Reposted by Isa PalstekAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 475202027090 20.2K
Reposted by Isa PalstekStephen Graham's Lab @atomicvirology.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Now published in Science Advances @science.org Herpes simplex virus has a single protein that completely silences neuronal activity by removing ion channels from the cell surface 🧠🤫⚡ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Bluetorial of the preprint 👇science.orgHerpes simplex virus pUL56 abolishes neuronal activity by removing voltage-gated ion channels from the plasma membraneHerpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infections of the central nervous system cause encephalitis and are associated with increased risk of neurodegeneration, yet the molecular consequences of lytic infectio... 1199 19
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...med.stanford.eduGut microbes across continents trace ancient human migrationA study of the microbiome of groups in Africa and South America indicates that diverse gut microbes joined us as we migrated out of Africa — a diversity that is lost among industrialized peoples. 020 2
Reposted by Isa PalstekMatt Olm @mattolm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My final postdoc project is out today in Nature! We show microbes co-migrated with humans out of Africa; three independent methods agree, and timing matches archaeological / genetic evidence (Fig. 4c). Seeing Fig. 4c for 1st time was one of my most memorable "eureka" moments! doi.org/10.1038/s415...doi.orgPrehistoric global migration of vanishing gut microbes with humans - NatureMicrobial species disappearing from industrialized populations have evolved with humans over millennia and migrated worldwide with them—this may have consequences for human health. 411848 118
Reposted by Isa PalstekMatt Olm @mattolm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sharable link: rdcu.be/9D1PAYzgMhea Coverage from NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s... Coverage from NPR: www.npr.org/2026/10/07/n... Coverage from Stanford: med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...nytimes.comWas the Human Gut Healthier in Ancient Times? (Gift Article)The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift may be affecting the well-being of people in industrialized countries. 064 6
Reposted by Isa PalstekTrends in Microbiology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Calling #GameofThrones fans! The May '26 issue of Trends in Microbiology is live now with the cover image depicting the intimate co-evolution between the host and the microbiota. Read the full issue here: www.cell.com/issue/S0966-... 1123 12
Reposted by Isa PalstekStephan P. Rosshart @srosshart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Reposts appreciated! Natural microbiota-based mouse models - particularly Wildlings - improve reproducibility & translation across a remarkable range of biomedical fields. Our new @jem.org Found in Translation! Thanks Isabel, Mario & @jonatcoquet.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1084/jem....doi.orgNatural microbiota–based mouse models: A platform to fast-track translation of fundamental discoveries into the clinicConventional laboratory mice are invaluable tools in biomedical research, but their restricted microbial complexity limits their translational relevance. H 178 8
Reposted by Isa PalstekRockefeller University Press @rupress.org · 05/10/2026In @jem.org, Gößwein, Ulmert, @srosshart.bsky.social, and @jonatcoquet.bsky.social describe how colonizing laboratory mice with a naturally evolved #microbiota can restore important features of mammalian physiology & how this can benefit translational research. rupress.org/jem/article/... 154 5
Reposted by Isa PalstekAPC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Could fermented protein foods influence the gut-muscle axis? A new @commsbio.nature.com review by Dominic Farsi, @pauldcotter.bsky.social & @orlaos.bsky.social examines the evidence. Direct muscle evidence remains limited. 📰 buff.ly/WS6RB9R #Microbiome #Nutrition #FermentedFoods 244 4
Reposted by Isa PalstekSamuele Laudani @samuelelaud.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Very excited to share that our paper from the Benakis Lab is now published in Cell! 🎉🧠 Huge thanks to @benakis-lab.bsky.social for the opportunity to be part of this project! 🚀 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comGut microbiota primes stroke severity via the AHR in intestinal dendritic cellsIndole-producing Escherichia coli worsens ischemic stroke through the activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling in dendritic cells. Limiting AHR signaling in DCs promotes gut-derived DC migrat... 096 9
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026Selbstverständlich gibt es für privat versicherte Menschen eine große Terminauswahl. 😉😉😉 010 1
Reposted by Isa PalstekTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/ 322936745 2.9K
Reposted by Isa PalstekMichael Baym @baym.lol · 13/09/2026Ten years ago Tami, Roy, and I released a movie we made of antibiotic resistance evolving in real time. I thought maybe a couple thousand people tops would see it. I couldn't have imagined it would be seen millions of times, and be taught from middle school through the graduate level worldwide 23438127 438
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026Ulli Wickert hatte an dem Tag Dienst. Hajo Friedrichs verstarb in den 90ern. 131 3
Reposted by Isa PalstekBenjamin Wolfe @benwolfe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Over the past decade, a toxic fungus that destroys cheese rinds has been popping up in cheese caves throughout New England. In a new paper from my lab, we tried to better understand this emerging threat to New England's artisan cheese industry. doi.org/10.1128/aem.... 23617 36
Reposted by Isa PalstekGuillaume Urtecho @gogurtecho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Excited to share the first paper from the Urtecho Lab! We built a framework to move fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from a black-box therapy to precision medicine for gut disorders 🧵 doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2026.2725403 #Microbiome. #OpenAccessdoi.orgMetagenome-scale modeling to assess microbiome metabolic complementarity for precision microbiota transplantation therapiesFecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) holds therapeutic promise beyond recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, but clinical outcomes remain unpredictable and donor-selection strategies remai... 31510 15
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026Ich war gestern in einer neurologischen Praxis und konnte schon einen Termin für September 2027 festmachen. Bei meinem Augenarzt habe ich im letzten Monat einen Termin für 2027 abgemacht. #sicheristsicher 😉 020 2
Reposted by Isa PalstekDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science. 339163565426 16.4K
Reposted by Isa PalstekISB @isbscience.org · 28/08/2026Why do some people develop harmful autoantibodies after COVID-19? New ISB-led research in Immunity traces their production to a distinct population of B cells and reveals striking connections to autoimmune disease. isbscience.org/news/infecti... @cellpress.bsky.social @cp-immunity.bsky.socialisbscience.orgISB Researchers Identify Immune Cells that Drive Harmful Autoantibody Responses After COVID-19ISB identifies B cells that drive harmful autoantibody production after COVID-19, revealing links between viral infection and autoimmunity. 0229 22
Reposted by Isa PalstekJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” www.404media.co/xs-algorithm...404media.coX's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study FindsX is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies. 1042139902 2.1K
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...tagesspiegel.deStatistiker zählten nach: Deutsche haben immer teurere Hobbys und fahren seltener ins AuslandWeniger Fernreisen, mehr Geld für Freizeit und Trips im eigenen Land: Aktuelle Auswertungen zeigen, wofür Menschen in Deutschland ihr Einkommen ausgeben – und wo geknausert wird. 120 2
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026Die Statistik sagt, dass die Deutschen jetzt weniger Auslandsreisen unternehmen als früher. Mehr Urlaub im Inland und teurere Hobbys sind jetzt wohl en vogue. 020 2
Reposted by Isa PalstekMicrobiome @microbiomej.bsky.social · 17/08/2026In #Microbiome Microbially derived glutathione from Eubacterium rectale alleviates oxidative stress and promotes intestinal epithelial recovery🦠 Read more➡️ doi.org/rjc8 #Microbes 053 5
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026www.derstandard.at/story/300000...derstandard.atSorge um Österreichs Spitzenforschung zu MikrobenDer Mikrobiom-Cluster zählt zur internationalen Spitze. Doch Sparängste nähren Zweifel, ob Österreich dieses Niveau halten kann 000 0
Reposted by Isa PalstekElaine Hsiao @pipethero.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Congratulations to Sabeen Kazmi & colleagues on their new study showing that gut microbes & microbial metabolites can promote tau aggregation in a mouse model of tauopathy/Alzheimer’s disease. The work identifies microbiome changes linked to tau risk over time as potential therapeutic targets.nature.comSelect microbial metabolites promote tau aggregation in a murine tauopathy model - Nature CommunicationsHere, using a mouse model of tauopathy, the authors reveal that disruption of the gut microbiome drives tau pathology and cognitive decline, and identify five microbial metabolites that directly promo... 0174 17
Reposted by Isa Palstek🎃Bushybritches🎃 @bushybritches.bsky.social · 22/07/2026🤩🤩🤩 This is so cool! A possible new single dose treatment for colon cancer that also acts as an immunization from getting it again. It uses bacteria from tree frogs. Short video if you don’t wanna read the article. youtube.com/shorts/VGvuE... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...sciencedaily.comThis frog bacterium wiped out cancer tumors in mice with a single doseA naturally occurring bacterium from amphibian intestines completely eliminated colorectal tumors in mice with a single treatment by both attacking cancer cells and activating the immune system. The f... 3336241177 3.6K
Reposted by Isa Palstekjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126187997 12.6K
Reposted by Isa PalstekUniversität Jena @uni-jena.de · 31/07/2026For the first time, researchers from #UniJena and @leibniz-hki.de at @microverse.bsky.social have detected tiny membrane tunnels connecting social amoebae, serving as a communication and transport system. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/434214/amo… 2197 19
Reposted by Isa PalstekOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes 2479133070 7.9K
Reposted by Isa PalstekYasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026If I were an Early Career Researcher (#ECR) today, I wouldn’t join a lab that doesn’t #preprint (the PI agreed to keep paying me until my paper is finally published). It now takes ages to get papers through peer review, and without preprints you’re putting your future in someone else’s hands. 25516 55
Reposted by Isa PalstekProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out. 9840201931 4K
Reposted by Isa PalstekMichael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 16/07/2026 "Artificial sweeteners don’t just pass through the body passively - they can interact with gut microbes, and these effects can be amplified or altered by other substances like medication" #MicroSky 🧪 www.the-microbiologist.com/news/sweeten...the-microbiologist.comSweeteners shown to slow growth of important gut bacteria in lab testsResearchers have shown how commonly-used sweeteners slow the growth of certain gut bacteria. One sweetener in particular - combined with the anti-depressant duloxetine - significantly impaired two imp... 082 8
Reposted by Isa PalstekEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Gift link! Long read! Our Bacteria Are Talking. We’ve Just Begun to Understand What They’re Saying. By Jeneen Interlandi The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists still know very little about it. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain.nytimes.comOur Bacteria Are Talking. We’ve Just Begun to Understand What They’re Saying. 2164 16
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026Sehr spannendes Thema. Aboriginal Frauen sammelten früher wohl Menstruationsblut und haben damit Wunden behandelt. 🤯 010 1
Reposted by Isa PalstekDFG RU5042 "miTarget" @ru5042mitarget.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🎉 Congratulations to Mathieu Groussin and Mathilde Poyet from Project P2 on receiving a Gates Foundation grant to investigate the links between the microbiome and pregnancy! 🧬🤰 Read full article here: www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n... #Microbiome #PregnancyResearch #GlobalHealthuni-kiel.deGroussin and Poyet receive Gates Foundation grant to investigate links between the microbiome and pregnancyThe Gates Foundation is funding a research project at Kiel University and UKSH investigating the gut microbiome’s influence on the course and outcome of pregnancy 031 3