Christian Jobin, PhD

Christian Jobin, PhD
Professor of Medicine – Tenure
Program Leader, Cancer Microbiota & Host Response, UF Health Cancer Center
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

University of Florida College of Medicine
Box 100214
Gainesville, Florida 32610-0214

Dual appointment with:

Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology
University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine

Email: christian.jobin@medicine.ufl.edu

TEL: 352.294.5148

 

Academic Interests

Dr. Jobin is interested in bacteria/host interactions and ensuring innate/immunological responses during health and diseases. The intestine poses an interesting conundrum – it must peacefully cohabit with a sea of commensal bacteria (~100 trillion) and a high load of bacterial products, but swiftly respond to the presence of pathogenic micro-organisms that threaten its integrity. A major clinical consequence of deregulated bacteria/host interaction in the intestine is the development of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and colorectal cancer. Using mice and zebrafish housed in germ-free and gnotobiotic conditions, microbiome techniques (next-generation sequencing, microbial gene mutations, microbial RNA-sequence, etc.), Dr. Jobin studies the differential contribution of bacteria in protecting or exacerbating development of colitis and colorectal cancer. Dr. Jobin has contributed to the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanism regulating host response to bacterial colonization, and has published numerous papers on innate signaling events taking place in the intestine and how these impact intestinal homeostasis.

Degree/Program

Institution

Field/Specialty

BS.C. Laval University, Quebec Microbiology
Ph.D. Laval University, Quebec Immunology-Microbiology
Fellowships Hôspital Saint-François d’Assise,  Laval University

Membership in Professional Societies

  • American Gastroenterological Association
  • Mucosal Immunology Association
  • American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • American Association of Immunologists