Jia Xu
A*STAR Institute for Human Development and Potential, Singapore
Bio:
Dr. XU Jia is a Principal Investigator at the A*STAR Institute for Human Development and Potential and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She leads microbiome research in Singapore’s longitudinal birth and preconception cohorts, GUSTO and S-PRESTO, focusing on gut microbiome dynamics and their roles in women’s health, metabolic health, and healthy ageing. Her research integrates shotgun metagenomics, metabolomics, and other multi-omics approaches to understand gut-host interactions across the life course, with a particular interest in gestational diabetes and other women’s health conditions. Her work has been published in journals including Gut Microbes, Nature Communications, and The ISME Journal. Her research is supported by A*STAR and the National Medical Research Council, Singapore. Dr. Xu also serves on the Young Editor Board of iMeta.
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