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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 12h

🌟📽️ Curiosity, conversation and great food were all on the menu at the British Science Festival. Our new blog by network co-director @jt8teeling.bsky.social looks back at Meals, Mood and Microbes, an interactive event promoting gut-immune-brain axis research 👇 🔗 giba-uk.org/uncategorise...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🧠🍎🎨 Have you voted yet? Six artworks are competing to become a public mural in Southampton city centre, helping bring research on nutrition, mental health and the gut-immune-brain axis to new audiences. ⏰ Voting closes Monday 5th October. 👉 jhga11.involve.me/gut

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🎨 Which artwork should become Southampton's next city-centre mural? Six artists have been shortlisted in our open call exploring the links between the gut, immune system, brain, nutrition and mental health. 🗳️ Vote for your favourite by 5th October. 👉 jhga11.involve.me/gut

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🧠 Join us this Friday for the latest insights into the gut-immune-brain axis. Our next GIBA Network+ Seminar will feature Profs Matt Hepworth and Giuseppe D'Agostino from @manchester.ac.uk. 📅 Friday 25th September ⏰ 12:30pm to 1:30pm 💻 Online Join here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Exploring connections between the brain, gut and diet at the British Science Festival 🧠🥙 Visitors in Southampton this weekend got involved in games, conversations and hands-on activities with our network. Thank you to everyone who stopped to ask questions and learn more about the gut-brain axis.

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔬 The British Science Festival is in full swing in Southampton, and we are excited to be taking part in two events this weekend exploring the fascinating links between food, our gut, brain health and wellbeing. 📍 Southampton 🎟️ Free and open to all 🔗 britishsciencefestival.org

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎬 That's a wrap on the UK GIBA Network+ Annual Meeting 2026 This year's meeting highlighted the strength and ambition of our growing community. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Edinburgh and helped make the event such a success. Watch some of the highlights below ⬇️

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🧠 Investing in the future of research This afternoon, we were pleased to introduce the first recipients of the UK GIBA Network+ Fellowship funding programme. Thank you Rebecca Price and Alvaro Castano-Medina for your engaging presentations 👏

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚀 Great ideas need opportunities to grow. One of today's highlights at the UK GIBA Network+ Annual Meeting is our flexible funding updates session. A huge thank you to Patricia Sanz Morales, Michael FitzPatrick, Pádraig Spillane and Andrea Monteagudo-Mera 👏

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🤝 Connect, Create, Collaborate Researchers from across the UK are coming together in Edinburgh for the GIBA Network+ Annual Meeting. It promises to be a day of inspiring discussions, new collaborations and fresh ideas 🚀

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Want to know what happened on the first day of the GIBA Network+ Connect, Create, Collaborate event in Edinburgh? This week we're blessed with the gift of the Gab 🌟 Watch Day 1 highlights with social media specialist Gabriel Astorga...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🌟 Early career researchers are not just the future of research, they're shaping it right now. Today we're welcoming members to Edinburgh for the ECR Day of our Annual Meeting. Thank you for driving discoveries that will improve health and wellbeing for generations to come 👏

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🎉 Announcing our GIBA Network+ Fellows Rebecca Price from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and Alvaro Castano-Medina from @cam.ac.uk have been awarded fellowships to advance research into the gut-immune-brain axis. 👉 Read more: giba-uk.org/awarded-proj...

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🧠 Today is #WorldBrainDay ! Last year, we joined the @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social to uncover how gut health influences the brain, immune system, and mental well-being. Read more about how the gut microbiome affects the brain and mind ⤵️ buff.ly/co69VrP

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How the gut microbiome affects the brain and mind - Quadram Institute

The gut-brain axis is the communication between the gut microbiota and the brain.

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🦠📢 PhD Opportunity: Diet, Gut Health and Healthy Ageing A fully funded studentship at @uniofsurrey.bsky.social will investigate how diet and age-related changes in the gut influence inflammation, immune function and cognition. 📍 Guildford 📅 Start date: October 2026 🔗 findaphd.com/phds/project...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🔬 Join the GIBA Network+ Seminar Series 🗓 Date: Friday 26 June 2026 🕧 Time: 12:30–13:30 (BST) 💻 Location: Online 🎤 Speakers: Gary Frost and Aylin Hanyaloglu from @imperialcollege 🧠 Session title: Small molecules complex signalling 🔗 Join here: teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

📢 GIBA Network+ Workshop Join our Metagenomics & Microbial Ecology Bioinformatics Workshop (with Quadram Institute) 📅 6–9 July | 💻 Online Learn: 🔬 Shotgun metagenomics workflows 💻 Linux & RStudio hands-on training 📊 Microbiome ecological analysis 🔗 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

❓ Curious about the microbiome–diet connection? Join our live Q&A with experts from the UK GIBA Network+ Microbiome–Diet video series! 🗓 25 June | ⏰ 10:00–11:30 BST 📍 Online (Teams) | 🎟 Free Ask your questions & engage with leading researchers 👇 giba-uk.org/training/

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🎬 Catch up: Essential GIBA Concepts and Techniques All topics from our recent three-session course are now available to watch on YouTube 👇 ➡️ Session 1 - Gut: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppg9... ➡️ Session 2 - Brain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4t... ➡️ Session 3 - Immune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YHE...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

"Can you eat yourself happy?" asks @itvtonight.bsky.social. 👩‍🔬 🍏 Did you see our GIBA Network+ director, Jon Swann, speaking to @laralewington.bsky.social yesterday? Watch here: itv.com/watch/tonigh... Images courtesy of @uosmedia.bsky.social

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🚀 The GIBA Network+ has a brand new website! Explore our mission, projects, and ways to get involved - all in one place. Proudly built with Recognition Creative. Take a moment to check it out 👉 giba-uk.org

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Do you want to learn essential GIBA concepts and techniques? We're hosting three mornings of expert-led sessions on gut, immune and brain research, from 23-26 March 📢🌟 🆓 Open to all across the GIBA Network 📅 Register by 13 March! 🔗 giba-uk.org/events/the-g...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The GIBA Network+ is proud to sponsor Dr Katja Dierking from the University of Kiel to speak at the UK C. elegans Meeting 2026 (15–17 April)! Her work uses C. elegans to explore host–microbiome interactions 🧬🪱 ⏰ Registration closes next week 👉 genetics.org.uk/events/uk-c-...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Discover fresh insights into the gut‑immune‑brain axis in our next UK GIBA Network+ seminar! 🧠🦠 Join Lea Johnsen from Cmbio as she explores microbial metabolites in the gut‑brain axis. 📅 Fri 27 Feb ⏰ 12:30–13:30 Learn more and join 👉 www.giba-uk.org/events

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Ground-breaking science, inspiring discussions and invaluable networking are advancing at #ARUKConf this week. It's great to see two of our network's working group co-leads, @drjamesconway.bsky.social and @dvauzour.bsky.social, speaking on diet, nutrition and brain health 👏

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We’re delighted to announce that 4️⃣ outstanding research teams across the nation have been awarded UK GIBA Network+ Flexible Funding 👏🔬 Each project will help build new knowledge that can support better health across the lifespan. Learn more: www.giba-uk.org/highlights

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🔬 New insights from gut-immune-brain research 🌟 A study with our network's @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social uncovers a "hidden” gut bacterial group found in higher levels in healthy people. Could this be key to microbiome health and future probiotic innovation? 🌍🦠 www.newscientist.com/article/2514...

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'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health

Scientists have pinpointed a group of bacteria that consistently appear in high numbers in healthy people, suggesting that these could one day be targeted through diet or probiotics

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🚀 Opportunity for microbiome researchers! Join Salient Bio in London as a Senior Scientist to take microbiome analysis into the clinic and improve patient outcomes. Contact rob@salient.bio for more info ✉️ talents.studysmarter.co.uk/companies/th...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🗣️ New GIBA Network+ Seminar Series Discover the latest advances in understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis. Join our first session: 🕧 Friday, 12.30-1.30pm 🧠 Dietary methylamines and brain function in mice and humans Find out more 👉 giba-uk.org/events

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

🚀 Bioscience researchers: Apply for BBSRC ICURe Explore! 12-week, full-time market exploration programme with up to £35k funding to test your idea & discover its potential. 👉 Must have completed ICURe Discover ⏰ Apply by 6th February Learn more: iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunitie...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Upcoming Webinar | Jan 27, 12:30pm Join the Mental Health and Wellbeing in Advanced Illness Network for a thoughtful conversation on how nutrition impacts mental health in advanced illness. Key speakers: Dr Juliet Spiller, Amy Mcluskie and Prof Jonathan Swann. 🔗 www.mainexchange.org.uk/webinars/

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🚨 GIBA Network+ Fellowships now open! We are funding early-career awards, up to £500k each, for ambitious, interdisciplinary research on gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) mechanisms across the life-course. 🗓️ Apply by 15 April 2026 👉 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Just one week to go! 🍽️🎄 Join us online for Feast for Thought and discover how your Christmas dinner shapes your gut, brain and immunity. Book your place now! 📅 11th Dec, 7pm-8pm 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feast-for-...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Two exciting PhD projects at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social 📢 😴 Sleep deprivation & neurovascular/metabolic pathways 🍽 Bitter taste, gut hormones & brain function Deadline: 7 Jan 2026 Join interdisciplinary research into science of the brain, food and health. 👉 www.giba-uk.org/early-career...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🚨 Research Fellow Opportunity 🚨 Join @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social & @quadraminstitute.bsky.social to explore the Brain-Gut Axis. 📍 Norwich Medical School ✅ £48,822–£56,535 📅 Apply by 1 Dec Lead pioneering research at the neuroscience–microbiome interface. 👉 vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

How does your Christmas Dinner shape your gut, brain and immunity? 🎄🍽️ Join us for Feast for Thought – a festive deep dive for all with short talks and questions on food & health! 📅 11th Dec, 7pm-8pm 🎟️ Book now: feast-for-thought.eventbrite.com #GutHealth #BrainFood #ChristmasDinner

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

⏳ 1 week left! Apply for Engagement & Communication Awards – up to £1,000 for public engagement, communication and knowledge exchange activities on the gut-immune-brain axis. ⏰ Deadline: Monday 1st December, 5pm Find out more and apply 👉 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🚨 Job Alert: Research Scientists at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social Shape the future of gut-immune-brain axis research and its role in ageing 📍 Norwich | £37.5k–£45.3k 🗓 Apply by 28 Nov 🔗 Learn more about these and more early career research opportunities www.giba-uk.org/early-career...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

⏳ 1 week left! Apply for our flexible funds to spark interdisciplinary gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) research collaborations. ✅ Up to £50k available ⏰ Deadline: 22nd November, 5pm 👉 giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🚆 Mobility awards now open! Get £500–£5,000 to support short- or long-term visits between academia and industry. Boost collaboration, learn new skills and spark innovation. Rolling call - apply anytime! 🔗 giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) research can... 🧠 Ignite curiosity ❤️ Empower understanding 🤝 Build capacity 📣 Amplify impact Funds up to £1,000 are available for public engagement, communication and knowledge exchange. Closing date: 1st December 🔗 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🚨 Funding Alert 🚨 Flexible funds now open via the GIBA Network+ to spark interdisciplinary research into gut-immune-brain mechanisms, tech and collaboration. ✅ Up to £50,000 available 📆 Closes 22 Nov, 5pm 🔗 Apply & read guidance: www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

We are partnering with the @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social dedicated to advancing understanding of the complex interactions between the immune system and both the peripheral and central nervous systems. Join the network here: www.giba-uk.org #neuroscience, #microbiology, #immunology, #nutrition

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

There was great energy in #Southampton for our recent launch event 🌟 Want to catch up on the highlights from an exciting day? Check out our new event report 👇 www.giba-uk.org/highlights

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Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We have a good 'gut feeling' about the @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social 🧠🧩 Researchers gathered in #Southampton for the launch of a pioneering new network, co-led by @unisouthampton.bsky.social, to unlock the link between gut, immune and brain health. Learn more 👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-col...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

📊 Want to boost your research skills? Join our 3-day training on Experimental Design and Core Statistics in Cambridge (Dec 8–10). ✅ Free to attend 🙋‍♀️ Open to all career stages 🚆 Travel and accommodation costs reimbursed Apply by October 17th 👉 www.giba-uk.org/training-opp...

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Our NEW working groups support effective collaborations across the UK. Could you help answer one of our first 5️⃣ key research questions? 👉 www.giba-uk.org/working-groups 🙋‍♀️ Ambitious ECRs are invited to co-lead each group. Apply before Friday 10th October.

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@denklab @denklab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

If you are UK-based and interested in Gut-Immune-Brain Axis research, do sign up to our GIBA+ network and its working groups! You will get access to lots of new contacts, publication and funding opportunities 🧪🧠🤑 #PainResearch #PainScience #neuroskyence #ImmunoSky

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined from across the UK for our #GIBANetworklaunch in Southampton! Follow us to learn more about some of the event's big announcements over the coming days 🌟 Want to join the network? You can sign-up via our website 👇 www.giba-uk.org

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UK GIBA Network+ @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

✔️ Flexible funds ✔️ Fellowships ✔️ Mobility awards Our director Jonathan Swann shares some of the ways we will expand the mechanistic understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis. More details will appear on our Network website in the coming days 👇 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo... #GIBANetworklaunch

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