Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Contact, publication, and social network information about Harvard faculty and fellows.

Alex Kostic, Ph.D.

Title
Institution
Department
Address
Profile Picture

Biography
education and training
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, Cambridge, MAPostdoctoral Fellowship08/2016Microbiome-Immune Interfaces
Harvard University, Cambridge, MAPh.D.05/2013Biological & Biomedical Sciences
University of Toronto, Toronto, ONHon.B.Sc.05/2008Molecular Biology
awards and honors
2017 - 2022
Pathway to Stop Diabetes Initiator Award
2017 - 2019
Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research
2015 - 2016
Merck Fellow of the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
2014 - 2016
The Lawrence H. Summers Postdoctoral Fellowship

Overview
overview
Our research combines computational and experimental expertise to probe the relationship between the human microbiome and type 1 diabetes. We strive to generate a high-level understanding of how the molecular interactions between the immune system and our indigenous microbiome regulate human health. We have worked to characterize the developing infant gut microbiome in dense, longitudinal metagenomic analyses of birth cohorts at risk for type 1 diabetes, including mechanistic evidence by which the human microbiome may directly influence immune development and progression to type 1 diabetes. The ultimate goal of our lab is to develop new methods to diagnose and treat type 1 diabetes by deepening our understanding of the immunomodulatory effects of the diverse constituents of the symbiotic microbiota and their impact on autoimmunity.
keywords
webpage

Bibliographic
selected publications
Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.
Newest   |   Oldest   |   Most Cited   |   Most Discussed   |   Timeline   |   Field Summary   |   Plain Text
PMC Citations indicate the number of times the publication was cited by articles in PubMed Central, and the Altmetric score represents citations in news articles and social media. (Note that publications are often cited in additional ways that are not shown here.) Fields are based on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM) classifies the publication's journal and might not represent the specific topic of the publication. Translation tags are based on the publication type and the MeSH terms NLM assigns to the publication. Some publications (especially newer ones and publications not in PubMed) might not yet be assigned Field or Translation tags.) Click a Field or Translation tag to filter the publications.
Updating...
This operation might take several minutes to complete. Please do not close your browser.
Local representatives can answer questions about the Profiles website or help with editing a profile or issues with profile data. For assistance with this profile: HMS/HSDM faculty should contact contactcatalyst.harvard.edu. For faculty or fellow appointment updates and changes, please ask your appointing department to contact HMS. For fellow personal and demographic information, contact HMS Human Resources at human_resourceshms.harvard.edu. For faculty personal and demographic information, contact HMS Office for Faculty Affairs at facappthms.harvard.edu.
Kostic's Networks
Click the
Explore
buttons for more information and interactive visualizations!
Concepts (241)
Explore
_
Co-Authors (49)
Explore
_
Similar People (60)
Explore
_
© 2024 President and Fellows of Harvard College
Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.