#ECNP2025 @ecnp.eu was a great experience! Big thanks to @jfcryan.bsky.social and @katherine-maki1.bsky.social for putting together a symposium on Microbes and mental health. I also really enjoyed the other talks by Jane Foster, Thomaz Bastiaansen and @sofiacus.bsky.social!

The first Iberian EvoMG PI meeting was a great experience! Fantastic talks, great discussions, and lots of ideas to keep think about.

4/ 🌿🧠 #laCaixaFoundFellow @mireiavallesc.bsky.social (@upf.edu, @irsicaixa.es#laCaixaFoundFellow is researching the link between gut microbiota and disorders such as depression and anxiety. Her goal is to identify biomarkers that could improve the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses.

La @mireiavallesc.bsky.social (investigadora de @melisupf.bsky.social) explica la relació entre la salut mental i la microbiota. ➡️ www.elperiodico.com/es/sanidad/2...

What a fantastic #EESMicrobiome conference this week! It was really inspiring to hear so many excellent presentations, and meet many former colleagues, collaborators, and friends in beautiful Heidelberg. A big thank you to the organizers for putting this together!

🧵 New paper alert! Our first dive into non-human hosts: the gut microbiome of the critically endangered lemur Indri indri 🐒🌱 Led by talented MSc student Francisca Labisa-Morais! 📄 @isme-microbes.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Highly recommended!

Now @mireiavallesc.bsky.social presenting microbiome transmission at the #BCNmicrobiome

Session 5 at #BCNMicrobiome offered fascinating insights into the #microbiome at the population level. 👏 Thanks to @sashazhernakova.bsky.social for the Dutch Microbiome Project highlights and @mireiavallesc.bsky.social for a brilliant talk on microbiome epidemiology.

A masterclass in human microbiome studies (about the Dutch microbiome and microbiome transmission) with Sasha Zhernakova & @mireiavallesc.bsky.social ! #BCNMicrobiome

Nice review article on a fascinating problem—the coexistence of strains in microbial communities. @akshitg.bsky.social & @gchure.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Do people in the same household share strains when they have the same species? How many cells transmit when a strain is shared? Can strain composition be dynamic when species composition is stable? We answer these and related questions for the facial skin microbiome in our latest paper. 🧵[1/10]

Congratulations @seandreu.bsky.social! 🎉 It was truly a pleasure to exchange ideas and dive into methods and findings during your time in Trento

Our review on the acquisition and transmission of the human microbiome, now out @naturerevmicro.bsky.social 🦠 🔄 This was a fun writing process with @vheidrich.bsky.social and Nicola Segata! See Vitor's summary thread below:

On my way to @cnb-csic.bsky.social to present our work as part of the Women in Microbiology conference series. Looking forward!

Do you want to work with us? The Microbiome Research Group @upf.edu is looking for a project manager/research technician. Details at: www.upf.edu/web/biomed/j... (ref. MELIS-PSR-INDF-2025-12) Application deadline: 03/03/3025 Feel free to get in touch for more info!

Discussing the social transmission of the human microbiome and its impact in health and disease with MCarmen Collado @rutgerwalls.bsky.social Francisco Guarner at the @SEMIPYP meeting in Barcelona - always interesting to discuss the steps to bring our work to specific applications 🦠

🦠🧫👩‍⚕️ "Sin la microbiota no podríamos vivir, es esencial para nuestra salud". Puedes recuperar la charla completa con la investigadora y microbióloga @mireiavallesc.bsky.social, y la cirujana Lola de la Puerta en 👉 www.ondacero.es/programas/ju...

Exciting day! Right after seeing the half marathon world record being smashed together with the women's course record @mitjabarcelona, discussing the influence of the microbiome on our health at the radio studio of @ondacero.bsky.social with @juliaoteroradio.bsky.social-inspiring conversation! ✨

Así es un placer hacer divulgación de nuestro trabajo! 🦠🧠💻

Really enjoyed #MindMoodMicrobes in Amsterdam this week! Very interesting talks, stimulating discussions, and meeting old and new friends.

Come join us! 🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨doing bioinformatics on the microbiome-gut-brain axis at APC microbiome ireland Applications open until March 14th More info: shorturl.at/BpLNb 👈

JOIN US! ✍️Two predoc positions: lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/en/research-... ✍️Two postdoc positions: lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/en/research-... lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/en/research-... Deadline for application: January 31 Feel free to contact Nicola Segata for any Qs!

🧵 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...

Do you want to start a PhD and study the transmission of the microbiome and alterations in neurological disorders? 🦠🖥️ We have a fully-funded position (deadline: 05/01/25)! All details: tinyurl.com/2b3sre8a Feel free to get in touch for more info!

Did you get your PhD in 2023 or 2024? With a background in bioinformatics and interested in understanding the social transmission of our microbiomes? 🦠👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🖥️ We can apply together for a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowship5(internal deadline: 05/01/25). More info: www.aei.gob.es/convocatoria...

Well done, Davide!

MONDAY December 16 Davide Golzato will be presenting his work on human gut #microbiome supervised by Nicola Segata & @mireiavallesc.bsky.social! We are looking forward to Davide's final PhD exam & discussion with Stefano Campanaro, Samuel Chaffron and Olivier Jousson!

New perspective with a comprehensive overview of the microbiome heritability concept www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eight years later, I revisit the tree of life. “Future trees may need to distinguish not only between cultured and uncultured lineages, but between extant and extinct” rdcu.be/dPNpB