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Carolina Tropini

ResearcherMicrobiology and ImmunologyUniversity of British Columbia

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Carolina Tropini

Researcher

Microbiology and Immunology

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (7 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Publications

195

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Research

Gnotobiotics Gut Microbiota Mouse Model Inflammatory Bowel Disease Colonization Resistance Salmonella Microbiome Gut Environment

Latest papers

Osmotic conditions shape fitness gains and resistance mechanisms during E. coli and T4 phage co-evolution.
mBio · 2026 · senior author
Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the gut.
Nature communications · 2026
A Bacteroides synthetic biology toolkit to build an in vivo malabsorption biosensor.
Cell · 2026 · senior author

All 30 publications

Latest funding

Impact of loss of commensal bacteria on enteric infection
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,071,000
Biofilm-Mimetic Nanofibrous Microgels to Encapsulate Bacterial Live Biotherapeutic Products and Overcome Oral Delivery Challenges for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$879,750
Defining the molecular mechanisms underlying how consumption of specific ultra processed foods impacts disease progression, risk of surgery and post-operative recurrence in the CIDsCaNN Canadian national pediatric Crohn's disease cohort
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$10,000

All 18 grants and awards

30 publications.

Osmotic conditions shape fitness gains and resistance mechanisms during E. coli and T4 phage co-evolution.

Hunter M, Lyall E, Verma K, Tropini C

mBio2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01167-25 PMID: 42606218

Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the gut.

Wasney M, Briscoe L, Wolff R, Ghezzi H, Tropini C, Garud N

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70705-8 PMID: 41844646

A Bacteroides synthetic biology toolkit to build an in vivo malabsorption biosensor.

McCallum G, Burckhardt JC, He J, Hong A, Potvin-Trottier L, Tropini C

Cell2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.12.052 PMID: 41610848

Microbial regulation of stress-associated signaling molecules and its role in health and disease.

Sie C, Tropini C

NPJ biofilms and microbiomes2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41522-026-00932-w PMID: 41673001

Microplastics and nanoplastics in the human gut: from signals to standards.

Deng BD, Sinha SR, Lear G, Tropini C

Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41575-026-01185-w PMID: 41781749

In mouse and in vitro models, bowel preparation promotes pathogen colonization, translocation, and exacerbation of inflammation

Clayton CA, Porter I, Deng BD, McCallum G, Srinivas A, Sie C, He JY, Pei AD, Tertigas D, Pepin DM

Cell Reports Medicine20263 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102517

Metabolic health across the ages: how microbiota members support our well-being.

Tropini C

Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2025First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41575-024-01004-0 PMID: 39523418

Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the guts of mice inoculated with human stool.

Wasney M, Briscoe L, Wolff R, Ghezzi H, Tropini C, Garud N

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.28.635365 PMID: 39974986

Corrigendum to "Early-life gut inflammation drives sex-dependent shifts in the microbiome-endocrine-brain axis" [Brain Behav. Immun. 125 (2025) 117-139].

Sullivan O, Sie C, Ng KM, Cotton S, Rosete C, Hamden JE, Singh AP, Lee K, Choudhary J, Kim J, Yu H, Clayton CA, Carranza Garcia NA, Voznyuk K, Deng BD, Plett N, Arora S, Ghezzi H, Huan T, Soma KK, Yu JJ, Tropini C, Ciernia AV

Brain, behavior, and immunity2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.06.007 PMID: 40533327

Public Health Microbiome Curriculum: Looking Below the Tip of the Iceberg for Approaches to Population Health.

Melby MK, Mylabathula S, Azad MB, Turner S, Geva-Zatorsky N, Tropini C, Manus MB, Blaser M, Nichter M

Microbial biotechnology2025

DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.70160 PMID: 40515726

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Carolina Tropini

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Osmotic conditions shape fitness gains and resistance mechanisms during E. coli and T4 phage co-evolution.

Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the gut.

A Bacteroides synthetic biology toolkit to build an in vivo malabsorption biosensor.

Microbial regulation of stress-associated signaling molecules and its role in health and disease.

Microplastics and nanoplastics in the human gut: from signals to standards.

In mouse and in vitro models, bowel preparation promotes pathogen colonization, translocation, and exacerbation of inflammation

Metabolic health across the ages: how microbiota members support our well-being.

Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the guts of mice inoculated with human stool.

Corrigendum to "Early-life gut inflammation drives sex-dependent shifts in the microbiome-endocrine-brain axis" [Brain Behav. Immun. 125 (2025) 117-139].

Public Health Microbiome Curriculum: Looking Below the Tip of the Iceberg for Approaches to Population Health.

Impact of loss of commensal bacteria on enteric infection

Biofilm-Mimetic Nanofibrous Microgels to Encapsulate Bacterial Live Biotherapeutic Products and Overcome Oral Delivery Challenges for the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

Defining the molecular mechanisms underlying how consumption of specific ultra processed foods impacts disease progression, risk of surgery and post-operative recurrence in the CIDsCaNN Canadian national pediatric Crohn's disease cohort

Microbial modulation of stress hormones in inflammatory bowel disease

Investigating the Ecological Impact of Bile-Induced Biofilm Formation in Enterocloster bolteae

Characterization of Live Biotherapeutics to Combat Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens.

Uncovering how ethnic diversity in diet and environmental factors in a Canadian pediatric Crohn's disease population underlies the role of host and microbiome in pCD progression, surgery and post-operative recurrence

Advancing microbiome science with long-read sequencing

Metabolite Control of Microbiome-Microglia Communication in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

UBC World Microbiome Day Café Scientifique

Frequent collaborators

Michael Surette

Philippe Gros

Alberto Caminero Fernandez

Alberto Martin

Dan Bizzotto

Meghan Azad

Swapna Mylabathula

Meghan Azad

Hendrik Poinar

Louis-Patrick Haraoui

Elena Verdu