022
Honored to be supported by RSCA to work with Stephanie Cologna's lab and Faranak Fattahi's lab to study how α-synuclein aggregates form in the enteric nervous system
Mar. 23, 2021
Congratulations to graduate student Kylie Uyeda for being awarded an Honorable Mention for her application to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!
July 17, 2020
Bess Lab celebrates its first student advancing to PhD candidacy! Congratulations, Barry!
Jun. 23, 2022
Check out our Article in J. Appl. Microbiol. on an a way that gut bacteria can synthesize dopamine.
Mar. 23, 2021
Congratulations to graduate student Zane Long for being awarded an Honorable Mention for his application to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!
June 16, 2020
Bess Lab awarded UC Irvine Hellman Fellowship!
Oct. 7, 2022
Thanks to support from the ACS TheoryLab Collaborative Grant for the support, the Bess and Jang Labs are mapping the gut microbiome's role in fighting breast cancer.
Jun. 8, 2022
Check out our pre-print on bioRxiv showing how gut bacteria convert dopamine, iron, and α-synuclein into a toxic trio that causes α-synuclein aggregation and neurodegeneration
Jan. 5, 2021
Congratulations to 3rd-year graduate student Barry Rich for receiving the prestigious ARCS Scholar Award.
Jan. 10, 2020
Professor Bess named a Scialog fellow by Research Corp.
July 3, 2024
We're using electro-chemistry to enable rapid screening of inhibitors of α-synuclein aggregation. Read all about it in ACS Chemical Neuroscience.
Aug. 24, 2021
Check out our Commentary in mSystems about how C. elegans can be used to dissect the gut–grain axis.
Oct. 1, 2020
Honored to be supported by the UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee for our research on the gut microbiome's role in breast cancer therapy.
Oct. 10, 2019
Honored to be supported by the American Cancer Society and UCI for our work on estrogen and the gut microbiome.