Eugene J. Leys

Eugene J. Leys studies the community of bacteria that live in the mouth (the oral microbiome), examining how it develops, how it can be sampled and identified at a detailed strain level, and how imbalances in this bacterial community relate to gum disease (periodontitis) and other conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. His work combines microbiology techniques with genomic sequencing methods to isolate and characterize previously uncultured bacteria and to track microbial acquisition in populations.

Publication output peaked around 2018 and has generally declined since, with only about one publication per year on average over the last five years.

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