Lindemann Lab Research

We research dietary influences on the gut microbiome and the effects of those microbial shifts on host health, such as inflammation and gut colonization by pathogens. Our goal is to discover dietary solutions to health problems such as Crohn’s disease, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, ulcerative colitis and more.

Specifically, the Lindemann lab focuses on using molecular ecology techniques to understand:

• Dietary influences on the composition and stability of the gut microbiome
• Gut microbiome metabolism of dietary components influences production and absorption of bioactive microbial metabolites
• How metabolic interactions between microbes alter polysaccharide fermentation and nitrogen metabolism in the colon
• How interactions between beneficial microbes exclude pathogenic organisms and modulate inflammation in the colon.

Dr. Stephen Lindemann Contact:

lindems@purdue.edu
745 Agriculture Mall Dr.,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-9207

Lab Manager Contact (Yuxin Wang):

wang6209@purdue.edu
745 Agriculture Mall Dr.,
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Lab Hiring Contact:

lindems-hiring@purdue.edu