 She is also conducting research on mice and the effect of stress on gut microbiota.She found that the gut microbiota in female mice respond to stress in a way that is similar to the way they respond to a high-fat diet.One of her discoveries was a variant of BMP2 in the nucleus called nBMP2 which affects intercellular calcium transport, which can alter muscle function, memory and cell division, indicating possible ties to dementia and cancer.