🍿 The wait is over... Premiering for #WorldMicrobiomeDay: A Day in the Life of a Poo Sample 💩🎬 Go behind the scenes and discover what really happens after a stool sample is donated, and how it supports microbiome research at Oxford. Watch now! 👇

Super exciting work from our close collaborators in the Uhlig group highlighting a link between the recently discovered IL-10 autoantibodies in IBD patients and HLA-DRB1*01:03! Congratulations to everyone involved - go check out the paper here!🎉 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @kiroxford.bsky.social

Ffion Hammond's research focus is antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and she studies how drug-resistant pathogens like Klebsiella pneumoniae interact with the gut microbiome and host immune system, in the context of antibiotic treatment.

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 11 countdown 💩 Today, Ffion from Powrie lab discusses: 🧼 "Are cleaning products harmful to our gut microbiome?" 👨🏼‍🔬 Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. ⚠️ see comments 🪥 & 🐾

Autoantibodies neutralizing IL-10 in #IBD, particularly in patients carrying the IBD-associated HLA-DRB1*01:03 allele @nejm.org @carroll-lab.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... preview by @casanovalab.bsky.social

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 3️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Kate and Holly from OCMS answer: 🦠 “How do diet and fibre affect the #microbiome?” 👩🏻‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day.

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 5️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, OCMS scientist Holly answers: 🦠 “What is a healthy #gutmicrobiome?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. youtu.be/lsPkZf-nS0M?... @hollyroach.bsky.social

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 6️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, OCMS scientist Holly answers: 🦠 “Why do we #fart?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. youtu.be/JLZlqarEjlQ?... @hollyroach.bsky.social

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 7️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Chik On from OCMS answers: 🦠 “Can #fermentedfoods change your microbiome?” 👩🏼‍🔬Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. Chik On Choy is the OCMS Project Manager

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 8️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Isaac from OCMS answers your questions about about how we study the #gutmicrobiome 🦠 👨🏼‍🔬 Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @isaac-dennis.bsky.social

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 9️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Uzma from OCMS answers: 🪥 "Is the #oralmicrobiome linked to #Alzheimer's disease" 👨🏼‍🔬 Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @uzmakhan.bsky.social

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 2️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Holly from OCMS answers: 🦠 “Where does our #microbiome come from?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @hollyroach.bsky.social

Throwing it back to Day 2 of KIPS, with more excellent postdoc talks and a great keynote from Kevin Foster! It was also announced that Ffion won the award for the best long talk!🥳 Thanks to the fantastic postdoc committee for organising two great days of science!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 @kiroxford.bsky.social

📽️ Excited to be filming with @ndorms.bsky.social for our #WorldMicrobiomeDay event. Starring 🦠 💩 👩🏼‍🔬 🧑🏻‍🔬

Dr Natasha Fisher-Pearson won an Excellent Poster Award at the International Human Microbiome Consortium in Seoul for her work on how well human microbiomes engraft on transplant. Congratulations Natasha @natashafp.bsky.social @ihmc2026seoul.bsky.social #IHMC2026 #microbiome #FMT #metagenomics

Thanks for your questions about the human microbiome! 🦠 📽️ From 15 June, Oxford microbiome scientists will answer your human microbiome questions — one short video a day. And on World Microbiome Day, we have something special to release. Possibly too special. #WorldMicrobiomeDay

Dr Nick Ilott was at #BBCRadio4. Stay posted to hear the interview. Nick is Senior Researcher and Bioinformatics Lead for the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies. @nickilott.bsky.social #microbiome

Dr Fränze Progatzky was awarded a Lister Prize in 2025, and we are hosting a prizegiving to showcase her work & celebrate her achievement. 🎉 Wed 10 June 10:30-12:00 Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Open to all members of the University of Oxford. More info here: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...

We had a fabulous time at day 1 of the first ever KIPS (Kennedy Institute Postdoc Symposium) yesterday! There were lots of great talks from postdocs across the KIR, and plenty of Powrie Lab representation! Huge thanks to the wonderful Carola Vinuesa for her keynote talk too!🥳 @kiroxford.bsky.social

A slightly late post to share that a great time was had at the Keystone Beyond Antibiotics conference last month! We’re super proud of our fantastic postdoc, Ffion, for winning a Keystone future of science fund to attend & present her work!🧫👩‍🔬 @keystonesymposia.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social

The small intestine is increasingly recognised as a potential site of pathological gut-liver communication in liver disease. Was proud to present our recent work on the involvement of the ileum and bile acid signalling in PSC at this years #EASLCongress @easlnews.bsky.social

Great to see Nick in action at the #EASLCongress this year, presenting his work on the gut-liver axis in PSC! Nick’s abstract was also featured in the best at EASL showcase, titled “Microbially deconjugated bile acid-mediated ileal barrier function deficit”👏👨‍🔬🎉 @kiroxford.bsky.social

Excellent day at Westgate today for the Oxford BRC public engagement day! It was great to have the giant gut wall out on a sunny Thursday, and lots of bacteria Pom Poms were made!🦠☀️ @ndorms.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social

Check out @nickilott.bsky.social’s talk on bile acid-mediated gut barrier dysfunction in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) at #EASL2026. A great opportunity to hear about important gut–liver axis research from Oxford microbiome scientists. @pscsupport.bsky.social @gutscharityuk.bsky.social

#WorldMicrobiomeDay is coming up - reminder that no question is tabpoo for a microbiome scientist. 💩 Send us your #microbiome question and it could be featured in a video celebrating @worldmicrobiomeday.bsky.social

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Powrie Lab!🥳🎈 Congratulations to Fiona and everyone who has been a part of the lab through the years for the ongoing success! We’re sure that all lab members past and present are thrilled to see the lab still going strong today!🎉3️⃣0️⃣🎉 @kiroxford.bsky.social

We had a great time at the Oxford Microbiome Network (OMiN) meeting last week! Meetings are quarterly and bring together researchers across Oxford departments🧫👩‍🔬 For more info about the network, contact @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social or sign up using the link below: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Oxford-based microbiome researchers are invited to the next meeting of the Oxford Microbiome Network (OMiN). Speakers are Prof Philip Burnet, Dr. Natasha Fisher-Pearson, Dr. Sarah Woodward, and Mr. Harold Cannon #microbiome #Oxford

Microbiome curious? ❓Ask a scientist your human microbiome question here: forms.office.com/e/rKJS7WV9rP by 30 May We'll post selected answers for #WorldMicrobiomeDay 2026 💩🪱🦠🧫🔍🧬👩🏻‍🔬👨🏾‍⚕️🤒💊🌽🍄🐛👂🏽👅🧠💪🏿🫁🫀 Please share! Kids questions welcome #microbiome #GutHealth #STEM #scienceoutreach

Check out Dr Nick Ilott's article on #microplastics and the #gutmicrobiome in The Conversation @theconversation.com @nickilott.bsky.social

Hello world. We checked with the microbes and they approved this account. 🦠 We’re the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies: posting researcher achievements, microbiome science, and microbiome lab moments. Because the tiniest residents can have the biggest effects.

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of being part of the first Kennedy Institute Choir! With a great song choice by Fiona (Running Up That Hill), we had a lot of fun - huge thanks to our wonderful conductor Lizzie!🎶👩‍🎤🎤 Watch here: youtu.be/IOXLjGvkChU?... @kiroxford.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social

For International Women’s Day, we celebrate Professors Judi Allen and Fiona Powrie, leaders of the MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology. Allen explores immune responses to parasites, while Powrie uncovers how immunity shapes gut balance and inflammation. Find out more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We had a great time at the annual Kennedy Network Conference in Birmingham last week! We really enjoyed the chance to listen to some excellent keynote talks, present some of our own work, and hear what the wider network is up to! Looking forward to next year already🌸🌼 @kiroxford.bsky.social

Primary schools, join us for #BritishScienceWeek 💩 Oxford poo scientists have created a free Poo Trivia Quiz for KS1 and KS2. Designed with Guts UK and sponsored by Wooclap "helps people teach and learn". Online, ready to use, no prep required. Register here: forms.office.com/e/RxJCUVsqYK

We’re really pleased to share that our excellent DPhil student, Amit, successfully defended his PhD thesis last week! We had a great time celebrating with you and look forward to seeing what your next chapter holds!🎉🧑‍💻🥂 @kiroxford.bsky.social @amit-halkhoree.bsky.social @nickilott.bsky.social

☕Borsa et al. show that asymmetric #Tcell division after activation requires #autophagy to promote #mitochondria turnover, with T cells inheriting older mitochondria showing decreased degradation, reduced memory potential and altered metabolism. bit.ly/458ODgL

Celebrating #February11 by highlighting Professor Claudia Mauri, the Editor‑in‑Chief of @ceijournal.bsky.social Her leadership and expertise continue to shape the future of immunology. Read the interview on the BSI website here: https://bit.ly/4abuedR ##WomenInScience

This #February11 we are celebrating Prof Jessica Teeling, winner of the BSI Public Engagement Award! Her grant‑supported “Snakes and Letters for a Healthy Brain” project is inspiring conversations on dementia risk + immunity. #WomenInScience Read here: https://bit.ly/3Ktiito

Marking #February11 by celebrating Professor Tracy Hussell, BSI President, and her Nature Mentoring Award for Lifetime Achievement. A great recognition of her commitment to supporting early career researchers and strengthening the immunology community. ##WomenInScience #Immunology

Congratulations to the wonderful Natasha for successfully defending her DPhil thesis! We’re excited to see what comes next for Natasha and her MAIT cell story whilst she continues her project as a postdoctoral researcher🥳👩‍🔬 @kiroxford.bsky.social

New year, new paper! Thrilled to share that our review “Contextualising TH17 cells in cancer” is out now! Congratulations to Declan & team for a fantastic, in depth overview🥳 Go give it a read here: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @natrevimmunol.nature.com @kiroxford.bsky.social

Last night was our Lab Christmas party! Special thanks to Claire and Nick for organising some excellent party games for us (guessing the flavour of Skittles whilst blindfolded is much harder than you’d think!) and to Branca for hosting us🎅🎄🌟 @kiroxford.bsky.social @nickilott.bsky.social

An excellent opportunity, please have a look at the position below!🧫👩‍🔬

We’re hiring! Two postdoctoral research positions are available in our lab - one in mucosal immunology, and one in exposome immunology (MRC CoRE)! Apply by December 22nd!🎄 Position 1: tinyurl.com/2mh44tn4 Position 2: tinyurl.com/5ffzxsfb @kiroxford.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

Congratulations to our fantastic DPhil student, Henry, for defending his PhD thesis today!! It’s been a pleasure to have Henry in the lab & we miss him already! Go check out the review (linked below) if you’d like to see some of his work🥳🧑‍🔬 @kiroxford.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40252635/

We’re very proud of our very own Dr Alice Bertocchi for winning a Kennedy Trust Transition Fellowship! Keep up the amazing work as always, Ali!🥳❤️

We are hiring a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to study how microbiomes influence barrier biology and shape responses to viral infection! This post is part of the exciting new MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology. Apply by December 18 👇 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

Day 4 and the final day of the BSI saw a fantastic talk from @labliston.bsky.social about Tregs in the brain and an excellent session devoted to “Barriers, bugs, and breakdowns” - right up our street! Thank you to all organisers and presenters @britsocimm.bsky.social for a great week in Liverpool🫶

Day 3 of the BSI was a busy one, with Yuqing & Dehui presenting posters, and Ffion giving an excellent talk all about AMR Klebsiella dynamics in the gut! It was also great to see Dave Withers give a fantastic plenary talk!🧫🧬 @dehuic.bsky.social @yuqinglong.bsky.social @witherslab.bsky.social