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Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems - Canada’s reliance on imported queens is understandable, but it isn’t sustainable in the long term. theconversation.com/importing-quee… #CdnSci #ecology #microbiology #science #SciChat

Antibiotic resistance gene analyses in microbial communities: challenges and opportunities | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Unbinned contigs expand known diversity in the global microbiome | Nature Microbiology nature.com/articles/s4156…

In the future, gut bacteria simulations could allow researchers to “test-drive” bacterial interventions and design custom probiotics. sciencenews.org/article/probio…

ISAPP is gathering in Tokyo for this year's annual meeting! All are welcome to join our one-day open registration scientific symposium, featuring talks on three themes: ➡️Human & animal microbiomes ➡️ Mechanisms & metabolites ➡️ Immune interactions isappscience.org/event/2026-sym…

📢 Final reminder to apply for ISAPP 2026 in Tokyo, Japan! Please ensure your abstract is submitted by midnight (GMT) tonight (Monday, 23 February 2026). 🔗 isapp-sfa.com/tokyo-2026

Could a bacterium in yogurt diagnose diseases? @ktguzz introduces Record-seq, a tool developed in @randall_platt's lab @ETH_BSSE that enables bacteria to record what they do over time in the gut @ISAPPscience @ISAPPSFA  tinyurl.com/2k9ryt8t

Bacteriophages mobilize bacterial defense systems via lateral transduction | Science Advances science.org/doi/full/10.11…

The award committee has selected this year's recipient of the Gregor Reid Award for Outstanding Scholars in Developing Nations: Tushar Matta from India! See here to find out about Tushar's work on pharmacology and live microorganisms: isappscience.org/2026-gregor-re…

⚠ Prebiotics are a type of #fiber, but not all fiber types found in foods have prebiotic effects Learn more about why eating more fiber-rich foods isn't enough @ISAPPscience 👇👇👇

Genomic Islands as minimal hitchers of conjugative elements biorxiv.org/content/10.648… #biorxiv_micrbio

Genomic Islands as minimal hitchers of conjugative elements | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Congratulations to ⁦@EmmanuelKuffo15⁩ on his publication using genomics for surveillance of Irish isolates of the pig pathogen S suis, dating back to 2005. ⁦@TeagascFood⁩ ⁦@Pharmabiotic⁩ ⁦@JenniferMahony7⁩ #phage #DAFMResearch microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Delighted to share the hard work of undergraduate student Ella Rellis and first publication from my group since relocating to @tcdgenmicro. Here we identify a new stress response regulator induced by D-serine. 🦠🔬🧫 @MicrobioSoc #publishforthecommunity microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Deep-learning dive into the antimicrobial potential of Archaea dlvr.it/TQCv4d

We’re excited to share that the ISAPP Annual Meeting 2026 will take place in Tokyo, Japan, from the 6th to the 8th of October! Abstract submissions will open soon! ⏰ 🔗Join the SFA (free): isapp-sfa.com/member-registr… 🔗Meeting information: isapp-sfa.com/2026-upcoming

Bacteriocin gene-mediated ecological adaptation of Bifidobacterium breve in the adult human gut dlvr.it/TPwm2s

And if you aren't already, consider becoming a member of @ISAPPSFA, the Students and Fellows Association of the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (@ISAPPscience)!

Could a bacteria in yogurt diagnose diseases? Potentially! Read my new post on the @ISAPPSFA blog to learn more about Record-seq, a tool developed in @randall_platt's lab @ETH_BSSE that enables bacteria to record what they do over time in the gut! 🔗lnkd.in/eA-MV9f8

Academia is unprepared for the rise in chatbot use among students go.nature.com/4rwxdUH