🎉 Announcing our GIBA Network+ Fellows Rebecca Price from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and Alvaro Castano-Medina from @cam.ac.uk have been awarded fellowships to advance research into the gut-immune-brain axis. 👉 Read more: giba-uk.org/awarded-proj...

🧠 Today is #WorldBrainDay ! Last year, we joined the @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social to uncover how gut health influences the brain, immune system, and mental well-being. Read more about how the gut microbiome affects the brain and mind ⤵️ buff.ly/co69VrP

How the gut microbiome affects the brain and mind - Quadram Institute

The gut-brain axis is the communication between the gut microbiota and the brain.

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🦠📢 PhD Opportunity: Diet, Gut Health and Healthy Ageing A fully funded studentship at @uniofsurrey.bsky.social will investigate how diet and age-related changes in the gut influence inflammation, immune function and cognition. 📍 Guildford 📅 Start date: October 2026 🔗 findaphd.com/phds/project...

🔬 Join the GIBA Network+ Seminar Series 🗓 Date: Friday 26 June 2026 🕧 Time: 12:30–13:30 (BST) 💻 Location: Online 🎤 Speakers: Gary Frost and Aylin Hanyaloglu from @imperialcollege 🧠 Session title: Small molecules complex signalling 🔗 Join here: teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

📢 GIBA Network+ Workshop Join our Metagenomics & Microbial Ecology Bioinformatics Workshop (with Quadram Institute) 📅 6–9 July | 💻 Online Learn: 🔬 Shotgun metagenomics workflows 💻 Linux & RStudio hands-on training 📊 Microbiome ecological analysis 🔗 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

❓ Curious about the microbiome–diet connection? Join our live Q&A with experts from the UK GIBA Network+ Microbiome–Diet video series! 🗓 25 June | ⏰ 10:00–11:30 BST 📍 Online (Teams) | 🎟 Free Ask your questions & engage with leading researchers 👇 giba-uk.org/training/

🎬 Catch up: Essential GIBA Concepts and Techniques All topics from our recent three-session course are now available to watch on YouTube 👇 ➡️ Session 1 - Gut: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppg9... ➡️ Session 2 - Brain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4t... ➡️ Session 3 - Immune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YHE...

"Can you eat yourself happy?" asks @itvtonight.bsky.social. 👩‍🔬 🍏 Did you see our GIBA Network+ director, Jon Swann, speaking to @laralewington.bsky.social yesterday? Watch here: itv.com/watch/tonigh... Images courtesy of @uosmedia.bsky.social

🚀 The GIBA Network+ has a brand new website! Explore our mission, projects, and ways to get involved - all in one place. Proudly built with Recognition Creative. Take a moment to check it out 👉 giba-uk.org

Do you want to learn essential GIBA concepts and techniques? We're hosting three mornings of expert-led sessions on gut, immune and brain research, from 23-26 March 📢🌟 🆓 Open to all across the GIBA Network 📅 Register by 13 March! 🔗 giba-uk.org/events/the-g...

The GIBA Network+ is proud to sponsor Dr Katja Dierking from the University of Kiel to speak at the UK C. elegans Meeting 2026 (15–17 April)! Her work uses C. elegans to explore host–microbiome interactions 🧬🪱 ⏰ Registration closes next week 👉 genetics.org.uk/events/uk-c-...

Discover fresh insights into the gut‑immune‑brain axis in our next UK GIBA Network+ seminar! 🧠🦠 Join Lea Johnsen from Cmbio as she explores microbial metabolites in the gut‑brain axis. 📅 Fri 27 Feb ⏰ 12:30–13:30 Learn more and join 👉 www.giba-uk.org/events

Ground-breaking science, inspiring discussions and invaluable networking are advancing at #ARUKConf this week. It's great to see two of our network's working group co-leads, @drjamesconway.bsky.social and @dvauzour.bsky.social, speaking on diet, nutrition and brain health 👏

James Conway@drjamesconway.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m speaking at the Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference 2026 about our new paper, “Intestinal macrophages modulate synucleinopathy along the gut–brain axis”. Can’t wait to connect, share research, and learn alongside researchers at every stage of their careers. #ARUKconf

We’re delighted to announce that 4️⃣ outstanding research teams across the nation have been awarded UK GIBA Network+ Flexible Funding 👏🔬 Each project will help build new knowledge that can support better health across the lifespan. Learn more: www.giba-uk.org/highlights

🔬 New insights from gut-immune-brain research 🌟 A study with our network's @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social uncovers a "hidden” gut bacterial group found in higher levels in healthy people. Could this be key to microbiome health and future probiotic innovation? 🌍🦠 www.newscientist.com/article/2514...

'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health

Scientists have pinpointed a group of bacteria that consistently appear in high numbers in healthy people, suggesting that these could one day be targeted through diet or probiotics

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🚀 Opportunity for microbiome researchers! Join Salient Bio in London as a Senior Scientist to take microbiome analysis into the clinic and improve patient outcomes. Contact rob@salient.bio for more info ✉️ talents.studysmarter.co.uk/companies/th...

🗣️ New GIBA Network+ Seminar Series Discover the latest advances in understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis. Join our first session: 🕧 Friday, 12.30-1.30pm 🧠 Dietary methylamines and brain function in mice and humans Find out more 👉 giba-uk.org/events

🚀 Bioscience researchers: Apply for BBSRC ICURe Explore! 12-week, full-time market exploration programme with up to £35k funding to test your idea & discover its potential. 👉 Must have completed ICURe Discover ⏰ Apply by 6th February Learn more: iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunitie...

Upcoming Webinar | Jan 27, 12:30pm Join the Mental Health and Wellbeing in Advanced Illness Network for a thoughtful conversation on how nutrition impacts mental health in advanced illness. Key speakers: Dr Juliet Spiller, Amy Mcluskie and Prof Jonathan Swann. 🔗 www.mainexchange.org.uk/webinars/

🚨 GIBA Network+ Fellowships now open! We are funding early-career awards, up to £500k each, for ambitious, interdisciplinary research on gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) mechanisms across the life-course. 🗓️ Apply by 15 April 2026 👉 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

Just one week to go! 🍽️🎄 Join us online for Feast for Thought and discover how your Christmas dinner shapes your gut, brain and immunity. Book your place now! 📅 11th Dec, 7pm-8pm 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feast-for-...

Two exciting PhD projects at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social 📢 😴 Sleep deprivation & neurovascular/metabolic pathways 🍽 Bitter taste, gut hormones & brain function Deadline: 7 Jan 2026 Join interdisciplinary research into science of the brain, food and health. 👉 www.giba-uk.org/early-career...

🚨 Research Fellow Opportunity 🚨 Join @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social & @quadraminstitute.bsky.social to explore the Brain-Gut Axis. 📍 Norwich Medical School ✅ £48,822–£56,535 📅 Apply by 1 Dec Lead pioneering research at the neuroscience–microbiome interface. 👉 vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...

How does your Christmas Dinner shape your gut, brain and immunity? 🎄🍽️ Join us for Feast for Thought – a festive deep dive for all with short talks and questions on food & health! 📅 11th Dec, 7pm-8pm 🎟️ Book now: feast-for-thought.eventbrite.com #GutHealth #BrainFood #ChristmasDinner

⏳ 1 week left! Apply for Engagement & Communication Awards – up to £1,000 for public engagement, communication and knowledge exchange activities on the gut-immune-brain axis. ⏰ Deadline: Monday 1st December, 5pm Find out more and apply 👉 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

🚨 Job Alert: Research Scientists at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social Shape the future of gut-immune-brain axis research and its role in ageing 📍 Norwich | £37.5k–£45.3k 🗓 Apply by 28 Nov 🔗 Learn more about these and more early career research opportunities www.giba-uk.org/early-career...

⏳ 1 week left! Apply for our flexible funds to spark interdisciplinary gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) research collaborations. ✅ Up to £50k available ⏰ Deadline: 22nd November, 5pm 👉 giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

🚆 Mobility awards now open! Get £500–£5,000 to support short- or long-term visits between academia and industry. Boost collaboration, learn new skills and spark innovation. Rolling call - apply anytime! 🔗 giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

Gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) research can... 🧠 Ignite curiosity ❤️ Empower understanding 🤝 Build capacity 📣 Amplify impact Funds up to £1,000 are available for public engagement, communication and knowledge exchange. Closing date: 1st December 🔗 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

🚨 Funding Alert 🚨 Flexible funds now open via the GIBA Network+ to spark interdisciplinary research into gut-immune-brain mechanisms, tech and collaboration. ✅ Up to £50,000 available 📆 Closes 22 Nov, 5pm 🔗 Apply & read guidance: www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...