Dr. Lomax is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences. He is a member of the Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit and the Centre for Neuroscience Studies. Dr. Lomax received his PhD from the University of Melbourne and completed postdoctoral research training at the University of Calgary. Since joining the faculty at Queen’s University in 2006, his laboratory has studied neuroimmunology. Research Interests My laboratory studies how interactions between the microbiota, nervous system and the immune system can contribute to symptom generation in inflammatory bowel disease. We also investigate the regulation of neurogenesis in the enteric nervous system. We study enteric neurons and nociceptive neurons to understand how neuroplasticity can lead to pain and altered function during disease. Our research on neurogenesis focuses on factors that suppress the generation of new neurons in the adult enteric nervous system. Extensive collaborations with clinicians at Kingston General Hospital enables translational work using patient biopsies and microbiota. Research in my laboratory is funded by operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, The Weston Foundation, Crohn's and Colitis Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Our major research methodologies include electrophysiology, microscopy, Ca2+ imaging, cell culture, immunohistochemistry and PCR. I am always interested in hearing from well qualified and highly motivated applicants for graduate and postdoctoral research positions.