Dr. Javier E. Irazoqui is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems. Dr. Javier has accrued over 15 years of experience leveraging the model organism C. elegans to study host-microbe interactions. His laboratory pioneered the understanding of host-microbe interactions in the context of the brain-gut-microbiota axis. At EvoDenovo, Dr. Javier Irazoqui serves on the Scientific Advisory Board.