Nidhi Vijayan, PhD
@nidhivijayan.bsky.social
Love everything host-microbe
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Remember last year, when bioGraphic and Hakai Magazine were both facing uncertain futures? Your donations saved the day--we raised $140,000 and lived to publish another day!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Remember last year, when bioGraphic and Hakai Magazine were both facing uncertain futures? Your donations saved the day--we raised $140,000 and lived to publish another day!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
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Interested in how life history may shape the gut microbiome of a wild mammal? Keen on getting to work with an iconic long-term study system in Scotland?
Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social
Reach out to chat more!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social
Reach out to chat more!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Interested in how life history may shape the gut microbiome of a wild mammal? Keen on getting to work with an iconic long-term study system in Scotland?
Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social
Reach out to chat more!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social
Reach out to chat more!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Excellent work from @aroneys.bsky.social here. Free to read version at rdcu.be/ePJp4
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Excellent work from @aroneys.bsky.social here. Free to read version at rdcu.be/ePJp4
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OMG SOME GOOD NEWS 🧪 #MedSky
“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
OMG SOME GOOD NEWS 🧪 #MedSky
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A little bit of good news for you. And a reminder that we *can* solve big, global problems--when we want to. 🧪
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
The Ozone Hole Is Steadily Shrinking because of Global Efforts
After nearly 40 years of global efforts, the ozone hole over Antarctica is continuing to heal
www.scientificamerican.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A little bit of good news for you. And a reminder that we *can* solve big, global problems--when we want to. 🧪
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
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Health officials have declared an Ebola outbreak in a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization announced on Thursday, with 28 suspected cases and at least 15 deaths.
Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo
Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.
nyti.ms
September 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Health officials have declared an Ebola outbreak in a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization announced on Thursday, with 28 suspected cases and at least 15 deaths.
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We published a new lane of research today on human gut fungi. Shout out to 1st author @emilyvansyoc.bsky.social sky.social & @erdavenport.bsky.social For 20 years, bacteria received the lion's share of interest in the human gut. Yet we know little about the gut mycobiome. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation and disease risk
In contrast to decades of research on gut bacteria, human genetic determinants of the gut fungal community (mycobiome) remain understudied. This investigation presents the first GWAS on the number and...
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We published a new lane of research today on human gut fungi. Shout out to 1st author @emilyvansyoc.bsky.social sky.social & @erdavenport.bsky.social For 20 years, bacteria received the lion's share of interest in the human gut. Yet we know little about the gut mycobiome. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Researchers have filmed thousands of climbing catfish scaling waterfalls, providing a rare insight into the daring migration of an enigmatic fish.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lDlFux
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lDlFux
August 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Researchers have filmed thousands of climbing catfish scaling waterfalls, providing a rare insight into the daring migration of an enigmatic fish.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lDlFux
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lDlFux
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Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊
August 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊
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Non-profit publishers (PLoS, Oxford, Cambridge) and publishers partnering a lot with academia (Wiley) are much more committed to open science than the others - MDPI being the worst by large. (4/5)
July 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Non-profit publishers (PLoS, Oxford, Cambridge) and publishers partnering a lot with academia (Wiley) are much more committed to open science than the others - MDPI being the worst by large. (4/5)
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Austria is stepping up to support US postdocs:
stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi...
stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi...
APART-USA
Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
stipendien.oeaw.ac.at
August 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Austria is stepping up to support US postdocs:
stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi...
stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi...
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Stunning image of a mammal (the eastern quoll) that glows✨ under UV light💡
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
August 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Stunning image of a mammal (the eastern quoll) that glows✨ under UV light💡
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
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Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
whoa
Very excited to share the first paper out of my Postdoc @CMR:
GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation of microbial communities.
@sjmcilroy.bsky.social @jamesvolmer.bsky.social @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation of microbial communities.
@sjmcilroy.bsky.social @jamesvolmer.bsky.social @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation of microbial communities
Abstract. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) is a powerful tool for visualising the spatial organisation of microbial communities. However, traditio
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
whoa
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The new version of MetaPhlAn v4.2.2 released!
📌taxonomic profiling of long-read metagenomes for the first time
📌new version of the MetaPhlAn db (vJan25_202503) containing >21k new SGBs
Try it out & @hutlab.bsky.social and we are looking forward to your feedback!
forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan-...
📌taxonomic profiling of long-read metagenomes for the first time
📌new version of the MetaPhlAn db (vJan25_202503) containing >21k new SGBs
Try it out & @hutlab.bsky.social and we are looking forward to your feedback!
forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan-...
MetaPhlAn 4.2.2 release (initial long-read sequencing support and database update)
Announcement We are pleased to share that MetaPhlAn 4.2.2 is now available, which incorporates taxonomic profiling of long-read metagenomes for the first time and includes a new version of the MetaPhl...
forum.biobakery.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The new version of MetaPhlAn v4.2.2 released!
📌taxonomic profiling of long-read metagenomes for the first time
📌new version of the MetaPhlAn db (vJan25_202503) containing >21k new SGBs
Try it out & @hutlab.bsky.social and we are looking forward to your feedback!
forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan-...
📌taxonomic profiling of long-read metagenomes for the first time
📌new version of the MetaPhlAn db (vJan25_202503) containing >21k new SGBs
Try it out & @hutlab.bsky.social and we are looking forward to your feedback!
forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan-...
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Industry-Academia Alliance Update: We've put it all into innovation and a leadership alliance with QIAGEN to optimize MICROBIOME PhD training from @psumbiome.bsky.social. Home to the 1st Microbiome PhD, the team is always looking for the next round of future PhD talent.
www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...
www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...
Two Penn State doctoral students selected for industry internship in Germany | Penn State University
Two doctoral students from Penn State's One Health Microbiome Center have been selected for a prestigious internship at QIAGEN's headquarters in Germany this summer. The internship program was develoe...
www.psu.edu
June 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Industry-Academia Alliance Update: We've put it all into innovation and a leadership alliance with QIAGEN to optimize MICROBIOME PhD training from @psumbiome.bsky.social. Home to the 1st Microbiome PhD, the team is always looking for the next round of future PhD talent.
www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...
www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...
Can't wait to dig into this!
Just out in Nature Reviews Genetics!
From twin studies to microbiome GWAS to cutting-edge transcriptomics, we explore the cross-talk between our genes and the microbiome!
Fun working together with
@pamferretti.bsky.social @blekhman.bsky.social Kelsey Johnson
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From twin studies to microbiome GWAS to cutting-edge transcriptomics, we explore the cross-talk between our genes and the microbiome!
Fun working together with
@pamferretti.bsky.social @blekhman.bsky.social Kelsey Johnson
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genomics of host–microbiome interactions in humans - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Ferretti et al. discuss advances in our understanding of interactions between the human genome and the microbiome, including the effects of the microbiome on host gene regulation.
www.nature.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Can't wait to dig into this!
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The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDProgram www.oist.jp/admissions/s...
Special Application Deadline for Students Accepted or Studying in the United States
www.oist.jp
June 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDProgram www.oist.jp/admissions/s...
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An update on open postdoc positions, in my group and the adjacent group of Howard Ochman, here at UT-Austin. #SymbioSky
Mine: insect-bacterial symbiosis with emphasis on intracellular endosymbionts and molecular mechanisms.
web.biosci.utexas.edu/moran/contac...
Mine: insect-bacterial symbiosis with emphasis on intracellular endosymbionts and molecular mechanisms.
web.biosci.utexas.edu/moran/contac...
Nancy Moran Contact
web.biosci.utexas.edu
June 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An update on open postdoc positions, in my group and the adjacent group of Howard Ochman, here at UT-Austin. #SymbioSky
Mine: insect-bacterial symbiosis with emphasis on intracellular endosymbionts and molecular mechanisms.
web.biosci.utexas.edu/moran/contac...
Mine: insect-bacterial symbiosis with emphasis on intracellular endosymbionts and molecular mechanisms.
web.biosci.utexas.edu/moran/contac...
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🥁NEW publication from our lab:
the largest meta-analysis of gut microbiome associations with CRC!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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the largest meta-analysis of gut microbiome associations with CRC!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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1/6
Pooled analysis of 3,741 stool metagenomes from 18 cohorts for cross-stage and strain-level reproducible microbial biomarkers of colorectal cancer - Nature Medicine
An analysis of 18 metagenomic datasets of individuals with colorectal cancer, adenomas and healthy controls yields improved cancer prediction accuracy based solely on gut metagenomics, as well as the ...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🥁NEW publication from our lab:
the largest meta-analysis of gut microbiome associations with CRC!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵⬇️
1/6
the largest meta-analysis of gut microbiome associations with CRC!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵⬇️
1/6
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our lab is blessed to have 3 new postdoctoral fellow positions. we would welcome scientists interested in...
June 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
our lab is blessed to have 3 new postdoctoral fellow positions. we would welcome scientists interested in...
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This is some Last Airbender shit.
Angular roughshark!
May 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is some Last Airbender shit.
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ICYMI: New online! The role of the enteric nervous system in the pathogenesis of Clostridioides difficile infection
The role of the enteric nervous system in the pathogenesis of Clostridioides difficile infection
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Published online: 22 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41575-025-01071-xThis Perspective highlights emerging evidence of an interaction between Clostridiodes difficile and the enteric nervous system (ENS) during infection, discussing underlying mechanisms and how the ENS and extrinsic innervation are affected by C. difficile infection and toxins and how ENS responses contribute to pathogenesis and disease outcomes.
www.nature.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ICYMI: New online! The role of the enteric nervous system in the pathogenesis of Clostridioides difficile infection
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Today we hit 250 orders of these shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) which absolutely rocks. Thank you to everyone who ordered one! I can't wait to see you all wearing them!
Pre-order is open until June 1, then I'll send 'em to the printer.
Look hot, get a shirt: Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
Pre-order is open until June 1, then I'll send 'em to the printer.
Look hot, get a shirt: Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Today we hit 250 orders of these shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) which absolutely rocks. Thank you to everyone who ordered one! I can't wait to see you all wearing them!
Pre-order is open until June 1, then I'll send 'em to the printer.
Look hot, get a shirt: Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
Pre-order is open until June 1, then I'll send 'em to the printer.
Look hot, get a shirt: Squidfacts.bigcartel.com