Nathaniel Ritz

@n8ritz.bsky.social

If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Thanks to all who helped make it happen!

2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium - YouTube

The 2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium was a virtual scientific event hosted by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) on December 12, 2025. The symposium brough...

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Intriguing paper linking bacterial strains (L. reuteri) and corticosterone release in a circadian rhythm-dependent manner from @jfcryan.bsky.social and colleagues. Kudos for the Zeitgeber time experiments! On to L. reuteri-encoded molecules that mediate these effects... www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Gut microbiota regulates stress responsivity via the circadian system

Gut microbes are known to modulate stress responsivity and behavior. Tofani et al. demonstrate that such modulations occur via the circadian system. The oscillations in gut microbiota composition regu...

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