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Assistant Professor
Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Little Rock, AR, United States
Dr. Piccolo completed his Ph.D. at the University of California Davis in Nutritional Biology, followed by postdoctoral fellowships in Bioinformatics at the West Coast Metabolomics Center and the USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center. He joined Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (ACNC) in 2015 and is now the Associate Director of the Biostatistics and Data Innovation Team. Dr. Piccolo’s research focuses on the interaction between diet, the gut microbiota, and host energy metabolism. Our research projects utilize preclinical models to understand how host related factors influence the composition and function of the gut microbiota. Further interests revolve around how complementary foods can be leveraged to optimize the development of the gastrointestinal tract during the introduction to solid food. The Piccolo laboratory also assists ACNC and other non-ACNC scientists with data analysis for metabolomics, microbial sequencing data, and various other high-throughput technologies. Multivariate approaches, including prediction modeling, network analysis, and non-supervised approaches are our key strengths. Our lab also leverages Shiny for data workflow solutions and interactive data visualization.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
11:35 AM – 11:55 AM EDT