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Last published 2026
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Michael Scott Robeson

High Impact

Associate Professor

Faculty Researcher

Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine

1 h-index 7 pubs 4 cited

  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome
  • Humans
  • Bacteria
  • Phylogeny
  • Animals
  • Microbiota
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Female
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Male
  • Biodiversity
  • Computational Biology
  • Genomics
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Biography and Research Information

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Michael Scott Robeson's research focuses on the intersection of microbial communities and host physiology, with a particular emphasis on the gut microbiome. His work investigates how dietary factors and disease states influence the composition and function of these microbial ecosystems. Robeson has published studies on the gut microbiota's association with vascular inflammation in metabolic syndrome, the impact of iron-deficient diets on enteric infections in mouse models, and the relationship between gut microbes and depressive-like behaviors following chemotherapy. He also explores the transcriptomic and morphological changes associated with diabetes progression in rat models. His research utilizes bioinformatics and molecular techniques to analyze complex biological data, including genomic and proteomic datasets. Robeson's collaborators include researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, indicating a network focused on biomedical informatics and related fields.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 7
  • Citations: 4

Selected Publications

  • Abstract 6079: Resistance-specific proteogenomics in melanoma PDXs (2026)
    Cancer Research DOI OpenAlex
  • Late-in-life treadmill training mitigates gut microbiome imbalances and cardiovascular disease risk in mice (2026)
    American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology DOI OpenAlex
  • A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Phase I/II Clinical Trial of a Human Papillomavirus Therapeutic Vaccine, PepCan, for Reducing Head and Neck Cancer Recurrence (2026)
    medRxiv DOI OpenAlex
  • Changes in gut, microbiome, and cognition after doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel chemotherapy treatment (2026)
    Scientific Reports 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Implications of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy on hippocampal-dependent cognition and gut microbiome (2025)
    Frontiers in Microbiomes 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The effect of obesity and dietary soy protein with different isoflavone levels on fecal microbial composition in lean and obese Zucker rats over 9- and 18-week periods (2025)
    Food & Function 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Oat bran fiber protects against radiation-induced disruption of gut barrier dynamics and mucosal damage (2025)
    npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Obesity and Dietary Soy Protein With Different Isoflavone Levels Alter Fecal Microbial Composition in Zucker Rats Over 9- and 18-Week Periods (2025)
  • Fueling the fire: colonocyte metabolism and its effect on the colonic epithelia (2025)
    Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • MOSHPIT: accessible, reproducible metagenome data science on the QIIME 2 framework (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Randomized Double-Blind Phase 2 Clinical Trial Treating Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3 with PepCan or <i>Candida</i> (2025)
    medRxiv 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Gut Microbiome Diversity and Composition Changes Post Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (AlloSCT): A Single-Center Prospective Analysis (2024)
    Blood DOI OpenAlex
  • Dietary soy protein reverses obesity-induced liver steatosis and alters fecal microbial composition independent of isoflavone level (2024)
    Frontiers in Nutrition 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Bioinformatics challenges for profiling the microbiome in cancer: pitfalls and opportunities (2024)
    Trends in Microbiology 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Soy Protein Concentrate With Low and High Isoflavones Can Reverse Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Caused by Obesity and Alter Gut Microbial Composition (2024)
    Current Developments in Nutrition DOI OpenAlex

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Research Interests

Dr. Robeson currently focuses on the human microbiome and its relationship to nutrition and cancer therapeutics, while also contributing to the development of bioinformatics tools to aid in these studies. Dr. Robeson’s research interests center on the human cancer microbiome, which is an important and booming area of research and is in line with the current UAMS plan for NCI designation, as it has become increasingly clear that the efficacy of anticancer treatments is not only affected by host genetic and immunological factors but are also substantially mediated by the host microbiome. Microbial community dynamics, disease resistance, human health, and agricultural productivity are all highly affected, or dependent upon, microbes. Dr. Robeson’s research integrates bioinformatics, microbial ecology, and integrative multi-omics technologies, to study host-microbe interactions. Particularly those that affect human health and agricultural productivity.; Microbiome; Microbiome Data Science; Microbial Ecology; Human Microbiome; Bioinformatics; eDNA; Phylogenetics; Cancer Microbiome; Microbiome Science; Metagenomics; Host-microbe Interactions

Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

  • Melanoma Resistance Evolution Atlas (MREA) for identifying combinatorial targets to prevent and reverse MAPKi NCI Co-Investigator
  • Improvement of cellular immunotherapy during dysbiosis- Resubmission NIH Co-Investigator
  • Improvement of cellular immunotherapy during dysbiosis NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute Principal Investigator
  • Regulation of macrophage function during acute infection with Plasmodium NIH Co-Investigator
  • Understanding and Enhancing T-Cell Responses to High Risk Human Papillomaviruses-Renewal NIH Co-Investigator
  • Center for Translational Pediatric Research (CTPR) NIH/NIGMS Other Key Personnel
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Arkansas Research Alliance Co-Investigator

Collaboration Network

219 Collaborators 54 Institutions 11 Countries

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