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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: Divergent maturational patterns of the infant bacterial and fungal gut microbiome in the first year of life are associated with inter-kingdom community dynamics and infant nutrition
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Co-Lead Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta on this recent publication! Abstract Background The gut microbiome undergoes primary ecological succession over the course
New Paper: Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of gut microbiome-associated childhood overweight and obesity
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! Abstract Childhood obesity is linked to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Gut microbiota
New Paper: Longitudinal assessment of bacterial vaginosis prior to and during incident pregnancy: an observational study in Kenyan adolescent girls and young women
Congratulations to our Platform 4 Lead Dr. Laura Sycuro on this recent publication! Abstract Objective: To determine bacterial vaginosis (BV) status at multiple time points
New Paper: Long-term and trimester-specific effects of prenatal stress on the child gut microbiota
Congratulations to our Platform 2 Co-Lead Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta on this recent publication! Abstract ObjectiveStress is common among pregnant individuals and is associated with an
Health & Disease
Tune in: bacteria may hold a key to some cancer immunotherapies
In these two podcasts, our Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy speaks about her recent study exploring the role of inosine, a bacterial
New Paper: Microbial Modulation of Intestinal T Helper Cell Responses and Implications for Disease and Therapy
Congratulations to our Education & Mentorship Lead Dr. Markus Geuking on this recent publication! This review summarizes the milestone findings in the field of microbiota-intestinal
New Paper: Programing of an Intravascular Immune Firewall by the Gut Microbiota Protects against Pathogen Dissemination during Infection
Congratulations to our Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy, as well as our Education & Mentorship Lead & Co-Lead Dr. Markus Geuking and
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
Antimicrobial Resistance
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: CARD 2020: Antibiotic Resistome Surveillance With the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database
Describe updates and expansions to CARD, the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database, its biocuration process and resources for community biocuration.
Microbiome & Immunity
Improve Human Immunology Research with CAN-ASC
The Canadian Autoimmunity Standardization Core (CAN-ASC) was funded in 2018 by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in order to provide guidance on best practices in
New Paper: Innate Responses to Gut Microbiota; Critical Assessment of the Necessary Experimental Controls
Congratulations to our Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy on this recent publication! Focusing on the recent findings (since 2017) regarding the commensal
Tune in: bacteria may hold a key to some cancer immunotherapies
In these two podcasts, our Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy speaks about her recent study exploring the role of inosine, a bacterial
New Paper: Patrolling Alveolar Macrophages Conceal Bacteria from the Immune System to Maintain Homeostasis
Congratulations to our Platform 1 Co-Lead Dr. Paul Kubes on this recent publication! Using in vivo live imaging of infected lungs in animal models, Dr.