“Belgische Nobelprijs” voor baanbrekend kankeronderzoek en darmbacteriën bij obesitas en diabetes Prof. dr. Diether Lambrechts (KU Leuven/VIB) en prof. dr. Patrice Cani (UCLouvain) hebben dinsdag de Francqui-Collen Prijs 2026 ontvangen, een van de hoogste wetenschappelijke onderscheidingen van...

Le Prix Francqui 2026 en Sciences biomédicales attribué à Patrice Cani PODCAST Le prix Francqui, considéré comme la plus haute distinction scientifique belge, vient couronner cette année les recherches menées depuis vingt ans par le professeur Patrice Cani, chercheur au Louvain Drug Research…

Qui est le professeur Patrice Cani, colauréat du “Nobel belge” ?

Ce mardi, le professeur Patrice Cani recevra le prix Francqui-Collen, le plus prestigieux du monde scientifique belge. Il est aujourd'hui l'un des plus grands connaisseurs de l'intestin et de son rôle crucial. Spécialiste de la recherche fondamentale, il plaide pour un meilleur financement.

#Throwback 🧪 REVIEW | Obesity-induced inflammation: connecting the periphery to the brain O Le Thuc & C García-Cáceres

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There hasn't previously been a treatment vs pancreatic cancer this successful. Striking improved (a doubling) survival results @nejm.org and @ascocancer.bsky.social published today with daraxonrasib, which also became available via an FDA-approved early access program nejm.org/doi/full/10....

#Throwback 🧪 COMMENT | Big data and personalized nutrition: the key evidence gaps N Guess

A paper in Scientific Reports describes a school-based program to prevent vaping and smoking in fifth graders and will next be tested in a cluster-randomized controlled trial with at least 1,500 students across 26 Berlin schools. go.nature.com/4nSn2s2 🧪

#Throwback 🧪 REVIEW | Cancer cachexia: multilevel metabolic dysfunction M Berriel-Diaz, M Rohm & S Herzig

Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

A Review in Nature Reviews Microbiology discusses the impacts of climate extremes on soil-borne pathogens, plant microbiomes and host physiology that determine disease outcomes, along with the mechanisms by which pathogens, hosts and microbiomes adapt to climate extremes. 🔒

#NatMicroPicks Same destination, different routes 🍄🧫🧪 Following 10,000 generations, parallel evolution occurred in separate yeast species, but took different genetic routes driven largely by transcriptomic and trans‑regulatory differences. #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Une bactérie protectrice contre le covid long Une bactérie, dénommée Dolosigranulum pigrum, pourrait prévenir le covid long, une affection qui touche 400 000 Belges. Cette découverte a été faite par des scientifiques de l’UCLouvain et des Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc. Moins abondante dans le…

Ecoutez le Printemps des sciences! Cette année, le Printemps des Sciences  fête son 25e anniversaire. Une édition placée sous le signe de la culture scientifique: une thématique que nous apprécions particulièrement chez Daily Science. C’est donc tout naturellement que nous nous associons à cette…

#NatMicroPicks Host-microbe cycle in chronic kidney disease 🦠⚕️ Inefficient removal of indole derivatives due to kidney dysfunction in mice raises the levels of nitrate that in turn promote indole producing E. coli #MicroSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Weaning drives microbiome-mediated epigenetic regulation to shape immune memory in mice @natmicrobiol.nature.com @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Magnificent and truly inspiring presentation by Prof. John Cryan! @jfcryan.bsky.social #MicrobiomeToLife2026

#NatMicroPicks A microbial signature of health! 🦠⚕️ A large meta-analysis highlights the importance of previously unknown and uncultured gut bacteria in maintaining human health #MicroSky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

RESEARCH @thebiokimist.bsky.social @jasonrcantor.bsky.social Differential localization of hexokinase HK1 explains the conditional essentiality of HK2 in cancer cells in physiol. media🧪

Dysosmobacter welbionis is a recently discovered butyrate producer @microbesity.bsky.social et al. reveal that the inositol-to-butyrate pathway is conserved across species, reinforcing its ecological and therapeutic relevance via #[email protected] https://loom.ly/y2y_STg

🦠 Des chercheurs de l'UCLouvain ont découvert que la bactérie Dysosmobacter welbionis convertit le myo-inositol en butyrate, essentiel pour la santé intestinale et métabolique. Une avancée prometteuse pour ceux intolérants aux fibres fermentescibles. #Santé #Microbiote

🔵 Uno studio internazionale, a cui ha partecipato anche l’Italia, ha identificato un batterio intestinale (Dysosmobacter welbionis) che potrebbe aiutare a prevenire malattie metaboliche come diabete, obesità e fegato grasso fonteufficiale.it/breaking-new...

#Santé La bactérie Dysosmobacter welbionis est capable de convertir le myo-inositol, un nutriment naturellement présent dans les fruits, céréales complètes, noix et légumineuses, en butyrate. L'étude a utilisé des souris.

Batterio intestinale Dysosmobacter welbionis: alleato contro malattie metaboliche

Where are we with targeting gut-brain communication to manage diseases? This timely review delves into advances in this fascinating area of research https://www.jci.org/articles/view/196346

RESEARCH | BM Oswald, RG Jones @vai.org Dietary restriction promotes expansion of effector T cells via ketone bodies, enhancing anti-tumour immunity & synergy with immunotherapy in mice 🧪

#Throwback 🧪 COMMENT | Shaping the future of cardiometabolic innovation: advances and opportunities @clemmensenc.bsky.social#Throwbacket al

New therapeutic approaches, such as low-dose colchicine, PCSK9 inhibitors, antithrombotic therapies, GLP1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors, offer new therapeutic avenues for reducing residual risk #CVD #heartdisease www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An ex vivo approaching for interrogating the gut brain axis and blood brain barrier function www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#NatMicroPicks bacterial amino acid metabolism affects cancer progression 🦠🦀🐁 Bacteroides asparaginase lowers intestinal asparagine levels and drives colorectal tumor progression #MicroSky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

A study published in Nature Communications reveals that exposure to certain food preservatives, including potassium sorbate and sodium nitrite, correlates with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. 🧪

Beyond #weightloss How might GLP-1 medicines modify rates of #obesity associated #cancer and response to treatment? www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Nature Health launches today! In our inaugural editorial, we outline our vision of 'health beyond medicine' and aim to publish research, reviews and opinion that bridges the 'implementation gap' between health research with policy and practice. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Online now: Human MASLD is a diurnal disease driven by multisystem insulin resistance and reduced insulin availability at night

Online now: Mitochondrial transfer from immune to tumor cells enables lymph node metastasis

RESEARCH | L Casanueva Reimon, SM Steculorum et al. (CECAD) Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavor, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in mice 🧪

Variation in the GLP2R and the risk of chronic metabolic disorders @uk_biobank #genetics www.metabolismjournal.com/article/S002...

A study published in Nature Medicine demonstrates use of dried and capillary blood as a minimally invasive, scalable approach for Alzheimer’s biomarker testing in research, with potential as a widely scalable population-based research approach, especially in resource-limited settings. 🧪

It turns out that high-intensity interval training whether once or 3x weekly over 16 weeks reduces fat mass in adults with overweight and central #obesity #exercise www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gut molecule shows remarkable anti-diabetes power An international group of scientists led by Professor Marc-Emmanuel Dumas at Imperial College London & CNRS, along with Prof. Patrice Cani (Imperial & University of Louvain, UCLouvain), Dr. Dominique Gauguier (Imperial & INSERM, Paris) and Prof.…

#NewResearch Gut microbes can produce ethanol and contribute to auto-brewery syndrome. FMT can potentially treat individuals with this syndrome and improve symptoms. #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to @microbesity.bsky.social on the publication of his new study on Dysosmobacter welbionis, and thanks to Patrice for letting me play a small part in it. Nice start to the new year. :) #microbiomesky

Thank you Lesley for your help and collaboration ! #ingutwetrust @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social

Patrice Cani (WEL Research Institute – UCLouvain) et ses collaborateurs internationaux ont identifié un composé, le TMA, produit par les bactéries intestinales à partir de la choline présente dans certains aliments, capable d’améliorer le contrôle de la glycémie. welri.org/cms/c_205381...

🧬 Free @microbesng.bsky.social PopUp ECR symposium 🧬 UK-based MRes or PhD student, research assistant or postdoc working on microbial genomics or metagenomics? Present your work and/or chair a session, plus excellent keynote speakers: @halllab.bsky.social and @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social. #MNGPopUp