Liz Mallott
@emallott.bsky.social
Microbe, monkeys, and health. And sometimes bikes. Assistant Professor in Biology at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Thrilled to share this collaborative work by Kristie Yu, Francis Chandra, Amina Schartup and teams @Scripps_Ocean and @UCLA showing that an engineered gut bacterium can be used to reduce the neurotoxic effects of dietary methylmercury www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
An engineered gut bacterium protects against dietary methylmercury exposure in pregnant mice
Yu and Chandra et al. engineered a commensal gut microbe, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron,
to detoxify methylmercury (MeHg). The engineered bacterium reduces MeHg in the intestinal
lumen, limits its accu...
www.cell.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Thrilled to share this collaborative work by Kristie Yu, Francis Chandra, Amina Schartup and teams @Scripps_Ocean and @UCLA showing that an engineered gut bacterium can be used to reduce the neurotoxic effects of dietary methylmercury www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Feel like this paper slipped under the radar on ‘the other platform’ so giving it another airing here. Phage can significantly remodel the bacteriome in faecal samples - yet another confounder 🙄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dynamic nature of viral and bacterial communities in human faeces
Bacteriophages are a major component of the gut microbiome and are believed to play a role in establishment and stabilization of microbial communities…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Feel like this paper slipped under the radar on ‘the other platform’ so giving it another airing here. Phage can significantly remodel the bacteriome in faecal samples - yet another confounder 🙄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to share a newly published paper from my postdoc years in the Amato Lab (www.kramato.com) - www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour.... We showed that the gut microbes from 3 species of primates differentially impact host biology when transplanted into germ free mice.
The primate gut microbiota contributes to interspecific differences in host metabolism
Because large brains are energetically expensive, they are associated with metabolic traits that facilitate energy availability across vertebrates. However, the biological underpinnings driving these ...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Excited to share a newly published paper from my postdoc years in the Amato Lab (www.kramato.com) - www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour.... We showed that the gut microbes from 3 species of primates differentially impact host biology when transplanted into germ free mice.
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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
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November 27, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Are you an early-stage researcher seeking support to attend ASM Microbe? 🧪🧬
The ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program provides funds for outstanding early career Branch members to attend ASM Microbe.
asm.org/Travel-Award...
The ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program provides funds for outstanding early career Branch members to attend ASM Microbe.
asm.org/Travel-Award...
January 13, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Are you an early-stage researcher seeking support to attend ASM Microbe? 🧪🧬
The ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program provides funds for outstanding early career Branch members to attend ASM Microbe.
asm.org/Travel-Award...
The ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program provides funds for outstanding early career Branch members to attend ASM Microbe.
asm.org/Travel-Award...