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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join #MVIF 52 cassyni.com/s/mvif-52 and #MeetTheSpeakers Nicolás Rascovan (@nrascovan.bsky.social) will give a keynote talk on microbial paleogenomics and the deep history of human-associated microbes, with a focus on ancient pathogens in the Americas.
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join #MVIF 52 cassyni.com/s/mvif-52 and #MeetTheSpeakers Nicolás Rascovan (@nrascovan.bsky.social) will give a keynote talk on microbial paleogenomics and the deep history of human-associated microbes, with a focus on ancient pathogens in the Americas.
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Juan Inda (@bigdatabiology.bsky.social) will discuss how the choice of ARG annotation tool influences resistome profiles derived from metagenomic data. (More context in the thread below) See you at #MVIF 52! cassyni.com/s/mvif-52
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join #MVIF 52 cassyni.com/s/mvif-52 & #MeetTheSpeakers Fitsum Weldegebreal Mlashu will introduce the EthiOMICS cohort, a population-based longitudinal study of pregnant women from eastern Ethiopia, & share the findings on prevalence, genotype, & associated factors of high-risk human papillomavirus.
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join #MVIF 52 cassyni.com/s/mvif-52 and #MeetTheSpeakers Evgenia Dikareva will introduce the Dutch longitudinal LucKi Birth Cohort Study and discuss the COVID-19 pandemic impact on infant gut microbiome.
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💫 #MVIF Season 6 💫 Feel free to join the keynotes by presenting your work! Abstract submission is open: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US #MVIF is proudly supported by #illumina and @corundumsb.bsky.social and our non-commercial co-organizing partners Seerave Foundation and @sph.cuny.edu
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join #MVIF 52 cassyni.com/s/mvif-52 and #MeetTheSpeakers Evgenia Dikareva will introduce the Dutch longitudinal LucKi Birth Cohort Study and discuss the COVID-19 pandemic impact on infant gut microbiome.
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join #MVIF 52 cassyni.com/s/mvif-52 & #MeetTheSpeakers Fitsum Weldegebreal Mlashu will introduce the EthiOMICS cohort, a population-based longitudinal study of pregnant women from eastern Ethiopia, & share the findings on prevalence, genotype, & associated factors of high-risk human papillomavirus.
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#MVIF season 6 keynote speakers added! @nrascovan.bsky.social @mcarrieta.bsky.social @pengellab.bsky.social Feel free to let us know if you are here at 🦋 and you previously presented your work at #MVIF! go.bsky.app/D8cSja3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meet the keynote @nrascovan.bsky.social and other #MVIF 52 speakers! cassyni.com/s/mvif-52
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MVIF 52 - with keynote talk by Dr. Nicolás Rascovan
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MVIFconversations with @elisabethbik.bsky.social is out! bsky.app/profile/micr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MVIFconversations podcast episode 7 with @elisabethbik.bsky.social is OUT! ▶️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5YcW... ▶️ Amazon music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c... ▶️ Apple Music: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... ▶️ YouTube podcast: youtu.be/7-4QeEz2fyc?... 1/2
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💫 #MVIF Season 6 💫 Feel free to join the keynotes by presenting your work! Abstract submission is open: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US #MVIF is proudly supported by #illumina and @corundumsb.bsky.social and our non-commercial co-organizing partners Seerave Foundation and @sph.cuny.edu
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our hosts @svetlanaup.bsky.social @cpavloud.bsky.social and Elisabeth Bik discuss her journey from microbiome research to independent science integrity work, and more! Click play and enjoy! Thanks to Merel van Gogh, Tosin Adeshile for tech and org support. 2/2
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MVIFconversations podcast episode 7 with @elisabethbik.bsky.social is OUT! ▶️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5YcW... ▶️ Amazon music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c... ▶️ Apple Music: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... ▶️ YouTube podcast: youtu.be/7-4QeEz2fyc?... 1/2
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You missed the Seerave Foundation #MVIF event... No problem, now you can read the reflections! Manuel Fankhaus opened the event and we dedicated a special memory for Peter Barton Hutt (1935–2026). 1/4
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Enjoy listening recordings (limited!) and reading about the speakers and their work: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... 4/4
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mark Smith chaired the ATL session on diet, PPIs and polypharmacy as clinically relevant drivers of cancer-related dysbiosis or modulator of cancer immunotherapy. Jennifer McQuade chaired the PAC session: can diet/nutrition be leveraged to enhance cancer immunotherapy? 3/4
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@caredelstein.bsky.social chaired the ATL session and moderated a great QA on the role of antibiotic stewardship in cancer immunotherapy. Raphaël Gayet chaired the PAC session and moderated a great QA on what can the solid tumor field learn from a decade of hematological oncology. 2/4
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You missed the Seerave Foundation #MVIF event... No problem, now you can read the reflections! Manuel Fankhaus opened the event and we dedicated a special memory for Peter Barton Hutt (1935–2026). 1/4
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#MVIF 52 is proudly supported by Illumina @corundumsb.bsky.social and our non-commercial co-organizing partners Seerave Foundation @sph.cuny.edu
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
October is right around the corner and the #MVIF 52 program is officially out! 🤩 Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-52 Highlights: 🇺🇸 Jacob Willes 🇪🇹 Fitsum Weldegebreal Mlashu Keynote: 🇫🇷 Nicolás Rascovan Talks: 🇦🇺 Juan S. Inda-Díaz 🇺🇸 Mi Ni 🇳🇱 Evgenia Dikareva
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MVIF 52 - with keynote talk by Dr. Nicolás Rascovan
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great turnout for the Atlantic #MVIF-Seerave event on Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy! 🎉 There's still time to catch the Pacific session: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... Help us spread the word, thanks!
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
See you today at a joint symposium by Seerave Foundation and #MVIF!
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tomorrow marks the start of a new #MVIF season! Kicking off with the Oncobiome-Seerave Atlantic event on Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy. Join us here: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob...
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New #MicrobiomeDigest is OUT microbiomedigest.com/2026/09/11/s... • cattle virome / @ryancook94.bsky.social • mothers-adult daughters vaginal microbiome / @sarahlebeer.bsky.social • microbiome biomarker recovery in CRC / André Salgado See you next week at the Seerave & #MVIF Symposium!
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See you at the Seerave & MVIF Symposium next week! General Integrating multi-omics technologies to decipher microbiome functions – Tim Van Den Bossche – Nature Communications Phylogenetic measu…
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📍 Pacific — September 16/17 Steering the conversation: On the Pacific side, Raphaël Gayet chairs the opening session (and speaks!), while Jennifer McQuade chairs the close (and speaks too). 3/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📍 Atlantic — September 15 Steering the conversation: Manuel Fankhaus opens both programmes. @caredelstein.bsky.social leads off Atlantic's first session, with Mark Smith taking the chair for the second and closing things out. 2/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Seerave Foundation and #MVIF invite you to their symposium, Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy, a two-part event designed to move the field from evidence to action. It's free to join, just bring your questions and your curiosity! 🔗 cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncobiome2026 1/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Seerave Foundation and #MVIF invite you to their symposium, Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy, a two-part event designed to move the field from evidence to action. It's free to join, just bring your questions and your curiosity! 🔗 cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncobiome2026 1/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📍 Pacific — September 16/17 Steering the conversation: On the Pacific side, Raphaël Gayet chairs the opening session (and speaks!), while Jennifer McQuade chairs the close (and speaks too). 3/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📍 Atlantic — September 15 Steering the conversation: Manuel Fankhaus opens both programmes. @caredelstein.bsky.social leads off Atlantic's first session, with Mark Smith taking the chair for the second and closing things out. 2/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Seerave Foundation and #MVIF invite you to their symposium, Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy, a two-part event designed to move the field from evidence to action. It's free to join, just bring your questions and your curiosity! 🔗 cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncobiome2026 1/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📍 Pacific — September 16/17 Steering the conversation: On the Pacific side, Raphaël Gayet chairs the opening session (and speaks!), while Jennifer McQuade chairs the close (and speaks too). 3/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📍 Pacific — September 16/17 Steering the conversation: On the Pacific side, Raphaël Gayet chairs the opening session (and speaks!), while Jennifer McQuade chairs the close (and speaks too). 3/3
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Join Seerave & #MVIF Symposium: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... & #MeetTheSpeakers Peter Barton Hutt traces the legal history of "Medical Food" from an informal FDA category in the late 1960s to its formal definition in the 1988 Orphan Drug Amendments and current FDA labeling regulations.
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Join Seerave & #MVIF Symposium: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... and #MeetTheSpeakers Selena Ahmed & Nile Nair introduce the "molecular language of food." The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is mapping the world's largest molecular atlas of edible biodiversity!
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Join Seerave & #MVIF Symposium: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... and #MeetTheSpeakers Jennifer McQuade reviews the state of evidence: diet as a modifiable lever on the microbiome, and immunotherapy outcomes.
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Join Seerave & #MVIF Symposium: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... and #MeetTheSpeakers Jen Wargo explores how gut & tumor microbes shape immunity, cancer biology & response to immunotherapy, and why fiber-fermenting bacteria + adequate dietary fiber are linked to better outcomes with checkpoint blockade.
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
. Seerave Foundation & #MVIF Symposium: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... & #MeetTheSpeakers Bertrand Routy reviews PPIs, SSRIs, benzodiazepines, OTC drugs, probiotics: how do they shape the microbiome, and what does that mean for clinical outcomes? Join us!
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Seerave & #MVIF event cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... & #MeetTheSpeakers Rinse Weersma @weersmalab.bsky.social tackles a widely overlooked issue: Proton Pump Inhibitors, often prescribed without strong evidence & are increasingly linked to "oralization" of the gut microbiome. Join us to hear more!
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Join Seerave & #MVIF Symposium cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... & #MeetTheSpeakers @jenswalter15.bsky.social asks: what can diet really do to the microbiome? Using an ecological lens, he separates taxonomic shifts from community-level constraints &microbial function, arguing diet's real clinical impact.
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Join Seerave & #MVIF Symposium cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... and #MeetTheSpeakers Laurence Zitvogel (Institut Gustave Roussy 🇫🇷) will talk about how gut dysbiosis contributes to cancer immunotherapy resistance, reviewing microbial signatures and stool/blood biomarkers and more!
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Join Seerave & #MVIF Symposium cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob... and #MeetTheSpeakers Laurence Zitvogel (Institut Gustave Roussy 🇫🇷) will talk about how gut dysbiosis contributes to cancer immunotherapy resistance, reviewing microbial signatures and stool/blood biomarkers and more!
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Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy - Seerave & MVIF Symposium
## Seerave & MVIF Symposium: The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy ## The gut microbiome is a modifiable determinant of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet it remains one of the most underr...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Two sessions, distinct speaker programmes: 📍 Atlantic: September 15 📍 Pacific: September 16/17 🔗 Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-oncob...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
✨Season 6✨ starts in SEPTEMBER w/ a special event! Seerave & #MVIF Symposium: Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy Join researchers, clinicians & innovators as Seerave Foundation & #MVIF convene a global community around oncology-microbiome evidence to shape actionable recommendations!
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We're in the final stages of preparing a special event for September featuring oncology-microbiome studies & innovations! In the meantime, catch #MVIF 48 w/ Zhemin Zhou & their award-winning presentation on the FMT’s efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU4k...
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Zhemin Zhou - Strain-level heterogeneity drives microbiome therapeutic efficacy dynamics| MVIF48 S05
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We're in the final stages of preparing a special event for September featuring oncology-microbiome studies & innovations! In the meantime, catch #MVIF 48 w/ Zhemin Zhou & their award-winning presentation on the FMT’s efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU4k...
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
✨Season 6✨ starts w/ a special event! Seerave & #MVIF Symposium: Microbiome Modifiers and Cancer Immunotherapy Join researchers, clinicians & innovators as Seerave Foundation & #MVIF convene a global community around oncology-microbiome evidence to shape actionable recommendations!
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The next season of #MVIF begins in September, but the archive remains open. We highlight #MVIF 47 and Mohammad Salimi's prize-winning presentation on mining putative peptides sourced from the human gut. Available now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BCZ...
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Mohammad Salimi - Gut microbes may yield safe anticancer agents, aiding natural tumor. | MVIF45 S05
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