Freddy Chavez
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Freddy Chavez
@newmicrobehunter.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Baumler Lab. Microbiologist, interested in enteric bacteria, microbiome, and colonization resistance to pathogens.
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A diet rich in diverse carbohydrates outperforms faecal transplants in mice at restoring microbial diversity, which has been linked to a range of health conditions.

https://go.nature.com/3EM8U1u
How to fix a gut microbime ravaged by antibiotics
A diet rich in diverse carbohydrates outperforms faecal transplants in mice at restoring microbial diversity, which has been linked to a range of health conditions.
go.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reposted by Freddy Chavez
A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury

https://go.nature.com/41YLmhC
Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells
Another man also regained some movement, but two others experienced minimal improvement.
go.nature.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Freddy Chavez
🔬🦠 How to make sense of the taxonomic complexity & interpersonal variability of the gut microbiota? We propose that beneath this complexity lies a hierarchy of factors that control gut microbiota assembly. Read more! #Microbiome #GutHealth

authors.elsevier.com/a/1km32_,2Ci...
March 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Freddy Chavez
First authors Madeline Churchill and Ankit Pandeya @nkeet50.bsky.social from @rauchlab.bsky.social show that tuft cells, known for their role in anti-parasite defenses, can also contribute to anti-bacterial responses in the small intestine. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#InfectiousDisease
March 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Freddy Chavez
Reading: Predicting antimicrobial resistance phenotypes across 7,000 E. coli genomes research.arcadiascience.com/pub/result-e... from
@arcadiascience.com
research.arcadiascience.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM