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The Karstens Lab is an interdisciplinary group at Oregon Health & Science University in the Division of Oncological Sciences and Division of Informatics, Clinical Epidemiology, and Translational Data Science. We study the human microbiome and its relationship to health and disease using high-throughput sequencing and analytical chemistry approaches. We specialize in the urinary microbiome and other low microbial biomass niches, but also have projects involving the gut microbiome.