Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his)

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Excited to speak at @royalsociety MOPHH 2026 on metals, oxygen & planetary + human homeostasis. I’ll be discussing how microbiomes connect health across scales—from clinics to ecosystems 🌍🦠 📅 June 15–16 📍 London + virtual (FREE) 👉 Register: royalsociety.org/science-events…

Looking forward to speaking at #Anthropy26 at the Eden Project. Session: “Soil: The quiet revolution” 🗓 March 25 | 9:30–10:30 AM Join Sir Tim Smit, Jo Handelsman, The Edge and I talking about soil health event.anthropy.uk/event/anthropy…

New paper out in BMC Medicine 🧠🦠 A human-derived gut bacterium (Bacteroides salyersiae HB32) reduced depressive-like behavior in a chronic stress model — with effects comparable to ketamine in this study. @Holobiome_Inc link.springer.com/article/10.118…

🌎Can science help safeguard Earth’s wildlife? From habitat loss to climate change, species worldwide are under threat. At #SXSW2026, experts like @gilbertjacka explore how biobanking & digital tools give wildlife a lifeline. 🗓 Mar 17 | 4 PM 📍 JW Marriott, Room 201-202

Honored to recieve the Live Long and Prosper Award from the Nimoy-Knight Foudnation. Spock made neurodivergence cool! #RememberingLeonardNimoy #NimoyKnightFoundation #LLAPAward #LLAPTribute

Honored to receive the Live Long and Prosper Award from the Nimoy-Knight Foundation. I grew up inspired by Spock’s logic and Kirk’s boldness, two sides of the scientist’s mindset. 🖖 Live long and prosper.

For those of you interested in our planet and solutions you should read Jo Handelsman's A World Without Soil - it is a pivotal work that should inform agriculture and conservation management globally. yalebooks.co.uk/book/978030027…

Microbes produce half the oxygen on Earth. They sustain soils, oceans & our own bodies. Yet conservation has ignored them. @NoemaMag explores the first IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group The life we cannot see is the life we depend on. noemamag.com/saving-the-lif…

Book your free place! Applied Microbiology International will be holding a free webinar on ‘Gender Equality and Water’ to mark World Water Day 2026 - March 18. We’ll be joined by @bjc_agua - an expert in water management, sanitation and sustainable development - and @Lylamehta - an expert on water, sanitation, gender and development. the-microbiologist.com/news/world-wat…

🌎Can science help safeguard Earth’s wildlife? From habitat loss to climate change, species worldwide are under threat. At #SXSW2026, experts explore how biobanking & digital tools give wildlife a lifeline. 🗓 Mar 17 | 4 PM 📍 JW Marriott, Room 201-202 schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP11625…

Global experts from @UCSanDiego and @RedSeaGlobal addressed the urgency of uniting ecosystems, disciplines, and data to drive innovation during Nature’s Coral, Coasts, and One Health conference at KAUST. From AI-powered insights to applied conservation frameworks, collaboration is turning science into solutions. @NatureConf

In the Episode 1, @MmSteffie and Christina Pavloudi welcomed @gilbertjacka! NEXT episode will be out in February 🤫 & I can't wait to tell you who was my guest. ▶️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mvi… ▶️ music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c72… ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?list=… 2/2

LAUNCH DAY🎙️ We're thrilled to share the very first episode of #MVIFconversations with Jack Gilbert 💫 @MmSteffie and Christina Pavloudi talked with @gilbertjacka about how microbes shape our health and the invisible living world around us. Give it a listen & spread the word!

Is it time to speak about a "social transfer of pain"? @gilbertjacka & colleagues found the changes in the gut microbiome of mice housed in the same environment suggest that the social transfer of pain alters bystander peripheral physiology: rb.gy/r1gfn3

A Little Grime Can Boost Kids’ Health. But What Kind? Amber Fyfe Johnson (ireach.wsu.edu/people/amber-f…) and I talk with Kathleen Davis on @scifri about what kind of 'dirt' may be good for your children's health! sciencefriday.com/segments/dirty…

3️⃣ Scripps-affiliated leaders are featured in @SanDiegoMag's 2026 Biggest Movers & Shakers list, recognized for driving bold ideas and shaping the future of our city. Join us in recognizing @minwadhwa, @gilbertjacka & @paloma4D1! Read more: bit.ly/49dJkz5

New @BMJPublicHealth paper from the METS cohort: Across Ghana, South Africa, Jamaica, Seychelles & the U.S., 8-year follow-up shows rising obesity, high BP & high glucose during mid-life. The NCD transition is global. Prevention can’t wait. 🔗 bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/1/e0…

When pain is socially transferred between mice, the gut microbiome of the bystander changes too. Bystanders show hypersensitivity + shifts in SCFA-producers & metabolic pathways, mirroring CFA pain animals. biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

New resource alert! The National Sea Urchin Resource Center (NSURC) is now live at UC San Diego Powering reproducible biomedical & environmental research with one of our closest invertebrate relatives. nsurc.ucsd.edu

🦠 Microbes may be among the smallest species on the planet, but they are massively important! 🌍 Scripps and @UCSDPharmacy microbial ecologist @gilbertjacka joined @scifri to make the case for why conserving Earth’s smallest species matters. ⬇️ sciencefriday.com/segments/micro…