Capacity building for research experiences at it’s finest:

Beautiful (both visually and scientifically) research by Jason Chen testing the role of chance in shaping animal-microbe symbioses.

Heartfelt congratulations to the heroines and heroes Jo Handelsman Andreas Baumler Naomi Pierce and Nicole King for their elections to the National Academy of Sciences. They are the top shelf of community contributors and scientific experts in microbiology and the microbiome sciences.

🚨🚨 VIROMICS WORKSHOP 2024🚨🚨
Happy to announce the 7th International Viromics Workshop will take place Oct. 23-25, 2024 at Ohio State.

Stay tuned for registration details. Enter our mailing list for updates: forms.gle/4zv2AptpWQjUfz…

It was fun (read: very terrifying) talking to Newsweek about what alcohol & stress do to the brain, risk factors for cognitive decline, and the awesome work going on in my lab! Huck Institutes Penn State Penn State Research newsweek.com/neuroscientist…

A seminar, a meal, and two introductions by Dr. Nichole Ginnan⁩ and ⁦Mary Ann Bruns⁩ are the ingredients of an unforgettable visit by ⁦Jay T Lennon⁩ to ⁦One Health Microbiome Center⁩. Thanks for your collegiality and community efforts Jay!

Expeditions can be hard to maneuver as a mother & scientist.

Intense & exciting to have my essay published in The New York Times exploring how Expeditions can be an Academic Act of Defiance

Mapping fungi w/family SPUN New York Times Opinion: tinyurl.com/5adc5cwf
(photo 2011, Kenya)

It's Thursday! That means it is time for a new episode of #MattersMicrobial . This episode, Sarah R. Bordenstein tells the #QualityQuorum about Wolbachia, and 'The Wolbachia Project!' Please spread the microbial good word! Univ. of Puget Sound ASM

youtu.be/akAxS0t323U?si…

Last talk of the semester! See you tonight Jay T Lennon, and everyone can see Jay tomorrow on Zoom for One Health Microbiome Center’s closing talk hosted by Dr. Nichole Ginnan.

Enjoyed my day on the Hill lobbying for an increase in NIH funding on behalf of ⁦ASHG⁩. Contact your local rep to let them know how important this is!

As a reminder - Hack your Health is available tomorrow on Netflix. Myself and other colleagues are features discussing how understanding the microbiome can help us to better understand your health netflix.com/title/81436688

Many fabulous opportunities within NIH Intramural so grateful to have made my independent career NHGRI. Congrats to my fellow elected members to this honor

Great work by DEEP LOOK, an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED in San Francisco and presented by ⁦PBS⁩ Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Do you see what i see? #holobiont

youtube.com/watch?v=Tc49xi…

A ~4 year old girl came up to me in a waiting room & showed me a copy of an ice experiment she was doing today. I asked her if she liked science experiments & she said yes. I whispered to her “I’m a scientist too” & she gasped, ran to her mother & pulled her mother to me…

Please see our new mBio paper, based on the wonderful collaboration with Kaleta lab and Arne Traulsen as part of our Metaorganism Center MetaorganismResearch
Gut-associated functions are favored during microbiome assembly across a major part of C. elegans life | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

I had such fun on #MattersMicrobial with Sarah R. Bordenstein discussing Discover the Microbes Within! Wolbachia Project ! Univ. of Puget Sound ASM

Excellent research highlight!

Theo was also the very 1st grad student to officially enroll in the Microbiome Sciences Dual Title PhD program! huck.psu.edu/institutes-and…

Which again highlights Theo (Chelsea) Newbold 🏳️‍🌈🌽🍄's leadership and drive to advance the microbiome field. 👏👏

Check out work by Ana Fonseca on natural feed additives that are promising alternatives to antibiotics – which can promote the development of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. 🐥 💊

News article -> lnkd.in/eDNcY5Yz

#AMR #antibiotics #probiotics #agriculture #foodsystems

Localization and symbiotic status of probiotics in the coral holobiont journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

On April 26th tune in to Netflix to watch our documentary on the power of the microbiome to 'hack your health' netflix.com/title/81436688