Chris Stewart
@stewartlab.bsky.social
Professor of Human Microbiome Research at Newcastle University.
Using 'omics and organoids to study diet-microbe-host interaction.
Microbiome; Microbiology; preterm infant; necrotising enterocolitis; inflammatory bowel disease; cancer.
He/Him
Using 'omics and organoids to study diet-microbe-host interaction.
Microbiome; Microbiology; preterm infant; necrotising enterocolitis; inflammatory bowel disease; cancer.
He/Him
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Let Lister Fellow @stewartlab.bsky.social inspire you to apply for the Lister Prize 2027.
"In Newcastle we say, 'Shy bairns get nowt.' This sums up my experience with the Lister Prize. It took three tries but I eventually succeeded."
Full story 👀 lister-institute.org.uk/research-pri...
"In Newcastle we say, 'Shy bairns get nowt.' This sums up my experience with the Lister Prize. It took three tries but I eventually succeeded."
Full story 👀 lister-institute.org.uk/research-pri...
July 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Let Lister Fellow @stewartlab.bsky.social inspire you to apply for the Lister Prize 2027.
"In Newcastle we say, 'Shy bairns get nowt.' This sums up my experience with the Lister Prize. It took three tries but I eventually succeeded."
Full story 👀 lister-institute.org.uk/research-pri...
"In Newcastle we say, 'Shy bairns get nowt.' This sums up my experience with the Lister Prize. It took three tries but I eventually succeeded."
Full story 👀 lister-institute.org.uk/research-pri...
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Rejection is part of science. So is resilience. 🔬
Tim Blower and @stewartlab.bsky.social share how setbacks helped shape their careers. We don't talk about this enough.
🔁Please repost and share your own stories of defeat or bouceback. Break the stigma!
lister-institute.org.uk/news/resilie...
Tim Blower and @stewartlab.bsky.social share how setbacks helped shape their careers. We don't talk about this enough.
🔁Please repost and share your own stories of defeat or bouceback. Break the stigma!
lister-institute.org.uk/news/resilie...
April 29, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Rejection is part of science. So is resilience. 🔬
Tim Blower and @stewartlab.bsky.social share how setbacks helped shape their careers. We don't talk about this enough.
🔁Please repost and share your own stories of defeat or bouceback. Break the stigma!
lister-institute.org.uk/news/resilie...
Tim Blower and @stewartlab.bsky.social share how setbacks helped shape their careers. We don't talk about this enough.
🔁Please repost and share your own stories of defeat or bouceback. Break the stigma!
lister-institute.org.uk/news/resilie...
🚨 A new piece of the preterm gut microbiome puzzle just fell into place!
Bifidobacterium metabolise human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in early life — shaping immunity, supporting gut development, and protecting against diseases like necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bifidobacterium metabolise human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in early life — shaping immunity, supporting gut development, and protecting against diseases like necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Clostridia from preterm infants metabolize human milk oligosaccharides to suppress pathobionts and modulate intestinal function in organoids - Nature Microbiology
Clostridium perfringens lacking perfringolysin O toxin isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide disialyllacto-N-tetraose to produce metabolites that promote the growth of c...
www.nature.com
March 18, 2026 at 10:36 AM
🚨 A new piece of the preterm gut microbiome puzzle just fell into place!
Bifidobacterium metabolise human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in early life — shaping immunity, supporting gut development, and protecting against diseases like necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bifidobacterium metabolise human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in early life — shaping immunity, supporting gut development, and protecting against diseases like necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📣 The Whelan lab is hiring a bioinformatics postdoc 📣
Together with @fabricejpierre.bsky.social, we are offering a 1-year bioinformatic PDRA position in comparative genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To find out more please visit whelanlab.co.uk/contact/. Applications close 3 April 2026!
Together with @fabricejpierre.bsky.social, we are offering a 1-year bioinformatic PDRA position in comparative genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To find out more please visit whelanlab.co.uk/contact/. Applications close 3 April 2026!
Research Associate in Microbial Genomics:Manchester
This postdoctoral research position is part of a Cystic Fibrosis Canada Early Career Investigator Award funded for 3-years led by Dr. Fabrice Jean-Pierre and Dr. Fiona Whelan. The aim of this project is to identify the genetic changes that arise in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome following perturbations – such as antibiotic treatment – in an in vitro system. The PDRA will use a large dataset of P. aeruginosa genomes and experimental metadata to predict key mutationsto the organism.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
March 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
📣 The Whelan lab is hiring a bioinformatics postdoc 📣
Together with @fabricejpierre.bsky.social, we are offering a 1-year bioinformatic PDRA position in comparative genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To find out more please visit whelanlab.co.uk/contact/. Applications close 3 April 2026!
Together with @fabricejpierre.bsky.social, we are offering a 1-year bioinformatic PDRA position in comparative genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To find out more please visit whelanlab.co.uk/contact/. Applications close 3 April 2026!
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A new probiotic in development? 🦠👶
Clostridium perfringens isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide to promote commensal Bifidobacteria, inhibit pathogens and suppress inflammation in organoids
Interesting work from @stewartlab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Clostridium perfringens isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide to promote commensal Bifidobacteria, inhibit pathogens and suppress inflammation in organoids
Interesting work from @stewartlab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Clostridia from preterm infants metabolize human milk oligosaccharides to suppress pathobionts and modulate intestinal function in organoids - Nature Microbiology
Clostridium perfringens lacking perfringolysin O toxin isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide disialyllacto-N-tetraose to produce metabolites that promote the growth of commensal bifidobacteria, inhibit pathogens and suppress inflammation in an organoid model.
www.nature.com
March 17, 2026 at 3:34 PM
A new probiotic in development? 🦠👶
Clostridium perfringens isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide to promote commensal Bifidobacteria, inhibit pathogens and suppress inflammation in organoids
Interesting work from @stewartlab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Clostridium perfringens isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide to promote commensal Bifidobacteria, inhibit pathogens and suppress inflammation in organoids
Interesting work from @stewartlab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I have an open BBSRC PhD position in my lab at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to start Oct 2026
This exciting project will focus on the Resistance, resilience, & redundancy in the human gut microbiome
This is part in collaboration with the fantastic @stewartlab.bsky.social
Project details ⤵️
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This exciting project will focus on the Resistance, resilience, & redundancy in the human gut microbiome
This is part in collaboration with the fantastic @stewartlab.bsky.social
Project details ⤵️
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January 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I have an open BBSRC PhD position in my lab at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to start Oct 2026
This exciting project will focus on the Resistance, resilience, & redundancy in the human gut microbiome
This is part in collaboration with the fantastic @stewartlab.bsky.social
Project details ⤵️
1/2
This exciting project will focus on the Resistance, resilience, & redundancy in the human gut microbiome
This is part in collaboration with the fantastic @stewartlab.bsky.social
Project details ⤵️
1/2
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Introducing a new gut microbiology journal, aptly titled Gut Microbiology.
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
July 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Introducing a new gut microbiology journal, aptly titled Gut Microbiology.
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
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The @stewartlab.bsky.social use systems biology and cutting-edge human intestinal organoid models to understand diet-microbe-host interaction across the life course, with the ambition to discover novel therapies to improve gut health.
www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-scie...
www.neonatalresearch.net
www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-scie...
www.neonatalresearch.net
September 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The @stewartlab.bsky.social use systems biology and cutting-edge human intestinal organoid models to understand diet-microbe-host interaction across the life course, with the ambition to discover novel therapies to improve gut health.
www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-scie...
www.neonatalresearch.net
www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-scie...
www.neonatalresearch.net
Introducing a new gut microbiology journal, aptly titled Gut Microbiology.
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
July 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Introducing a new gut microbiology journal, aptly titled Gut Microbiology.
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
All Article Publishing Charges (APCs) are waived for 2 years!
Please send your exciting research our way.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gut-...
Led by Emily Wroot, I present our recent Comment in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
"Opportunities for microbiome-based therapeutics in preterm infants"
Hopefully this provides a timely insight for clinicians and researchers interested in preterm infants, and beyond!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Opportunities for microbiome-based therapeutics in preterm infants"
Hopefully this provides a timely insight for clinicians and researchers interested in preterm infants, and beyond!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Opportunities for microbiome-based therapeutics in preterm infants - Nature Microbiology
Microbial-based and microorganism-targeting therapies are emerging to prevent or treat preterm infant complications, but more preclinical research and clinical evidence is needed.
www.nature.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Led by Emily Wroot, I present our recent Comment in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
"Opportunities for microbiome-based therapeutics in preterm infants"
Hopefully this provides a timely insight for clinicians and researchers interested in preterm infants, and beyond!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Opportunities for microbiome-based therapeutics in preterm infants"
Hopefully this provides a timely insight for clinicians and researchers interested in preterm infants, and beyond!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Many congratulations @stewartlab.bsky.social on this amazing achievement - so richly deserved - #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🎉
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
In our latest blog post we catch up with #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate @stewartlab.bsky.social, who recently attended the Blavatnik Awards ceremony and public symposium and gave talks about his preventive health work on preterm infant microbiomes 🫄👶 lister-institute.org.uk/congratulati...
Congratulations Chris Stewart, 2025 Blavatnik Laureate for Life Sciences – Lister Institute
lister-institute.org.uk
May 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Many congratulations @stewartlab.bsky.social on this amazing achievement - so richly deserved - #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🎉
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
Reposted by Chris Stewart
In our latest blog post we catch up with #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate @stewartlab.bsky.social, who recently attended the Blavatnik Awards ceremony and public symposium and gave talks about his preventive health work on preterm infant microbiomes 🫄👶 lister-institute.org.uk/congratulati...
Congratulations Chris Stewart, 2025 Blavatnik Laureate for Life Sciences – Lister Institute
lister-institute.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In our latest blog post we catch up with #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate @stewartlab.bsky.social, who recently attended the Blavatnik Awards ceremony and public symposium and gave talks about his preventive health work on preterm infant microbiomes 🫄👶 lister-institute.org.uk/congratulati...
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The amazing Prof Chris Stewart @stewartlab.bsky.social gives his inaugural lecture👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
March 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The amazing Prof Chris Stewart @stewartlab.bsky.social gives his inaugural lecture👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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We had the pleasure of interviewing Chris earlier this week for the Lister Institute blog, and were excited to learn about his team's new preprint: a game-changer in understanding how human breast milk influences the infant microbiome.
Introducing our latest preprint which discovered Clostridium sp. grow on HMOs. Using computational and experimental approaches we show this has beneficial consequences for the developing microbiome and the host. But there is nuance.
A 🧵...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A 🧵...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We had the pleasure of interviewing Chris earlier this week for the Lister Institute blog, and were excited to learn about his team's new preprint: a game-changer in understanding how human breast milk influences the infant microbiome.
Reposted by Chris Stewart
🎉 Congratulations to @stewartlab.bsky.social who has been named the Life Sciences Laureate at the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK 🎖️
Read more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
Read more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎉 Congratulations to @stewartlab.bsky.social who has been named the Life Sciences Laureate at the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK 🎖️
Read more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
Read more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
#WeAreNCL
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Huge congratulations to our colleague Professor Chris Stewart on receiving the esteemed Life Sciences Laureate at the Blavatnik Awards 2025!
This is a first for @newcastleuni.bsky.social and we couldn't be more proud of Chris & his ground-breaking research!
tinyurl.com/LaureateAward
This is a first for @newcastleuni.bsky.social and we couldn't be more proud of Chris & his ground-breaking research!
tinyurl.com/LaureateAward
Human microbiome researcher honoured with prestigious award
A leading young scientist is the first at Newcastle University to win an esteemed Blavatnik award.
tinyurl.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Huge congratulations to our colleague Professor Chris Stewart on receiving the esteemed Life Sciences Laureate at the Blavatnik Awards 2025!
This is a first for @newcastleuni.bsky.social and we couldn't be more proud of Chris & his ground-breaking research!
tinyurl.com/LaureateAward
This is a first for @newcastleuni.bsky.social and we couldn't be more proud of Chris & his ground-breaking research!
tinyurl.com/LaureateAward
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Congratulations to AMI member Dr Christopher Stewart of @newcastleuni.bsky.social who has been named as a finalist in the eighth Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK! He is the 2023 winner of AMI’s WH Pierce Prize for microbiology.
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-mem...
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-mem...
AMI member Christopher Stewart named as finalist in 2025 UK Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Applied Microbiology International member Dr Christopher Stewart of Newcastle University has been named as a finalist for the eighth Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. He is the 2023 win...
www.the-microbiologist.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congratulations to AMI member Dr Christopher Stewart of @newcastleuni.bsky.social who has been named as a finalist in the eighth Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK! He is the 2023 winner of AMI’s WH Pierce Prize for microbiology.
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-mem...
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-mem...
Fabulous meeting in Hong Kong by the New Cornerstone Science Foundation. It was great to meet so many researchers in person whose work I have admired for some time. Thanks for having me!
February 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Fabulous meeting in Hong Kong by the New Cornerstone Science Foundation. It was great to meet so many researchers in person whose work I have admired for some time. Thanks for having me!
Really enjoyable discussion. Well done, Dolan!
Congratulations Dolan! 🎉 Thanks to external Chris Stewart for making the trip from Newcastle @stewartlab.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Dolan Evans! Dolan defended his thesis on microbiota of the pre-term infant gut today @mermanchester.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Really enjoyable discussion. Well done, Dolan!
Introducing our latest preprint which discovered Clostridium sp. grow on HMOs. Using computational and experimental approaches we show this has beneficial consequences for the developing microbiome and the host. But there is nuance.
A 🧵...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A 🧵...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Introducing our latest preprint which discovered Clostridium sp. grow on HMOs. Using computational and experimental approaches we show this has beneficial consequences for the developing microbiome and the host. But there is nuance.
A 🧵...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A 🧵...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pleasure to attend and learn about the fantastic on-going research 🙂
We also were happy to welcome our keynote speaker @stewartlab.bsky.social from @newcastleuni.bsky.social to speak about his work on diet-microbe-host interactions in early life as well as his career progression and advice for our student collective
January 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Pleasure to attend and learn about the fantastic on-going research 🙂
Reposted by Chris Stewart
We also were happy to welcome our keynote speaker @stewartlab.bsky.social from @newcastleuni.bsky.social to speak about his work on diet-microbe-host interactions in early life as well as his career progression and advice for our student collective
January 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We also were happy to welcome our keynote speaker @stewartlab.bsky.social from @newcastleuni.bsky.social to speak about his work on diet-microbe-host interactions in early life as well as his career progression and advice for our student collective
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Human Milk: the Original Superfood & Personalized Medicine
Happy to share that my @gairdnerawards.bsky.social lecture is now available online: youtu.be/d6BrlTmmmBY?...
#breastfeeding #microbiome #breastmilk 🧪
Happy to share that my @gairdnerawards.bsky.social lecture is now available online: youtu.be/d6BrlTmmmBY?...
#breastfeeding #microbiome #breastmilk 🧪
"Human Milk: the Original Superfood & Personalized Medicine" - Dr. Meghan Azad
YouTube video by CanadaGairdnerAwards
youtu.be
January 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Human Milk: the Original Superfood & Personalized Medicine
Happy to share that my @gairdnerawards.bsky.social lecture is now available online: youtu.be/d6BrlTmmmBY?...
#breastfeeding #microbiome #breastmilk 🧪
Happy to share that my @gairdnerawards.bsky.social lecture is now available online: youtu.be/d6BrlTmmmBY?...
#breastfeeding #microbiome #breastmilk 🧪
My RSS feed, including the pubmed search “gut microbiota”, hasn’t updated for a few days
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November 13, 2024 at 1:22 PM
My RSS feed, including the pubmed search “gut microbiota”, hasn’t updated for a few days