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Laboratory of Gnotobiology

@gnotobiology.bsky.social
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A unit of the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences that advances research on host–microbiota interactions using state-of-the-art germ-free mouse and piglet models🐭🐷 gnotobio.mbu.cas.cz/index.html

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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Congratulations, Dr. Schwarzer! @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Martin Schwarzer on his formal appointment as the Head of the Laboratory of Gnotobiology! We are confident that under his leadership, the laboratory will continue to thrive, drive innovation, and reach new heights in scientific excellence. @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📢 We (Prof. Xi Yang, Prof. Anjana Goel, and I) are delighted to announce the launch of our new Frontiers Research Topic in Frontiers in Immunology! 🔗 Learn more & submit: frontiersin.org/research-top... @mbuavcr.bsky.social @gnotobiology.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Unraveling respiratory host-microbiota crosstalk: mechanistic insights and clinical perspectives
The human respiratory system, extending from the nasal cavity to the lungs, harbors diverse microbial communities composed of bacteria, viruses, and fungi—co...
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🔬 We’re Hiring: Two Postdoctoral Fellows at the Laboratory of Gnotobiology at the IMIC CAS, Czech Republic, to join our team through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 program. @mbuavcr.bsky.social 🔗 mbu.cas.cz/kariera/voln... 🔗 mbu.cas.cz/kariera/voln...
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Big thanks to all participants of the Horské Symposium 2026, held at the Laboratory of Gnotobiology in Nový Hrádek 🙏@mbuavcr.bsky.social @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social @honzadobes87.bsky.social @anna-michl.bsky.social #HorskeSymposium2026 #HostMicrobiomeInteractions #ScientificConference #NovyHradek
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🔬 Science creates impact when it reaches society! At the cinema in our village, Nový Hrádek, we ran a community outreach program on Gnotobiology. 🦠 Thanks to Nový Hrádek municipality and INTER-MICRO OP JAK project for supporting this initiative! 🌍 @mbuavcr.bsky.social @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social
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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Grateful to the Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, India for the warm hospitality! It was a pleasure delivering a lecture on gnotobiotic animal models on April 29, 2026, followed by engaging discussions with an enthusiastic community of faculty and bright students. 🤝 @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Fernanda Petersen @amr-twilight.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New model alert: Human nasal microbiota transplanted into germ-free mice. In collaborative work led by Dr. Shekhar (@drsshekhar.bsky.social), this opens the door to causal studies of respiratory microbes, chronic rhinosinusitis, and #AMR. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
📢 Now Hiring: Head of the Laboratory of Gnotobiology The Laboratory of Gnotobiology, Europe’s oldest continuously operating gnotobiotic animal facility, is seeking its next Head! @mbuavcr.bsky.social @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social 👉 Learn more & apply: mbu.cas.cz/en/kariera/v...
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HEAD OF THE LABORATORY OF GNOTOBIOLOGY - Mikrobiologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.
The Director of the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences announces an open call for applications for the position of Head of the
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Laboratory of Gnotobiology is proud to celebrate our PhD candidate Tereza Horníková for receiving the 🏆 Best Paper Prize 2025 from the Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics! @mbuavcr.bsky.social @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
We are thrilled to host Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irma Schabussova from the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria! A big thank you for her insightful lecture on bacterial extracellular vesicles and their therapeutic potential 🔬 👏 @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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valaskova.bsky.social @valaskova.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Great time with very interesting discussion 😊
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Congratulations to our outstanding scientist Dr. Barbora Valášková for delivering an engaging lecture on how the microbiome influences our brain during Brain Awareness Week at the Městská knihovna Nové Město nad Metují. @valaskova.bsky.social @mbuavcr.bsky.social www.knihovnanm.cz/cs/ovlivnuje...
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Ovlivňuje mikrobiom náš mozek?
Ve středu 11. března proběhla ve společenském sále knihovny přednáška Barbory Valáškové na téma jak mikrobiom ovlivňuje náš mozek
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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🏆 Great success for young scientists from the Faculty of Science, @unikarlova.cuni.cz ! At the Werner von Siemens Awards, our researchers won 4 awards, including Best Master’s and Best Doctoral Thesis, plus two more top-10 placements. Congratulations to all awardees! 👏🔬🎓
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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I recently had a wonderful experience teaching Advanced Immunology to bright Master’s and PhD students at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague. My sincere thanks to Dr. Jan Dobeš for the kind invitation. @honzadobes87.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we proudly celebrate the remarkable women and girls who drive discovery in our lab and beyond @mbuavcr.bsky.social @anna-michl.bsky.social @valaskova.bsky.social @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social #WomenAndGirlsInScience #STEMLeadership #BreakTheBias
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Czech Academy of Sciences @czechacademy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
📢 Science Communication 360° – 5 Feb 2026 The conference is organized by @sciencecharles.bsky.social, @scicomhub.bsky.social, and @czechacademy.bsky.social. 🎓 Keynote speeches (Christina Beck @maxplanck.de, Tomáš Koblížek @flu-cas.bsky.social) ➡️ bit.ly/scicomm360 Info ➡️ komunikacevedy360.cz/en/
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Science Communication 360° | February 5, 2026
This time, we’ll meet at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, on the Jinonice campus. Let’s communicate science together — openly and clearly!
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Jan Dobeš @honzadobes87.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Really amazing location and line up! Do not miss the opportunity to register!
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Mikrobiologický ústav AV ČR @mbuavcr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Bakterie v našich střevech ovlivňují naši náladu, imunitu, rychlost stárnutí i to, jestli máme chuť na 🍫 nebo 🥕🥦. Jak „druhý mozek“ funguje a co mu prospívá, zkoumá Martin Schwarzer @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social z MBÚ @akademievedcr.bsky.social @gnotobiology.bsky.social ➡️ forbes.cz/mikrobiom-ri...
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Mikrobiom řídí vše. Co udělat, aby lépe fungoval? Strčte ruce do hlíny, říká vědec
Říká se mu druhý mozek. Mikrobiom ovlivňuje v našem těle všechno. Co mu prospívá a jak souvisí i s dlouhověkostí, vysvětluje v rozhovoru laureát Ceny Neuron Martin Schwarzer.
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Privileged to welcome Dr. Sabina Górska and Ms. Dominika Kozakiewicz from the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy (Wrocław, Poland), for a highly productive meeting with Dr. Martin Schwarzer's group—mutual collaboration materialized in a new grant, with exciting experiments ahead.
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Mikrobiologický ústav AV ČR @mbuavcr.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
👏We would like to congratulate our researchers who have been awarded new GAČR projects as principal investigators as well as co-investigators! In addition to providing substantial financial support for research, obtaining GAČR funding is a measure of high-quality scientific work.
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Mikrobiologický ústav AV ČR @mbuavcr.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
👏🧫🦠🐭 Lucie Petrásková Pavla Bojarová Leoš Valášek Martina Slaninová Kyselková Marek Kovář Jan Jansa Marek Šinkora Petra Urajová Dagmar Šrůtková Ondřej Prášil Martin Schwarzer Saurav Kumar Peter Šebo Alan Kádek Jan Janouškovec gacr.cz/ga-cr-podpor...
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GA ČR podpoří od příštího roku přes 400 nových projektů za více než 3,7 mld. Kč - Grantová agentura České republiky
Grantová agentura České republiky (GA ČR) jako nejvýznamnější poskytovatel podpory projektů základního výzkumu v ČR začne od příštího roku financovat přes
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Czech Science Foundation awardees from Lab of Gnotobiology: Drs Marek Šinkora, Martin Schwarzer, Dagmar Šrůtková and Sudhanshu Shekhar 👏 A special shout-out to Dr Martin Schwarzer’s group for securing three grants this year @mbuavcr.bsky.social gacr.cz/en/next-year...
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Next Year, Czech Science Foundation to Fund 400+ New Projects Worth over CZK 3.7 Billion (€153 Million) - The Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
The Czech Science Foundation (GACR), as the most important provider of funding for basic research projects in the Czech Republic, will begin funding over
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Kudos to Dr. Martin Schwarzer’s group for organizing a fantastic team-building event in Broumov! Sports, fun, and great vibes—now fully recharged for exciting scientific discoveries ahead! 👏🔬💡 @mbuavcr.bsky.social @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social
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Martin Schwarzer @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Congratulation, Sudhanshu 👏👏👏! Good choice from Folia Microbiologica. @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Thank you very much. It’s a privilege to be part of the editorial board of such an esteemed journal.
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Many congratulations to Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar on his appointment as Editor of Folia Microbiologica 👏 This achievement reflects his outstanding scholarship in microbiological research. #Microbiology #ProudMoment #ScienceLeadership #EditorialBoard @mbuavcr.bsky.social link.springer.com/journal/1222...
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Folia Microbiologica
This journal takes an open approach that spans general, soil, medical and industrial microbiology, plus some branches of immunology. Folia Microbiologica is ...
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Martin Schwarzer @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Great symposium! Looking forward to what comes NEXT! 😃
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Grateful to everyone who made the NEXT Symposium at the Laboratory of Gnotobiology a success! A stellar lineup of speakers from academia and industry! We now know oral hyaluronan supplementation works—it’s time to discover how! 💡🔬 #NEXTSymposium #ScientificDiscovery #Hyaluronan @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
What a privilege to host our wonderful collaborators - Renata C. Matos, Tiphaine Fargeot, and Jean-Louis Thoumas - from Dr François Leulier’s lab in Lyon, France! 🇫🇷✨ Big applause for their fantastic talks and discussions👏@francoisleulier.bsky.social @renatafcmatos.bsky.social @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is our privilege to maintain our long lasting collaboration!
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
What a privilege to host our wonderful collaborators - Renata C. Matos, Tiphaine Fargeot, and Jean-Louis Thoumas - from Dr François Leulier’s lab in Lyon, France! 🇫🇷✨ Big applause for their fantastic talks and discussions👏@francoisleulier.bsky.social @renatafcmatos.bsky.social @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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valaskova.bsky.social @valaskova.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
🧠🌿 The Microbiome: Invisible Wealth and Secret Allies of the Brain Thank you to everyone who joined the Czech Night of Science 2025 in Dobruška! It was a pleasure to share insights into the fascinating connection between the gut and the brain 💫 @gnotobiology.bsky.social @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Science doesn't stop at the lab🚀Our team, with guest storyteller Martin Hak, coorganized the #NightOfScience at Gymnázium Dobruška on 26.09.2025, giving students a glimpse into the fascinating world of microbial/gnotobiotic research✨Thanks to our team for making science sparkle @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🌟 Huge congratulations to our senior researcher, Dr Dagmar Šrůtková, for delivering her profound lecture during the Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 2 lecture series! 🌟 #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci #PMPOS @mbuavcr.bsky.social @mzach.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🎉 Many congratulations to our brilliant PhD student Anna Michl for winning the Best Poster Award at the INTER MICRO Conference in Liblice, Czechia! 🏆👏 We’re proud of her research and the recognition it’s receiving on the global stage. 🌍 #Microbiology #WomenInSTEM #INTERMICRO @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🎉 Many congratulations to our brilliant PhD student Anna Michl for winning the Best Poster Award at the INTER MICRO Conference in Liblice, Czechia! 🏆👏 We’re proud of her research and the recognition it’s receiving on the global stage. 🌍 #Microbiology #WomenInSTEM #INTERMICRO @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Pleased to share that my perspective on the therapeutic potential of the nasal microbiota in treating chronic rhinosinusitis has been included in a recent article in New Scientist Magazine 👇 @newscientist.com @mbuavcr.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
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Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections?
Constant loss of smell, facial pain and a blocked nose are a reality for the 10 per cent of people living with chronic rhinosinusitis, a disease long-neglected by research. Targeting the nasal microbi...
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🏆 We don’t just shine in research—we shine in sports too! ✨ Our scientist, Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar, along with his teammate, emerged as the Pétanque champions at the INTER MICRO Conference in Liblice, Czechia! 🎯🎉 Big congratulations! 👏⚡️ #ScienceAndBeyond #INTERMICRO #Pétanque @mbuavcr.bsky.social
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Mikrobiologický ústav AV ČR @mbuavcr.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🤩Mrkněte na pozvánku k Noci vědců, kterou připravili studenti Gymnázia Dobruška 👉přednášky & workshopy! 26.9.👈 🤩Těšíme se na vás! 👍🔬🗣️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Program vyladili 💚 Laboratoř gnotobiologie MBÚ @gnotobiology.bsky.social a studenti & pedagogové gymnázia @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social Kde: Gymnázium Dobruška
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Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🌟 Huge congratulations to our senior researcher, Dr Dagmar Šrůtková, for delivering her profound lecture during the Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 2 lecture series! 🌟 #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci #PMPOS @mbuavcr.bsky.social @mzach.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social
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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Super excited for Immunology Meets Philosophy Vol. 2! ✨ Can’t wait to attend and hear insights from brilliant scientists/academicians in this unique field!
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Martin Zach @mzach.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 2" focuses on host-microbe interactions while highlighting a variety of conceptual approaches and phenomena, from infectious diseases to evolutionary and metabolic perspectives. #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci On-site / online stream registration - link in comments 👇
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Mikrobiologický ústav AV ČR @mbuavcr.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
👉 26. září Noc vědců Laboratoř gnotobiologie MBÚ @schwarzergnoto.bsky.social, ve spolupráci s Gymnáziem Dobruška, připravila bohatý program 🤩👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👀🦠🧠🍎🌳🗣️ Kde: Gymnázium Dobruška
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Dr Sudhanshu Shekhar @drsshekhar.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
That’s fantastic news 👏 It will be incredibly useful for researchers working with germ-free animal models. Looking forward to seeing more updates from the lab’s research 👍
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