I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

Excited to receive the Lupus Research Alliance Career Development Award. This award will support my lab at Penn studying how the microbiome shapes immune states in lupus. Honored to join amazing colleagues in pushing lupus research forward. #LupusResearch #Microbiome #Immunology bit.ly/LRA-ELR25

‼️ Job alert 🚨: I have an open 3-year postdoc position in my lab to develop novel crosslinking mass spectrometry workflows. 🧪🧪 So if you want to do cool stuff in protein MS, please apply ! ⬇️ Please RT www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss... #Academicsky #Chemsky #teammassspec

Are you looking to start your #lab in a fantastic scientific 🧪environment, with great colleagues, and in a spectacular place to live? Then check out our open #junior #faculty position at the Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland: www.unil.ch/dof/en/home/... ⏰ Deadline 27 June

The new version of MetaPhlAn v4.2.2 released! 📌taxonomic profiling of long-read metagenomes for the first time 📌new version of the MetaPhlAn db (vJan25_202503) containing >21k new SGBs Try it out & @hutlab.bsky.social and we are looking forward to your feedback! forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan-...

👀👀 Looking for recs 👀👀 Are there any summer/fall workshops on multi-omic, pathway or microbiome analyses where the application period has not already passed? Looking for some good options for my trainees! Appreciate any leads in advance #AcademicSky #Bioinformatics

💥Exciting new #postdoc opportunities in my lab at @cruk-mi.bsky.social i.bsky.social to study #NutrientHostMicrobiome interactions in #CancerImmunity in mice and humans. #CancerImmunology#MucosalImmunology#Microbiome ⏰Deadline: 4 April 2025 Apply👇 www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/mi-24... ⏩RT

Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

I am excited to share that I am starting as a postdoctoral researcher in the labs of @hajera-amatullah.bsky.social and @joelbabdor.bsky.social at University of Pennsylvania

Calling all bioRxiv affiliates - bat signal is up as we have a big backlog. If you have time to screen some papers, we'd be eternally grateful! 🙏

Dear TCR researchers of #immunosky, you may be interested to know that our tool Stitchr - for the automated production of full-length T cell receptor sequences - has just had a nice little update: jamieheather.github.io/stitchr/

These are challenging times for science, but I'm happy to share a bright moment: our work is on the cover of Cell today. We built a compendium of human gut microbiomes integrating 168K worldwide samples, revealing patterns of microbiome variation across the globe www.cell.com/cell/current...

OUT NOW: ILC3s regulate the gut microbiota via host intestinal galactosylation to limit pathogen infection in mice #microsky #immunosky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to announce that MEDI, our method to quantify dietary intake through metagenomics is out now. 🧬 🧪🧫🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s42... #metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:

at least it's friday

It’s #WorldCancerDay 🎗🌍 I’m thinking of my family members who survived cancer thanks to the work of doctors & scientists. Fighting cancer is 1 of the reasons I became a researcher Today I’m proud to join our Cancer Center as an official member @pennmedicine.bsky.social, committed to fight & win!

This looks like a fantastic event! What a lineup! And why do I want to frame the poster so much!?

So excited this work is out! 🦠🧫🐾🥼🧪 If you want to cultivate and isolate bacteria from sensible microbial samples collected in the field and needed to be transporters to the lab, take a look at the study we conducted using multiple preservation solutions with or without cryoprotectants.

Share your #cancer #immunology research w/ #CSCancerImmunity2025 organizers Ignacio Melero, Ira Mellman, Fabiola Rivas @cp-immunity.bsky.social & Montse Rojo de la Vega @cp-cancercell.bsky.social . hubs.li/Q033hK4y0

This epic study, which took more than three years to get published, deserves special consideration. #immunology #microbiome #allergy

ICYMI We are recruiting a new Associate Professor in cell and molecular biology, with a preference for immunology, inflammation and/or infection - all defined broadly Come and be our colleague! Deadline 28 Feb, please spread the word! www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

Dear mucosal immunologists! Registration for the European Mucosal Immunology Group (EMIG) meeting in Aachen, Germany is now open. Register and see you this July in Aachen! 👇🏼 emig2025.de @petterbrodin.bsky.social @wiag.bsky.social @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social @societymucosalimm.bsky.social

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

I love this positive story of scientists who find ways to collaborate instead of competing. It takes some work, open communication and keen awareness of everyone's interest but the positive outcome makes it worth the effort! A good read in these trying times.

How our gut microbiome regulates sugar preference nature.com/articles/s41...

It's Coming! The Mucosal Immunology Podcast to launch on MONDAY! 🌟 Explore groundbreaking insights and inspiring stories in the world of mucosal immunology - brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social. #MucosalImmunology #SciencePodcast #ImmunologyResearch #PodcastLaunch

We’re thrilled that our first paper on the Human Microbiome Compendium, an integrated dataset of over 168,000 uniformly processed human gut microbiome samples, is officially out today in Cell! @richabdill.com @blekhman.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Hi everyone! I'm looking for next job ✨ I'm looking for a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or Bioinformatics role. I'd like to dive deep into multi-omics integration in life science data & focus on using existing tools, rather than building new bioinf tools. More & my CV below!

Xin Chen, Mark Davis et al in @natimmunol.bsky.social study on human CD4+ and CD8+ Tregs using a Foxp3 KO approach in human tonsil-derived immune organoids. #Immunology #Immunosky #organoids www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The #microbiome metabolites of #fiber, #butyrate, and #propionate play a dual role in colon cancer. They suppress cancer development through epigenetic regulation but can further dysregulate oncogenic pathways in existing cancer cells. Nature Metabolism www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Maybe you don't really have a 'sweet tooth', it's just your gut #microbiome!

The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) to join BlueSky! 🦋 The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...

I’ve merged both starter packs - here’s 71 microbial natural products researchers - want to be added? Let me know! go.bsky.app/72NeGsT #microsky #secmet #naturalproducts #specializedmetabolites

Remember that taking time to slow down and rest is also progress. By allowing yourself this time, you can self-reflect, consider the bigger picture, and recharge, enabling you to tackle your goals more effectively. Always prioritize your well-being.

#JOBSEARCH If you are looking for a good old experienced scientist for consulting, copy-editing and all kind of science related jobs. Microscopy, cell biology, harm reduction, blaschka models. Based in France as I am supporting my wife's career and it matters. Please re post, send any offer my way

Great new study by Robert Keskey and colleagues showing that the siderophore, enterobactin, counters microbiota-dependent AhR activation to exacerbate sepsis... but tryptophan supplementation restores the protective effect! Read more here... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

OUT NOW - Streptomyces secretes a siderophore that sensitizes competitor bacteria to phage infection www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧵 How does being a #vegan, #vegetarian or omnivore impact your gut #microbiome? 🥦 Find out in our new paper on gut microbiome signatures of vegan, vegetarian & omnivore diets & associated health outcomes across 21,561 individuals in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social!🎉 1/10 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The gut microbiome signature from different diets in 20,000 individuals. Red meat intake correlated with reduced cardiometabolic health; the opposite for plant-based foods or in omnivores with enriched plant-based intake www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I think it’s a mixed bag. Without grant writing I wouldn’t do as thorough a job thinking through gaps in research and designing projects. That’s useful! And part of what you need to do anyway. Submitting the same project 3-4-5x to get it funded-time-consuming and not so useful.

I am genuinely curious. For the people saying writing grants and managing projects is not "conducting active research", what were your expectations for your principal investigator/ professor/group leader position? What does "conducting active research" mean to you?

Excellent review @naturerevmicro.bsky.social 🆕🔥 🚨Microbiota🦠–neuroepithelial signalling across the #Gut–#Brain axis‼️ #GutConnectome🔁#BrainConnectome🧠 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... ✅Most recent advances in pathways that connect the gut & brain🧠 #DGBIs #Neuropsychiatric health #Serotonin #GLP-1

My resolution for this new year is not to make the same mistakes. I’m going to find new and innovative mistakes to make.

OUT NOW: Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation by Knut Drescher & co www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Mentoring is empowering our mentees with a broader network so they can experience different perspectives as they progress in their own journey.

A new study finds ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence. Learn more: scim.ag/4h2K0ID

New year, new lab logo! Designed by talented lab members @pamferretti.bsky.social, @richabdill.com, and Sabrina Arif

‼️‼️ Last few days to apply to join us as a #PostDoc in #SystemsImmunology and explore mechanisms of #SexDifferences in #Human #Immunity at Lund University in #Sweden More info on how to apply below (please RT)

OUT NOW: Metagenomic immunoglobulin sequencing (MIg-seq) reveals IgA coating of microbial strains in the healthy human gut by Justin Sonnenburg, Matt Olm, Sean Spencer & co #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...