Craig Venter Institute working in the Genomic Medicine group. She obtained her PhD in Microbiology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. Dr. Edlund also has experience as a post-doctoral fellow in natural products discovery, microbial chemical ecology and human microbiome research. She is passionate about understanding molecular mechanisms underlying the development of oral infectious disease, as well as mechanisms important in maintaining health. Her research focuses on developing in vitro tools that allow complex microbial communities to be reproducibly engineered, measured, and modeled. Such resources can facilitate the translation of microbiome discoveries into useful applications in medicine. Dr. Edlund’s research is funded by the NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).