Specific RESEARCH Interests

1) Application of the gut   microbiome in gut cancers 

1. 1. Non-invasive detection of gastrointestinal cancers through the assessment of the oral microbiota

   2. Multiomics-based identification of cancer-associated microbial pathways 

   3. Prevotella: an 'oriental' species that may hold a secret to treating colorectal cancer

2) Improving human well-being by modulating the microbiome 

1. 1. Enhancing exercise outcomes 

   2. Ameliorating systemic inflammations and other clinical features

3) Longitudinality-assisted correlation modification 

1. Developing a breakthrough to remove spurious correlations

4) Mycobiome in IBD

1. 1. ITS-based fungi community analysis in inflammatory bowel disease and healthy individuals

   2. Multi-kingdom interaction

5) Oral-gut microbial dynamics 

1. 1. Oral-to-gut microbial transmission and its implications in host conditions

   2. Development of non-invasive & robust predictive models using the gut-translocating oral bacteria 

6) Association between gut microbiome and cancer therapy 

1. Conventional chemoradiation therapy vs. total neoadjuvant therapy