Excellent opportunity for ECRs studying wild animal microbiomes! See details about funded research exchange programme below

Attention ECRs! WAME is offering support to attend the ExE conference in Falmouth (sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/) & associated WAME microbiome workshop. For more information and the application form, see below! We hope to see you there! 🦠 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

New paper! 🐦🦠 Social Structure and Interactions Differentially Shape Aerotolerant and Anaerobic Gut Microbiomes in a Cooperative Breeding Species doi.org/10.1111/mec.... A 🧵

New review paper on bird #microbiome methods out! Bridging the gap: improving methodologies for future avian microbiome research 🐦🦠🧬 #OA @avianbiology.bsky.social @charlisdavies.bsky.social @kbodawatta.bsky.social nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🧵 New paper! How does the immune system shape the gut microbiome in wild animals? We studied the Seychelles warbler using shotgun metagenomics to test how variation in MHC genes (key immune genes) influences both the taxonomy and function of gut microbes. rdcu.be/e7Wxv Here’s what we found 👇

Join us for the next instalment in our virtual seminar series this week! Wild Animal Mycobiomes (not microbiome!) 4th December 2025: 11am GMT/ 12pm CET Join via zoom here: aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/68695403303

Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

New paper out now! 🥳📄 Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟