Last great talk of the morning Farncombe Institute Symposium with Dr. Galipeau! Great to see all the translational research happening in the Verdu Lab

Our own Heather Galipeau finished off the second session, immune activation in chronic disease, with an excellent summary of what we know about different triggers and drivers of autoimmunity in the GI tract! Farncombe Institute McMaster University Department of Medicine

Great job Heather!

Dr. Ciaran Kelly opens the first session of the afternoon with a great talk about emerging therapies in Celiac disease Farncombe Institute Symposium

Comprehensive overview of optimizing nutrition to prevent complications in patients with #GI diseases by our very own Dr. Ines Pinto-Sanchez Farncombe Institute Symposium McMaster University Department of Medicine

Great talk by Dr. Mary L’Abbe L'Abbe Lab on leveraging food labeling, AI and apps to understand nutritional intake in #GI diseases University of Toronto U of T Nutritional Sciences

Wonderful presentation by Dr. Guy Boeckxstaens from TARGID KU LEUVEN on neuroimmune mediators of gut dysfunction and their implications for #IBS therapies Farncombe Institute Symposium

Dr. GiadaDePalma gave a great talk on the #microbiome & diet interactions that underlie the development of visceral hypersensitivity in #IBS

Illuminating View from the womb talk by Dr. Kjersti Aagaard closing the Farncombe Institute Symposium! A pleasure being part of it!

Great talk by Dr. Premek Bercik Bercik-Collins Lab on gut-brain axis signaling Farncombe Institute Symposium Jason McMaster

We are very proud of our researchers Dr. Collins, Dr. Bercik and Dr. De Palma headed to beautiful Bologna IBS DAYS 2024 to showcase their research Farncombe Institute ! Bercik-Collins Lab GiadaDePalma McMaster University Department of Medicine

Wrapping up the morning with a master lecture IBS DAYS 2024 by Premek from Farncombe Institute on the influence of the microbiome on gut-brain axis and behavior with interesting implications for DGBI! Bercik-Collins Lab Jason McMaster

Inflammatory bowel disease #IBD affects millions of individuals worldwide Read Commentary on the Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Compounding Prevalence Nations: Toward Sustaining Healthcare Delivery in Gastroenterology to gain some insight on how Epidemiologists are

A picture is worth 1536 plaque assays. While we used a robot, we also tried a dirt-cheap 3D-printed alternative which works wonders at 384-density. I really believe this pre-print has the potentially to be the largest impact I will make on my field. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Travelling while adopting a restrictive diet? Join our webinar tonight for tips! Presented by Inez Martincevic, RD @Sickkids and organized by our Farncombe Nutrition Initiative Farncombe Institute @verduLab @jedidBlom David Armstrong Link to join: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Welcome Elena! Verdu Lab Farncombe Institute @Mac Elena Verdu appointed director of Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute healthsci.mcmaster.ca/elena-verdu-ap…

We are very proud to announce that after many many years in the make this seminal work by Dr. Philip and Dr. Kraimi is finally out! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

📢NEW PAPER ALERT📢 Our latest paper in Gastroenterology sheds light on the immune role of the #intestinal epithelium in #celiacdisease by our talented Sara Rahmani Sara Rahmani Farncombe Institute @Didarlab Fernando Chirdo McMaster University #organoid Check it out here: gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-… ⬇️

We were pleased to welcome Filomena Tassi and Sonia Sidhu today for a tour of the clinical and research facilities at the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute (Farncombe Institute). Verdu Lab McMaster University

The 1st paper of the Caminero Lab ! Gut inflammation leads to the expansion of proteolytic bugs 🦠further exacerbating colitis through PAR2.