Fiona Brinkman

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Research area & interests

Integration of microbiome data with other data, and application of integrated approaches for studying infectious diseases, microbial interactions. Development of bioinformatic resources for genomic epidemiology, understanding pathogen evolution, and improving prediction of new vaccine/drug targets. Also applying our approaches to study innate immunity, allergic disease, and the environment.

Researcher type

• Academic

Microbiome sites of interest

• Human microbiome
• Animal microbiome
• Environmental microbiome
• Gut microbiome
• Freshwater environment
• Mining
• Built environment
• Animal models

Notable technologies or expertise

• Sequencing
• Bioinformatics
• Evolutionary

Types of microbiome analyses

• Transcriptomics
• 16S sequencing
• 18S sequencing
• Viral capsid sequencing
• CPN60
• Viral sequencing
• Bacterial sequencing
• Protist sequencing
• Shotgun metagenomics
• Antibiotic resistance