Mary E. Kable, PhD

Research Scientist/Adjunct Assistant Professor
USDA-ARS/UC Davis

Dr. Mary Kable earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of California, Davis. She performed her postdoctoral work in the laboratory of Dr. Maria Marco where she examined the impacts of a diet rich in arabinoxylan and resistant starch type 2 on the gut microbial communities of Danish adults with metabolic syndrome. The Kable Lab is currently using samples from human cohort and dietary intervention studies, performed in collaboration with investigators at the USDA-ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, to continue investigating how foods rich in complex carbohydrates and polyphenols can influence the structure of the adult gut microbial community and colonization resistance to pathogenic microbes.

Poster(s):

• (PO24-03-22) Carbohydrate Active Enzyme Profiles of Gut Microbiomes From Low and Adequate Fiber Consumers in a Healthy U.S. Cohort

• (PO24-31-22) In Vitro Examination of the Effect of Honey in the Gastrointestinal Tract