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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

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

New Paper: Clostridioides difficile Colonization Is Differentially Associated With Gut Microbiome Profiles by Infant Feeding Modality at 3–4 Months of Age

Congratulations to our Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! Abstract Colonization with Clostridioides difficile occurs in up to half of infants under the

New Book: Microbiota in Health and Disease: From Pregnancy to Childhood

In 2017, Editors Pamela D. Browne, Eric Claassen and Michael D. Cabana published a book about the Microbiota in health and disease: from pregnancy to childhood in Wageningen

New Paper: ZBTB7B (ThPOK) Is Required for Pathogenesis of Cerebral Malaria and Protection Against Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Congratulations to Platform 1 Co-Lead Dr. Philippe Gros on this recent publication! Abstract We have used a genome-wide screen in N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenized mice to identify

New Paper: Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Confine Pseudomonas aeruginosa Ocular Biofilms and Restrict Brain Invasion

Congratulations to Platform 1 Co-Lead Dr. Paul Kubes on this recent publication! Abstract Bacterial biofilm infections are difficult to eradicate because of antibiotic insusceptibility and

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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.

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