New paper from our team 🧠🦠 After stroke, gut‑derived bacteria can migrate into the brain Blocking sympathetic tone ↓ gut permeability, ↓ brain bacterial load, and improves motor outcomes—without changing infarct size Congrats to Dr Alex Peh! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Gut bacteria presence in the brain is increased after ischemic stroke in mice

Systemic infections are a common cause of complications and death after stroke. These infections can occur due to the breakdown of the gut epithelial barrier and the translocation of bacteria from ...

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Thank you for the recognition! Grateful for the support from @fzmarques.bsky.social and Malindi, PhD student, lead coordinator for the study. Also to High BP Foundation for the seed funding!

ISHR Australasian Section@ishr-aus.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Congratulations to our next #ECIExcellence2025 nominee, @rikeish.bsky.social from Monash University, on launching his first clinical trial, GRAINS-BP! This study investigates how dietary fibres and SCFAs may lower blood pressure through the gut–brain axis.

Congratulations Dr Lizzie Kleeman, Dr Carol Gubert, @anthonyjhannan.bsky.social & co-authors 👏👏👏 Thank you for the invitation for @rikeish.bsky.social and I to help with the #microbiome analysis requested by reviewers - a pleasure to work with you as always @natureportfolio.nature.com

Anthony Hannan@anthonyjhannan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I am delighted to share our new paper! nature.com/articles/s41... Lizzie Kleeman & our Florey Institute team, with WEHI, UoM & others, found that paternal COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 infection) can alter sperm & offspring phenotypes, including anxiety. This discovery has major (brain) health implications!

🚀 Big milestone achieved! GRAINS-BP trial is officially underway as we’ve randomised our first participant. Huge thanks to @fzmarques.bsky.social, our collaborators, funders, and PhD student Malindi. 🙌 For more information and recruitment, please check out www.marqueslab.com/trials

Our latest paper is out in Cardiovascular Research We used a genetics approach to provide human evidence of gut-to-host crosstalk in how blood pressure is regulated Authors include Leticia Camargo Tavares, @mattsnelson.bsky.social @rikeish.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cardiovascre...

Rare pathogenic variants in G-protein-coupled receptor genes involved in gut-to-host communication are associated with cardiovascular disease risk

Gut microbial metabolites called short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) confer protection against cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its primary risk factor, hypert

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Our review on the gut-heart axis published in Circ Res is now out www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... We cover gut #microbiome, 'leaky gut', foods & metabolites, +++ Congratulations @mattsnelson.bsky.social @rikeish.bsky.social and our co-authors 👏

🧠🦠Can the gut communicate with the brain to regulate BP? Our latest review explores how microbial metabolites (SCFAs) may regulate BP via the gut–brain axis. A promising new frontier for hypertension treatment. 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1042/CS20...

🚨 EMCRs in cardiovascular research! Join our free webinar on the NHMRC Investigator Grant Scheme 🧠 📅 June 3 | 🕥 10:30am–12:00pm ACST 💡 Hear from successful applicants & peer reviewers 🔗 Register now: monash.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #NHMRC #CardioResearch #EMCR #SACVRN #VicCVRN

Could the connection between the #gutmicrobiome and hypertension pave the way to better management strategies? New findings in mice provide clues:

How a fat in our diet (omega-6 linoleic acid)—a dietary long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid) has the potential to promote tumor growth www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org

Congrats @rikeish.bsky.social for your immunofluorescence image making it to the cover 👏👏👏 www.ahajournals.org/journal/res Also read the ‘Meet the first author’ and accompanying editorial (thanks @annetkiraboc1.bsky.social 👏👏👏) Paper and 🧵 👇 www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

Rikeish R Muralitharan MD, PhD@rikeish.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am super proud and excited to share my latest publication, out now in @ahajournals.bsky.social (www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...)

Super excited to join @ahajournals.bsky.social Hypertension as an #ECR editorial assistant!

Interesting breakdown by @fzmarques.bluesky.social & @rikeish.bsky.social on how the gut #microbiome shapes #bloodpressure of their paper published in #CircRes. 📝 Blog: www.marqueslab.com/post/underst… 📄 Paper: www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/��� #Hypertension @ahajournals.bsky.social

Prof Francine Marques@fzmarques.bsky.social · 2y ago

@rikeish.bsky.social & I wrote a short blog about the key lessons from our paper published in Circulation Research, looking into how the gut #microbiome regulates #bloodpressure via gene-by-environment interactions Paper: www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... Blog: www.marqueslab.com/post/underst...

I am super proud and excited to share my latest publication, out now in @ahajournals.bsky.social (www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...)

Gut Microbiota Metabolites Sensed by Host GPR41/43 Protect Against Hypertension | Circulation Research

BACKGROUND: Fermentation of dietary fiber by the gut microbiota leads to the production of metabolites called short-chain fatty acids, which lower blood pressure and exert cardioprotective effects. Sh...

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People are bad at reporting what they eat. That’s a problem for dietary research

Studies that use surveys to link dietary patterns to human health may be irredeemably biased, new paper suggests

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The impact of a non-industrialized ("Restore") diet plus a key microbe on improving cardiometaboiic health markers and reducing body-wide inflammation, from a randomized trial www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social open-access

The gut microbiome products and..... —propensity to eat foods high in sugar nature.com/articles/s41... —accelerating cellular senescence nature.com/articles/s43...

🔔🧪 #Women, even in well-represented #scientific fields, are up to 40% more likely than men to leave #research within 20 years (Nature News). Urgent #action is needed to close the #scissor-shaped curve. #WomenInSTEM #genderequity #diversity #STEM www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Who’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fields

Even in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.

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Yes, #SciComm is really underestimated and many researchers are failing still (No you aren't "smarter" when using lots of jargon!) 🧪 make research accessible!

J. Offir, PhD@joffirphd.bsky.social · 2y ago

Good essay, and it applies to public health communication, as well. "The gap between scientific understanding and public reception seems to widen with each passing crisis....our expertise has become a barrier rather than a bridge."

Why are microbiome studies poorly translated or reproducible? We wrote an editorial to highlight the importance of considering and minimizing confounder effect in gut microbiome studies. @fzmarques.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cardiovascre...

Another day, another paper 🙃 This paper was inspired by my journey as a cancer patient & the type of leader I am in the journey of trying to become A great read to start the year aiming to drive a more positive, equitable, and diverse research culture www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

Rethinking Culture to Unlock the Potential of Medical Research | Hypertension

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Research Rockstar Award 🏆 For achieving the highest number of peer-reviewed recognition (across awards and papers) Nominees: everyone! Total of 54 awards Runner up: Charlotte Barker (10 awards) Winners: @mattsnelson.bsky.social and @rikeish.bsky.social (11 awards or 1st/last author papers each)

#ecrchat #phdchat #womeninSTEM #womeninleadership #researchculture #workplaceculture #phdlife #labawards @monashuniversity.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social

Prof Francine Marques@fzmarques.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every year, we have lab awards 🏆 to celebrate helping behaviours across our team, which are essential in creating a positive workplace culture 🥳 The team then votes, and all nominees are mentioned in our Xmas party (photo below, missing some people) Here are the 2024 nominees and winners

The CV sector has created a joint submission for the @nhmrc urging them to reconsider the proposed changes to the eligibility requirement for Emerging Leadership (EL) applicants. Please read and make your own submission before Dec 4 ozheart.org/joint-submis...

Joint submission on the proposed NHMRC updates to the Investigator Grant eligibility

The public consultation by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) on proposed updates to the Investigator and Synergy Grant assessment framewo

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Congratulations to our team members at ☺️#Hypertension Australia 🤩 Dr Joanne O’Donnell - winner of the Judith Withworth Award for highest ranked abstract by a female first author Evany Dinakis - winner of the Student Oral Award (project funded by Heart Foundation) #hypertensionASM2024

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