معرفی
Dr. Lindsay Kalan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University, Canada Research Chair, and leads the Kalan Lab within the Faculty of Health Sciences. Her research focuses on the skin microbiome's role in health and disease, particularly wound healing, microbial interactions, and antibiotic resistance mechanisms. She employs interdisciplinary methods combining metagenomics, bioinformatics, and experimental models to study microbe-host dynamics.
Her work addresses critical challenges such as chronic wound infections and diabetic foot ulcers, emphasizing how microbial communities influence healing outcomes. The lab also investigates microbiome-related factors in conditions like atopic dermatitis and respiratory infections. Key achievements include identifying fungal antagonism mechanisms and developing tools like zol/fai for gene cluster analysis.
- Education: PhD in Microbiology (inferred from prior work)
- Affiliations: Canada Research Chair, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences
Research Interests: Skin microbiome dynamics, microbial chemical ecology, wound microbiology, antibiotic resistance, and host-microbe interactions. Current projects include studying farm exposure's impact on breast milk microbiome and developing antiseptic alternatives using microbiome data.
Awards: Canada Research Chair (2023+).
Advising: Supervises graduate students (e.g., Mary Hannah Swaney, Liz Townsend) and postdocs (e.g., Nicole Lane Starr, Cait Sande). Collaborates with clinical teams to translate microbiome insights into therapeutics.
Lab Team: Includes postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates working on projects like microbiome sequencing, bacterial-fungal biofilm studies, and molecular biology assays.
