Rupinder Kaur
@rupyr19.bsky.social
PhD Student in Medical Systems Biolog 💻🔬🧪 @kaletalab.bsky.social | Host-Microbiome Interactions 🪱🦠 | Constraint-Based Metabolic Modeling 📊 | Microbiome Enthusiast 🧬🧫
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This is the kind of paper we should all be waiting for!
Because sadly we still don't have reliable methods to count bacterial abundance from microbiomes.
(I haven't read it yet, but I love the intention already)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is the kind of paper we should all be waiting for!
Because sadly we still don't have reliable methods to count bacterial abundance from microbiomes.
(I haven't read it yet, but I love the intention already)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Absolute quantification of prokaryotes in the microbiome by 16S rRNA qPCR or ddPCR - Nature Protocols
This protocol enables rigorous and reproducible quantification of prokaryotic concentration in stool samples by 16S rRNA qPCR or ddPCR.
www.nature.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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This is the kind of paper we should all be waiting for!
Because sadly we still don't have reliable methods to count bacterial abundance from microbiomes.
(I haven't read it yet, but I love the intention already)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is the kind of paper we should all be waiting for!
Because sadly we still don't have reliable methods to count bacterial abundance from microbiomes.
(I haven't read it yet, but I love the intention already)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
PLEASE SHARE We’re hiring a contract #bioinformatician (research officer) to analyse #microbiome data from an ongoing, exciting project focusing on preterm birth prevention with oral probiotics
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May 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
PLEASE SHARE We’re hiring a contract #bioinformatician (research officer) to analyse #microbiome data from an ongoing, exciting project focusing on preterm birth prevention with oral probiotics
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📝 In this month's editorial, we talk about the power of mathematical modeling 🧮, its importance in understanding of complex microbiology 🦠 , and how we assess papers addressing mathematical modeling.
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Share your thoughts in the replies!
#MicroSky #MathSky
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Share your thoughts in the replies!
#MicroSky #MathSky
Model behaviour - Nature Microbiology
Mathematical models can distil complex systems into their key components, posit theories that spark experimental research and forecast future events. We discuss the power of models to address pressing...
www.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
📝 In this month's editorial, we talk about the power of mathematical modeling 🧮, its importance in understanding of complex microbiology 🦠 , and how we assess papers addressing mathematical modeling.
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Share your thoughts in the replies!
#MicroSky #MathSky
Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Share your thoughts in the replies!
#MicroSky #MathSky
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1/7: Proud to present our next study on aging microbiome - a massive experimental effort led by the Rosenstiel and Sommer labs and contributions by @sci-witch.bsky.social. @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Life-long microbiome rejuvenation improves intestinal barrier function and inflammaging in mice - Microbiome
Background Alterations in the composition and function of the intestinal microbiota have been observed in organismal aging across a broad spectrum of animal phyla. Recent findings, which have been der...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
1/7: Proud to present our next study on aging microbiome - a massive experimental effort led by the Rosenstiel and Sommer labs and contributions by @sci-witch.bsky.social. @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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And here is a press release covering our work on host-microbiome-interactions in aging: www.precisionmedicine.de/de/das-mikro...
Das Mikrobiom beeinflusst das AlternHome Logo Link
www.precisionmedicine.de
April 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
And here is a press release covering our work on host-microbiome-interactions in aging: www.precisionmedicine.de/de/das-mikro...
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1/12 Thrilled to share our latest paper on host-microbiome-interactions in aging out in Nature Microbiology @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social, great work led by Lena Best @sci-witch.bsky.social with the Frahm lab within the ITN SmartAge. @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Metabolic modelling reveals the aging-associated decline of host–microbiome metabolic interactions in mice - Nature Microbiology
A multi-omics approach reveals host–microbiome interactions in aging in mice.
www.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
1/12 Thrilled to share our latest paper on host-microbiome-interactions in aging out in Nature Microbiology @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social, great work led by Lena Best @sci-witch.bsky.social with the Frahm lab within the ITN SmartAge. @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Multi-omic stock of surface ocean microbiome built by monthly, weekly and daily sampling in Dapeng Bay, China www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Multi-omic stock of surface ocean microbiome built by monthly, weekly and daily sampling in Dapeng Bay, China - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Multi-omic stock of surface ocean microbiome built by monthly, weekly and daily sampling in Dapeng Bay, China
www.nature.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Multi-omic stock of surface ocean microbiome built by monthly, weekly and daily sampling in Dapeng Bay, China www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
1/3 🌍 We're hiring! The Medical Systems Biology Lab at Kiel University @uni-kiel.de is looking for a #PostDoc in #Metabolic #Microbiome #Modeling. Join us at one of Europe’s microbiome research hubs and push the boundaries of microbiome science!
🔗 jobs.uksh.de/job/Kiel-Pos...
🔗 jobs.uksh.de/job/Kiel-Pos...
February 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
1/3 🌍 We're hiring! The Medical Systems Biology Lab at Kiel University @uni-kiel.de is looking for a #PostDoc in #Metabolic #Microbiome #Modeling. Join us at one of Europe’s microbiome research hubs and push the boundaries of microbiome science!
🔗 jobs.uksh.de/job/Kiel-Pos...
🔗 jobs.uksh.de/job/Kiel-Pos...
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Interested in doing a PhD in Austria focused on understanding how to engineer the composition of the gut microbiota?
Want to work with a brilliant computational biologist and microbiome researcher?
See below!
Want to work with a brilliant computational biologist and microbiome researcher?
See below!
Hi, we have an open PhD position in our lab starting winter 2025. Join the great MolMed PhD program at a vibrant research institution and help us understand probiotic engraftment. More info at www.dienerlab.com/posts/phd2025/ . Application through the MedUni portal: phd-recruiting.medunigraz.at
Open PhD position: Designing the niche space of the human gut microbiome
Deadline: March 21st, 2025 - apply here
Virtually every surface of our planet is colonized by microbes and the human body is no exception. The 38 trillion microbes living in our gut metabolize a large...
www.dienerlab.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Interested in doing a PhD in Austria focused on understanding how to engineer the composition of the gut microbiota?
Want to work with a brilliant computational biologist and microbiome researcher?
See below!
Want to work with a brilliant computational biologist and microbiome researcher?
See below!
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
Excited to share our overview on SynCom construction published in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
@xinmingxu.bsky.social & @neftalyl.bsky.social together with Caja Dinesen & Adele Pioppi summerize 86 publications on SynComs for plant promotion
free download: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdNr_,2Ci...
@xinmingxu.bsky.social & @neftalyl.bsky.social together with Caja Dinesen & Adele Pioppi summerize 86 publications on SynComs for plant promotion
free download: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdNr_,2Ci...
February 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Excited to share our overview on SynCom construction published in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
@xinmingxu.bsky.social & @neftalyl.bsky.social together with Caja Dinesen & Adele Pioppi summerize 86 publications on SynComs for plant promotion
free download: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdNr_,2Ci...
@xinmingxu.bsky.social & @neftalyl.bsky.social together with Caja Dinesen & Adele Pioppi summerize 86 publications on SynComs for plant promotion
free download: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kdNr_,2Ci...
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I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
microbiologysociety.org
February 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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MicrobiomeStatPlots: #Microbiome statistics plotting gallery for meta‐omics and #bioinformatics
Available on GitHub: github.com/YongxinLiu/M...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Available on GitHub: github.com/YongxinLiu/M...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
GitHub - YongxinLiu/MicrobiomeStatPlot: Interpretation and visualization of microbiome charts
Interpretation and visualization of microbiome charts - YongxinLiu/MicrobiomeStatPlot
github.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
MicrobiomeStatPlots: #Microbiome statistics plotting gallery for meta‐omics and #bioinformatics
Available on GitHub: github.com/YongxinLiu/M...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Available on GitHub: github.com/YongxinLiu/M...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy to announce that MEDI, our method to quantify dietary intake through metagenomics is out now. 🧬 🧪🧫🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky
So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:
#metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky
So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:
Metagenomic estimation of dietary intake from human stool - Nature Metabolism
Diener et al. present a method that allows the estimation of dietary intake from human stool by detecting food-derived DNA in faecal metagenomes.
www.nature.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy to announce that MEDI, our method to quantify dietary intake through metagenomics is out now. 🧬 🧪🧫🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky
So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:
#metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky
So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:
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Here's an exciting opportunity for a PhD studentship to study #biofilms and #microbiomes in the food chain with @drlauranolan.bsky.social at SCELSE @scelse.bsky.social.
I highly recommend!
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I highly recommend!
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My lab at SCELSE, NTU, Singapore, is recruiting a PhD student to study food chain biofilms! The PhD will commence in January 2026 and tuition and stipend is provided for 4 years. Singaporean and international applicants welcome. See attached for more details. Please share widely!
February 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Here's an exciting opportunity for a PhD studentship to study #biofilms and #microbiomes in the food chain with @drlauranolan.bsky.social at SCELSE @scelse.bsky.social.
I highly recommend!
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I highly recommend!
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No significant differences in gut #microbiome composition or function were observed in relation to fitness, training volume
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Temporal stability and lack of variance in microbiome composition and functionality in fit recreational athletes - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Temporal stability and lack of variance in microbiome composition and functionality in fit recreational athletes
www.nature.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
No significant differences in gut #microbiome composition or function were observed in relation to fitness, training volume
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New online! Is precision microbiome medicine just around the corner?
Is precision microbiome medicine just around the corner?
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41575-025-01040-4A study in Nature Medicine developed a new clinical test based on a gut metagenome-derived multispecies biomarker panel for the diagnosis of…
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New online! Is precision microbiome medicine just around the corner?
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
📢Sarah Lebeer (@sarahlebeer.bsky.social) and colleagues at the Isala team call for a more comprehensive, global, and inclusive understanding of the #vaginal #microbiome, critically reflecting on the use of 'race' and 'ethnicity' in studies.
Read the Opinion piece here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Read the Opinion piece here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Diversity in women and their vaginal microbiota
Women’s health is essential to global societal and economic wellbeing, yet health
disparities remain prevalent. The vaginal microbiota plays a critical role in health,
with research indicating that re...
www.cell.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📢Sarah Lebeer (@sarahlebeer.bsky.social) and colleagues at the Isala team call for a more comprehensive, global, and inclusive understanding of the #vaginal #microbiome, critically reflecting on the use of 'race' and 'ethnicity' in studies.
Read the Opinion piece here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Read the Opinion piece here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
An atlas of metabolites driving chemotaxis in prokaryotes
-in @naturecomms.bsky.social from Jean-Baptiste Raina
60 years & 341 publications ➡️ comprehensive database of prokaryotic chemoeffectors: 926 chemicals previously tested; chemotactic behaviour of 394 strains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
-in @naturecomms.bsky.social from Jean-Baptiste Raina
60 years & 341 publications ➡️ comprehensive database of prokaryotic chemoeffectors: 926 chemicals previously tested; chemotactic behaviour of 394 strains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An atlas of metabolites driving chemotaxis in prokaryotes - Nature Communications
In this meta-analysis, the authors compile results from 60 years of chemotaxis research into a database of prokaryotic chemoeffectors that compares and analyses their effects as attractant, repellent ...
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
An atlas of metabolites driving chemotaxis in prokaryotes
-in @naturecomms.bsky.social from Jean-Baptiste Raina
60 years & 341 publications ➡️ comprehensive database of prokaryotic chemoeffectors: 926 chemicals previously tested; chemotactic behaviour of 394 strains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
-in @naturecomms.bsky.social from Jean-Baptiste Raina
60 years & 341 publications ➡️ comprehensive database of prokaryotic chemoeffectors: 926 chemicals previously tested; chemotactic behaviour of 394 strains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#PhD alert, here @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the very friendly, diverse, artsy & welcoming city of Glasgow 🏴
Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts?
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪
More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts?
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪
More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
February 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#PhD alert, here @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the very friendly, diverse, artsy & welcoming city of Glasgow 🏴
Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts?
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪
More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts?
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪
More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
Pannagram: unbiased pangenome alignment and the Mobilome calling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.07.637071v1 🧬🖥️🧪 #Rstats https://github.com/iganna/pannagram
February 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Pannagram: unbiased pangenome alignment and the Mobilome calling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.07.637071v1 🧬🖥️🧪 #Rstats https://github.com/iganna/pannagram
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Very cool study that could have interesting implications for #MentalHealth and the human as #holobiont. www.wired.com/story/fish-h...
#science #scicomm #fish #vertebrates #brains #GutBrainAxis #microbiomes #microbiology #nature #animals
#science #scicomm #fish #vertebrates #brains #GutBrainAxis #microbiomes #microbiology #nature #animals
Could Humans Have a Brain Microbiome?
The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we might have them as well.
www.wired.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Very cool study that could have interesting implications for #MentalHealth and the human as #holobiont. www.wired.com/story/fish-h...
#science #scicomm #fish #vertebrates #brains #GutBrainAxis #microbiomes #microbiology #nature #animals
#science #scicomm #fish #vertebrates #brains #GutBrainAxis #microbiomes #microbiology #nature #animals
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
We interrupt your regularly-scheduled chaos to bring you some cool microbiome science. 🦠 🖥️ 🧬
"Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome" now out in Nature Microbiology.
We wanted a way to measure bacteria and phage in metagenomes 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome" now out in Nature Microbiology.
We wanted a way to measure bacteria and phage in metagenomes 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome - Nature Microbiology
Reanalysis of 12,262 longitudinal infant gut microbiome samples using the Marker-MAGu pipeline revealed phage–bacteria dynamics over the first year of life.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We interrupt your regularly-scheduled chaos to bring you some cool microbiome science. 🦠 🖥️ 🧬
"Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome" now out in Nature Microbiology.
We wanted a way to measure bacteria and phage in metagenomes 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome" now out in Nature Microbiology.
We wanted a way to measure bacteria and phage in metagenomes 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
Deadline approaching! Free workshop on #Spatial #Microbiomics – From Sampling to Analysis"
Join us in May in #Copenhagen at
@hologenomics.bsky.social Ideal for PhDs, postdocs & other microbiome enthusiasts. Register until February 16th: www.3domics.eu/TrainingEven...
Please share!
Join us in May in #Copenhagen at
@hologenomics.bsky.social Ideal for PhDs, postdocs & other microbiome enthusiasts. Register until February 16th: www.3domics.eu/TrainingEven...
Please share!
February 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Deadline approaching! Free workshop on #Spatial #Microbiomics – From Sampling to Analysis"
Join us in May in #Copenhagen at
@hologenomics.bsky.social Ideal for PhDs, postdocs & other microbiome enthusiasts. Register until February 16th: www.3domics.eu/TrainingEven...
Please share!
Join us in May in #Copenhagen at
@hologenomics.bsky.social Ideal for PhDs, postdocs & other microbiome enthusiasts. Register until February 16th: www.3domics.eu/TrainingEven...
Please share!
Reposted by Rupinder Kaur
OUT NOW: Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome - Nature Microbiology
Reanalysis of 12,262 longitudinal infant gut microbiome samples using the Marker-MAGu pipeline revealed phage–bacteria dynamics over the first year of life.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
OUT NOW: Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...