The Dantas Lab works at the interface of microbial genomics, ecology, synthetic biology, and systems biology, to understand, harness, and engineer the biochemical processing potential of microbial communities.

We are part of the Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, the Department of Pathology & Immunology, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Molecular Microbiology, and the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine."

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These posters are meant to show that racial justice and support for marginalized communities cannot be separated from the practice of science. We must actively work to recognize the obstacles that scientists (and potential scientists) from marginalized communities face, and dismantle structures of power that prevent them from succeeding. We must also consider the effects of our research and research choices on marginalized communities. Please see https://sammykatta.com/diversity for more!


Gautam Dantas, PhD

Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Department of Pediatrics
The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology

Couch Biomedical Research Building
4515 McKinley Avenue
5th Floor, Room 5314
St. Louis, MO 63110

Office: (314) 362-7238 
Lab: (314) 286-0867
Fax: (314) 362-2156

E-mail: dantas [at] wustl.edu


Highlighted Publications

Sawhney, Vargas et al.
Nature Communications 2023

Ferreiro et al.
Science Translational Medicine 2023

Schwartz, Shalon et al.
Science Translational Medicine 2023

Boolchandani et al.
Nature Communications 2022

Thänert, Choi et al.
Cell Host & Microbe 2022

Fishbein et al.
eLife 2022

Gasparrini et al.  Communications Biology 2020

Gasparrini et al.
Communications Biology 2020

D’Souza, Potter et al. Nature Communications 2019

D’Souza, Potter et al.
Nature Communications 2019

Gasparrini et al. Nature Microbiology 2019

Gasparrini et al.
Nature Microbiology 2019

Crook, Ferreiro, Gasparrini et al. Cell Host & Microbe 2019

Crook, Ferreiro, Gasparrini et al.
Cell Host & Microbe 2019

Baumann-Dudenhoeffer et al. Nature Medicine 2018

Baumann-Dudenhoeffer et al.
Nature Medicine
2018

Pehrsson, Tsukayama et al. Nature 2016

Pehrsson, Tsukayama et al.
Nature 2016

Gibson, et al. Nature Mircrobiology 2016

Gibson, et al.
Nature Mircrobiology 2016

Gonzales, et al. Nature Chemical Biology 2015

Gonzales, et al.
Nature Chemical Biology 2015

Forsberg, Patel, Gibson, et al.  Nature 2014

Forsberg, Patel, Gibson, et al.
Nature 2014

Forsberg, Reyes, et al. Science 2012

Forsberg, Reyes, et al.
Science 2012