Karina Xavier Lab
@karinaxavierlab.bsky.social
Microbiologist working on Quorum Sensing, microbiota and microbe-host interactions. Working at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine - GIMM, Oeiras, Portugal
How can we harness the vast functional diversity of microbes on our planet? Join us at EMBL Heidelberg from 8–10 December 2026 to hear about ongoing efforts to decode gene function and organisation in human gut microbes, and to present your own research. www.embl.org/about/info/c...
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Marcella Araujo@araujosmarcella.bsky.social · 2mo agoPlease join the Symbiosis Alumni Network during our next seminar with talks by Rowan Hart and Naama Geva-Zatorsky 🗓️ June 24th 🕥 4pm WEST 📍register on gimm.idloom.events/symbnet_semi... for link @naamagz.bsky.social @symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM
Please join the Symbiosis Alumni Network during our next seminar with talks by Rowan Hart and Naama Geva-Zatorsky 🗓️ June 24th 🕥 4pm WEST 📍register on gimm.idloom.events/symbnet_semi... for link @naamagz.bsky.social @symbnet.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social ECODIM
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Microbes are life, the biological core of One Health and Health in All Policies
The World Health Organization (WHO) is promoting the operative concept of “Health in All Policies” (HiAP; https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/11263
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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid)@vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 2mo agoAll domains of life are connected through the invisible bond of the environmental microbiome. And microbes themselves make the connection to the abiotic setting. Humans are just one node in a dense ecological network. Beautiful visual depiction of these facts generated with AI 👇
GIMM FEST is dedicated to MICROBES - Join for this event in PORTUGAL. With amazing speakers. Register here fest.gimm.pt
GIMM Festival 2026 Microbes – Questions of the FutureGIMM Festival 2026 Microbes – Questions of the Futuresearch
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@pilhoferlab.bsky.social @savitski-lab.bsky.social @cibiocm.bsky.social Justin Sonnenburg Erica Sonnenburg @soreklab.bsky.social @baerboletta.bsky.social Paul Wilmes @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social Maria Zimmermann Kogadeeva
Two days of scientific discussion and networking will be followed by a day open to the public — reinforcing our commitment to sharing research with society. Secure your ticket! 🔗 Get your ticket: fest.gimm.pt 🎟️ Early bird special rates
New PDRA position with @knightjar.bsky.social @coytelab.bsky.social & me Community assembly processes in soil microbiomes with focus on bioinformatics and computational modelling of data from field and lab experiments www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
'Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Manchester
We wish to appoint a PostDoctoral Research Associate to an exciting project exploring the assembly, stability and function of microbial decomposer communities.
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New research led by @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social at 🇵🇹 @gimmfoundation.bsky.social demonstrates that a harmless strain of 🦠 #Klebsiella – discovered by chance in 🧫 laboratory experiments – can eliminate #infections and reduce gut inflammation in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease. #IBD
Klebsiella strain to protect against IBD gut infections
A team of researchers led by Karina Xavier has uncovered a promising new live biotherapeutic agent that may redefine how the medical field approaches microbiota-based therapies.
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Great way to finish the year! Here showing that the amazing gut Microbiota Isolate - ARO112 can accelerate microbiota recovery after perturbations and protect against gut Inflammation. This work was possible given the hard and brilliant work of @vhrcabral.bsky.social and @aritaoliveira.bsky.social
Rita Oliveira@aritaoliveira.bsky.social · 8mo agoThrilled to share that our new paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com 🎉 Huge congrats to @vhrcabral.bsky.social and @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social on this major work. We found that our Klebsiella ARO112 can break the antibiotic/inflammation cycle in an IBD model
Thrilled to share that our new paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com 🎉 Huge congrats to @vhrcabral.bsky.social and @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social on this major work. We found that our Klebsiella ARO112 can break the antibiotic/inflammation cycle in an IBD model
Klebsiella ARO112 promotes microbiota recovery, pathobiont clearance and prevents inflammation in IBD mice
Nature Communications - Here, the authors provide evidence of the biotherapeutic potential of Klebsiella ARO112 for gut inflammatory conditions by showing it accelerates pathobiont clearance and...
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Wrapping up the coolest Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses at @gimmfoundation.bsky.social Portugal! Over this course, I had 2min flash talks on my PhD work, presented 2 posters and designed group projects. Thank you @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social #Waldan Kwong and #Martin Blaser for the guidance.
Fresh from the press (from my brother Joao Xavier) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecological management of the microbiota in patients with cancer
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology - This Review synthesizes the current understanding of host–microbiota dynamics in patients with cancer and proposes to integrate microbiota management...
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Big thanks to scientific writer Libera Lo Presti for this great little piece on our recent work exploring how proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pH affect human gut microbes. Check it out here: go.nature.com/4lf6jNk
The pill that might be relieving your heartburn but killing your gut microbes
Why drugs commonly used against heartburn harm your gut microbiome
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Do people in the same household share strains when they have the same species? How many cells transmit when a strain is shared? Can strain composition be dynamic when species composition is stable? We answer these and related questions for the facial skin microbiome in our latest paper. 🧵[1/10]
How the @embo.org postdoctoral fellowship helped me in developing my academic career... happy to see my profile featured on the EMBO website! www.embo.org/people/from-...
From Fellowship to Frontline: Camille Goemans’ Mission to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance – People – EMBO
An interview with Camille Goemans, tenure-track assistant professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland and former EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow
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Congratulations, Edith Heard, former EMBL Director General! She was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List in the UK 👏 #kingshonours www.embl.org/news/awards-...
Call for our new PhD program is open. Come join one of our labs at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine - Lisbon-Oeiras, Portugal. Help us spread the word
GIMM Institute@gimminstitute.bsky.social · last yr.Exciting opportunities are now available! GIMM offers a distinctive PhD Program designed to attract & cultivate highly skilled researchers in biology & biomedicine. Deadline: July 9 👉 Apply now! gimm.pt/education-and-training/phd-program/
Call for Group Leaders - Join us at GIMM, 7 days till the deadline!
GIMM Institute@gimminstitute.bsky.social · last yr.We’re hiring: GIMM is launching its first call for Group Leaders. Looking for scientists ready to push boundaries, ask bold questions & build the future of biomedical discovery. 🔗 gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca... 📅 Apply by June 8 #ScienceJobs #GroupLeader #BiomedicalResearch
1/46 Hey folks, we have a new paper out on the MuLTEE. Strap in and I’ll tell you the story of how this “little paper on polyploidy” turned into the most data rich paper our lab has produced, largely thanks to the leadership and work ethic of @kaitong25.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genome duplication in a long-term multicellularity evolution experiment - Nature
In the Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment, diploid yeast evolve to be tetraploid under selection for larger multicellular size, revealing how whole-genome duplication can arise due to its...
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Great Microbiology meeting at the EMBL
Typas Lab@typaslab.bsky.social · last yr.Join our favorite microbiology meeting! Fantastic talks, poster sessions, new technologies, and all the hot areas of microbiology in a great environment - experts in cell & systems biology, microbiomes, environment & evolution, pathogenesis, phage & antibiotics DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
Join our favorite microbiology meeting! Fantastic talks, poster sessions, new technologies, and all the hot areas of microbiology in a great environment - experts in cell & systems biology, microbiomes, environment & evolution, pathogenesis, phage & antibiotics DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Laila: orcid.org/0000-0001-80... Registrations until 28th March. #SymbioSky #MicroSky
Follow @symbnet.bsky.social to hear about the speakers of our Symbnet Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses for PhD students - July 2025 Portugal
@symbnet.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Jewelna: noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/dr-j... #SymbioSky #MicroSky
Interesting story on challenges and promises of microbial engineering www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The researchers on a quest to protect the gut from antibiotics
The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.
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📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Takema: bpri.aist.go.jp/en/staff/fuk... @fkttkm.bsky.social Registrations until 28th March. #SymbioSky #MicroSky
📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Jewelna: noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/dr-j... #SymbioSky #MicroSky
ASM stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...
ASM’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The American Society for Microbiology stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone.
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