🔬🦠👶 This month we launched the NESTED study. We will recruit 30 children in London before they start nursery & follow them for 12 weeks after. We will examine whether their nasopharyngeal microbiome predicts common infections! @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

🤱Preterm birth is the top cause of child mortality. Our team from @qmulfmd.bsky.social report in @nejm.org that an antibiotic (cotrimoxazole) during pregnancy doesn't increase birthweight but may reduce preterm birth by 40%. Work ongoing to study maternal microbiomes! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Excited to be joining @ruairirobertson.bsky.social, @jenniepedley.bsky.social, Merrilees Roberts, Joanna Penso and Rhodri Hayward for an evening of gut based malarky. Thursday 12 June, free to attend, likely be refreshments of some kind, do come! @c19qmul.bsky.social @qmul-microbiome.bsky.social

Here we show that transmitting the Microbiome can transfer a host trait, independently of selection on the host genome. In mice, with selection for low activity levels. Correlates with levels of lactobacilli and indolelactate: transferring these alone also reduces activity.

NEW COMMENT: Microbiome science needs more microbiologists @abaumler.bsky.social and Lauren Radlinski argue that integrating microbiologists and fundamental microbiological concepts should help advance microbiome science www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another really interesting microbiome paper worth checking out www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Final call for our #postdoc recruitment on #gut #microbiome, deadline in a week! Please share!🦋 #MicroSky #AcademicSky #GISky #PhDSky

Yet another reason to thank your #microbiome! 🦠 🧪

🔬🧫 We have a funded PhD fellowship, co-supervised by myself, Tina Chowdhury & @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social that will involve developing novel organ-on-chip technologies to study the vaginal microbiome. Deadline 6th January! www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/applicat...

☕ Drinking coffee is associated with significant changes the gut microbiome, particularly increased Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus, & elevated quinic acid in blood. Importantly, this is replicated across geographies. Interesting work from @cibiocm.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A important discussion on scientists as political advocates www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦠👬 Social networks influence your gut microbiome, including family, friends and even friends' friends. The more time you spend with someone, the more similar your microbiomes... Fascinating work from @fbeghini.bsky.social & @nachristakis.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✖️->🦋 For all those migrating over here from Twitter/X, you can migrate all of your previous tweets to your bsky account for a small cost (~$5) using BlueArk! blueark.app

#microbiome starter pack 1 & 2 by @claesengroup.bsky.social: ---- bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack... #human #microbiome starter pack by @ruairirobertson.bsky.social: --- bsky.app/starter-pack... #MVIF starter pack by @microbiomevif.bsky.social: ---- bsky.app/start/did:pl...

🦠🔬🚨 I have created a starter pack for those involved in research related to human microbiomes (there are other excellent microbiome packs by @claesengroup.bsky.social but this differentiates human from environmental/plant microbiomes). Let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/3eeA7BP

🦋 Like many other scientists, I have moved over to the other platform (same handle). I will continue to tweet here as well, as science communication will remain as important here as ever. However, for unfiltered scientific content/engagement, the other platform seems promising!

💥Exciting #ERCResearch funded postdoc opportunities in my lab at @cruk-mi.bsky.social to study #NutrientHostMicrobiome interactions in #CancerImmunity in mice and humans. #CancerImmunology#MucosalImmunology#Microbiome ⏰Deadline: 1 December 2024 Apply👇 www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/recruitment/... ⏩RT

🔬🦠 Nice insights on next steps for microbiome-targeted therapies from @ArrietaLab @BackhedLab @Honda1Kenya & others. Lots of potential for phage, defined consortia, next-gen probiotics, postbiotics

🔬🦠 Nice insights on next steps for microbiome-targeted therapies from @ArrietaLab @BackhedLab @Honda1Kenya & others. Lots of potential for phage, defined consortia, next-gen probiotics, postbiotics

Thanks to @claesengroup.bsky.social for a great microbiome starter pack! There are currently 2 lists of excellent microbiome scientists to follow. Check them out! 🦠🧫🔬

👋 Hello to all new followers! I am interested in how maternal microbiomes during pregnancy influence birth outcomes and how infant gut microbiome influence child growth and infection 💩🦠🫄👶. My research avails of large mother-infant cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa and in vitro models of the gut barrier

Wow, Bluesky really took off in the last couple of days! The first microbiome starter pack is full now and I started a second one with non-overlapping profiles. Check out these people below and please let me know if you would like to be included! go.bsky.app/6vPBEty

A new bank of >2000 scientific/medical images and icons for free use in figures and presentations just released by @NIAIDNews @NIH. Very useful for early career researchers who can’t afford @BioRender https://bioart.niaid.nih.gov/

🍎🍕A nice summary of how diet can influence your immune system https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03334-0

🤯 Tuft cells act as regenerative stem cells in the human intestine! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07952-6

👶🦠Infant microbiomes have 5 different trajectories of development over the first 2 years of life, driven strongly by initial microbiome colonization and environmental exposures https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52561-6

📜📷 Check out our new paper from @ZvitamboZim @MangesLab @blizard_inst & others showing that microbiome composition at weaning affects efficacy of a nutritional intervention to reduce stunting. A bifidobacteria-dominant microbiome is not always...

Unfortunately, data around "Blue Zones" are flawed. Areas around the world with high numbers of centenarians and supercentenarians (>110 years old) are likely drievn by poor record national record keeping such as lack of birth...

🎓I am happy to support PhD applications for the Commonwealth Scholarships for students from eligible countries (deadline 15th October). If you have some experience with microbiome bioinformatics or with bacterial and human cell culture, send me your...

💊 Antibiotics damage the gut barrier via impaired mucus production independently of the microbiota. A consideration for those using antibiotic induced depletion of the microbiome in mice https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp4119

💩👶🏼I provided a brief comment for @BBCNews about the exciting new study from @LawleyLab describing pioneer members of the infant gut microbiome and their potential association with infection risk @blizard_inst @QMUL @QMULBartsTheLon...

A common food dye allows live tissues to turn transparent, paving the way for medics to peer inside the body without using invasive procedures. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adm6869

🎙️🦠 For the last episode of Biomes Season 3, I speak to @kwonlab from @ragoninstitute about the vaginal microbiome, its role in STIs & preterm birth🤰 Thanks to all listeners & sponsors @MB_Insights! Hopefully back with more Biomes soon! 🎧 Listen here:...

🎙️🦠This week on Biomes, I speak about microbiome myths with two leading microbiome researchers & sceptics @JensWalter15 from @Pharmabiotic @UCC & @_Faecal_Matters from @rowett_abdn. We cover placental microbiomes, tumour microbiomes & more 🎧Listen here:...

🎙️🦠 Tune in this week to Biomes where I chat with @RondaCarlotta of the @igisci about using CRISPR and other forms of gene editing to manipulate microbiomes. 🎧 Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1G093nXaRTGdl8hTguSsW4?si=hsLNAjm0TSqFmJjkGMohPQ&t=1616

🦠🧫💩 Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! A shoutout to all Biomes guests and listeners over the last few years who are all helping to spread the word about the important of the microbiome to human health

🦠🍫This week's episode of Biomes is in celebration of @WMicrobiomeDay! I speak with @BenoitChassaing of @institutpasteur about ultra-processed foods, particularly emulsifiers, & their effect on the gut & the microbiome #IHMC2024 🎧Listen to Biomes here:...

I’m at #IHMC2024 in Rome for 4 days of human microbiome science. Looking forward to meeting old and potentially new collaborators 🦠🤝

🎙️🦠🍼 This week on Biomes, I speak with @MeghanAzad, a leading expert on human milk, its microbiome and its effect on the early-life gut microbiome. Listen in to hear some fascinating insights on breastmilk biomes! 🎧Listen here: https://dir.lat/j4Q4oR

🦠🎙️ The Biomes podcast is back for Season 3! Listen in for the next 6 weeks as I chat with some of the best microbiome scientists in the world. First episode is with @SuezLab about artificial sweeteners and the gut microbiome. Please rate and share!...

💊We urgently need new antibiotics to fight resistant infections, but most antibiotics disrupt the gut microbiome 💩 @PaulHergie et al report in @Nature today a new antibiotic, lolamicin, that kills multiple pathogens but doesn't disrupt the...

Great conference at @ESPGHANSociety in Milan last week interacting with clinical colleagues interested in microbiome research

The meaning of oral bacteria in faeces 🦠💩 Nice summary of cool work investigating why/how oral microbes are often found in the gut in various diseases https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01692-z

🎓We are recruiting 15 Professors! Join a growing group of microbiome researchers in @QMULBartsTheLon @QMUL conducting everything from basic research into host-microbiome interactions through to large-scale clinical trials🦠 Please share! @AcademicJobs...

🦠🔬 Disruption of a father's microbiome impairs offspring weight/lifespan via the germline and impaired placental function (in mice). Fantastic new paper in @Nature from @hackettlab @a_denboba https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01191-5

Nice discussion for #WorldImmunologyDay in @TheCrick this evening about immunity during pregnancy and early life. Much still to be understood about the effect of the maternal microbiome on maternal and infant immunity 🦠👶🏼

🦠🔬🏆 Grateful to have been awarded the Microorganisms 2023 Young Investigator Award from @Micro_MDPI (alongside 2 other excellent scientists!). Delighted also to receive the 2024 Travel Award. Looking forward to #IHMC2024 in Rome in...

Great to share some preliminary results from our work on the gut microbiome in complicated severe acute malnutrition at #Microbiome24 in @wellcomegenome last week 💩🦠👦. Thanks to @hall_lab, @_Faecal_Matters (& other organisers) for a brilliant, interactive conference!

The Robertson Lab opens today in @blizard_inst @QMULBartsTheLon @QMUL! We will study how the human microbiome in early life contributes to child growth using large-scale metagenomics & co-culture assays to study host-microbe interactions in the gut. Reach out if interested!🦠🔬