Please save the date! We are excited to announce that our "Having IMPACTT" Symposium will be back for another engaging event! More details will be sent out in the coming weeks. Subscribe to updates at the link in our profile.

Save the Date: Microbiome ANCHOR is a new Canadian microbiome conference taking place June 8-10, 2026 at Oak Island Resort in Nova Scotia. Registration opens in January and space will be limited: head to microbiome-anchor.ca and join the mailing list so you don't miss out!

The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub is accepting applications for their recognition awards. Three awards are available: CBH Research & Innovation Award, Francis Ouellette Community Award, and CBH Impact Trainee Award. Apply by Dec 8, 2025: www.iscb.org/cbhc2026/cal...

The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Training Award application deadline is coming up soon on Dec 1, 2025! Successful applicants will receive up to $2,500 CAD to attend a workshop, tutoral, or other training event in 2026. Learn more and apply: bioinformatics.ca/hub/training...

Job posting! @sickkidsto.bsky.social is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to study Early Infant Feeding and the Microbiome, starting Jan 2026. Sound like you? See the job posting and apply here by Dec 8, 2025 (Job ID 23371): shorturl.at/Hdx5Q

WatSPEED at the University of Waterloo is offering 3 FREE workshops next month: (1) Generative AI for Data Science: Dec 3, 2025 @12pm ET (2) Introduction to Machine Learning: Dec 17, 2025 @12pm ET (3) Getting started with Python: Dec 18, 2025 @12pm ET Visit watspeed.uwaterloo.ca to register.

The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub has launched a survey for women who are driving advancements in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Data Science (BCBDS) today. If you would like to participate in this survey, click the link below before the December 15, 2025 deadline. shorturl.at/tQ3d8

PANORAMICS - A Vision is organizing True North Spatial 2026: Canada's first Spatial & Single-cell Biology Summit, bringing together leaders from industry and academia to explore the future of spatial-omics innovation. Mar 25-27, 2026 in Toronto, ON. Preregistration is now open: shorturl.at/lAiuJ

The Data Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC) has put out a call for proposals for its National Data Spaces Pilot Program, designed to improve how Canada's research data is managed, shared, and used. Application deadline is Dec 1, 2025. Learn more: www.alliancecan.ca/en/opportuni...

📢 Call for abstracts! #CBHC2026 invites submissions in: Data: Building Resources and Infrastructure Methods: Advancing Computational Approaches Discoveries: Generating Biological and Biomedical Insights 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 12, 2026 📥 Submit: https://f.mtr.cool/oftnlpqjlg

We closed out #HavingIMPACTT2025 with a keynote talk by Robert Jenq about microbiome interventional studies in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and CAR-T cell-based immunotherapies.

Our #HavingIMPACTT Session 5 on Microbiome Interactions in Autoimmunity and Inflammatory Disease featured talks by Shalina Ousman and Nicola Harris on topics ranging from multiple sclerosis and neuroinflammation to identifying factors that drive healing in IBD.

New this year at #HavingIMPACTT2025: a "SWOT"-style panel discussion on the future of microbial therapeutics! Our panelists @arpaialab.bsky.social, Jeremiah Faith, Valerie Taylor, and Robert Jenq discussed the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of microbial therapeutics.

One of our IMPACTT Co-Leads, Dr. Braedon McDonald, gave an update on an ongoing IMPACTT project on creating a benchmarking atlas for researchers conducting experiments with human microbiome-associated (HMA) mice. Contact us through our website for more information.

Our third sponsored talk was given by Dr. Simon Hirota, co-director of the Canadian National Organoid Network (CNON). CNON is free to join and gives researchers access to protocols, in-person training, and help with organoid ordering and research. canadianorganoidnetwork.ca

Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 4 on Microbial Ecosystems was rapid-fire, full of short talks from Elsa Rousseau, Ann Gregory, and others on topics ranging from gut bacteriophages, to functional changes in pregnancy, to using CRISPR-Cas9 to eliminate antibiotic resistance genes.

Our second sponsored talk by Stephane Bronner from the Rosell Institute for Microbiome and Probiotics provided an overview of their research and funding portfolio and how they translate microbial science into human health benefits.

Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 3 on microbiome-immunity interplay featured talks from Melody Zeng and Nicholas Arpaia on immune regulation by the gut microbiome in early life and beyond, as well as programmable probiotics for personalized cancer immunotherapy.

Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 2 on Translational Microbiome featured Jeremiah Faith, Glen Carter, and Lauren Davey discussing microbial therapeutics, multidrug-resistant organisms, and engineered gut bacteria.

Our first sponsored Tech Talk by BioAro Inc. CEO Dr. Anmol Kapoor introduced PanOmiQ - AI-driven next-generation analysis intelligence.

Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 1 on Diet, Microbiome, and Host included talks by Benoit Chassaing, Genelle Lunken, and Maryam Kebbe on topics ranging from dietary interventions to the mycobiome in IBD to the role of nutrition across the lifespan.

Our first keynote speaker Dr. Ruth Ley @microbiome.bsky.social opened #HavingIMPACTT2025 with a talk about the shared evolutionary history of gut microbes and humans

It's a beautiful day for a microbiome symposium! #HavingIMPACTT2025 is offically underway at the Malcolm Hotel in Canmore, Canada! Follow along for more.

QIAGEN is proud to be a gold sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025 on Sept 22-24, 2025. Visit QIAGEN at booth #2 to learn more about their microbiome solutions: www.qiagen.com/ca/applicati...

Microbiome Insights is a proud sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025! They are a global leader in microbiome analysis, providing comprehensive sequencing and bioinformatics services. To learn more about how their research solutions can advance your work, visit www.microbiomeinsights.com

Mucosal Immunology (@societymucosalimm.bsky.social), the official publication of the Society of Mucosal Immunology (SMI), is proud to sponsor #HavingIMPACTT2025 and foster discussion of immunity at mucosal surfaces. Learn more at mucosalimmunology.org

DNA Genotek Inc. is excited to be a Gold Sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025! Check out their innovative line of microbiome collection devices and extraction kits developed to help overcome challenges in microbiome research at dnagenotek.com

The Rosell® Institute for Microbiome and Probiotics by Lallemand is a proud Platinum Sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025. Learn about their commitment towards advancing microbiome research and development and promoting innovative science at www.rosellinstitutelallemand.com/en/

Discover how speed powers precision. BioAro Inc. is showcasing PanOmiQ at the IMPACTT Symposium, September 22 to 24, 2025. See how their real-time genomic platform accelerates microbiome and metagenomic sequencing. Visit the BioAro booth at #HavingIMPACTT2025 to learn more.

Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 microbiome symposium is SOLD OUT! If you want to join our waitlist, we'll let you know if a spot becomes available before our registration deadline of Sept 15, 2025: having-impactt-2025.eventbrite.ca

Meet Illumina, a Silver Sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025! Learn more about Illumina’s innovative solutions and how they can enhance your microbiome research at www.illumina.com

A great opportunity for those wanting to dip their toes into the world of GitHub!

The Weston Family Foundation is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025. Through their Microbiome Initiative, they support groundbreaking research that accelerates the application of the microbiome to transform healthy aging for all Canadians. Visit bit.ly/4na4thJ to learn more.

Meet NKP-Isotec, a Platinum Sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025! From traditional housing, through to high level Biocontainment solutions, their specialised team of experts can create bespoke solutions to your research requirements. Learn more at nkpisotec.com

Meet Dr. Ann Gregory, Assistant Professor @ucalgary.bsky.social who will speak about mapping viruses and microbes across ecosystems at #HavingIMPACTT2025

Yay Genelle!! @bcchresearch.bsky.social

Meet Dr. Genelle Lunken, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia @ubcpress.bsky.social who will speak about the connection between diet, mycobiome, and IBD at #HavingIMPACTT2025

Ferring is committed to unlocking the power of the gut microbiome to develop innovative microbiome-based therapeutics that help people live better lives. Visit Ferring at booth #4 at #HavingIMPACTT2025 to learn more: www.ferring.com

Today is the last day to submit your abstract and get our early-bird registration rate for #HavingIMPACTT2025!

Meet Dr. Nicholas Arpaia, Associate Professor @columbiauniversity.bsky.social who will speak about programmable probiotics for personalized cancer immunotherapy at #HavingIMPACTT2025

Meet Dr. Elsa Rousseau, Assistant Professor at @ulaval.ca who will speak about developing computational approaches to studying bacteriophages in the gut at #HavingIMPACTT2025

📣‼️DEADLINE EXTENDED: We have EXTENDED our early-bird registration & abstract submission deadline by ONE WEEK for our #HavingIMPACTT2025 microbiome symposium! This means you now have until Tuesday, July 22, 2025 to submit your abstract and take advantage of our early-bird registration rate!

Tomorrow is your last day to submit your abstract & get the early-bird registration rate for our #HavingIMPACTT2025 microbiome symposium! There are fewer than 50 spots remaining, so move fast!

Meet Dr. Lauren Davey, Assistant Professor @uvic.ca who will speak about using genetics to investigate and engineer the gut bacterium Akkermansia at #HavingIMPACTT2025

So humbly honoured to have this recognition. But as we all of know, it really does take a village. This is a tribute to many. It’s important we look wholistically at what enables research innovation. I also invite you to think of all those who support you and be so grateful for them all - as I am.

I can’t recommend this IMPACTT microbiome research meeting enough, so note the July 15th abstract deadline. Fantastic meeting. Amazing location. @SydneyMorgan is also one of the best meeting organizers I know. Plus 19 prizes for students/postdocs for this meeting size is also pretty good odds. :)

Fun fact: #HavingIMPACTT2025 is taking place during larch season! Larch trees are a deciduous conifer, and in the fall the larches around Canmore will turn golden and make for some spectacular viewing. You won't want to forget your hiking boots for this #microbiome #conference!

Congratulations to our Platform 5 Co-Lead @fionabrinkman.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 @genomebc.bsky.social Award for Scientific Excellence from Life Sciences British Columbia! Learn more about Life Sciences BC and see all the awards and recipients here: lifesciencesbc.ca/lsbc-news/li...

Meet Dr. Maryam Kebbe, Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick who will speak about the role of nutrition in gut health at #HavingIMPACTT2025

📣ONE WEEK LEFT‼️ to submit your abstracts and take advantage of our early-bird registration rates for our Having IMPACTT 5 microbiome symposium, happening Sept 22-24, 2025 in Canmore, Canada. Deadline: July 15, 2025. Learn more: www.impactt-microbiome.ca/having-impac...