Ilana Brito
![](https://cihmid.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Alana-Brito-Headshot-FINAL_edit-480x480.jpg)
I study how microbes in the human microbiome are transmitted among individuals, using a wide range of approached including shotgun metagenomics of microbiome communities, culture-based methods, and single-cell analyses. Another main focus is horizontal transmission of genes between members of the microbiome, specifically focusing on genes conferring antibiotic resistance.
Title: Professor
Department: BME
Roles: Faculty, Potential Postdoc Mentor
Research Areas: Animal Hosts, Disease Ecology and Evolution, Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology of Infection, Microbiota and Microbiomes
Lab: https://www.britolab.org/
Email: ilb8@cornell.edu