Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
@suez.bsky.social
Microbiome enthusiast 🦠 || Assistant Professor for Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at Johns Hopkins University || He/Him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.suezlab.org
www.suezlab.org
Campus friends @ Homewood
October 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Campus friends @ Homewood
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
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Congrats to Yancong, Amrisha, Xochitl, Eric and all co-authors!!!
Predicting functions of uncharacterized gene products from microbial communities - @hutlab.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu @broadinstitute.org go.nature.com/435C4lp
Predicting functions of uncharacterized gene products from microbial communities - Nature Biotechnology
FUGAsseM predicts protein function in microbiomes using coexpression patterns from metatranscriptomes and diverse community-wide data.
go.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Congrats to Yancong, Amrisha, Xochitl, Eric and all co-authors!!!
Love this approach!
So happy to share our new study
“A Bait-and-Switch strategy links phenotypes to genes coding for Polymer-Degrading Enzymes in Intact Microbiomes.”
In this work, we discovered novel chitinases directly on microbiome; a study brilliantly led by Dr. Colleen Yancey
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
“A Bait-and-Switch strategy links phenotypes to genes coding for Polymer-Degrading Enzymes in Intact Microbiomes.”
In this work, we discovered novel chitinases directly on microbiome; a study brilliantly led by Dr. Colleen Yancey
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Love this approach!
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#NewResearch
Prion-like proteins in Escherichia coli trigger an abortive infection mechanism in response to phage infection—a process similar to amyloid-mediated immune signalling in fungi and animals.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prion-like proteins in Escherichia coli trigger an abortive infection mechanism in response to phage infection—a process similar to amyloid-mediated immune signalling in fungi and animals.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Characterization of an amyloid-based antiphage defence system in Escherichia coli - Nature Microbiology
Prion-like proteins in Escherichia coli trigger an abortive infection mechanism in response to phage infection—a process similar to amyloid-mediated immune signalling in fungi and animals.
www.nature.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#NewResearch
Prion-like proteins in Escherichia coli trigger an abortive infection mechanism in response to phage infection—a process similar to amyloid-mediated immune signalling in fungi and animals.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prion-like proteins in Escherichia coli trigger an abortive infection mechanism in response to phage infection—a process similar to amyloid-mediated immune signalling in fungi and animals.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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💥Personalized C. difficile colonization risk prediction and probiotic therapy assessment in the human gut💥
I'm very excited about this work, driven by Alex Carr & co-supervised by @cdiener.com
@cp-cellsystems.bsky.social @isbscience.org @nitinbaliga.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
🧵...
I'm very excited about this work, driven by Alex Carr & co-supervised by @cdiener.com
@cp-cellsystems.bsky.social @isbscience.org @nitinbaliga.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
🧵...
Personalized Clostridioides difficile colonization risk prediction and probiotic therapy assessment in the human gut
Carr et al. show how microbial community-scale metabolic models (MCMMs) predict personalized
Clostridioides difficile colonization risk and probiotic efficacy. MCMMs reveal key
metabolic strategies ex...
www.cell.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
💥Personalized C. difficile colonization risk prediction and probiotic therapy assessment in the human gut💥
I'm very excited about this work, driven by Alex Carr & co-supervised by @cdiener.com
@cp-cellsystems.bsky.social @isbscience.org @nitinbaliga.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
🧵...
I'm very excited about this work, driven by Alex Carr & co-supervised by @cdiener.com
@cp-cellsystems.bsky.social @isbscience.org @nitinbaliga.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
🧵...
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We are hiring a postdoc - come work with us (www.koremlab.science) at the intersection of #microbiome, data science, and women's health!
Message or email me if interested. 🖥️ 🧬
Message or email me if interested. 🖥️ 🧬
Korem Lab - Microbiome Systems Biology @ Columbia | New York, USA
We apply systems biology approaches to decipher the metabolic interactions between the microbiome and its human host in diverse clinical settings, aiming towards personalized microbiome-based therapeu...
www.koremlab.science
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are hiring a postdoc - come work with us (www.koremlab.science) at the intersection of #microbiome, data science, and women's health!
Message or email me if interested. 🖥️ 🧬
Message or email me if interested. 🖥️ 🧬
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Excited 🥳 to share our latest work on gut phages!
Big thanks to @epcrocha.bsky.social, Erick D, Camille d'H, @fplazaonate.bsky.social, Quentin LB, and all others involved for support and contributions! 🙌
Out in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Here's what we found 🤓
Big thanks to @epcrocha.bsky.social, Erick D, Camille d'H, @fplazaonate.bsky.social, Quentin LB, and all others involved for support and contributions! 🙌
Out in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Here's what we found 🤓
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Excited 🥳 to share our latest work on gut phages!
Big thanks to @epcrocha.bsky.social, Erick D, Camille d'H, @fplazaonate.bsky.social, Quentin LB, and all others involved for support and contributions! 🙌
Out in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Here's what we found 🤓
Big thanks to @epcrocha.bsky.social, Erick D, Camille d'H, @fplazaonate.bsky.social, Quentin LB, and all others involved for support and contributions! 🙌
Out in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Here's what we found 🤓
Really cool work, congrats Gechlang, Sean, and team! 👏🏽
You can get an accurate estimate of total bacterial biomass from stool metagenomes by simply normalizing by host read count, without needing any additional measurements.
Excellent work by UW Master's student Gechlang Tang in @asm.org #mSystems Journal.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Excellent work by UW Master's student Gechlang Tang in @asm.org #mSystems Journal.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Metagenomic estimation of absolute bacterial biomass in the mammalian gut through host-derived read normalization | mSystems
In this study, we asked whether normalization by host reads alone was sufficient to
estimate absolute bacterial biomass directly from stool metagenomic data, without
the need for synthetic spike-ins, ...
journals.asm.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Really cool work, congrats Gechlang, Sean, and team! 👏🏽
Sucralose may interfere with cancer immunotherapy - exciting and important new research from @overacrelab.bsky.social in @theaacr.bsky.social!
aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
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July 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sucralose may interfere with cancer immunotherapy - exciting and important new research from @overacrelab.bsky.social in @theaacr.bsky.social!
aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
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aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
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🌿💡 Just dropped: our 4‑bug SynCom eats 8 herbicides (up to 99 % gone in a month) and revs up soil carbon metabolism. Microbes doing double duty for cleaner, richer black soils. Check the iMeta paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #SoilSci #Bioremediation
SynCom‐mediated herbicide degradation activates microbial carbon metabolism in soils
Extensive herbicide residues in the black soil of northeastern China are considered a significant agricultural pollution threat, yet effective bioremediation of this complex and persistent mixture re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🌿💡 Just dropped: our 4‑bug SynCom eats 8 herbicides (up to 99 % gone in a month) and revs up soil carbon metabolism. Microbes doing double duty for cleaner, richer black soils. Check the iMeta paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #SoilSci #Bioremediation
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It's finally out!🎉
We known that the #microbiome confers colonization resistance against #pathogens, we know that some meds 💊 affect gut microbes 🦠
So, do 💊 alter colonization resistance? It turns out that some do! If you wanna know more, check out our latest work www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We known that the #microbiome confers colonization resistance against #pathogens, we know that some meds 💊 affect gut microbes 🦠
So, do 💊 alter colonization resistance? It turns out that some do! If you wanna know more, check out our latest work www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It's finally out!🎉
We known that the #microbiome confers colonization resistance against #pathogens, we know that some meds 💊 affect gut microbes 🦠
So, do 💊 alter colonization resistance? It turns out that some do! If you wanna know more, check out our latest work www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We known that the #microbiome confers colonization resistance against #pathogens, we know that some meds 💊 affect gut microbes 🦠
So, do 💊 alter colonization resistance? It turns out that some do! If you wanna know more, check out our latest work www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
A gut microbiome metabolite promotes atherosclerosis by hijacking the immune system
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nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A gut microbiome metabolite promotes atherosclerosis by hijacking the immune system
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nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sequence smarter, discover more
(said in a New Hampshire accent 😉)
Sequence smarter, discover more
(said in a New Hampshire accent 😉)
July 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
To learn more about SeqCoast including direct orders with transparent pricing, visit seqcoast.com
Sequence smarter, discover more
(said in a New Hampshire accent 😉)
Sequence smarter, discover more
(said in a New Hampshire accent 😉)
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
⚡🦠I'm very excited to share our latest work on the gut microbiome and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is published in @natmetabolism.nature.com, with @hutlab.bsky.social & @longnguyen.bsky.social!
🔗Check out the paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
🔗Check out the paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
July 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
⚡🦠I'm very excited to share our latest work on the gut microbiome and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is published in @natmetabolism.nature.com, with @hutlab.bsky.social & @longnguyen.bsky.social!
🔗Check out the paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
🔗Check out the paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
Our paper demonstrating that within-species warfare interactions are ecologically important on human skin is now published in Nature Micro! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Our paper demonstrating that within-species warfare interactions are ecologically important on human skin is now published in Nature Micro! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
Applications are now open for the 2026 Takeda Innovators in Science Award with Nature. Early-career researchers in GI & inflammatory disease, neuroscience or oncology: Win a share of US$400K and earn global recognition. Apply today: go.nature.com/4jBp3oM #Academicsky
June 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Takeda Innovators in Science Award with Nature. Early-career researchers in GI & inflammatory disease, neuroscience or oncology: Win a share of US$400K and earn global recognition. Apply today: go.nature.com/4jBp3oM #Academicsky
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I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
June 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
Research Saves Lives
At Hopkins, we just went live with an expansive website showing the extraordinary value of research, the impact of cuts to research, what's at stake, resources for our research community, etc.
Check it out: researchsaveslives.jhu.edu
At Hopkins, we just went live with an expansive website showing the extraordinary value of research, the impact of cuts to research, what's at stake, resources for our research community, etc.
Check it out: researchsaveslives.jhu.edu
June 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Research Saves Lives
At Hopkins, we just went live with an expansive website showing the extraordinary value of research, the impact of cuts to research, what's at stake, resources for our research community, etc.
Check it out: researchsaveslives.jhu.edu
At Hopkins, we just went live with an expansive website showing the extraordinary value of research, the impact of cuts to research, what's at stake, resources for our research community, etc.
Check it out: researchsaveslives.jhu.edu
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
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...
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
Well, it being #Pride month and all, let's kick things off with a couple of starter packs I haven't shared in a while ...
The awesome folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social have made it super easy for you to queerify your TL, by following the good folks in these three starter packs:
1/2 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The awesome folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social have made it super easy for you to queerify your TL, by following the good folks in these three starter packs:
1/2 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Well, it being #Pride month and all, let's kick things off with a couple of starter packs I haven't shared in a while ...
The awesome folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social have made it super easy for you to queerify your TL, by following the good folks in these three starter packs:
1/2 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The awesome folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social have made it super easy for you to queerify your TL, by following the good folks in these three starter packs:
1/2 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
. @haleybiont.bsky.social have fun? 🙂
🚨 Out now!
Chronostrain - a method to profile low abundance strains in longitudinal microbiome samples 🦠💻
@travis.gibsonlab.io @younhk.bsky.social @gibsonlab.io @harvardmed.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org
#MicroSky 🦠 #MicrobiomeSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chronostrain - a method to profile low abundance strains in longitudinal microbiome samples 🦠💻
@travis.gibsonlab.io @younhk.bsky.social @gibsonlab.io @harvardmed.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org
#MicroSky 🦠 #MicrobiomeSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain - Nature Microbiology
ChronoStrain accurately profiles low-abundance strains in longitudinal samples by jointly modelling nucleotide sequencing errors, strain presence/absence and the temporal information associated with e...
www.nature.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
. @haleybiont.bsky.social have fun? 🙂
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Antibiotics disrupt gut microbes, but what about their viruses?
A new study finds that gut phages crash, bloom, and bounce back after antibiotics, helping restore microbial balance via kill-the-winner dynamics.
✍️ @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social & coll.
📖 shorturl.at/AtafX
#MicroSky #AMR
A new study finds that gut phages crash, bloom, and bounce back after antibiotics, helping restore microbial balance via kill-the-winner dynamics.
✍️ @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social & coll.
📖 shorturl.at/AtafX
#MicroSky #AMR
May 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Antibiotics disrupt gut microbes, but what about their viruses?
A new study finds that gut phages crash, bloom, and bounce back after antibiotics, helping restore microbial balance via kill-the-winner dynamics.
✍️ @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social & coll.
📖 shorturl.at/AtafX
#MicroSky #AMR
A new study finds that gut phages crash, bloom, and bounce back after antibiotics, helping restore microbial balance via kill-the-winner dynamics.
✍️ @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social & coll.
📖 shorturl.at/AtafX
#MicroSky #AMR
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✨ Job Alert: Bioinformatician & Data Manager ✨
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍Remote (within Canada) or In-person
💵 $74K–$107K + benefits
⏱️ Full Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#38485)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍Remote (within Canada) or In-person
💵 $74K–$107K + benefits
⏱️ Full Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#38485)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
May 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
✨ Job Alert: Bioinformatician & Data Manager ✨
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍Remote (within Canada) or In-person
💵 $74K–$107K + benefits
⏱️ Full Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#38485)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍Remote (within Canada) or In-person
💵 $74K–$107K + benefits
⏱️ Full Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#38485)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
Reposted by Jotham Suez (SuezLab@JHU)
📣 #NatureMedicine is hiring a new editor with expertise in #AI, #DigitalMedicine and/or Health #Informatics! This job is open to applicants in NYC 🗽and Milano 🎭! Deadline is Fri, May 30th. Please share!
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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Medicine, Digital Medicine and Artificial Intelligence
Job Title: Associate or a Senior, Nature Medicine (Digital Medicine and Artificial Intelligence) Location: New York or Milan (Hybrid Working) Application Deadline: May 30, 2025 About Springer Nature G...
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May 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
📣 #NatureMedicine is hiring a new editor with expertise in #AI, #DigitalMedicine and/or Health #Informatics! This job is open to applicants in NYC 🗽and Milano 🎭! Deadline is Fri, May 30th. Please share!
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
cc: @natureportfolio.nature.com
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