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Dr Jessica Taylor is a microbial ecologist based in Singapore. During her time as a research fellow in the Case lab (SCELSE, NTU) she worked on microalgae-bacteria interactions, combining culture-based experimentation with -omics tools with the aim of increasing algal protein and lipid content for sustainable future foods. Jessica’s PhD research (CMSI, UNSW) was on marine sponge holobiont microbial communities, using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics to examine symbiosis, metabolic versatility and responses to environmental variation and stress. Jessica has recently begun working on the influence of nutritional supplementation on gut microbial communities and host health outcomes.