Reposted by Sarah E WoodwardErik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Please read about how we think microbial metabolism might help us understand microbiomes a bit better! Also, please appreciate the mountain goat in Fig 1 ⛰️🐐 and that it also represents my joy for trail running and the mountains 😁 1269
Reposted by Sarah E WoodwardScience Magazine @science.org · 16/04/2025It took an extension to the extension of the extension, but after more than 3 years of negotiations, governments around the globe—but notably, not the United States—have finally agreed on a treaty to improve how the world prevents, prepares for, and responds to future pandemics. scim.ag/4lDYcLescim.agGlobal pandemic treaty finalized, without U.S., in ‘a victory for multilateralism’Three years in the making, the accord aims to increase equity and avoid errors of the COVID-19 pandemic 623177
Sarah E Woodward @sewoodward.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Congratulations everyone! 🎉 Feeling very lucky to have received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship for work with @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social! 4151
Reposted by Sarah E WoodwardThe Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Congratulations to Emma Slack and her group @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social @dunnschool.bsky.social Game changing new approach to reducing antibiotic use and developing oral vaccines against major pathogens 0186
Reposted by Sarah E WoodwardKelsey Huus @kelseyhuus.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Thrilled to share my postdoctoral work with @microbiome.bsky.social on BioRxiv. Ever wonder why you got a fever after your booster shot, but your friend didn’t? We find that both diet and the gut microbiome are associated with risk of fever after vaccination (1/4). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgFlagellin in the human gut microbiome is a diet-adjustable adjuvant for vaccinationThe intestinal microbiota is thought to modulate immune responsiveness to vaccines. Human studies on this topic, however, have yielded inconsistent results[1][1],[2][2]. We hypothesized that the micro... 2243
Reposted by Sarah E WoodwardAnnika Hausmann @hausmannannika.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Back home after an intense & fun week at @ox.ac.uk collecting samples, meeting old friends, new collaborators & discussing exciting science! Huge thanks to Sarah Woodward, @nanaborsa.bsky.social, @gamonasterioo.bsky.social @ki.se, @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social, Sarah Knowles & Claire Pearson 🤩 0114