College of Medicine
Neu Lab
Led by Josef Neu · Pediatrics
What we study
The Neu Lab studies how nutrients and the gut microbiome affect infant health, including preterm babies and diabetes risk. They use cell cultures, animal models, and human studies to explore these effects.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Clinical
- Cells in a dish
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Tryptophan metabolism and microbiome analysis in early pre-term infants
A hospital-based study examining how tryptophan affects the microbiome in very premature babies.
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Recent papers, explained
- Enteral iron dose effect on iron storage, intestinal barrier, and gut microbiome in preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial
2026 · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Risk Does Not Outweigh the Benefits of Mother’s Raw Milk
2026 · NeoReviews
Finds postnatal CMV risk from raw milk is low, outweighed by its benefits.
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- “Necrotizing enterocolitis”: a paradigm shift
2026 · Pediatric Research
- Distinct clinical patterns of preterm infants vulnerable to intestinal injury identified by unsupervised clustering
2026 · Pediatric Research
Identifies distinct clinical patterns of intestinal injury in preterm infants using clustering.
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How to reach out
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