Maria Elena Martino
@memartino.bsky.social
Ecology, Evolution & Microbiology. Wondering how microbes and animals evolve together 🦠🧫🐟🐚🌍
Associate Professor University of Padua
Associate Professor University of Padua
Thank you Amanda! It has been great to meet you.
Thank your for your engagement and all the best for the next steps!!
Thank your for your engagement and all the best for the next steps!!
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thank you Amanda! It has been great to meet you.
Thank your for your engagement and all the best for the next steps!!
Thank your for your engagement and all the best for the next steps!!
And a very special thank you to my co-organizing mate, Raquel Peixoto!
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And a very special thank you to my co-organizing mate, Raquel Peixoto!
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October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thank you to our inspiring, diverse, and brilliant keynote speakers @symbionticism.bsky.social @momedinamunoz.bsky.social @jcamthrash.bsky.social Laura Steindler, Morten Limborg, Lone Gram, @cibiocm.bsky.social, @nicoledubilier.bsky.social, Jens Walter, @reefgenomics.bsky.social, Torsten Thomas.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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They could also play a valuable role in #animalnutrition, including the use of #probiotics in insect rearing and as alternative nutrient sources.
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
They could also play a valuable role in #animalnutrition, including the use of #probiotics in insect rearing and as alternative nutrient sources.
These results have a wide range of potential applications. Selected strains could be tested to boost growth in key agricultural species, offering a promising alternative to antibiotics and helping reduce reliance on expensive, protein-rich feeds in animal farming.
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
These results have a wide range of potential applications. Selected strains could be tested to boost growth in key agricultural species, offering a promising alternative to antibiotics and helping reduce reliance on expensive, protein-rich feeds in animal farming.
Despite this specificity in adaptation, both strains (the ancestral WJL and the evolved IGFL1) show transferable potential in terms of animal growth promotion, as they are highly beneficial in flies and mice both under conditions of nutritional deprivation and under normal nutritional conditions
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Despite this specificity in adaptation, both strains (the ancestral WJL and the evolved IGFL1) show transferable potential in terms of animal growth promotion, as they are highly beneficial in flies and mice both under conditions of nutritional deprivation and under normal nutritional conditions
Our results demonstrate the high adaptive potential of L. plantarum, and indicate that bacterial improvements of the benefits to its animal hosts are strictly context dependent.
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Our results demonstrate the high adaptive potential of L. plantarum, and indicate that bacterial improvements of the benefits to its animal hosts are strictly context dependent.
Whole genome sequencing revealed the presence of four mutations in IGFL1 genome that may be related to more effective utilization of nutrients, leading to the observed further improvement in benefits for the fruit fly.
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Whole genome sequencing revealed the presence of four mutations in IGFL1 genome that may be related to more effective utilization of nutrients, leading to the observed further improvement in benefits for the fruit fly.
Administration of IGFL1 to conventional C57Bl/6j male mice under both nutrient deprivation (A-D) and normal dietary conditions (E-H) significantly increased body length and weight growth rates compared to placebo-fed animals. In mice, these effects were comparable to those of the ancestral strain.
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Administration of IGFL1 to conventional C57Bl/6j male mice under both nutrient deprivation (A-D) and normal dietary conditions (E-H) significantly increased body length and weight growth rates compared to placebo-fed animals. In mice, these effects were comparable to those of the ancestral strain.
After ten Drosophila generations, we identified an evolved strain (L. plantarum IGFL1) that significantly improved Drosophila juvenile growth compared to the ancestral strain and other growth promoting strains of L. plantarum
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
After ten Drosophila generations, we identified an evolved strain (L. plantarum IGFL1) that significantly improved Drosophila juvenile growth compared to the ancestral strain and other growth promoting strains of L. plantarum
In this study, we experimentally evolved a Drosophila growth-promoting strain of #L.plantarum (WJL) under conditions of nutrient deprivation with the aim of maximizing its growth-promoting benefits, while concurrently evaluating the translation of this phenotype in Drosophila and mice
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In this study, we experimentally evolved a Drosophila growth-promoting strain of #L.plantarum (WJL) under conditions of nutrient deprivation with the aim of maximizing its growth-promoting benefits, while concurrently evaluating the translation of this phenotype in Drosophila and mice
They could also play a valuable role in #animalnutrition, including the use of #probiotics in insect rearing and as alternative nutrient sources.
May 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
They could also play a valuable role in #animalnutrition, including the use of #probiotics in insect rearing and as alternative nutrient sources.
These results have a wide range of potential applications. Selected strains could be tested to boost growth in key agricultural species, offering a promising alternative to antibiotics and helping reduce reliance on expensive, protein-rich feeds in animal farming.
May 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
These results have a wide range of potential applications. Selected strains could be tested to boost growth in key agricultural species, offering a promising alternative to antibiotics and helping reduce reliance on expensive, protein-rich feeds in animal farming.
Despite this specificity in adaptation, both strains (the ancestral WJL and the evolved IGFL1) show transferable potential in terms of animal growth promotion, as they are highly beneficial in flies and mice both under conditions of nutritional deprivation and under normal nutritional conditions
May 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Despite this specificity in adaptation, both strains (the ancestral WJL and the evolved IGFL1) show transferable potential in terms of animal growth promotion, as they are highly beneficial in flies and mice both under conditions of nutritional deprivation and under normal nutritional conditions