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New study out: 🦠🧬 Longitudinal gut microbiome data from genetically diverse mice show how ageing, diet, and genetics interact to shape the microbiome. Most striking? Microbiome uniqueness rises with age, a pattern seen in both mice & humans. @erdavenport.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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This week, #MattersMicrobial with @markowenmartin.bsky.social spoke with @erdavenport.bsky.social of the OHMC about her work and about the fascinating relationship between host genetics and the microbiome! 🦠 🧬 🎧 Catch the full episode and show notes here: www.microbe.tv/mm/mm-091/

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New microbiome study out! 🦠🍬 The Townsend Lab @getxlab.bsky.social shows how glucose & fructose inhibit Cur, a key regulator in gut Bacteroides. High-sugar diets = disrupted gut fitness & altered microbe-host dynamics. Read it 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Microbiome #GutHealth #Bacteroides

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What is in the cards for One Health and Microbiome Sciences? Why combine them into a single narrative? We see convergence for discovery of microbiome rules across ecosystems. Here is the @psumbiome.bsky.social vision. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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🔬 New Perspective in mBio (@asm.org)! We call for a shift from disease surveillance to microbial stewardship, and highlight testable, cross-system hypotheses to unravel central rules of microbial life–spanning multiple scales, taxa, and environments. 🦠🌎 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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@fdiniandreote.bsky.social was recently featured on the Matters Microbial podcast hosted by @markowenmartin.bsky.social. Check out the episode to learn about how understanding soil microbiomes can improve sustainable agriculture!

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Ever wonder how plant pathogens get their official names? 🦠🌱 A new review from OHMC's Carolee Bull et al covers the sometimes tricky, always essential world of taxonomy & nomenclature for everything from nematodes to viruses. A great guide for researchers, editors, and ag pros alike. Check it out:

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Join us for our last Seminar of the semester at 11 AM tomorrow (Fri, May 2). Dr. Adam Arkin from @berkeleylab.lbl.gov & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social will talk about his synthetic biology research focused on discovering, characterizing, and engineering microbes! Off-campus? DM us for the link.

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We have a starter pack! Follow along and DM if you are part of the OHMC and would like to be added: go.bsky.app/7X9RRT2

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New paper led by OHMC’s @elizabethmcgraw.bsky.social & lab on how temperature shapes viral evolution 🌡️🦟 Dengue virus populations passaged at 37C developed unique mutations, some reducing their ability to replicate at cooler temps. Check it out: academic.oup.com/ve/advance-a... #Virology #Dengue

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New #PlantMicrobiome study dropped! Researchers found that drought-tolerant bean cultivars recruit microbial partners that boost stress resilience – from better osmoprotection to stress adaptation genes. Proud to share that Dr. Francisco Dini-Andreote of OHMC was part of this work! Read it here:

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Wowza. Jen Martiny from @ucirvine.bsky.social smashed it at the @psumbiome.bsky.social seminar series. It was basically an audio version of her microbial ecology textbook. 📖 Thank you Jen and Martiny Lab.

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Big news for the #microbiome research community! A new paper outlines the next chapter for microbiome data standards beyond human studies and into environmental & non-human research. Excited to share that OHMC's Dr. Sarah Bordenstein was part of this collaborative effort! #OpenScience #OneHealth

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This Friday at 11am: Dr. Jennifer Martiny will talk about her groundbreaking work on the eco-evolutionary dynamics shaping wild microbial communities! 🦠 #MicrobialEcology #EcoEvolution Off campus? DM us for the Zoom link

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Registration is open for a FREE Postdoc Fellowship Q&A panel on April 29th, 2-4PM in MSC W203 (Penn State, University Park Campus). If you want feedback on a fellowship draft, consider submitting it using the Registration form! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Join us this Friday at 11 AM to learn about Dr. Jessica Grembi's work focused on the gut microbiome and Childhood undernutrition. 🦠🍼 Off campus? DM us for the Zoom link!

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🪼New work led by Allison Kerwin, @momedinamunoz.bsky.social + others provides insights into the upside-down jellyfish holobiont by revealing the structure & diversity of its bacterial microbiome—from medusae to larvae, across sites in the FL Keys. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, April 17, 2025, Rupinder Kaur, Assistant Research Professor, Departments of Biology and Entomology (Bordenstein Lab), Pennsylvania State University, will present on decoding mechanisms of insect-microbe symbiosis to advance vector control strategies.

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Visit our #YouTube channel now to see #BioArtist Mellissa Monsoon's recent seminar: "Collaborating with Microbes." Monsoon talks about her exploration of the invisible world through merging art and science! 🎨🦠🧫 youtu.be/WkWQsja72HM?...

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A new pub led by Luana Bresciani, @fdiniandreote.bsky.social, and other Penn State researchers is out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social journal. They developed a beta-diversity-based statistical approach to dissect microbiome coalescence (mixing of communities). 🦠🤝🦠 academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

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Join us tomorrow at 11 AM in AVBS 106 for an exciting seminar talk from Dr. Jay Regan! He will explore how microbial communities unlock sustainable energy from plant biomass. 🌱⚡ Off-campus? DM us for the Zoom link.

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Yesterday, our Center joined nearly 150 students in #Harrisburg for #CapitalDay, advocating for accessible education and strong support for academic #research. Grateful to stand with @pennstateuniv.bsky.social, @wolbachiaproj.bsky.social, & #HuckInstitutes in championing higher ed. 📚💡

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🦟 New research from @symbionticism.bsky.social, Sarah Bordenstein + others reveals the abundance of Wolbachia and its pWCP plasmid vary across mosquito life stages—hinting at functional roles in host–symbiont interaction. 🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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Reminder: Seminar is in Thomas Bldg room 101 today (not in the normal room)!

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Join us Friday at 11 AM in Thomas Bldg 101 for a special seminar led by BioArtist Mellissa Monsoon! 🦠🎨 Learn more about her work synergizing Art and Science using unique mediums and approaches. Off-campus DM us for the Zoom link!

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Join us Friday at 11 AM in Thomas Bldg 101 for a special seminar led by BioArtist Mellissa Monsoon! 🦠🎨 Learn more about her work synergizing Art and Science using unique mediums and approaches. Off-campus DM us for the Zoom link!

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🎨🌿 Join us at the Penn State Arboretum on April 5th for a hands-on workshop with bio-artist Melissa Monsoon! Explore the beauty of plant cells through microscopy, staining, and scientific drawing. Register today! 👉 arboretum.psu.edu/events/plant...

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🚨Special Seminar this Week! Note the different location. Join us this Friday at 11AM ET in the Foster Auditorium (Paterno Library) for the 2025 Healthy Lion Lecture from Dr. Justin Sonnenburg! Dr. Sonnenburg will discuss nutrition, gut microbes, and human health connections. 🥦🦠

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If you missed Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles talk on Coral Cellular Immunity, you can now watch it on your YouTube channel. 🎥 youtu.be/579IIeayNXg?...

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Join us next Friday for Dr. Justin Sonnenburg's talk: "Gut Microbiome Industrialization and the Rise of Chronic Inflammatory Disease" March 28, 11 a.m.–noon Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library, University Park campus. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

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Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project @wolbachiaproj.bsky.social, Directed by Sarah Bordenstein, is enhancing scientific education across the globe 🌎. Check out this short video on the impact the Wolbachia Project is having in a high school in Michigan! 🐝 youtu.be/g4tSaM-1jeU?...

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Join us this Friday at 11 AM to hear from Nikki Traylor-Knowles. Her work focuses on using cutting-edge technology to understand the complexities of coral innate immunity. 🪸🪸 Off-campus? DM us for the link.

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We are co-hosting BioArtist Mellissa Monsoon with the College of Arts & Architecture. She will give a talk at our Friday 11AM seminar on April 4th and hold two unique workshops! 🎨🦠 Learn more here: www.psu.edu/news/researc...

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🌱 New research in SSSA journal @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social! Mara Cloutier & Mary Ann Bruns investigated the differences between native and agricultural soils- making initial steps to relate soil health variables with metagenomic analysis of microbial functional genes. doi.org/10.1002/saj2...

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New article from @momedinamunoz.bsky.social & others focused on the vital role of racial affinity groups in STEM — and why protecting them from anti-DEI attacks is essential for equity, innovation & the future of science itself. 🧪🥼🔬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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If you missed @melanie-medinal.bsky.social 's recent seminar you can now watch it on our YouTube channel! 🌿 Soil fungi and the soybean cyst nematode in Ohio soybean fields: Soil micro-predators for sustainable management. youtu.be/auAOAaVg424?...

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🌍 Conservation biology needs a microbial upgrade! This review, from @raulgoch.bsky.social & others, highlights how microbiome research can enhance conservation genomics & improve biodiversity management in a changing world. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Microbiome #Conservation #Genomics

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New research from @jordanbisanz.bsky.social et al. used machine learning to design C. difficile suppressive synthetic microbiomes. 🦠 This is a big step towards reducing antibiotic use & making a safer and more effective fecal microbiome transplant alternative. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Join us this Friday at 11 AM for another seminar! 🎉 Dr. Tal Korem from @Columbia will talk about microbiome data 📊 biases and how we can improve how we present and interpret microbiome data. Off campus? DM us for a Zoom link.

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📢Join us this Friday at 11AM EST for a seminar led by Dr. Rebecca Stumpf! We are thrilled to learn more about how primate microbiomes are shaped by behavior, dispersal, and more. 🐒🦠 If you are off campus, DM us for the Zoom link.

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🚀 Penn State climbs to #26 in NSF’s Higher Ed R&D rankings, securing its spot as a top research powerhouse! PSU continues driving innovation across disciplines. #ResearchExcellence #NSFRankings #pennstate www.psu.edu/news/researc...

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📢Watch our newest OHMC Resource Video! 📹 Here we highlight the One Health #Microbiome Center's Weekly #SeminarSeries. The video was produced by Dina Constantinides and features @botanichole.bsky.social, Christine Ta, and @raulgoch.bsky.social! ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogxg...

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📢Join us this Friday at 11AM EST for a seminar led by Penn State's very own Melanie Medina Lopez! We can't wait to learn more about #soilfungi and the #soybean nematode in Ohio. 🫛🍄 Can't make it? DM us for the zoom link!

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📢Join us tomorrow at 11AM for a special seminar and trainee lunch with @santonyb.bsky.social! We are excited to learn more about hyposphere-pathobiomes of #Fusariumwilt. 🍄 Can't make it? DM us for the zoom link!

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New research by @eoinoconnor.bsky.social and others reveals that substrate passaging (a technique including reused substrate) has a suppressive effect on blotch disease in button mushrooms, improving the overall healthy crop yield and development time! 🍄🧫 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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‼️Update: Seminar will be cancelled this Friday, February 7th and postponed to a later date. We look forward to seeing you next week!

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Check out this interview with @pennstateuniv.bsky.social #foodscience PhD student Josie Krepps, where she dives into her journey as a scientist and research on fungal #mycelium as an alternative scaffold structure for #cultivatedmeat. 🍄🥩🥼 www.myconeer.com/p/fungi-in-f...

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Another recent episode of the infamous #MattersMicrobial podcast hosted by @markowenmartin.bsky.social features our very own @erika-ganda.bsky.social on her lab's research interests, including #foodsafety and #antimicrobialresistance. 🐄🐔🦠 Check it out! >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiyk...

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