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Colin Lickwar

Research Scientist
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
327 CARL Building, Box 3580, Durham, NC 27710
327 CARL Building Box 3580, 213 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Colin is originally from Duxbury, Vermont. He received his PhD from the lab of Jason Lieb at UNC Chapel Hill. He joined the Rawls lab in 2013 to study genomics and transcriptional regulation of host/microbe interactions in the gut.

Selected Grants


Gut-intrinsic mechanisms of gut dysmotility in animal models of autism

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by Simons Foundation · 2025 - 2028

Microbial regulation of intestinal epithelial gene expression

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2028

Identifying genes required for digestive physiology and lipid metabolism

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Johns Hopkins University · 2013 - 2028

Genetic determinants of Bacteroides vulgatus colonization fitness and host inflammatory responses

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2027

Microbial regulation of intestinal lipid metabolism and its physiological consequences

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2021 - 2026

Cellular and Environmental Regulation of Protein Absorption and Utilization in the Early Intestine

ResearchLab Research Analyst I · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023

Microbial regulation of host nutrient metabolism

ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2020

Microbial and inflammatory regulation of intestinal epithelial gene transcription

ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2016 - 2019

Organotin influences on assembly and obesogenic activity of the gut microbiota

ResearchLab Research Analyst I · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Microbial Regulation of Nuclear Receptor Activity in the Intestinal Epithelium

ResearchScholar · Awarded by Baylor College of Medicine · 2014 - 2016