Selected Press

The long game of microbiome science
Feature article in Harvard Medicine Magazine about microbiome research at Harvard Medical School. Featuring interviews with Profs. Sloan Devlin, Dennis Kasper, and Jun Huh.
March, 2026

HMS announces Blavatnik Institute Early Career Investigator Awards
Spotlight on our research about pregnancy and the microbiome, which earned a 2025 Blavatnik Institute Early Career Investigator Award.
November, 2025

Sex hormones in the gut soar during pregnancy — thanks to busy bacteria
Research Highlight in Nature on our 2024 Cell paper. Gut bacteria convert glucocorticoids into progestins in the presence of hydrogen gas.
May, 2024

The gut microbiome, their metabolites, and how to affect them
The Microbe Moment podcast interviews Dr. Devlin! A deep dive into the chemistry of the microbiome.
September, 2022

The chemistry of microbiome–host togetherness
Technology Feature in Nature Methods about microbiome-host interactions. This article surveys recent works, including our 2022 Nature paper about how human gut bacteria produce bile acid metabolites that affect host immune function.
March, 2022

Chemical biologists break barriers of druggability
Nature Portfolio article featuring the Devlin Lab’s research on bariatric surgery and how its anti-diabetic effects can be attributed to molecules produced by gut bacteria.
November, 2020

Science Matters | How the Gut Microbiome Affects Health and Disease
Harvard Medical School short video interview about the Devlin Lab’s research program.
June, 2019