graduate student
University of California, Davis
Yirui Tang is a PhD Candidate in the graduate group of nutritional biology at the University of California, Davis, with a profound focus on the intricate relationship between dietary intake and gut microbiome taxonomy and function. With a background in human nutritional biology and bioinformatics, Yirui has conducted research that elucidates how lactose intake and lactase genotype in the host influence the composition and metabolic activities of gut microbiota.