
Dr. Rebecca Walker
@reblwalker
Computational Biologist | Former IBD + microbiome Postdoc @TheXavierLab @Broadinstitute | Bioinformatics PhD + neuropsychiatric genomics @GeschwindLab @UCLA
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13-11-2018 20:43:24
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The Smillie Lab opens March at MassGeneral Medicine! We develop methods (wet/dry) to understand microbial life on the human body #microbiome #singlecell #evolution #deeplearning. Hiring grad students, postdocs, and RAs Harvard Medical School Broad Institute. Please share! smillielab.org

In a collaboration with the Weersma lab out now in Nature Communications, we show that intestinal mucosa cis-eQTLs in IBD can depend on inflammatory status and be influenced by the cell type composition of the mucosa. Read about this work: nature.com/articles/s4146…


We are excited to share work by @johannesfscheid, Christopher Barnes, Ph.D., and Basak Eraslan with The Bjorkman Lab, Regev lab, and Paul Bieniasz lab characterizing B cell responses against #SARSCoV2. (1/3) Broad Institute Online Cell: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

A comprehensive, integrated review of unconventional T cells- excellent stuff from Toufic Mayassi- nature.com/articles/s4158…

Examination of gene co-expression network architecture in human brain samples from GTEx Portal ; new from Geschwind Lab @ UCLA and colleagues go.nature.com/3iBPvkL

Multi-omic profiling in IBD patients initiating biologic therapy identifies remission-associated gut microbial features. Our findings provide a foundation for more individualized selection of optimal therapeutic agents. Online now Cell Host & Microbe: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Super excited to be able to share this study on gut microbiome ADP-ribosyltransferases and their role as phage-encoded fitness factors in the gut. Been a great collaboration with Hugo Arellano (HAS) and Novartis along with Broad Institute @MGH_RI & Emily Temple cell.com/cell-host-micr…



Congrats Daniel Rojas Eric Brown !! Happy to be a (small) part of this work

Ever wondered how oral microbes colonize the gut? Turns out gut inflammation opens up a niche Veillonella can exploit through nitrate utilization. Congrats to Daniel Rojas and the team for all the help Emily Temple Michelle Onyekaba Ahmed Mohamed Dr. Rebecca Walker nature.com/articles/s4156…

Excited to share a pre-print of our work in the Kiessling Group describing interactions between human lectins and stool microbiota. Some highlights below: (1/4) x.com/biorxivpreprin…


Human lectins a part of our innate immune system, they influence the #microbes that live in us. What species do they bind? Kiessling Group Xavier Lab Eric Alm developed Lectin-Seq as a method to mine the human #microbiome. Excited to share the strategy:science.org/doi/full/10.11…


1/ Keen to share the story of my postdoc research in Xavier Lab! We built a massive resource characterizing the spatial landscape of the gut, and yes, we dug deep into the biology too. If you’ve got a minute, let me walk you through the story. 🧵👇 nature.com/articles/s4158…