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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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SBIR Phase II: Establishing a Synthetic Niche to Reliably Colonize the Human Gut with Engineered Bacterial Therapeutics
Whitaker, W. (PI)
8/15/18 → 11/30/21
Project: Research project
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SBIR Phase I: Establishing a Synthetic Niche to Reliably Colonize the Human Gut with Engineered Bacterial Therapeutics
Whitaker, W. (PI)
12/15/16 → 11/30/17
Project: Research project
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Controlled colonization of the human gut with a genetically engineered microbial therapeutic
Whitaker, W. R., Russ, Z. N., Shepherd, E. S., Popov, L. M., Louie, A., Lam, K., Zong, D. M., Gill, C. C. C., Gehrig, J. L., Rishi, H. S., Tan, J. A., Buness, A., Godoy, J., Banta, D., Jaidka, S., Wilson, K., Flood, J., Bukshpun, P., Yocum, R. & Cook, D. N. & 4 others, , Jul 17 2025, In: Science. 389, 6757, p. 303-308 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An exclusive metabolic niche enables strain engraftment in the gut microbiota
Shepherd, E. S., Deloache, W. C., Pruss, K. M., Whitaker, W. R. & Sonnenburg, J. L., May 17 2018, In: Nature. 557, 7705, p. 434-438 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gut Microbiota-Produced Tryptamine Activates an Epithelial G-Protein-Coupled Receptor to Increase Colonic Secretion
Bhattarai, Y., Williams, B. B., Battaglioli, E. J., Whitaker, W. R., Till, L., Grover, M., Linden, D. R., Akiba, Y., Kandimalla, K. K., Zachos, N. C., Kaunitz, J. D., Sonnenburg, J. L., Fischbach, M. A., Farrugia, G. & Kashyap, P. C., Jun 13 2018, In: Cell Host and Microbe. 23, 6, p. 775-785.e5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tunable Expression Tools Enable Single-Cell Strain Distinction in the Gut Microbiome
Whitaker, W. R., Shepherd, E. S. & Sonnenburg, J. L., Apr 20 2017, In: Cell. 169, 3, p. 538-546.e12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Avoidance of truncated proteins from unintended ribosome binding sites within heterologous protein coding sequences
Whitaker, W. R., Lee, H., Arkin, A. P. & Dueber, J. E., Mar 20 2015, In: ACS Synthetic Biology. 4, 3, p. 249-257 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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