Matt Hamilton
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Matt Hamilton joined the Microbiota Research and Therapeutics team in 2009, after finishing his PhD in microbial ecology. As a post-doc, he developed protocols to separate and cryopreserve microbiota from stool. These protocols have been adapted and used throughout the world. Matt went on to develop additional protocols for freeze-drying and encapsulating the microbiota, as well as establishing current Good Manufacturing Practice standard operating procedures used by the production team. Matt currently serves as a program and research consultant.
In his spare time Matt enjoys outdoor pursuits including yard work, birling, and urban foraging.
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Always lots of dishes to be done
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Intestinal microbiota slurry
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Lyophilized donor material to be encapsulated
- Hamilton MJ, Weingarden AR, Sadowsky MJ, Khoruts A. Standardized frozen preparation for transplantation of fecal microbiota for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Am J Gastroenterol 2012; 107:761-7.
- Staley C, Hamilton MJ, Vaughn BP, Graiziger CT, Newman KM, Kabage AJ, et al. Successful resolution of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection using freeze-dried, encapsulated fecal microbiota; pragmatic cohort study. Am J Gastroenterol 2017.