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Sarah Lebeer

@sarahlebeer.bsky.social
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Molecular Microbiologist, Bioscience engineer, Isala coordinator, microbiome, probiotics, isala.be

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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Proud to announce a new preprint of our lb - deep dive into #immune #metabolomic mode of action of the #vaginalmicrobiome - thanks to Isala! Great collab with @zimmermannlab.bsky.social & almost entire PhD of @carolinedricot.bsky.social combined in one manuscript www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Vitamin B2 Production by Vaginal Lactobacilli Promotes Symbiosis
The human vaginal microbiome, particularly with lactobacilli as the main inhabitants, plays a key role in maintaining women’s health. While lactic acid-mediated pathogen exclusion is well known, broad...
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Michael Zimmermann Lab @zimmermannlab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We are very happy to share a new preprint 🎉 Congratulations to everyone involved! @carolinedricot.bsky.social, @denisemselegato.bsky.social, @sarahlebeer.bsky.social and co. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Vitamin B2 Production by Vaginal Lactobacilli Promotes Symbiosis
The human vaginal microbiome, particularly with lactobacilli as the main inhabitants, plays a key role in maintaining women's health. While lactic acid-mediated pathogen exclusion is well known, broad...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 16/07/2025
The Global Grants for Gut Health are now open. If your research explores how nutrition affects the gut #microbiome or barrier function, you may be eligible to apply for one of three grants each offering up to USD$100K. Apply here: go.nature.com/4kb9cO1 #Academicsky 🍎📃
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Beste ID @beste-id.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
www.beste-id.nl/nieuws/vagin... @uantwerpen.be @sarahlebeer.bsky.social
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Vaginaal microbioom in kaart - Beste-ID
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EMT Conference @emergingmicrotech.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
📢 2nd Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sarah Lebeer!! @sarahlebeer.bsky.social is a research professor at the @Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology of the University of Antwerp working on the ecology and role of lactobacilli in women's health.
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Universiteit Antwerpen @uantwerpen.be · 14/03/2025
Uit onderzoek blijkt dat het ISS-ruimtestation té proper is. Prof. en moleculair bioloog @sarahlebeer.bsky.social #UAntwerpen legt uit hoe dat kan en waarom het een probleem vormt. @radio1vrt.bsky.social www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...
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VRT MAX
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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Great meeting in Hongkong on the #microbiome!
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Trends in Microbiology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📢Sarah Lebeer (@sarahlebeer.bsky.social) and colleagues at the Isala team call for a more comprehensive, global, and inclusive understanding of the #vaginal #microbiome, critically reflecting on the use of 'race' and 'ethnicity' in studies. Read the Opinion piece here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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Diversity in women and their vaginal microbiota
Women’s health is essential to global societal and economic wellbeing, yet health disparities remain prevalent. The vaginal microbiota plays a critical role in health, with research indicating that re...
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Agricultural practices and pollinators modulate the anthosphere microbiome #ISMEComms from @sarahlebeer.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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Agricultural practices and pollinators modulate the anthosphere microbiome
Abstract. The flower microbiome is pivotal in plant health, influencing reproductive success, fruit quality, and pathogen vulnerability. However, the impac
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Global “sisterhood” of citizen scientists collaborate to understand what makes a healthy vaginal microbiome. www.cell.com/trends/micro... @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social University of Antwerp @sarahlebeer.bsky.social
First page of the Opinion article "Diversity in women and their vaginal microbiota" published in Trends in MIcrobiology
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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Super proud of our Isala sisterhood!
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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our ERC POC grant covered in the national newspaper: www.hln.be/antwerpen/di...
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“Dit is het antwoord op de resistentiecrisis”: Antwerpse bio-ingenieurs ontvangen Europese beurs voor onderzoek naar 'levende antibiotica’
Bio-ingenieurs van de Universiteit Antwerpen hebben een prestigieuze ERC Proof of Concept-beurs ontvangen voor hun baanbrekende VALERIE-project. Dit onderzoek richt zich op de ontwikkeling van ‘levend...
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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Here is the link to the GitHub: github.com/swittouck/sc...
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GitHub - SWittouck/SCARAP: A toolkit for prokaryotic comparative genomics
A toolkit for prokaryotic comparative genomics. Contribute to SWittouck/SCARAP development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New tool of the lab is out for scalable led by Stijn Wittouck #comparative #genomics in #bacteria across species and large datasets without super computer 💪💪 : academic.oup.com/bioinformati....
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SCARAP: scalable cross-species comparative genomics of prokaryotes
AbstractMotivation. Much of prokaryotic comparative genomics currently relies on two critical computational tasks: pangenome inference and core genome infe
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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Proud to present our most recent paper on #citizenscience #womenshealth #microbiome on this new platform - from our Isala project www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Citizen science as an instrument for women’s health research - Nature Medicine
Citizen-science approaches can help challenge taboos around intimate health topics, amplify underrepresented voices and prioritize women’s involvement in health research; this Perspective considers th...
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