{"668557":{"#nid":"668557","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why Studying the Microbiome Is Like Playing Ultimate Frisbee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs an organic chemist at Harvard Medical School, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/medchemliz\u0022\u003ELiz Jones\u003C\/a\u003E loves to study how bonds are made and broken in the molecules in our bodies. She manipulates those bonds when building molecular probes to study the gut microbiome and developing potential new drugs to treat microbiome-related illnesses. She also forges bonds among people, both as a scientist and as an Ultimate Frisbee coach.\u201cI\u2019m super drawn to team environments,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/devlin.hms.harvard.edu\/people\/\u0022\u003EJones\u003C\/a\u003E, research fellow in biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS. Jones received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs an organic chemist at Harvard Medical School, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/medchemliz\u0022\u003ELiz Jones\u003C\/a\u003E loves to study how bonds are made and broken in the molecules in our bodies. She manipulates those bonds when building molecular probes to study the gut microbiome and developing potential new drugs to treat microbiome-related illnesses. She also forges bonds among people, both as a scientist and as an Ultimate Frisbee coach.\u201cI\u2019m super drawn to team environments,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/devlin.hms.harvard.edu\/people\/\u0022\u003EJones\u003C\/a\u003E, research fellow in biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS. Jones received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-07-24 14:00:27","changed_gmt":"2023-07-24 14:00:27","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Harvard Medical School","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/hms.harvard.edu\/news\/why-studying-microbiome-playing-ultimate-frisbee","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"192881","name":"Liz Jones"},{"id":"4304","name":"organic chemistry"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}