Lisa Osborne

Associate Professor

mail lisa.osborne@ubc.ca

call 604-822-6649

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Research Focus Teams

Aging, COVID-19, Diabetes, Obesity, Chron's/Colitis, Multiple Sclerosis

Research Interests

Antiviral immunity, Germ free animals, Gut-brain axis, Intestinal epithelial cells, Microbiome, Mucosal Immunology, Multibiome, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Departments

Microbiology & Immunology

Bio

  • B.Sc. (Hons), University of Victoria
  • Ph.D., University of British Columbia
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Currently Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Director of the UBC Gnotobiotic Facility
  • Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Host-Microbiome Interactions
  • Edmond J Safra Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Senior Graduate Studentship
  • NSERC Doctoral Post-Graduate Scholarship
  • CIHR Strategic Training Program in Transplantation Research
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Junior Graduate Studentship

Recent Publications

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RANK drives structured intestinal epithelial expansion during pregnancy

T4 Bacteriophage and E. coli Interaction in the Murine Intestine: A Prototypical Model for Studying Host-Bacteriophage Dynamics In Vivo

Virus induced dysbiosis promotes type 1 diabetes onset

Inhibition of Th1 activation and differentiation by dietary guar gum ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Restriction of viral replication, rather than T cell immunopathology, drives lethality in MNV CR6-infected STAT1-deficient mice