Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Triplett Lab
Led by Eric Triplett · Microbiology and Cell Science
What we study
The Triplett Lab studies how bacteria affect health and ecosystems. They use experiments and field work to explore topics like autoimmune diseases, premature birth, and antimicrobial resistance.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Bacteria & microbes
- Projects
- 5
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Bacteria in autoimmune diseases
Studies how bacteria may trigger autoimmune responses, looking for links between microbes and diseases in which the immune system attacks the body.
Bacteria in premature birth
They investigate bacterial roles in early pregnancy complications.
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Diazotroph distribution
Maps where nitrogen-fixing bacteria, diazotrophs, live in natural environments, to understand their role in the nitrogen cycle.
Liberibacter physiology
They research how Liberibacter causes citrus greening disease.
Antimicrobial resistance
Studies bacterial resistance to antibiotics in farming systems, looking at how resistance spreads in agricultural settings.
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Recent papers, explained
- The inflammatory path toward type 1 diabetes begins during pregnancy
2026 · Nature Communications
Shows inflammatory signals at birth predict type 1 diabetes years later in Swedish children.
- Structure and Spatial Heterogeneity of Chemosynthesis‐Based Deep‐Sea Archaeal and Bacterial Communities in Western South Atlantic
2026 · Ecology and Evolution
Studies deep-sea microbes in methane seeps to understand their structure and habitat differences.
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- Early-life proteomic and microbiome features signal obesity risk across 26 years of follow-up
2026 · mSystems
Follows early-life factors like diet and infections to see how they relate to obesity later in life.
- Gut microbiome maturation in early childhood interacts with host genetics to predict type 1 diabetes risk
2026 · Nature Metabolism
Links early gut microbes and host genes to type 1 diabetes risk in high-risk children.
- Gut microbial functional associations with subsequent irritable bowel syndrome in a prospective, paediatric case–control study
2026 · EBioMedicine
Tracks infant gut microbes to see if they predict future IBS in children.
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