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Rachel Anscombe @rachelanscombe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thrilled to share that I won an award for best presentation at the annual Kennedy Institute Student Symposium (#KISS2026) last week! It was great to present my PhD story so far and to hear all about everyone’s exciting work! One more year of the PhD and one more KISS to go🥳🧠 @kiroxford.bsky.social

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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The annual Kennedy Institute Student Symposium (#KISS2026) was a huge success last week! Special shoutouts go to the PhD students in our lab - Catherine (1st year) & Rachel (3rd year) for being a runner-up and winner in their respective PhD cohort presentations🥳👩‍🔬💪 @kiroxford.bsky.social

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David Bikard @dbikard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New paper from the lab, out in Nature Microbiology. We ran CRISPRi screens to ask what genes E. coli needs in order to live in a gut and what this can tell us about the gut environment itself. doi.org/10.1038/s41564-026-02471-8

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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Last week several lab members were in Montreal for #ICMI2026! We had a fantastic time listening to the amazing talks about the lastest work in the mucosal immunology field & were thrilled to share our work via some great posters and talks!🇨🇦👩‍🔬 @societymucosalimm.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social

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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

In case you missed it‼️ The wonderful @nickilott.bsky.social from @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social & our lab made an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread last week!📻 The episode gives a great run down on gut microbiome testing kits🦠🧑‍🔬 Catch up on the episode here! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Sliced Bread - Sliced Bread - Series 17 - Gut Microbiome Tests - BBC Sounds

Can a test tell you what's living inside your gut - and what to do about it?

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Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Postdocs and early career folks - this is a truly wonderful opportunity to spend time in Berlin, gain time to think, and expand your network! call.wiko-berlin.de/procedure/65...

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You also don't have to do an editor's job of deciding if a paper "fits" or is "impactful enough" for their journal, because you're a scientist and not a marketing agent for the publisher.

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Timothy O'Leary @timothyoleary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dear peer reviewers everywhere: sometimes we feel pressure to find issues with a submission as a demonstration of diligence. But we have to recognise this is a mistake: picking random and sometimes incoherent holes in research add confusion, generates unnecessary work and encourages defensive

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Nick Ilott @nickilott.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So tired! thank you for making life less shit

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Nick Ilott @nickilott.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It’s wild how we have gone from ‘Hmm I wonder if the authors actually read the paper’ to ‘Hmm does this paper even exist’ when reviewing manuscripts #AI #scientificIntegrity

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Josie Bryant @josiebryant.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Very proud of this preprint out of my lab, our first (of hopefully many) host-microbe spatial transcriptomics paper. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Amazing insights into P. aeruginosa biology and chronic airway disease @cysticfibrosis.org.uk @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk

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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/07/2026

A new analysis demonstrates how kidney-infiltrating T cells might contribute to kidney injury in patients with lupus, phage therapy switches off malicious E. coli to calm colitis in Crohn's disease, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/4aDHuYt

Shown is a transmission electron micrograph of a bacteriophage (orange) on an Escherichia coli bacterium (blue). Credit: Biozentrum, University of Basel/Science Source

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NDORMS, University of Oxford @ndorms.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Can a gut microbiome testing kit really tell you what's living in your gut – and what you should eat? 🦠 🌽 Dr @nickilott.bsky.social from the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies joined BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread to separate the evidence from the marketing. Listen at: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Sliced Bread - Sliced Bread - Series 17 - Gut Microbiome Tests - BBC Sounds

Can a test tell you what's living inside your gut - and what to do about it?

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Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology @kiroxford.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Can microbiome tests tell you what's living in your gut? 🦠 Can they provide diets personalised to your resident microbes? 🥑 Dr Nick Ilott joined presenter Greg Foot and Dr Fred Warren on the Sliced Bread Podcast to discuss! Listen now 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @nickilott.bsky.social

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Sliced Bread - Sliced Bread - Series 17 - Gut Microbiome Tests - BBC Sounds

Can a test tell you what's living inside your gut - and what to do about it?

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Nick Ilott @nickilott.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Tune in this Thursday 2nd July to #BBCRadio4 #SlicedBread to hear our discussion on at-home microbiome tests for personalised diet plans - interested to hear what made the final edit 😬

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The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We are always excited by the success of members of @dunnschool.bsky.social! Huge congratulations to Profs Emma Slack @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social and Kevin Foster on their election as members of @embo.org Both are microbiome leaders – and both are stars www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

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Emma Slack and Kevin Foster elected members of EMBO - Dunn School

Both researchers are leaders in the rapidly growing field of the human gut microbiome.

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

CarveMe-GutMicrobes: Automated Metabolic Model Reconstruction for Gut Microbial Species and Communities www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/06/2026

10 years ago, the air outside Aldgate School didn’t meet legal limits. Children were breathing polluted air every day. I made it my mission to change that. Here’s the difference our bold policies have made ⬇️

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PSC Support @pscsupport.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Small seed grants lead to massive discoveries! Dr Sun used preliminary data from a study funded by #PSCSupport to secure a prestigious MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship. He’s now diving deep into genetic drivers of primary sclerosing cholangitis. pscsupport.org.uk/research-wev...

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Nick Ilott @nickilott.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Worth waiting for! Happy World Microbiome Day everyone!

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PSC Support @pscsupport.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Kieron Dyer joined Sky Sports to talk about why he's backing @PSCSupportUK for @BigGive's #SmallCharityWeek! Thanks to our incredible donors we've reached our goal and accessed all our match funding 🎉 but you can still donate (and boost your donation by 25% with Gift Aid!)🔗 youtu.be/ksvI6Ud3pfw

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Kieron Dyer Speaks to Sky Sports About Rare Autoimmune Liver Disease (PSC) for Small Charity Week

England footballing legend and liver transplant recipient Kieron Dyer joined Sky Sport to speak passionately about his personal journey with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) and to champion our…

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PSC Support @pscsupport.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Football legend & PSC transplant patient Kieron Dyer went on @tSHandJ to back our @biggive #SmallCharityWeek campaign! 😭❤️ Having his voice championing our rare disease community means everything. Shortly after this interview WE HIT OUR TARGET! (1/2) #LetsBeatPSC

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 11 countdown 💩 Today, Rahul from OCMS answers questions about the #gutmicrobiome and #mentalwellbeing. 🧠 This is our final FAQ video before World Microbiome Day — thanks for following along and stay tuned for the finale 📽️ .

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The gut microbiome and mental wellbeing 🧠

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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Super exciting work from our close collaborators in the Uhlig group highlighting a link between the recently discovered IL-10 autoantibodies in IBD patients and HLA-DRB1*01:03! Congratulations to everyone involved - go check out the paper here!🎉 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @kiroxford.bsky.social

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Interleukin-10 Autoantibodies and HLA-DRB1*01:03 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | NEJM

Neutralizing autoantibodies against interleukin-10 can result in a phenocopy of monogenic defects of interleukin-10 signaling in children and may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 11 countdown 💩 Today, Ffion from Powrie lab discusses: 🧼 "Are cleaning products harmful to our gut microbiome?" 👨🏼‍🔬 Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. ⚠️ see comments 🪥 & 🐾

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Are cleaning products harmful to our gut microbiome? 🧼

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anna brogan @apbrogan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Another chapter of my thesis is out! We asked whether we could pair proteome-wide AlphaFold screening with Tn-seq to identify biologically relevant protein-protein interactions. We identify ClcR (formerly YerH) as a component of the Rod complex in Gram-positive bacteria. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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A broadly conserved gram-positive lipoprotein regulates cell elongation | PNAS

The cell wall peptidoglycan (PG) protects virtually all bacteria from osmotic lysis and specifies cell shape. Synthesis of this exoskeleton is carr...

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 9️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Uzma from OCMS answers: 🪥 "Is the #oralmicrobiome linked to #Alzheimer's disease" 👨🏼‍🔬 Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @uzmakhan.bsky.social

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Is oral health linked to Alzheimer's disease? 🦷

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 8️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Isaac from OCMS answers your questions about about how we study the #gutmicrobiome 🦠 👨🏼‍🔬 Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @isaac-dennis.bsky.social

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How do you research the gut microbiome? 🔬

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NDORMS, University of Oxford @ndorms.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

As we approach World Microbiome Day, the team at the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies are answering your questions about all things gut bacteria, poo, diet, probiotics, viruses, the immune system, health, disease, research methods and more! 🦠🍏🔬💩

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Driving microbiome insights. Original research and supporting collaborations. https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/ocms https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxmicrobiome University of Oxford

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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Interesting new preprint on using MICOM to predict responders/non-responders to FMTs 👇 "Metagenome-scale Modeling to Assess Microbiome Metabolic Complementarity for Precision Microbiota Transplantation Therapies" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Metagenome-scale Modeling to Assess Microbiome Metabolic Complementarity for Precision Microbiota Transplantation Therapies

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) holds therapeutic promise beyond recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, but clinical outcomes remain unpredictable, in part because existing computational...

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 7️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Chik On from OCMS answers: 🦠 “Can #fermentedfoods change your microbiome?” 👩🏼‍🔬Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. Chik On Choy is the OCMS Project Manager

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Can fermented food change your microbiome? 🧀

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 6️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, OCMS scientist Holly answers: 🦠 “Why do we #fart?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. youtu.be/JLZlqarEjlQ?... @hollyroach.bsky.social

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Why do some people fart more than others? 💩

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Kimberly Kline 🏔 @kimingeneva.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We've been learning a lot about how Enterococcus faecalis interacts with neutrophils lately. In our latest preprint, @harisantypas.bsky.social describes how lactic acid from E. faecalis dampens neutrophil metabolism leading to NETosis and phagoytosis suppression. #microsky

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 5️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, OCMS scientist Holly answers: 🦠 “What is a healthy #gutmicrobiome?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. youtu.be/lsPkZf-nS0M?... @hollyroach.bsky.social

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What is a healthy microbiome? 🥦

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 4️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, @nickilott.bsky.social answers: 🦠 “How do our environment, microplastics and pollution affect our #gutmicrobiome?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day.

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The microbiome and the environment 🌳

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Nick Ilott @nickilott.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Bacteria are awesome bioindicators!

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 3️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Kate and Holly from OCMS answer: 🦠 “How do diet and fibre affect the #microbiome?” 👩🏻‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day.

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The microbiome and diet 🌽

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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Indoor rewilding of laboratory mice recalibrates pulmonary mucosal immunity and mechanics www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

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PSC Support @pscsupport.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Artificial Bile Ducts Update! We caught up with Dr Sampaziotis and Dr Brevini who are working on developing artificial bile ducts for PSC and presented impressive progress on their work at the #EASL Congress last month. youtu.be/tOtAF-QEKyk More EASL updates ➡️ pscsupport.org.uk/may-2026-res...

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Artificial Bile Ducts Update with Dr Fotios Sampaziotis and Dr Teresa Brevini at EASL 2026

Remember Dr Fotios Sampaziotis and Dr Teresa Brevini from Cambridge who are working on developing artificial bile ducts for PSC? We caught up with them just after they had presented impressive…

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The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Throwing it back to Day 2 of KIPS, with more excellent postdoc talks and a great keynote from Kevin Foster! It was also announced that Ffion won the award for the best long talk!🥳 Thanks to the fantastic postdoc committee for organising two great days of science!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 @kiroxford.bsky.social

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 2️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Holly from OCMS answers: 🦠 “Where does our #microbiome come from?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @hollyroach.bsky.social

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Where do our gut microbes come from? 🦠

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

#WorldMicrobiomeDay1️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Kate from OCMS answers: 🦠 “What is a #microbiome?” 👩🏻‍🔬Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @katecoldwell.bsky.social youtu.be/Fqfq-u6Yxic

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An introduction to the microbiome

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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

📽️ Excited to be filming with @ndorms.bsky.social for our #WorldMicrobiomeDay event. Starring 🦠 💩 👩🏼‍🔬 🧑🏻‍🔬

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

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PSC Support @pscsupport.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Busy week for Mark! Yesterday he spoke at King's College Hospital, today he's speaking to the EASL PSC School in Hamburg to inspire new research & highlight the burden of PSC symptoms. As a small charity, we're making every penny count by joining online! buff.ly/DowUVeh #LetsBeatPSC

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