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Julia Oh is a Professor in the Department of Dermatology and holds positions in Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Integrative Immunobiology at Duke University. Her long-term research goal is to create new microbiome-based therapeutics for skin diseases, with implications for a wide range of inflammatory diseases. Her lab is a hybrid of computational microbiomics and experimental microbiology, reflecting her dual expertise. She develops advanced algorithms for analyses using shotgun metagenomic sequencing data to reconstruct the structure and dynamics of microbial communities, complementing genomic predictions with in vitro and in vivo experiments to investigate gene function and visualize microbes. Oh's work focuses on the human skin microbiome as well as diversified gut and airway microbiota to understand systemic and local interactions between the microbiome and immune system. The lab aims to create highly informative maps of fundamental characteristics distinguishing healthy from diseased microbiomes and to develop strategies to engineer the microbiome for therapeutic purposes.
Jackson Laboratory • Bar Harbor, ME
Teaching and conducting research in genetics and molecular biology.
Jackson Laboratory • Bar Harbor, ME
Engaged in research and education in genetics and molecular biology.
National Institutes of Health • Bethesda, MD
Worked on various projects focused on immunology and microbiology.
Department of Dermatology • Durham, NC
Instructing medical students and courses in dermatology.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)