The Environmental Microbiome
暫譯: 環境微生物組

環境中包含了幾乎無限多樣的微生物及其產物。人類微生物組受到這些環境微生物組及其相互聯繫的影響，這些環境元素被視為影響人類健康的複雜生態系統的一部分。人類與微生物共同進化的認識促進了對不同生態社群的認識，這些社群中包含共生、共生性和致病性微生物，這些微生物共同分享並貢獻於我們的身體。微生物組包括所有主要界的物種，涵蓋病毒、古菌、細菌及微生物真核生物。最近的研究迅速增強了對相關微生物對人類健康和環境福祉作出重要貢獻的認識。本卷探討了環境微生物組。

Professor Sunil Thomas is a Research Professor at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, where he leads innovative work at the intersection of cell biology, microbiology, and translational medicine. His research is primarily focused on developing next-generation immunotherapies for complex and chronic conditions, including inflammatory bowel diseases and Alzheimer's disease. A key component of his work involves investigating the role of the microbiome in disease progression and therapeutic response.
Over the course of his career, Professor Thomas has made significant contributions to the fields of infectious disease and vaccine development. He has been involved in the design and development of diagnostic tools and vaccines targeting a range of infectious pathogens. In addition, his research has extended into the structural biology of viruses, providing insights into viral mechanisms that inform both therapeutic and preventive approaches.
Professor Thomas earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Biotechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in India. He subsequently completed postdoctoral training at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, where he further refined his expertise in molecular and translational biomedical research.
An accomplished scholar, Professor Thomas has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to books on vaccines and infectious diseases. He is also an inventor on multiple patents, reflecting the practical and translational impact of his research.

教授蘇尼爾·托馬斯（Sunil Thomas）是賓夕法尼亞州溫尼伍德的蘭克瑙醫學研究所（Lankenau Institute for Medical Research）的研究教授，他在細胞生物學、微生物學和轉化醫學的交叉領域領導創新工作。他的研究主要集中在為複雜和慢性疾病（包括炎症性腸病和阿茲海默症）開發下一代免疫療法。其工作的一個關鍵組成部分是調查微生物組在疾病進展和治療反應中的作用。

在其職業生涯中，托馬斯教授對傳染病和疫苗開發領域做出了重要貢獻。他參與了針對各種傳染病原的診斷工具和疫苗的設計與開發。此外，他的研究還擴展到病毒的結構生物學，提供了有關病毒機制的見解，這些見解有助於治療和預防方法的制定。

托馬斯教授在印度科欽科技大學（Cochin University of Science and Technology, CUSAT）獲得環境生物技術博士學位。隨後，他在班加羅爾的印度科學研究所和紐約的西奈山醫學院完成了博士後培訓，進一步提升了他在分子和轉化生物醫學研究方面的專業知識。

作為一位成就卓著的學者，托馬斯教授已發表超過70篇經過同行評審的出版物，並為有關疫苗和傳染病的書籍作出貢獻。他還是多項專利的發明人，反映了其研究的實用和轉化影響。