Holly Nichols
@holly-nichols.bsky.social
🦟🦠Microbiology PhD candidate at UW-Madison | Interested in the mosquito microbiome, symbiosis, and public health | (she/her)
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Excited to share our new paper out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We asked if environmental microbial communities can be adaptively modulated by host species that transiently acquire their symbionts from the environment #SymbioSky #MicrobiomeSky
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Host-mediated niche construction of bacterial communities in an aquatic microecosystem
Abstract. Microbes coordinate homeostasis in host-associated and environmental ecosystems alike, but the connectivity of these biomes is seldom considered.
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Excited to share our new paper out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We asked if environmental microbial communities can be adaptively modulated by host species that transiently acquire their symbionts from the environment #SymbioSky #MicrobiomeSky
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
I’m thrilled to share my first review about microbial ecology + mosquito-borne disease control! Bacteria block pathogen development in the mosquito gut, but which bacteria will produce long-lasting results in the field? Let’s think about colonization and persistence in the mosquito gut! (1/4)
Drs @holly-nichols.bsky.social & Kerri Coon review #microbial #ecology for #mosquito-borne disease control. #Paratransgenesis #Colonization #Resistance #Transmission #Microbiota #Transplantation @uwbact.bsky.social @uwmadisonmdtp.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
Leveraging microbial ecology for mosquito-borne disease control
Mosquitoes transmit pathogens causing 700 000 deaths annually. Microbe-based vector
control, which reduces vector populations or blocks pathogen development within vectors,
offers an innovative way to...
www.cell.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’m thrilled to share my first review about microbial ecology + mosquito-borne disease control! Bacteria block pathogen development in the mosquito gut, but which bacteria will produce long-lasting results in the field? Let’s think about colonization and persistence in the mosquito gut! (1/4)
Reposted by Holly Nichols
📣 Join us tomorrow (3/4) at 10 am for the upcoming #MDTP Dissertation Defense Seminar!
Andrew Sommer from Coon Lab will be presenting on "Flies as carriers of clinically relevant bacteria in agricultural reservoirs"
Andrew Sommer from Coon Lab will be presenting on "Flies as carriers of clinically relevant bacteria in agricultural reservoirs"
March 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
📣 Join us tomorrow (3/4) at 10 am for the upcoming #MDTP Dissertation Defense Seminar!
Andrew Sommer from Coon Lab will be presenting on "Flies as carriers of clinically relevant bacteria in agricultural reservoirs"
Andrew Sommer from Coon Lab will be presenting on "Flies as carriers of clinically relevant bacteria in agricultural reservoirs"
Finally joined bsky to share a fun article from our university about MosAIC (Mosquito Associated Isolate Collection)! Read more about this highly collaborative project here:
news.cals.wisc.edu/2024/12/17/n...
news.cals.wisc.edu/2024/12/17/n...
New community resource could create novel ways to stop the spread of pathogens carried by mosquitoes
news.cals.wisc.edu
December 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Finally joined bsky to share a fun article from our university about MosAIC (Mosquito Associated Isolate Collection)! Read more about this highly collaborative project here:
news.cals.wisc.edu/2024/12/17/n...
news.cals.wisc.edu/2024/12/17/n...
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Check out the new work from the MosSI lab in collaboration with @aidanfoo.bsky.social @laurabrettell.bsky.social @evaheinz7.bsky.social and heaps of others.
MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
November 15, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Check out the new work from the MosSI lab in collaboration with @aidanfoo.bsky.social @laurabrettell.bsky.social @evaheinz7.bsky.social and heaps of others.
MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...