Amanda Ramer-Tait
Professor Food Science & Technology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
- Address
-
FIC 1901 N 21st St Rm 260
Lincoln NE 68588-6205 - Phone
-
402-472-7293 On-campus 2-7293
-
aramer-tait2@unl.edu
Dr. Ramer-Tait has built an internationally recognized research program that focuses on how the microbes living in the human digestive tract (known as the gut microbiota) influence human health and disease. Her work also aims to develop novel dietary interventions that alter the gut microbiota to treat chronic diseases, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Dr. Ramer-Tait has authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications and received research funding from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the US Department of Agriculture. She also co-directs the Complex Biosystems PhD program at UNL and teaches courses on immunology, microbiology, and functional foods.
Areas of Expertise
Featured Publications
Kittana H, Gomes-Neto JC, Heck K, Juritsch AF, Sughroue J, Xian Y, Mantz S, Segura Muñoz RR, Cody LA, Schmaltz RJ, Anderson CL, Moxley RA, Hostetter JM, Fernando SC, Clarke J, Kachman SD, Cressler CE, Benson AK, Walter J, Ramer-Tait AE. Evidence for a causal role for Escherichia coli strains identified as adherent-invasive (AIEC) in intestinal inflammation. 2023. mSphere. 8:e0047822.
Segura Munoz RR, Mantz S, Martínez I, Li F, Schmaltz RJ, Pudlo NA, Urs K, Martens EC, Walter J, Ramer-Tait AE. Experimental evaluation of ecological principles to understand and modulate the outcome of bacterial strain competition in gut microbiomes. 2022. ISME J. 16:1594.
Xian Y, Fan R, Shao J, Toney AM, Chung S, Ramer-Tait AE. Polyphenolic fractions isolated from red raspberry whole fruit, pulp, and seed differentially alter the gut microbiota of mice with diet-induced obesity. 2021. J Funct Foods. 76:104288.
Segura Munoz RR, Quach T, Gomes-Neto JC, Xian Y, Pena PA, Weier S, Pellizzon MA, Kittana H, Cody LA, Geis AL, Heck K, Schmaltz RJ, Bindels LB, Cahoon EB, Benson AK, Clemente TE, Ramer-Tait AE. Stearidonic-enriched soybean oil modulates obesity, glucose metabolism, and fatty acid profiles independently of Akkermansia muciniphila. 2020. Mol Nutr Food Res. 64:e2000162.
Kittana H, Gomes-Neto JC, Sanderfer K, Geis AL, Segura Muñoz RR, Cody LA, Schmaltz RJ, Bindels LB, Sinha R, Hostetter JM, Benson AK, Ramer-Tait AE. Commensal Escherichia coli strains can promote intestinal inflammation via differential interleukin-6 production. 2018. Front Immunol. 9:2318.
Kittana H, Quintero-Villegas MI, Bindels LB, Gomes-Neto JC, Schmaltz RJ, Segura Munoz RR, Cody EA, Moxley R, Hostetter J, Hutkins RW, Ramer-Tait AE. Galactooligosaccharide supplementation provides protection against Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis without limiting pathogen burden. 2018. Microbiology. 164:154-162.
Gomes-Neto JC, Kittana H, Mantz S, Segura Munoz RR, Schmaltz RJ, Bindels LB, Clarke J, Hostetter JM, Benson AK, Walter J, Ramer-Tait AE. A gut pathobiont synergizes with the microbiota to instigate inflammatory disease marked by immunoreactivity against other symbionts but not itself. 2017. Sci Rep. 7:17707.
Bindels LB, Segura Munoz RR, Gomes-Neto JC, Mutemberezi V, Martinez I, Salazar N, Cody EA, Quintero-Villegas MI, Kittana H, de Los Reyes-Gavilan CG, Schmaltz RJ, Muccioli GG, Walter J, Ramer-Tait AE. Resistant starch can improve insulin sensitivity independently of the gut microbiota. Microbiome. 2017 Feb 7;5(1):12.