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

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...

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Main Author:	Alan W. Walker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-11-01
Series:	BMC Biology
Subjects:	microbiome personalised nutrition diet contamination open access publishing
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0599-z

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

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