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chrisvandergast.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiomics. Honorary Consultant Microbiologist. #Firstgen. Gut & Lung Microbiomes in Cystic Fibrosis. Microbial Ecology. Ex2nd/BackRow🏉 https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/v/chris-van-der-gast/
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Final day of the European Young Investigators Meeting #EYIM for #cysticfibrosis in Paris Delighted to be supporting as a ‘senior’ scientist The #EYIM2025 presentations have been outstanding The talent displayed at this meeting bodes well for future of #CF research

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Helen giving her Rising Star talk @ the #RTI2025 meeting in Glasgow ⭐️ @hgavillet.bsky.social #CF #CysticFibrosis

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What a a great place to meet & talk on new #cysticfibrosis respiratory & gut studies with the lovely folk from Manchester Paediatric #CF centre Feeling genuinely inspired Whitworth Art Gallery - Manchester

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Helen a PDRA in my lab @northumbriauni.bsky.social has been recognised with the Rising Star award @ the upcoming Respiratory Infections Forum #RTI2025. Well done Helen, what a great recognition! rti-forum.org/2025/ @lenagroup4resp.bsky.social

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Ah, the glamour of international travel. This red eye flight is so early I had to get up half an hour before I went to bed.

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Microbiome ecology approaches reveal bacterial interactions underpin worse lung function in #CysticFibrosis #CF Lung infections are not caused by 1 pathogen in isolation but instead by interplay of complex lung microbiota of many different microbes interacting with each other & the lung environment

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Fantastic to see our latest paper now published in mBio on how species interactions impact #cysticfibrosis respiratory infections ⤵️ #microbiomeecology #cf Lovely way to finish the week doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

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After editing, this very short letter to New Scientist is even shorter now. But I think it gets the point across! @faecalmatters.bsky.social

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Our latest paper now published in Journal of #cysticfibrosis Impact of extended Kaftrio therapy on the gut #microbiome in #cf Great work from Ryan Marsh (not yet in this place) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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