A raccoon to appreciate for Raccoon Appreciation Day! I appreciate raccoons; they are really quite extraordinary. This little guy came to my back door like that to politely inquire where I had moved the compost bin to. I snapped his photo and carved his portrait. #raccoon #linocut #printmaking

This is my first time attending a big @femsmicro.org congress #FEMS2025 (thank you @cdiener.com 💚). I wanted to experience the FEMS congress since my baby PhD days in 2019 but did not get a chance to until now. It is absolutely exceeding my expectations, and I will tell you exactly why in the 🧵

✨ Here is a 🧵 about a wonderful paper by @cdiener.com et al. that shows how we can estimate diet from 💩 metagenomic sequencing data, published today! ✨ I’m really happy and grateful Christian included me in later stages of this project and that I could help out a little 😊

Christian Diener@cdiener.com · 2y ago

Happy to announce that MEDI, our method to quantify dietary intake through metagenomics is out now. 🧬 🧪🧫🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s42... #metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:

Hi, we have an open PhD position in our lab starting winter 2025. Join the great MolMed PhD program at a vibrant research institution and help us understand probiotic engraftment. More info at www.dienerlab.com/posts/phd2025/ . Application through the MedUni portal: phd-recruiting.medunigraz.at

Open PhD position: Designing the niche space of the human gut microbiome

Deadline: March 21st, 2025 - apply here Virtually every surface of our planet is colonized by microbes and the human body is no exception. The 38 trillion microbes living in our gut metabolize a large...

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CALL TO ACTION: By publishing this Editorial concurrently across journals, we are demanding immediate, tangible steps that harness the power of microbiology and the expertise of researchers and policymakers to safeguard the planet for future generations. doi.org/10.1128/msys...

Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe | mSystems

This paper is a call to action. By publishing concurrently across journals like an emergency bulletin, we are not merely making a plea for awareness about climate change. Instead, we are demanding imm...

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The gut microbiome produces many beneficial metabolites such as butyrate and other SCFAs. But can we predict which interventions increase their production in individuals? Our work led by Nick shows how to do this with metabolic models and is out today: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial community-scale metabolic modelling predicts personalized short-chain fatty acid production profiles in the human gut - Nature Microbiology

Microbial community-scale metabolic modelling predicts person-specific short-chain fatty acid profiles and can be used to estimate the impact of dietary, prebiotic and probiotic interventions.

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