Veronika K Pettersen

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Are you interested in the milk microbiome and finding strategies to prevent infections? Apply for this PhD position with a highly competitive salary, Northern lights included.

🤩Excited to share our latest research published in @eBioMedicine ! thelancet.com/journals/ebiom… Special thanks to Hanna Noordzij, Alise Ponsero, Ching Jian, Katri Korpela, @MireiaVallesc, Justine Debelius, Alexander Kurilshikov, and @microbioquester for your amazing help

How do pathogens invade ecosystems? health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines…

Stress, Circadian Rhythms & the Microbiome - Great to see this @Cell_Metabolism paper of the PhD work of @gabriel_tofani out today @AnatNeuroUCC @UCCResearch @Pharmabiotic

I am hiring a Research Assistant (Microbiology)! We are expanding our team at @UccMicrobiology and @Pharmabiotic studying nutritional- and microbiome-based approaches to improve human health . Search 080852 on ore.ucc.ie for full details. Deadline 8th November 2024.

Diverse anti-defence systems are encoded in the leading region of plasmids | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

It is a pleasure to share our new study led by my PhD student, Gaute Hovde Bø. Check it out if you are interested in how the fecal metabolome of infants might change in response to different biotic interventions. authorea.com/users/841152/a…

Can we map gut inflammation with ultrasound? Yes, using probiotic biosensors! 🔊 Imagine drinking a "diagnostic yogurt" and getting an ultrasound instead of endoscopy or colonoscopy 😁. Congrats to @MarjorieBuss and collaborators on this advance. doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

👶🦠Infant microbiomes have 5 different trajectories of development over the first 2 years of life, driven strongly by initial microbiome colonization and environmental exposures nature.com/articles/s4146…

New article out in Comm Biol by 1st authors @HiraJonathan and Bhupender Singh. Check out if interested in a) Cellular phenotypic heterogeneity in bacterial pathogen populations & how cell individuality shapes pop. behavior b) S. aureus c) new applications for chemical probes.

How do you distill #microbiome complexity into ecologically meaningful units? Clear away the confusion with MICROBIOME FOR DUMMIES: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ia…

What your brain's microbiome means for your health? The answer is: Absolutely nothing, as there is none. And no, brain microbiomes play also no role in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's. This article is not based on scientific information that is credible.

Before the #UNGA high-level meeting on #AMR, @Nature consulted healthcare experts from around the world to share their insights on the most effective solutions for their countries or regions. Give it a read here: nature.com/articles/d4158… #GlobalHealth #DrugResistance #UNGA79

Breastfeeding provides many health benefits, partly mediated by its microbiome. .@MeghanAzad & colleagues @CHILDSTUDY found maternal genetics determined HMO composition, which in turn was associated with the respiratory health of human milk-fed infants: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Our paper is finally out at Nature Microbiology. A team effort discovering Tailocin cell factories. Listeria monocytogenes bacteria produce and store ~6000 tailocins per cell in a remarkable way. nature.com/articles/s4156…

💊 Antibiotics damage the gut barrier via impaired mucus production independently of the microbiota. A consideration for those using antibiotic induced depletion of the microbiome in mice science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Important new research with big implications for understanding babies' #microbiomes & the role of #breastmilk in their development. Congrats @LawleyLab, @yan__shao & team! 👏🏻 nature.com/articles/s4156…

Researchers report in Science that infected bacteria surprisingly fight back with “hidden” genes that halt cell growth, slowing viral spread. The results highlight the potential for other “hidden” genes to be unearthed in different biological contexts. scim.ag/81v

📢 New preprint!! Combining transcriptomics, genetic engineering and CRISPRi silencing, we unveiled a plasmid-chromosome transcriptional crosstalk in multidrug resistant clinical enterobacteria - 1/10 🧵👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…