Advisory Board Liping is a pioneer in the study of host-microbiome interactions. By applying metagenomics-metabolomics integrated tools and dietary intervention, his lab understands and manipulates gut microbiota to improve human metabolic health and alleviate metabolic diseases such as type 2 Diabetes. He discovered that an endotoxin-producing opportunistic pathogen isolated from an obese human gut could induce obesity in germfree mice. He is both as Chair of Applied Microbiology at Rutgers University and Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and he serves as editor of Microbiology and Microbiome, society fellow and is an advisory board member of several organisations, such as the ISME Journal, the journal Microbiome, the American Academy of Microbiology, CIFAR and AGA. Back to Team

Advisory Board Rozalyn has dedicated her career to elucidating the effect of caloric restriction and metabolism on ageing. Her work explores metabolic status and loss of metabolic integrity as critical factors contributing to increased disease vulnerability as a function of age, and she has revealed the interplay between lifespan and metabolism via the NAD+ pathway. She is currently Associate Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Associate Director of Research, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Madison. Rozalyn leads the Metabolism of Aging research program at the UW Madison SMPH Department of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and both Fellow and current President of the American Aging Association. Back to Team