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Scott Jackson

Scott Jackson joined NIST in 2014 and currently serves as the leader of the recently created Complex Microbial Systems group. When he isn’t immersed in his studies of gut bacteria, Scott is usually geeking out on various techie hobbies and riding his mountain bike off-road and around Baltimore City’s Inner Harbor.

Say Hello to Our Little Friends: Toward Microbial BiotheraPOOtics and Diagnostics

May 13, 2016

My fascination with the microbial world began when I was around 7 years old and my mother bought me a book called “ The Value of Believing in Yourself: The

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