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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#MVIF 46 is live! ⭐️ Highlights: 🇺🇸 Rebecca L. Knoll 🇯🇵 Akito Sakanaka ⭐️ Keynote: 🇺🇸 Simon Roux @simrouxvirus.bsky.social ⭐️ Talks: 🇦🇺 Jeremy Barr @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social 🇨🇳 Guanxiang Liang 📜Full abstracts: cassyni.com/s/mvif-46

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Applications close this Friday (1/30) at 5 PM PST!

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

It's Friday! ...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩 Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-46 Highlights: 🇺🇸 Rebecca L. Knoll 🇯🇵 Akito Sakanaka Keynote: 🇺🇸 @simrouxvirus.bsky.social ⭐️ Talks: 🇦🇺 @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @erikbakkeren.bsky.social 🇨🇳 Guanxiang Liang

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Applications are due 1/30/26 for the Human Microbiome Data Discovery 2-week course at OHSU! If you're a #postdoc, junior #faculty or and advanced graduate student looking to increase your #data_science skills in #microbiome science, check it out!

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY We are hiring a Research Technologist (Advanced Professional) to design, implement, support, analyze, and report on rigorous research in genetics, entomology, and host-microbe interactions. Please consider and share with others in need. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/jo...

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Research Technologist - Life Sciences Advance Professional - Bordenstein Lab

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Applications for this #microbiome #datascience short course are due next week! If you're in biomedical research, interested in building data science skills to study the microbiome and reusing publicly available data, this course is for you!

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Applications are open for the Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course! This is a 2-week course for postdocs and junior faculty to learn #datascience skills in #microbiome science. Offered May 4 - 15, 2026 in Portland, OR at OHSU Learn more at bit.ly/microbiome-data-course

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Human Microbiome Data Discovery Short Course | OHSU

The Knight Cancer Institute Human Microbiome Data Discovery is a two-week training program designed for early-career researchers.

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Program for #GloMiNe2025 "Preservation of microbial diversity” by @microbiotavault.bsky.social ‬and #MVIF is OUT: cassyni.com/s/mvif-glomi... 1/3

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Get Ready! #MVIF 38 on Microbiome and Citizen Science is live n the Pacific time zones 🌏 in less than an hour!⏰ You can still register : cassyni.com/s/mvif-38

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Moreno Zolfo @azufre451.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Don't miss today's #MVIF 38: A special event on on #citizenscience & #microbiome! @patrickveiga.bsky.social @gilbertjacka.bsky.social @waldispuhl.bsky.social Mathieu Almeida, Claudia Cappello, Daniel McDonald Mikayla Borton & Sarah Ahannach. There's still time to register👉 cassyni.com/s/mvif-38

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Today/tomorrow Pacific LIVE & on Wednesday Atlantic REPLAY! Just register here cassyni.com/s/mvif-36 We can't wait to welcome YOU & #MVIF 36 speakers: 🇯🇵 Nodoka Chiba 🇮🇩 Patsy Tasyana Fitri 🇨🇳 Ruixin Liu 🇦🇺 @aroneys.bsky.social 🇬🇧 Maria Kardakova 🇳🇿 @theoportlock.bsky.social #openscience #microbiomesky

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The Pacific replay for #MVIF is today at 4:30 PM PT. There's still time to register!

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Know #undergrads in Portland interested in summer research? Let them know about the research opportunity fair @portlandstate Fri Jan 17th 1-3 PM. I'll be there with @billhersh.bsky.social to chat about our #biomedical #informatics #datascience summer internship! www.pdx.edu/events/under...

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Undergraduate Research Opportunity Fair | Portland State University

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National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) @microbiomedata.org · 16/01/2025

Please join us in celebrating NMDC Champion Lisa Karstens’ recent NIH R25 award! The grant will support a 3-year project to develop teaching materials for early career researchers to gain essential skills in microbiome data science🧪

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Tomorrow Atlantic replay with live Q&A!

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

#MVIF 26 program is out! 🤩 ⭐️ Keynote: 🇺🇸 Laura S. Weyrich ⭐️ Short talks: 🇨🇳 Ziye Wang 🇺🇸Kate Bowie 🇺🇸Richard Wolff 🇺🇸Ivan Zheludev More about talks here: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

📣Apps for the 2024 Undergraduate Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Summer Internship are due Feb 16th! More info: bit.ly/ohsu-informatics-interns What: PAID internships with research in data science & informatics Where: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

Are you an undergrad or know an undergrad interested in an internship in biomedical informatics / data science? Join our informational webinar about the OHSU summer internship program *tomorrow* Jan 9th at 1 PM PT. Info & Registration: bit.ly/DMICE_Internships

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

We have an early New Year present for you 🎁 the January #MVIF program with Jennifer Wargo Nikolay Oskolkov Sondra Turjeman Mireia Valles-Colomer Full program with abstracts: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu... Registration: hopin.com/events/micro... ✨Happy holidays ✨

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Exciting! My group's paper, microshades: An R Package for Improving Color Accessibility and Organization of Microbiome Data, was highlighted as an @ASMicrobiology Top Cited paper! Congrats @erictleung.bsky.social @katebowie.bsky.social Emory neer and Erin Dahl! 📔 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

An award symbol with the text"2023 - Top Cited Author, American Society for Micorbiology" next to a screen shot reading "Top cited articles" followed by the information for the microshades manuscript.

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

⭐That's a wrap! So many inspiring talks! A huge thanks to all of our speakers and attendees for making the meeting so enjoyable🦠! And for those who missed it, you can check out the recordings later here ▶️ www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ3...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

📢 Remember that you can submit your work for: 🌎Atlantic-first event in January w/ Jennifer Wargo 🌏Pacific-first event in February w/ Laura S. Weyrich www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/info...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

Third talk for today at #MVIF.24 ⭐️Analyzing microbial evolution through gene and genome phylogenies by 🇺🇸 Sarah Teichman www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

Second selected talk at #MVIF.24 ⭐️ Wastewater sequencing reveals community and variant dynamics of the collective human virome by 🇺🇸 Mike Tisza www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

NEXT, #MVIF short talks: ⭐️ Gut microbiota manipulation in neurodevelopmental disorders: implication from animal models of infantile epilepsy by 🇨🇦 Chunlong Mu Read his research at: www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

Our lineup of #MVIF speakers for today's dive into #microbiome science 🤩 ⭐️ Keynote: 🇺🇸 @gilbertjacka ⭐️ Short talks: 🇨🇦@ChunlongMu1 🇺🇸@MikeTisza 🇺🇸@sarah_teichman 🇺🇸@GerrickElias And thanks to our partners 🧬@Roche and 🔬@QIAGEN for supporting #MVIF!

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Excited to share @katebowie.bsky.social's first first-author preprint. This work investigated the urinary microbiome in a large observation cohort of older men and identified several interesting associations with BPH, age, BMI, and lower urinary tract symptoms. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Had a great time presenting my group's microbiome / urobiome work today at the CAIRIBU Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG). U-RIG is a monthly series for knowledge exchange and collaborations in urobiome and adjacent fields. More info/to sign up: cairibu.urology.wisc.edu

Poster announcing the CAIRIBU U-RIG research hour for Dec 15th at 3PM ET. U-RIG is a monthly series to facilitate knowledge exchange and spur collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent fields. Speakers were Lisa Karstens, PhD and Jeremy Burton, PhD MSc

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

SAVE THE DATE! You can register to the conference for free here: hopin.com/events/micro... Check the date and time in your region!

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