Dr. Sue Ishaq (@drsueishaq.bsky.social)

Article published on the use (and mis-use) of human population descriptors as biological determinants of human microbiomes! Since the summer of 2023, I have been part of an interdisciplinary team that examines the way microbiome researchers use social and population descriptors for people in their…

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Article published on the use (and mis-use) of human population descriptors as biological determinants of human microbiomes! Since the summer of 2023, I have been part of an interdisciplinary team that examines the way microbiome researchers use social and population descriptors for people in their analysis. In many cases, only basic information about a person is available in large datasets that are publicly available to use, or detailed information about a person is difficult to obtain during a study, thus many researchers rely on "proxy terms" to try and understand how human microbiomes are assembled and changed. http://sueishaqlab.org/2025/09/23/article-published-on-the-use-and-mis-use-of-human-population-descriptors-as-biological-determinants-of-human-microbiomes/