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Research group of prof. @elinorg.bsky.social at Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Estonia | Website: https://genomics.ut.ee/en/research-group-microbiome
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My commentary article, featuring the work of Aasmets et al. on the long-lasting effects of medications on the gut microbiome, is now out in mSystems @asm.org
#microbiome #microsky

doi.org/10.1128/msys...
The gut remembers: the long-lasting effect of medication use on the gut microbiome | mSystems
Over the past decades, medication use has steadily increased worldwide, with individuals frequently taking multiple medications (polypharmacy), often repeatedly over extended periods of time (1). Yet,...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Come and meet us at #EESMicrobiome in Heidelberg! We are excited to share our research with you 🥳

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September 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
So happy to have welcomed these fantastic people — @tovefall.bsky.social and her team, @antagomir.bsky.social and his team, and @robdfinn.bsky.social — to Tartu for Gene Forum 2025! We are grateful for the insightful microbiome talks and the memorable shared experiences! See you soon in Heidelberg!
September 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Winning Best Poster Award is always exciting — but receiving it at the SymbNet Summer School feels truly unbelievable! 🚀


The level of expertise from the faculty was sky-high, and the talent of students made me feel like I need to work more to keep up 😱

#SymbNet #ScienceCommunity #BestPosterAward
July 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Excited to share our recently published overview of the @estbiobank.bsky.social 🧬
We highlight the unique features of the biobank and the conducted scientific research it has enabled, including the many recall studies that have been carried out over the years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Estonian Biobank’s journey from biobanking to personalized medicine - Nature Communications
Large-scale biobanks have become a font of data that have led to discoveries across many fields of research. Here, the authors provide an overview of the Estonian Biobank, highlighting its value for r...
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April 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We’re absolutely thrilled about your amazing work in paving the way for the Estonian Microbiome cohort! You've truly kicked off our research journey! 🥰 Congrats again for the national research award!
February 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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1. Finish PhD 🧑‍🔬
2. Travel a bunch 🇵🇭🇮🇩🇳🇿
3. Join 🦋
February 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Interested in how it all began? Check out our paper about the Estonian Microbiome Cohort! ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Congratulations to @elinorg.bsky.social , @oliveraasmets.bsky.social, @kreetelull.bsky.social, and Kertu Liis Krigul for the National Research Award in Medical and Health Sciences! 🥳 (article in Estonian) www.akadeemia.ee/teaduse-elut...
February 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Thank you to organizers of the Research Days of Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine for inviting me to present our project on type 2 diabetes medications and the gut microbiome. I really appreciate the feedback and questions. Find out more from the preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
January 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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New paper! Nele Taba and @oliveraasmets.bsky.social demonstrate how antibiotics use can be applied to determine the causal effect of microbiome on many diseases. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1080/1949... 🎉
A novel framework for assessing causal effect of microbiome on health: long-term antibiotic usage as an instrument
Assessing causality is undoubtedly one of the key questions in microbiome studies for the upcoming years. Since randomized trials in human subjects are often unethical or difficult to pursue, analy...
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January 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Very happy to share a fresh preprint by @katerynap.bsky.social about the collection of gut archea in @estbiobank.bsky.social! 🦠Go check out her thread and preprint on www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...! ✨
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hi, we are finally here on BlueSky! Come check out our research by @elinorg.bsky.social , @oliveraasmets.bsky.social, @kreetelull.bsky.social, @katerynap.bsky.social , @annabel-k.bsky.social , Nele Taba, and Kertu Liis Krigul! 🎉
January 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM