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Emma Allen-Vercoe
@emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social
Microbiologist and microbiome host, culture expert (of the microbial variety), shameless cat lady, proud Mum to 2 amazing women 💪🇨🇦🧫🐈
New paper from my amazing lab, led by my incredible postdoc, @bdmicro.bsky.social
A Canadian study that is highly relevant to beekeepers everywhere. Check it out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Impacts of antibiotic use, air pollution and climate on managed honeybees in Canada - Nature Sustainability
Antibiotic use in managed bee populations prevents losses from infectious diseases but can lead to the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Here the authors study the impact of recent regulatory restri...
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reposted by Emma Allen-Vercoe
Postdoctoral Fellow position–Investigating the Escherichia coli efflux network and cell envelope to advance next-generation antimicrobial development in the Cox lab, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UoG, Canada. Please share! www.coxlab.ca/job-opportun... @uofguelph.bsky.social
Job Opportunities — Cox Lab
www.coxlab.ca
April 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Emma Allen-Vercoe
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is at it again!

Continuing our cluster hires with tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Immunology and Virology (1 position each)!

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
March 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Emma Allen-Vercoe
There's a Canadian House of Commons petition circulating to cancel Elon Musk's dual citizenship and passport. I signed it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just out! Results of an incredible effort 👏 by @simonerenwick.bsky.social to demonstrate how different gut microbes and #gutmicrobiomes respond to human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). Many more microbes respond to HMOs than you might think! Give it a read… links.springernature.com/f/a/DF0RtJaQ...
Modulating the developing gut microbiota with 2’-fucosyllactose and pooled human milk oligosaccharides - Microbiome
Background Synthetic human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are used to supplement infant formula despite limited understanding of their impact on the post-weaned developing gut microbiota. Here, we asses...
links.springernature.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Emma Allen-Vercoe
Sharing a great review on the current state of #microbiome therapeutics! Brendan Daisley & @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social highlight recent advances while raising key questions about long-term effects, personalized therapies, and defining the healthy microbiome.

Read more: doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
NYAS Publications
The explosion of research into the human microbiome has revealed the many ways in which our microbes enhance our health. Could these host-associated microbes be exploited as novel therapies to treat ...
doi.org
December 11, 2024 at 1:55 AM
I did it - I deactivated my X account, and it feels… very refreshing! Happy to reconnect with you all here where the sky is blue 😌. Cleo is also feeling way more relaxed!
November 24, 2024 at 2:04 PM