Studying the microbiome and its complexities: an interview with Alan Walker

Alan W. Walker

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Studying the microbiome and its complexities: an interview with Alan Walker

Alan W. Walker (Corresponding Author)

The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health

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Abstract

Alan Walker is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, UK, studying the intestinal microbiota and its interactions with the host’s diet. In this interview, Alan discusses his research interests, earlier studies of the ways contaminants can affect microbiome analyses, the excitement of experiments going well, and why science doesn’t need to be combative.

Original language	English
Article number	134
Number of pages	2
Journal	BMC Biology
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-018-0599-z
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2018

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microbiome
personalised nutrition
diet
contamination
open access publishing

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