Jacob Allen
@jacoballenphd.bsky.social
Do science for a living at the University of Illinois. Trying to understand microbes and what they do to us. Tweets are my own.
New preprint from the lab! Congrats to the awesome Elisa Caetano for leading and the rest of a wonderful team for their contributions. More to come about the paper and its origins after its “official” :) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Social stress worsens colitis through beta-adrenergic-driven oxidative stress in intestinal mucosal compartments
Psychological stress is a known risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the mechanisms linking stress to worsened disease remain unclear. Because distinct stress paradigms activate diffe...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New preprint from the lab! Congrats to the awesome Elisa Caetano for leading and the rest of a wonderful team for their contributions. More to come about the paper and its origins after its “official” :) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
What an awesome #GutBrainAxis symposium at #PNIRS2025 in Bordeaux! Huge honor to co-chair with @elimelb.bsky.social and share the stage with Frank Duca and Allen Lab’s own Elisa Caetano-Silva. Incredible science and even better people. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
June 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What an awesome #GutBrainAxis symposium at #PNIRS2025 in Bordeaux! Huge honor to co-chair with @elimelb.bsky.social and share the stage with Frank Duca and Allen Lab’s own Elisa Caetano-Silva. Incredible science and even better people. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
Excited to be included in such a cool study led by @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social and @michaelbutler.bsky.social ! More to come :)
Thanks for the story, Emily! Couldn’t have done it without the big terrific group of dedicated scientists including @michaelbutler.bsky.social @jacoballenphd.bsky.social
Important new study from @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social: Within 3 days on a high-fat diet, long before obesity sets in, aged rats perform poorly on memory tests and show negative inflammatory changes in the brain. news.osu.edu/memory-is-im...
March 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Excited to be included in such a cool study led by @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social and @michaelbutler.bsky.social ! More to come :)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... Had another fun conversation about the microbiome, fiber, fermented foods and more.
124: How the Gut Influences Health and Longevity
Podcast Episode · Longevity Roadmap · 02/24/2025 · 1h 2m
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February 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... Had another fun conversation about the microbiome, fiber, fermented foods and more.
Great work @dhdzsaavedra.bsky.social and team! Lipids!!!
Exciting paper from the Leal and Anakk labs studying the biophysical properties of adipose lipid droplets in response to diet!! Happy to have contributed a small part to this story! #lipidomics @ahsillinois.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Diet-Induced Obesity Modulates Close-Packing of Triacylglycerols in Lipid Droplets of Adipose Tissue
Adipose-derived lipid droplets (LDs) are rich in triacylglycerols (TAGs), which regulate essential cellular processes, such as energy storage. Although TAG accumulation and LD expansion in adipocytes ...
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December 13, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Great work @dhdzsaavedra.bsky.social and team! Lipids!!!
Kicking off Bluesky era with an engaging conversation about fermented foods and some of the work we (with the Miller Lab) have been doing in this area. Thanks to Gil Blander for the fun conversation! m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDov...
Food Fermentation and Its Effect on Healthspan with Dr. Jacob Allen and Dr. Mike Miller
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November 20, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Kicking off Bluesky era with an engaging conversation about fermented foods and some of the work we (with the Miller Lab) have been doing in this area. Thanks to Gil Blander for the fun conversation! m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDov...