Faculty & Staff Directory
Masoumeh Sikaroodi
- Technical Director MBAC
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Masoumeh Sikaroodi
- Job Title
- Technical Director MBAC
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Colgan Hall, Room 424, MSN 4D4
Affiliations
Departments
- Biology Department (Staff)
Centers
- MicroBiome Analysis Center (MBAC)
Research Areas
- Biodiversity
- Biology
- Biomedical Research
Education
- PhD, Biosciences, George Mason University, 2013
- MS, Biology, George Mason University, 2000
- BS, Medical Laboratory Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, 1985
About
I help manage the molecular labs at Microbiome Analysis Center and help graduate students and faculty with their research and technical questions.
Current Research
At Microbiome Analysis Center we work on various projects, from gut microbiome to lobster shell disease and population genetics.
Teaching Focus
I help teaching a graduate level molecular ecology course, mainly the laboratory and experimental component.
Selected Publications
- Bajaj JS, Vargas HE, Reddy KR, Lai JC, O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Mitrani R, White MB, Kelly M, Fagan A, Patil R, Sait S, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM (2019a) Association Between Intestinal Microbiota Collected at Hospital Admission and Outcomes of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 17(4):756-765.e3.
- Bajaj JS, Salzman NH, Acharya C, Sterling RK, White MB, Gavis EA, Fagan A, Hayward M, Holtz ML, Matherly S, Lee H, Osman M, Siddiqui MS, Fuchs M, Puri P, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2019b) Fecal Microbial Transplant Capsules are Safe in Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Phase 1, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Hepatology.
- Solano-Aguilar GI, Lakshman S, Jang S, Beshah E, Xie Y, Sikaroodi M, Gupta R, Vinyard B, Molokin A, Urban JF, Jr., Gillevet P, Davis CD (2018a) The Effect of Feeding Cocoa Powder and Lactobacillus rhamnosus on the Composition and Function of Pig Intestinal Microbiome. Curr Dev Nutr 2(5):nzy011.
- Kang DJ, Hylemon PB, Gillevet PM, Sartor RB, Betrapally NS, Kakiyama G, Sikaroodi M, Takei H, Nittono H, Zhou H, Pandak WM, Yang J, Jiao C, Li X, Lippman HR, Heuman DM, Bajaj JS (2017) Gut microbial composition can differentially regulate bile acid synthesis in humanized mice. Hepatol Commun 1(1):61-70.
- Sikaroodi M., and Gillevet P. M. , (2012) Quality Control for Multitag Pyrosequencing of Microbial Communities, BioTechniques 53: 381-383.
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Masoumeh Sikaroodi
- Job Title
- Technical Director MBAC
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Colgan Hall, Room 424, MSN 4D4