Potential impacts of antivirals on the virome In this Forum, @tao-zuo.bsky.social & Co discuss the potential effects of antivirals on the commensal virome, a crucial player in microbiome homeostasis and mammalian health. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

In the Focus Issue on The Virome @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social , we were commissioned by the journal to discuss the potential impact of antivirals on the human virome, not only on eukaryotic viruses but also on commensal phages, in relation to host health www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Our research article on the function of the gut virome, where we discovered how phage mediates bacterial metabolism and hence intestinal inflammation, was selected by the journal Cell Host & Microbe as a Featured Article. What an honor! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

We were privileged to be interviewed by Scientific American, the oldest continuously published monthly popular science magazine in the U.S, to talk on the gut virome. www.magzter.com/stories/scie...

A really interesting study

A new probiotic in development? 🦠👶 Clostridium perfringens isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide to promote commensal Bifidobacteria, inhibit pathogens and suppress inflammation in organoids Interesting work from @stewartlab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our paper on the function of the #gut #phageome is finally out at Cell Host & Microbe @CellPress. We find that gut bacteriophage can dictate disease susceptibility by regulating metabolism of the commensal bacteria, downstream affecting the health of the mammalian host. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Three of our lab’s #gut #microbiome-related articles were recently out at Nature Metabolism, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Cell Metabolism. We respectively focused on mycobiome, non-bacterial microbiome, and diet-microbiome interactions. Kudos to my students and collaborators🎉

#NewResearch Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#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...

I am delighted to share our #gut mucosal #mycobiome paper #IBD is finally out at @natmetabolism.nature.com ! kudos to my talented students, postdocs and collaborators #microbiome

I’ve jotted down a few general points about paper rejection, if it’s of interest to anyone open.substack.com/pub/onisillo...

New online! Mucosal glycans: key drivers of the development of inflammatory bowel disease and a potential new therapeutic target

Review @science.org @harvardmed.bsky.social Quantifying host-microbe interactions with bacterial lineage tracing www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mycobacterial protein MPT53 prompts lung epithelial cells release of lncRNA TRCR1-enriched exosomes that enhance monocyte antimicrobial activity via CLOCK-mediated epigenetic reprogramming @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

A tiny population of cells that are passed across the placenta between mother and baby challenge basic tenets of human immunology. go.nature.com/4aXjG2T

Say it louder for those at the back… #NOhep

As a virome and phageome scientist, I highly recommend this article. Happy holiday season, everyone!🎉

One of the things I love about my job is the range of cool papers I get to read and researchers I get to work with to highlight the most interesting microbiological advances This thread is just a preview of the diversity of microbiology that came out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com in 2025 #MicroSky 🦠

All living organisms face the problem of parasites - but what happens when DNA has invaded the genome? go.nature.com/3MDiJCq

The world has lost a giant of virology, molecular biology and science advocacy David Baltimore’s obituary by Stephen Goff www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results go.nature.com/3MaSKC9

ICYMI: New online! Pushing the frontier of gut microbiome health cross-kingdom and cross-organ

Our invited Year in Review piece on the topic of gut microbiome is out at Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology @natrevgastrohep.nature.com 🌟 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

OUT NOW! - Engineered Metarhizium fungi produce longifolene to attract and kill mosquitoes 🍄🧲🦟☠️ By Dan Tang, Jun Cao, Raymond Leger, Jianhua Huang, Weiguo Fang & colleagues. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our diet-microbiome interaction and informed precision nutrition article is finally out at Cell Metabolism. @Cell Thank you to all of our collaborators!

New research article Evaluation of bacteriophages as a signature of #microbiome health: a systematic review and meta-analysis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #Phage #OpenAccess #OA

SOOOOO excited to see this online IN REAL-LIFE!! Here, we review the latest in hepatic tissue-resident #Tcell biology. We draw on a metaphor proposed by Robert Louis Stevenson [1886] to highlight the fact a cell can manifest different behaviours & actions depending on environmental context 🧪

A paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution presents a time-calibrated phylogeny of Fungi. This timescale suggests an older age of crown Fungi, as well as a minimum age for ancient interactions involving fungi and the algal ancestors of embryophytes in terrestrial ecosystems. #phylo 🧪

Nature research paper: Commensal yeast promotes Salmonella Typhimurium virulence go.nature.com/4mTnRzG

We know GLP-1 drugs reduce brain inflammation. But I didn't anticipate bipolar disorder as a possible indication in the future www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genetic-sequencing techniques have uncovered the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recorded — inside samples of teeth and bones from woolly and steppe mammoths. go.nature.com/4mNN3aS

This is a piece I am super interested in

A Perspective in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology explores the global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease over the next 20 years and proposes strategies for prevention and health-care innovation. go.nature.com/4fW7sYy #medsky 🧪

Nice to see some familiar names from @mimsumea.bsky.social 😊 Congratulations!

"[Gavi] would be even more helpful if they could more consistently help countries build the strong and lasting vaccination systems that low-income and medium-income countries need to make sure vaccines can eventually be delivered without foreign aid." theconversation.com/us-has-slash...

😧 scary! Maybe more reasons to stick to cooking with unprocessed raw ingredients?

Our study on the dietary whey protein and its effect on gut phageome and bacteriome, protecting against Crohn’s disease, made to the cover of the journal Gut.

Our News & Views piece is out at Nature Metabolism. We discussed the role of gut virome in MASLD, particularly the importance of virome www.nature.com/articles/s42...

New online! Post-antibiotics microbiome restoration driven by diet

A study of 981 colorectal cancers in 11 countries shows geographic & age-related variations in mutational processes & suggests that early-life mutagenic exposure to colibactin-producing bacteria may contribute to the rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Our study on how diet may regulate the gut phageome-bacteriome interaction relaying to a disease protection, #IBD, is freshly out at the journal #Gut gut.bmj.com/content/earl...

✨ Here is a 🧵 about a wonderful paper by @cdiener.com et al. that shows how we can estimate diet from 💩 metagenomic sequencing data, published today! ✨ I’m really happy and grateful Christian included me in later stages of this project and that I could help out a little 😊

ICYMI: New online! Influence of biological sex in inflammatory bowel diseases

Mouse experiments show that microplastics get gobbled up by immune cells that clog up blood vessels in the brain - “like a car crash” 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New research article in The Lancet Microbe Interactions between live attenuated #influenza vaccine and nasopharyngeal #microbiota among children aged 24–59 months in The Gambia: a phase 4, open-label, randomised controlled trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #OA

Gene editor may have cured infant of a deadly metabolic disorder www.science.org/content/arti...