Sue Ishaq
Associate Director of Special Projects and Associate Professor of Microbiomes
¶Ù±ð²µ°ù±ð±ð:ÌýPh.D. 2015, University of Vermont
Phone:Ìý207.581.2770
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýsue.ishaq@maine.edu
Location:Ìý108 Rogers Hall
Professional Interests:ÌýThe central efforts of my lab are to increase our understanding of the interactions between animal (or human) hosts and their resident microbiota, and investigate solutions for using microorganisms to resolve disordered communities and host health. My ongoing and proposed research activities investigate the microbiome in several animal hosts with implications for a wide variety of research applications and to health, agriculture, and ecological management sectors inside of Maine and beyond. In particular, much of my work centers on the importance of spatial location in understanding host-microbe interactions and how to harness them. Currently, my lab is focusing on the role of gut microbes in creating beneficial compounds from the diet which can reduce inflammation in hosts, microbial community acquisition and health in several marine animal species, and the connection between host-microbe-environment.
Teaching:
AVS 254 Introduction to Animal Microbiomes
AVS 401/402 Capstone in Animal Science
AVS 454/554 DNA Sequencing Data Analysis Lab
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Founder, Microbes and Social Equity Working Group:Ìý
Early Career At-Large Board Member of the American Society for Microbiology, 2024 – 2027
SelectedÌýPublications:
- Alaba, T.E., Holman, J.M., Ishaq, S.L., Li, Y.Ìý2024.Ìý.ÌýÌýCurrent Developments in Nutrition:Ìý102160.
- Holcomb, L., Holman, J., Hurd, M., Lavoie, B., Colucci, L., Hunt, B., Hunt, T., Kinney, M., Pathak, J., Moses, P., Mawe, G.M., Perry, E., Stratigakis, A., Zhang, T.,ÌýIshaq, S.L., Li, Y.Ìý2023.Ìý.ÌýmSystemsÌý8(6): 00688-23.
- Holman2, J., L. Colucci, L. Baudewyns, D., Balkan1, J., Hunt1, T., Hunt1, B., Kinney2, M., Holcomb2, L., Stratigakis, A., Chen. G., Moses, P., Mawe, G.M., Zhang, T., Li, Y.,ÌýIshaq, S.L. 2023.Ìý.ÌýmSystemsÌý8(5):Ìý00532-23.
- Ishaq, S.L., Hosler2, S., Dankwa, A., Jekielek, P., Brady, D.C., Grey, E., Haskell, H., Lasley-Rasher, R., Pepperman, K., Perry, J., Beal, B., Bowden, T.J. 2023.ÌýÌýAquaculture ReportsÌý32:
- Ishaq, S.L., Turner, S.M., Lee1, G., Tudor, M.S., MacRae, J.D., Hamlin, H., Bouchard, D. 2023.ÌýÌýiScienceÌý26(5): 106606.
- Holman2, J., Hurd, M., Moses, P., Mawe, G., Zhang, T., Ishaq, S.L., Li, Y. 2022.ÌýThe Journal of Nutritional BiochemistryÌý113:109238
- Robinson, J.M., Redvers, N., Camargo, A., Bosch, C.A., Breed, M.F., Brenner, L.A., Carney, M.A., Chauhan, A., Dasari, M., Dietz, L.G., Friedman, M., Grieneisen, L., Hoisington, A.J., Horve, P.F., Hunter, A., Jech, S., Jorgensen, A., Lowry, C.A., Man, I., Mhuireach, G., Navarro-Pérez, E., Ritchie, E.G., Stewart, J.D., Watkins, H., Weinstein, P., and Ishaq, S.L. 2022.ÌýÌýmSystemsÌý7(1): e01240-21.
- Ishaq, S.L., Parada Flores, F.J., Wolf, P.G., Bonilla, C.Y., Carney, M.A., Benezra, A., Wissel, E., Friedman, M., DeAngelis, K.M., Robinson, J.M., Fahimipour, A.K., Manus, M.B., Grieneisen, L., Dietz, L.G., Chauhan, A., Pathak, A., Kuthyar, S., Stewart, J.D., Dasari, M.R., Nonnamaker, E., Choudoir, M., Horve, P.F., Zimmerman, N.B., Kozik, A.J., Darling, K.W., Romero-Olivares, A.L., Hariharan, J., Farmer, N., Maki, K., Collier, J.L., O’Doherty, K., Letourneau, J., Kline, J., Moses, P.L., Morar, N. 2021. Introducing the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group: Considering the Microbial Components of Social, Environmental, and Health Justice.ÌýmSystemsÌý6(4): 00471-21.
