Alice Yu Deng

Abstract Understanding the functional diversity of the gut microbiome is essential for decoding its roles in health and disease. Using a deep-learning framework, we identified three functional archetypes defining healthy adult gut microbiomes, each characterized by specific metabolic potentials: sugar metabolism with branched-chain amino acid and cell wall synthesis (Archetype 1), fatty acid and TCA cycle metabolism (Archetype 2), and amino acid and nitrogen metabolism (Archetype 3).

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For any Midwesterners planning on (or currently going to) East Coast colleges; this is my experience migrating from Michigan to the University of Pennsylvania…Chances are, you’ll be able to relate. twitter.com/sincerelytumblr I arrived in Philadelphia not knowing what a Philly cheese steak was. Although I did briefly consider googling this somewhat famous American dish as we neared the city, the thought was quickly pushed away as we pulled off the freeway and into the thriving metropolis.