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General Microbiome
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Microbiome & Immunity
General Microbiome
Documentary: Let Them Eat Dirt
Dr. Brett Finlay and Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta (IMPACTT Platform 2 Co-Lead) have written an engaging and important book called Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving our Children
Video: Host-Microbe-Environment Interactions
Over the past few years, evidence has revealed the key role that microbes play in human health and disease. This short animated video highlights key
Role and Impact of the Microbiome on the Human Genome
Read about key concepts and views on the role and impact of our microbes’ genomes on our human genome! 3 recent papers to give you
New Paper: The Hygiene Hypothesis, the COVID Pandemic, and Consequences for the Human Microbiome
Congratulations to our Platform 1 Co-Lead Dr. Philippe Gros on this recent publication! A perspective from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) on the impact
Pregnancy & Early Life
New Paper: Delayed gut microbiota maturation in the first year of life is a hallmark of pediatric allergic disease
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! Abstract Allergic diseases affect millions of people worldwide. An increase in their
New Paper: Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Co-Lead Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta on this recent publication! Abstract Whether the human fetus and the prenatal intrauterine environment (amniotic fluid
New Paper: Bacteroides-Dominant Gut Microbiome of Late Infancy is Associated with Enhanced Neurodevelopment
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! In this longitudinal clinical study, the authors leveraged the CHILD cohort study
Documentary: Let Them Eat Dirt
Dr. Brett Finlay and Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta (IMPACTT Platform 2 Co-Lead) have written an engaging and important book called Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving our Children
Health & Disease
New Paper: Decreasing Antibiotic Use, The Gut Microbiota, and Asthma Incidence in Children: Evidence From Population-Based and Prospective Cohort Studies
The authors investigated if the decreases in asthma incidence are linked to reduced antibiotic prescribing and mediated by changes in the gut microbiota.
New Paper: A Diversified Dietary Pattern Is Associated With a Balanced Gut Microbial Composition of Faecalibacterium and Escherichia/Shigella in Patients With Crohn’s Disease in Remission
Study the relationships between dietary intake and shifts in microbiota and their metabolites in Crohn’s Disease patients to help define a dietary pattern.
New Paper: Role of IRF8 in immune cells functions, protection against infections, and susceptibility to inflammatory diseases.
Study finds that artificially sweetened beverages consumption during pregnancy impacts mother’s microbiota and might lead to higher infant BMI.
New Paper: Maternal Distress During Pregnancy and Recurrence in Early Childhood Predicts Atopic Dermatitis and Asthma in Childhood
This population-based study shows sex-specific associations between maternal prenatal and postnatal distress, as well as the development of AD and asthma.
Antimicrobial Resistance
New Paper: Multidrug-resistant E. coli encoding high genetic diversity in carbohydrate metabolism genes displace commensal E. coli from the intestinal tract
Congratulations to our Education & Mentorship Co-Lead Dr. Braedon McDonald on this recent publication! Abstract Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) can cause a variety of infections outside
New Paper: Ethical Health Security in the Age of Antimicrobial Resistance
Congratulations to our Ethics Lead Dr. Diego Silva on this recent publication! Abstract Owing to its potential human, social and economic costs, antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Documentary: Let Them Eat Dirt
Dr. Brett Finlay and Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta (IMPACTT Platform 2 Co-Lead) have written an engaging and important book called Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving our Children
Ethics and Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)
The 5th volume of the Springer Series on Public Health Ethics Analysis published by Dr. Euzebiusz Jamrozik and Dr. Michael Selgelid, focuses on Ethics and
Microbiome & Immunity
New Paper: Kupffer cell–like syncytia replenish resident macrophage function in the fibrotic liver
Congratulations to our Platform 1 Co-Lead Dr. Paul Kubes and our IMPACTT Director/Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy on this recent publication! Abstract INTRODUCTION The
New Paper: Immunometabolism and microbial metabolites at the gut barrier: lessons for therapeutic intervention in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Congratulations to our Platform 3 Lead Dr. Karen Madsen on this recent publication! Abstract The concept of immunometabolism has emerged recently whereby repolarizing of inflammatory
New Paper: Long-Distance Relationships – Regulation of Systemic Host Defense Against Infections by the Gut Microbiota
Congratulations to our Education & Mentorship Leads Dr. Markus Geuking and Dr. Braedon McDonald on this recent publication! Abstract Despite compartmentalization within the lumen of
New Paper: Small Intestinal Resident Eosinophils Maintain Gut Homeostasis Following Microbial Colonization
Congratulations to our Education Leads Dr. Markus Geuking & Dr. Braedon McDonald, and IMPACTT Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy, on this recent