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In a recent Gut Microbes article, Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam and colleagues demonstrate a healthy plant-based diet reduces inflammation by enriching for beneficial gut microbiota.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Diet and the gut microbiome have emerged as important factors in regulating the pathobiology of multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system.

Drs. Mangalam, Lehmler and Camell receive a Collaborative Feasibility Grant from the University of Iowa Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Drs. Ashutosh Mangalam, Hans-Joachim Lehmler and Christina Camell were awarded a Collaborative Iowa-Minnesota Pilot and Feasibility Grant from the UI Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center.

Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam received a Merit Award from the Department of Veteran Affairs
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam received a four-year VA Merit Award entitled, “Effect of Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in the Pathobiology of Multiple Sclerosis”.

Stephanie Peterson Receives a Pre-doctoral Training Grant Award
Friday, August 23, 2019
Stephanie Peterson, a Ph.D. student performing her thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam, was selected as a trainee on the Immunology Pre-doctoral T32 training grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This funding will support Stephanie’s research exploring the role of high fructose diets in the predisposition and/or exacerbation of multiple sclerosis utilizing animal models.


Mangalam receives a University of Iowa-Iowa State University Partnership Award
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD, in collaboration with Michael Wannemuehler, professor and chair, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, was awarded a seed grant award from University of Iowa-Iowa State University (UI-ISU) Partnership Seed Grant Program.

Multiple Travel Awards for Karandikar and Mangalam Labs at Upcoming Immunology Meeting
Thursday, May 9, 2019
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