Katerina Johnson

It's out in print! 📜 Thrilled to see our article in Nature Reviews Microbiology chosen for the special 15th anniversary issue 🎉 @NatureRevMicro

With Twitter authors @AuraRaulo @MireiaVallesc @ArchieLab @FinlayLab @siobh_h @ilanabrito123 @JoHenrich @LB_Barreiro @FrancescaGazza5 @eugene_koonin @andrewhmoeller

How does the #social transmission of our #microbiota influence our understanding of #health and #disease? 🦠🏘️ Collab with @HarvardHEB et al applying eco-evo principles to the #socialmicrobiome ➡️ Out now in 50th anniversary @CellCellPress @CellPressNews cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

For 400 years, generations of Pembrokians have passed in and out of our doors, each with their own stories but all connected by this College. As 2024 begins, it’s officially time to celebrate 4 centuries of Pembroke people. Happy 400th birthday, Pembroke College! #pembroke400

The people who study Long Covid wear masks in public indoor spaces, use ventilation, etc, not because they think they're going to die in the acute phase of the infection, but because they know about LONG COVID.

How to measure the true impact of interdisciplinary science? Our paper featured on the cover of PNAS (@PNASNews) introduces a network-based approach. PDF: barabasilab.com/science/public… Let's dive into the highlights! #ScienceOfScience 1/n

There's a big reality gap right now between people who are actively staying on top of COVID research & those who just trust the current guidelines. There's no judgment here, but I'd like to try to communicate the worldview of the former based on what we know about COVID now: 1/

Placentas do not develop properly in mice that lack the usual gut microbes go.nature.com/46NaKaH

2023 #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition ! In 1st Place🥇@AxonsAlex @UZH_en A 48-hour time-lapse video of developing #neurons connecting the opposite side of the #CNS in a chick embryo. Featured courtesy of @NikonSmallWorld on bpod.org.uk/archive/2023/9…

Peekaboo 🤗 📸: Mike Wilson

A larval Lobster riding the local Uber. Kona, Hawaii. #ikelite

#Vielfalt ist nicht nur in menschlichen Teams gefragt. Eine diverse Mikrobengemeinschaft im #Darm lässt auf einige vorteilhafte Merkmale der #Persönlichkeit schließen. #Echobox=1691133049" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">spektrum.de/news/mikrobiom…

Cool to have my research on #personality & the #microbiome featured in France's main science mag @science_et_vie 🇫🇷🧠 Issue on the different influencers on personality... thanks at @LiseGougis for the copies! I'm brushing up my French now @carolinemace0 science-et-vie.com/article-magazi…

🗣️ "That is going to be a GOLD medal!" It was nearly all too much as it came down to the wire for Katarina Johnson-Thompson... 😰 #BBCAthletics

🫂 Some of my work on the interplay of our #gut, #microbiome and #social world for the German Scientific American @sciam 🇩🇪 @spektrum by @wolf_chri

@BBCcarolynquinn Still fondly remember my interview with you @BBCPM - good luck for the future!

It’s my final regular presenting shift on PM today.(Here’s the fab team behind it all.)It’s time for a break from full time working after 36 years at the BBC. Time to reacquaint myself with family and friends! Thanks for all your v kind messages - I shall cherish them all.

Check out Vox’s podcast ‘Unexplainable’ where I chat with @byrdala on everything we know (and don’t know) about the connections between our #gut #microbiome & #brain. How close are we to understanding ‘that gut feeling’?🧐 @voxdotcom @voxmediapods @nytimes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you…

Gut microbes influence exercise-associated reward circuits in the brain go.nature.com/3Wl3TzY

4th December is St. Barbara’s Day. On this day there was an old tradition amongst country folk to cut a “Barbara branch” from a cherry tree. The branch was kept in a pot of water by the stove, and if it blossomed by #Christmas all their wishes would be fulfilled. #FolkloreSunday

Friendly monkeys have higher levels of helpful bacteria and lower levels of potentially disease-causing microbes in their guts, research suggests trib.al/6LxBSgY

Social Connectedness Might Help In Having A Healthier Gut Microbiome forbes.com/sites/anuradha…