Join our Introduction to R workshop (June 23–25, 2025)! 
In collaboration with DZIF, this free online course is designed for beginners and teaches how to apply R in microbiome research.
Apply by June 6: https://events.hifis.net/event/2575/
More trainings: https://nfdi4microbiota.de/trainings
#bioinformatics #RStats #Microbiome #OpenScience #NFDI4Microbiota
These reprogrammed cells are "super powerful and potent," which is a serious problem if you have an autoimmune disorder, noted senior study author Hsin-Jung Joyce Wu, a professor of at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. "This is really the first time it's been shown that T cell plasticity, which typically occurs in the gut, can have this dramatic impact outside the gut with systemic impact on autoimmune disease."
New publication: Foliar infections by Botrytis cinerea modulate the #tomato root #volatilome and #microbiome. #foliarinfection #roots
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaf042
New publication: Functional adaptations of the #rhizosphere #microbiome for #drought-tolerance promotion in common bean. #abioticstress #plantstress #waterstress
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2025.100860
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Metagenomics
Earlham Institute
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/earlham-institute-27778-postdoctoral-research-scientist-in-metagenomics/?feed_id=95110
#biodiversity #ecology #evolution #metagenomics #microbiome #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/earlham-institute-27778-postdoctoral-research-scientist-in-metagenomics/?feed_id=95110
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Metagenomics
Earlham Institute
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/earlham-institute-27778-postdoctoral-research-scientist-in-metagenomics/?feed_id=95041
#biodiversity #ecology #evolution #metagenomics #microbiome #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/earlham-institute-27778-postdoctoral-research-scientist-in-metagenomics/?feed_id=95041
Mice that have had the diversity of their gut biome reduced by antibiotics recover when fed a diet high in plant fiber (ordinary mouse chow), but not when fed a high-fat, low-fiber Western-style diet.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/western-diet-microbiome-antibiotics-28827/
Original paper (not open access): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08937-9
Headlines don't get much better than this...
"#NIST Standardizes #Stool for #Microbiome #Research" 
1-May-2025
Study of facial #bacteria could lead to #probiotics that promote healthy #skin
During the early teen years, many new strains of C. acnes colonize the skin on our faces. This could be an optimal time for probiotic treatment.
A healthy gut #microbiome does not only contain bacteria but also certain #fungi, as shown here. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adp5540?af=R
Microbiologists discover new species of methane-producing archaea in the human gut
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-microbiologists-species-methane-archaea-human.html
Interesting finding: to fix a gut microbiome ravaged by antibiotics (or through eating only refined and highly processed food), a varied diet of plants and fungi works better than using faecal transplants.
"You don’t try to plant a garden if the nutrients aren’t there in the soil. It’s not going to grow.”
@vegancooking @wfpb
#food #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #microbiome #gutMicrobiome #antibiotics
A good diet restores healthy gut #microbiome after antibiotic treatment more effectively than fecal transplants. In contrast, high-fat low-fiber Western diet impedes restoration. Experiments in mice. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08937-9
Science marches on! We known the importance of the microbiome, but it consists of more than bacteria. Meet the archaeans in your gut: https://www.the-scientist.com/archaea-inhabit-our-microbiome-but-what-are-they-doing-there-72935 #microbiome #archaea #gut
Exciting work from the Hsu lab at Virginia Tech! They developed a cool way too knock down phage abundances to examine their role in the gut.
"A bacteriophage-conditional mouse model reveals the impact of phages within a conventionally colonized gut microbiota"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312825001350?dgcid=coauthor
Success Of Racehorses Improves With Greater Gut Microbiome Diversity
“The future success and long-term health of a racehorse can be diagnosed by the diversity of its gut microbiome when it’s just one month old!”
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#horses #racehorses #horseracing #microbiome #sport https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/success-of-racehorses-improves-with
Success Of Racehorses Improves With Greater Gut Microbiome Diversity
“The future success and long-term health of a racehorse can be diagnosed by the diversity of its gut microbiome when it’s just one month old!”
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#horses #racehorses #horseracing #microbiome #sport https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/success-of-racehorses-improves-with
Success Of Racehorses Improves With Greater Gut Microbiome Diversity
“The future success and long-term health of a racehorse can be diagnosed by the diversity of its gut microbiome when it’s just one month old!”
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#horses #racehorses #horseracing #microbiome #sport https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/success-of-racehorses-improves-with
