#BeneficialMicrobesMtg
Be ready for a stream of posts over the next week for the #BeneficialMicrobes Meeting. I'll be sharing the same posts on twitter
July 21, 2024 at 10:51 PM
The 2026 Conference on Beneficial Microbes will be co-organized with the International Symbiosis Society from July 19th - July 23rd. Its not too late to register! #BeneficialMicrobes10 #BeneficialMicrobesMtg #ISS #SymbioSky
July 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The opening session of our 9th Conference on Beneficial Microbes has started. Our talks in collaborative art form! #BeneficialMicrobesMtg
July 21, 2024 at 10:54 PM
New day of #BeneficialMicrobesMTG #BeneficialMicrobes. Jens Kreth: Molecular Commensalism: Exploring the Role of Oral Corynebacteria in Microbiome Dynamics
Interesting story about the stimulation of migration and pili formation by co-occurring oral microbes.
July 23, 2024 at 2:35 PM
FYI, Michael Sieler is looking for a postdoc, as in he is a graduating student and is looking for a new position. He gave an excellent talk, could be a good fit for a microbiome lab, parasitology lab, fish biology lab, etc. #BenficialMicrobes #BeneficialMicrobesMTG
Michael Sieler from Oregon State University:
Modelling the Gut Microbiome’s Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change and Infection in Zebrafish. I don't think this is published, but he has cool insights into temperature related parasite impacts on the gut microbiome. #BeneficialMicrobes
July 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, new asst prof at Michigan State, talks about (unpublished) study of neuron development in squid. Love that when a student saw something unusual, EHH recognized what was happening because she saw the same thing as a student. #BeneficialMicrobesMTG
July 22, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Helena Heyer-Gray from UConn tells a good story about copper binding microbes from ants, but it's unpublished. Will say that I love the ant videos.
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July 22, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Excellent and moving opening keynote from @momedinamunoz.bsky.social , ending the impressive science on coral-microbe interactions with how she is working to connect art(music) with science advocacy. #beneficialmicrobesmtg
July 21, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Kamalani Chock closes out todays #BeneficialMicrobesMtg session with a talk about tomato plant colonization with symbionts. It's unpublished, but interesting story about how microbes contribute to plant development and specific genes involved in this.
July 22, 2024 at 10:11 PM
(FYI, the conference schedule is here: conferences.union.wisc.edu/microbes/pro..., and I tend to use the shorter tag
#BeneficialMicrobes instead of #BeneficialMicrobesMTG for those 3 extra characters)
Conference Schedule | Conference on Beneficial Microbes
conferences.union.wisc.edu
July 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Vanessa Leone told an interesting story about a Lactobacillus strain that has a diurnal oscillation that is associated with REG3y. Unfortunately I spent way too much time trying to find the paper with Frazier et all from 2022, and missed most of this good story.

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July 22, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Hiutung Chu identified a gene, nanH. NanH promotes resilience and competitive fitness during antibiotic perturbations (ciprofloxacin). In infant human gut, nanH is a core gene found in all B. fragilis strains.
cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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A bacterial sialidase mediates early-life colonization by a pioneering gut commensal
Buzun et al. demonstrate that human milk oligosaccharides activate a colonization program in a pioneer gut commensal, Bacteroides fragilis. Orchestrated by the B. fragilis sialidase, NanH, this progra...
cell.com
July 22, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Irene Newton discusses mobile elements that are carried by bee microbes, that can be moved around a hive. Caesar 2023 describes phages and the microbiome of the queen. journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
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journals.asm.org
Metagenomic analysis of the honey bee queen microbiome reveals low bacterial diversity and Caudoviricetes phages | mSystems
The queen caste plays a central role in colony success in eusocial insects, as queens lay eggs and regulate colony behavior and development. Queen failure can cause colonies to collapse, which is one ...
journals.asm.org
July 22, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Curious about biotherapeutic delivery and Lactobacillus reuteri?
See this thread for a summary of PhD Candidate Laura Alexander's work in @JPVP_VPL's lab! #BeneficialMicrobesMtg https://t.co/3AQWU4F1Bg
November 22, 2024 at 6:18 PM