Matthew Dalby
@matthewjdalby.bsky.social
Reposted by Matthew Dalby
🌍 #WorldMicrobiomeDay 2025
At @halllab.bsky.social we’re uncovering how microbes - right from day one - help shape the gut, strengthen immunity, and protect against infection.
We're exploring how, when, and which microbes colonise - in order to develop interventions for a healthier start to life.
At @halllab.bsky.social we’re uncovering how microbes - right from day one - help shape the gut, strengthen immunity, and protect against infection.
We're exploring how, when, and which microbes colonise - in order to develop interventions for a healthier start to life.
June 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🌍 #WorldMicrobiomeDay 2025
At @halllab.bsky.social we’re uncovering how microbes - right from day one - help shape the gut, strengthen immunity, and protect against infection.
We're exploring how, when, and which microbes colonise - in order to develop interventions for a healthier start to life.
At @halllab.bsky.social we’re uncovering how microbes - right from day one - help shape the gut, strengthen immunity, and protect against infection.
We're exploring how, when, and which microbes colonise - in order to develop interventions for a healthier start to life.
An excellent rapid response from Katharine Cheston to this awful BMJ opinion piece.
The BMJ has now published my rapid response to Miller et al's Opinion piece.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
May 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
An excellent rapid response from Katharine Cheston to this awful BMJ opinion piece.
Raising awareness of things is difficult now because people are trying to raise awareness of all sorts of things every day and week. It's just a constant cacophony of appeals to our awareness and there is only so much awareness to go around.
May 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Raising awareness of things is difficult now because people are trying to raise awareness of all sorts of things every day and week. It's just a constant cacophony of appeals to our awareness and there is only so much awareness to go around.
Such good weather and sunny evenings lately.
May 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Such good weather and sunny evenings lately.
It could be if it is gut microbiome research.
Then the toilet is the source of all knowledge.
Then the toilet is the source of all knowledge.
February 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It could be if it is gut microbiome research.
Then the toilet is the source of all knowledge.
Then the toilet is the source of all knowledge.
Is this strike in a Paris library the first to improve indoor air quality? Most interesting because no one in Britain seems to have hear about indoor air quality yet.
Screenshot of the google translated article in English.
www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Maux-de-tete...
Screenshot of the google translated article in English.
www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Maux-de-tete...
February 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Is this strike in a Paris library the first to improve indoor air quality? Most interesting because no one in Britain seems to have hear about indoor air quality yet.
Screenshot of the google translated article in English.
www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Maux-de-tete...
Screenshot of the google translated article in English.
www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Maux-de-tete...
Blaming Ukraine for starting the war is the "She shouldn't have dressed provocatively" of international politics.
February 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Blaming Ukraine for starting the war is the "She shouldn't have dressed provocatively" of international politics.
"But, for some, those background noises can become so overwhelming that they distract them from recognising voices or alerts."
This is interesting about auditory processing disorder. I've always experienced something like this in noisy environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is interesting about auditory processing disorder. I've always experienced something like this in noisy environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Audiologists raise concern over headphone use in young people
More young people are presenting to audiology teams in England with difficulty processing sound.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"But, for some, those background noises can become so overwhelming that they distract them from recognising voices or alerts."
This is interesting about auditory processing disorder. I've always experienced something like this in noisy environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is interesting about auditory processing disorder. I've always experienced something like this in noisy environments.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Matthew Dalby
💡 Targeting gut microbiota may restore gut-liver axis homeostasis in CLD! Strategies like prebiotics, probiotics, FMT & tailored antibiotics could prevent Enterococcus dominance & slow disease progression. Huge thanks to everyone involved - this was a massive team effort!
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
💡 Targeting gut microbiota may restore gut-liver axis homeostasis in CLD! Strategies like prebiotics, probiotics, FMT & tailored antibiotics could prevent Enterococcus dominance & slow disease progression. Huge thanks to everyone involved - this was a massive team effort!
Reposted by Matthew Dalby
📊 Key findings:
✅ Advanced cirrhosis = higher Enterococcus, lower beneficial anaerobes (Roseburia, Ruminococcus, Faecalibacterium)
✅ Microbial shifts correlate with systemic inflammation & gut barrier dysfunction
✅ Lower urinary hippurate & TMAO suggest microbial metabolic changes 📉 #ACLF
✅ Advanced cirrhosis = higher Enterococcus, lower beneficial anaerobes (Roseburia, Ruminococcus, Faecalibacterium)
✅ Microbial shifts correlate with systemic inflammation & gut barrier dysfunction
✅ Lower urinary hippurate & TMAO suggest microbial metabolic changes 📉 #ACLF
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
📊 Key findings:
✅ Advanced cirrhosis = higher Enterococcus, lower beneficial anaerobes (Roseburia, Ruminococcus, Faecalibacterium)
✅ Microbial shifts correlate with systemic inflammation & gut barrier dysfunction
✅ Lower urinary hippurate & TMAO suggest microbial metabolic changes 📉 #ACLF
✅ Advanced cirrhosis = higher Enterococcus, lower beneficial anaerobes (Roseburia, Ruminococcus, Faecalibacterium)
✅ Microbial shifts correlate with systemic inflammation & gut barrier dysfunction
✅ Lower urinary hippurate & TMAO suggest microbial metabolic changes 📉 #ACLF
Reposted by Matthew Dalby
Really excited that @matthewjdalby.bsky.social is able to share this exciting collaborative study with @drvishalcpatel.bsky.social - its been a long-time coming! We explore how gut #microbiome alterations drive systemic inflammation & immune dysfunction in chronic liver disease (CLD) #LiverDisease
This is my great new preprint with @drvishalcpatel.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social. We investigated the gut microbiota in patients with liver disease in which we show an increasing dominance of Enterococcus in the gut of patients with more severe liver disease.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pathological expansion of gut microbiome-associated Enterococcus in advanced cirrhosis corresponds with multilevel perturbations of the gut-liver-immune axis
Background Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a progressive condition that, in its advanced stages, leads to cirrhosis with related clinical complications, and can lead to acute-on-chronic liver failure (...
www.medrxiv.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Really excited that @matthewjdalby.bsky.social is able to share this exciting collaborative study with @drvishalcpatel.bsky.social - its been a long-time coming! We explore how gut #microbiome alterations drive systemic inflammation & immune dysfunction in chronic liver disease (CLD) #LiverDisease
This is my great new preprint with @drvishalcpatel.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social. We investigated the gut microbiota in patients with liver disease in which we show an increasing dominance of Enterococcus in the gut of patients with more severe liver disease.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pathological expansion of gut microbiome-associated Enterococcus in advanced cirrhosis corresponds with multilevel perturbations of the gut-liver-immune axis
Background Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a progressive condition that, in its advanced stages, leads to cirrhosis with related clinical complications, and can lead to acute-on-chronic liver failure (...
www.medrxiv.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is my great new preprint with @drvishalcpatel.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social. We investigated the gut microbiota in patients with liver disease in which we show an increasing dominance of Enterococcus in the gut of patients with more severe liver disease.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Potato the cat keeping me company while I'm resting.
February 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Potato the cat keeping me company while I'm resting.
""DeepSeek has been such an amazing counsellor. It has helped me look at things from different perspectives and does a better job than the paid counselling services I have tried," says Holly..."
Will AI be replacing therapists?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Will AI be replacing therapists?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'DeepSeek brought me to tears': How young Chinese find therapy in AI
Some young people in China are finding that AI can offer the unexpected - emotional support
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
""DeepSeek has been such an amazing counsellor. It has helped me look at things from different perspectives and does a better job than the paid counselling services I have tried," says Holly..."
Will AI be replacing therapists?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Will AI be replacing therapists?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nuking climate change with a truly massive nuclear bomb under the ocean is certainly an inventive idea.
youtu.be/aGPKpx6pMko?...
youtu.be/aGPKpx6pMko?...
A Big Nuclear Bomb Could Fix Climate Change, Physicist Says
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Nuking climate change with a truly massive nuclear bomb under the ocean is certainly an inventive idea.
youtu.be/aGPKpx6pMko?...
youtu.be/aGPKpx6pMko?...
One of my sansevieria plants is growing flower buds. Drops of nectar form under the flower buds before they open.
February 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
One of my sansevieria plants is growing flower buds. Drops of nectar form under the flower buds before they open.
The Science Media Centre continues their malignant influence on journalists promoting some really bad people.
Yesterday @kingsioppn.bsky.social hosted the @smclondon.bsky.social for a media event for UK scientists👩🔬
Journalists from @thetimes.com, @thesun.co.uk, @bbcradio4.bsky.social and PA shared insights, followed by a Q&A with leading UK academics.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-h...
#ScienceAtKings
Journalists from @thetimes.com, @thesun.co.uk, @bbcradio4.bsky.social and PA shared insights, followed by a Q&A with leading UK academics.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-h...
#ScienceAtKings
King's hosts leading scientists and national journalists for 'Science in the media' workshop
UK academics and researchers join journalists and media professionals for an introduction to the science media.
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Science Media Centre continues their malignant influence on journalists promoting some really bad people.
I think it's normal for society to be more willing to make accommodations for larger majorities of people. I don't see this as a personal victimisation of myself.
Remember when the pandemic began and everyone started accommodating remote work? Everyone began showing brand new movies and live concerts streaming? Disabled people had been fighting for this for decades. Now it’s all taken away. It’s not that they can’t accommodate us, they just don’t want to.
January 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I think it's normal for society to be more willing to make accommodations for larger majorities of people. I don't see this as a personal victimisation of myself.
"Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause."
Seems worth reducing it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause."
Seems worth reducing it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause.
www.nature.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause."
Seems worth reducing it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause."
Seems worth reducing it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Matthew Dalby
Experts: "Public health is political."
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
December 16, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Experts: "Public health is political."
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
Cochrane is continuing to protect bad science on this topic. But unfortunately their authority still carries weight.
The author team received word today that Cochrane will not accept the protocol we submitted to update the 2017 review on exercise therapy for ME/CFS. To say the very least—a disappointing development for people living with ME/CFS and the state of the science.
December 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Cochrane is continuing to protect bad science on this topic. But unfortunately their authority still carries weight.
Experts: "Public health is political."
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
December 16, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Experts: "Public health is political."
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
*politicization of public health*
Politicians: "I can do public health now?"
Experts:
On social media a misunderstanding can make it around the world before the correction has gotten its boots on.
December 3, 2024 at 9:19 AM
On social media a misunderstanding can make it around the world before the correction has gotten its boots on.
"They were minted between 22 and 79 CE"
Time for the Bank of England to release some 2000 year anniversary commemorative coins?
Time for the Bank of England to release some 2000 year anniversary commemorative coins?
Righto, gonna recreate some of my most viral twitter threads here for posterity. First up:
For a few decades in the first century CE, the Roman Empire was absolutely flooded with weird sex-coins and we're still not 100% why.
For a few decades in the first century CE, the Roman Empire was absolutely flooded with weird sex-coins and we're still not 100% why.
November 28, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"They were minted between 22 and 79 CE"
Time for the Bank of England to release some 2000 year anniversary commemorative coins?
Time for the Bank of England to release some 2000 year anniversary commemorative coins?
We need high levels of automated air filtration and ventilation in medical facilities because a lot of medical staff just aren't going to understand or care about infection control.
November 26, 2024 at 11:57 PM
We need high levels of automated air filtration and ventilation in medical facilities because a lot of medical staff just aren't going to understand or care about infection control.