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General Microbiome

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: 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: From Germ-Free to Wild: Modulating Microbiome Complexity to Understand Mucosal Immunology
Congratulations to our IMPACTT Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy on this recent publication! Abstract The gut microbiota influences host responses at practically
Pregnancy & Early Life

New Paper: Lessons Learned From the Prenatal Microbiome Controversy
Congratulations to our Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy on this recent publication! Abstract For more than a century, the prenatal environment was

New Paper: Maternal Consumption of Artificially Sweetened Beverages During Pregnancy is Associated with Infant Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Modifications and Increased Infant Body Mass Index
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Co-Lead Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta and our Platform 4 Lead Dr. Laura Sycuro on this recent publication! Studying 100 infants from

New Paper: From Birth to Overweight and Atopic Disease: Multiple and Common Pathways of the Infant Gut Microbiome
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! This recent study from Dr. Kozyrskyj’s team and colleagues highlights how birth

New Paper: Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy and Early Infancy in Relation to Gut Microbiota Composition and C. difficile Colonization: Implications for Viral Respiratory Infections
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! Studying 1,157 mother-infant pairs of the CHILD Cohort, researchers unravel a possible
Health & Disease

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: Identifying Rare Genetic Determinants for Improved Polygenic Risk Prediction of Bone Mineral Density and Fracture Risk
Congratulations to our Platform 5 Lead Dr. Celia Greenwood on this recent publication! Abstract Osteoporosis and fractures severely impact the elderly population. Polygenic risk scores

New Paper: Gut Microbiome Composition Is Associated With Future Onset of Crohn’s Disease in Healthy First-Degree Relatives
Congratulations to our Platform 3 Lead Dr. Karen Madsen on this recent publication! Abstract Background & AimsThe cause of Crohn’s disease (CD) is unknown, but

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
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