RE: Thesis query (new topic after discussion with you)

Dear Jeremy,

I have no objection to your idea of reviewing how Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus species affect gut microbiome. Just one problem...they are probiotics, not prebiotics.

Best,

HS Kwan

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From: Jeremy Wu [jerrywazhere@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 3:49 PM
To: Prof. HS Kwan (School of Life Sciences); hskwan288.fnsc6313@blogger.com
Subject: Thesis query (new topic after discussion with you)

Dear Professor Kwan,

Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing you a prosperous and joyful year.

We discussed about having a more specific topic of the body of my thesis, remember?

I've been reading up on prebiotics and probiotics a bit and I was wondering if this topic idea would be comprehensive enough:

My thesis is about the effect of prebiotics on the gut microbiome, and how this affects health.

I'm hoping to write the main body on how "bifidobacteria and lactobacillus species" can affect the intestinal health (maybe looking at cancers or something like that) .

This topic seems to have more literature, and it will be specific to bifidobacter and lactobacillus species; but I have not determined which diseases to focus on yet.

How does this direction sound? Is it specific enough?

Sincerely,

Jeremy

P.S. I will also be using this topic for my abstract and presentation.