🌟 What an inspiring 2 days at the 12th World Congress on Targeting Microbiota! Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners: 🏆 Julia Castillo González – Best Short Oral on Post-Stroke Infections & SCFAs 🏆 Davide Pellegrino – Best Poster on Gut Dysbiosis & Nerve Regeneration

🦠Day 1 at Targeting Microbiota 2025 is off to an exciting start 🦠 We’re here representing Microbiota and Host as proud partners. The first talks promise a great meeting ahead. 👋 If you’re attending, stop by to learn more about the journal! 🌐 www.microbiota-ism.com

🧫 Diet, gut dysbiosis & cardiometabolic dysfunction form a complex triad. A new review by Adriana Alviter Plata et al. synthesises research on diet–microbiota–host interplay & identifies interventions for cardiometabolic disease management. doi.org/10.1530/MAH-25-0008 @usfmicrobiomes.bsky.social

🐶 Could dog ownership shape our gut microbiota? A new large‑scale study by Andrija Karačić et al. independently analyses data to validate previously reported positive effects of dogs on the human microbiome. 🔗 doi.org/10.1530/MAH-25-0006

A new review by Consuelo Fabi et al. discusses the strategies for enteric hyperoxaluria modeling in a microphysiological system and how these models could advance therapeutic discovery. 🔗 Read the full article #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-25-0009

🦠 Human milk is more than nutrition... A 2023 review by Simran Kaur Cheema, Ranran Li and Simon J S Cameron summarises research showing it harbours a complex, endogenously sourced microbiota. Future progress will depend on mechanistic studies and culturomics. 📖 doi.org/10.1530/MAH-23-0001

📢 Join us in Valencia for Targeting Microbiota 2025! We're proud to support the 12th World Congress of the #ISM, 5–6 Nov. Explore the latest microbiome research, from gut-brain-immune links to diagnostics & therapeutics. 🦠 Early bird ends 30 Sept: microbiota-ism.com #ISM #TargetingMicrobiota2025

What role do sex hormones play in our microbiota composition? ⭐In our first issue, Anil Sakamuri et al. reveal how sex hormones independently affect gut microbial diversity, offering novel insights that remain vital to the field. Read the full #OpenAccess article: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-23-0010

👶 Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of infant mortality. A study by Kaushik Karambelkar & Mayank Baranwal used neural CDEs to link vaginal microbiota with PTB risk, successfully distinguishing term & preterm outcomes. 📖 Read the research #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-23-0024

💭 Could our microbiota protect the gut from pollutants? A year on, the review by Sweta Ghosh, Syam P Nukavarapu, and Venkatakrishna Rao Jala still remains relevant — highlighting how beneficial microbes and their metabolites may help maintain gut barrier health. 🔗 doi.org/10.1530/MAH-23-0015

🗓️ The review by Elizabeth A Coler et al. on AI in metabolomics was published last year. Yet it still feels relevant today as the AI landscape rapidly evolves. How do you see #AI shaping the future of research in your field? Read in Microbiota and Host: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-23-0017

💡Don’t miss the opportunity to share your research without fees. Microbiota and Host continues to offer no-cost publication but only for a limited time. We welcome impactful research exploring the dynamic interactions between commensal microbiota & all eukaryotic hosts. More info: lnkd.in/e2KcyGxx

🦠How does microbial-derived indole metabolism influence mucosal inflammation? A new review by Ji Yeon Kim, Ian M. Cartwright & Sean P. Colgan explores how indole and its derivatives affect gastrointestinal health and inflammation in diseases such as IBD. 👉 doi.org/10.1530/MAH-...

🫁Does your research focus on advancing knowledge of the lung microbiota? 'Microbiota and the Lung' is open for submissions! This collection will spotlight research exploring the importance of the microbiota in a variety of lung diseases. 📨Submit today: [email protected]

🧫From the first steroid identification in 1937 to present day research, a new review by John W Honour aims to highlight the historic events that have shaped the current interest in the use of micro-organisms in steroid pharmacology and endocrinology. 🔗 Read the review: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-25-0005

Do you study the cross-talk between microbiota and the host?🔬 We’re inviting submissions from researchers working to deepen our understanding of how microbiota influence human and non-human hosts. Publish your research with Microbiota and Host👉 mah.bioscientifica.com/page/about-M...

This new review by Anne L McCartney and Lesley Hoyles examines the often overlooked role of Klebsiella bioactives in host-microbiota dynamics. 🔗 Access the full article here: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-24-0011

How well do #probiotic strains survive the journey through the #gut? Tena Niseteo et al. examine strain viability in an in vitro model of the infant gastrointestinal tract. 🔗Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-24-0010

📢Call for Submissions: Microbiota and the Lung. Explore the role of the lung microbiota in health, disease, and diagnostics. We welcome original research & reviews on: Lung sampling Host-microbiota interactions Microbiota in disease Novel methodologies Email proposal to: [email protected]

Check out this recent review by Zeliha Rumanli et al. on the gut-kidney axis in chronic kidney disease (CKD). It explores how uremic toxins, produced by #gut #microbiota, contribute to cardiovascular and renal tissue damage in CKD patients. Read it here: doi.org/10.1530/MAH-24-001

Did you know we offer no-cost publication? But hurry, it's only for a limited time ⏰ Our scope is intentionally broad to welcome your research on all eukaryotic hosts transitioning from physiology to pathophysiology due to their #microbiota. Learn more: mah.bioscientifica.com/page/about-M...

Check out this recent review by Zeliha Rumanli et al. on the gut-kidney axis in chronic kidney disease (#CKD). It explores how uremic toxins, produced by #gut #microbiota, contribute to cardiovascular and renal tissue damage in CKD patients. 🧫🫀 Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1530/MAH-...

We’re thrilled to announce Microbiota and Host have partnered with the International Society of Microbiota (ISM)! ISM aims to bring a new level of thinking and understanding of microbiota science out of the classical existing point of view. Learn more 👉 mah.bioscientifica.com/page/societies

Are you researching microbiota-host relationships? Share your discoveries with us! Microbiota and Host welcomes experimental studies, mechanistic articles, and therapeutic interventions in human and non-human hosts. Learn more 👉 mah.bioscientifica.com/page/about-M...

🆕 Check out this new study by Maki Sotozono et al. investigating the interaction between the human #dental #microbiome and host gingival model 🦷 Read their results 👉 doi.org/10.1530/MAH-...

Thank you for culturing and sharing your best research with us and the #microbiota community this year! 🦠🧫Thanks and festive wishes to our authors, editors, reviewers and readers. #MicroSky

⬇️🐜Molecules made by vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia and Streptomyces strains associated with attine ants. In their review, @matthutchings.bsky.social and @barriewilks.bsky.social examine the mutualisms formed between insects and antibiotic-producing bacteria. bit.ly/3GliYMf #MicroSky

🚀 Big news coming to Altmetric! We’re expanding our attention sources to include a platform that’s all about decentralized, user-driven conversations. Sound familiar? 🌐 Stay tuned for a more comprehensive way to track your research impact—launching soon! 👀 #AcademicSky #Altmetrics #HigherEd

Huge congratulations to Dr. Bina Joe @utoledomed.bsky.social for her outstanding contributions and commitment to this vital field of research, for her laboratory’s pioneering discoveries relating to gut #microbiota and finally, for expertly leading our journal! #hypertension #research

In this latest #research, Andrija Karačić et al., University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology and BIOMES, showcase the compositional and functional characteristics of the #gut #microbiome in an individual on a carnivorous diet 🥩 Read it here ➡ bit.ly/3CIYrCI

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