Though his focus shifted over time, being a scientist was always the plan for Eric Brown since kindergarten. “First it was dinosaurs and whales, and then it turned into birds, and then it turned into microbes,” he said.
Years later, Brown began studying structural biology as an undergraduate student at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. But it was working in another lab where Brown became fascinated with the vast world of the microbiome and its complex relationship with our bodies and health. He investigated using probiotic bacteria as a possible treatment for C. difficile colitis, a severe bacterial infection in the colon that frequently resists antibiotics.
