UNC Microbiome Core

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🚨 The first First Friday Microbiome Seminar of the 2025 Spring semester is coming (2/7)! 🚨#FFM New Time: 11 AM - 12 PM Location: 2004 Marsico Hall ☕🥯 Bagels & Coffee provided! Join us for two amazing talks from @NCState experts on probiotic yeast engineering. See you there!

Great presentation by our undergraduate trainee, Weston, from @BIOL_Undergrads ! We’re thrilled to have you on the team and look forward to seeing more of your data and insights. Keep up the great work!

Reminder to submit your abstract! Don't miss this fantastic opportunity 👇

Check out the newly released paper from our collaborators! This study shows how specific dietary fibers shape microbial consortia, promoting stability under varying feeding rates using a packed-bed reactor system. Congrats, @MaddyAMoore tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19…

Excited to represent UNC Microbiome Core at Martin Middle School’s STEAM Day! Dr. Andrea & @yunan_hu inspired future scientists with agar art and a deep dive into the microbiome. Students explored how microbes shape our world, from fermented foods to gut health. #STEAM

Kicking off the holiday season with our end-year celebration lab lunch! Grateful for everyone’s hard work and dedication this year—our lab truly feels like a family. Here’s to more discoveries and shared successes in the year ahead! 🥂

Join us this Friday as Dr. Andrea Azcarate-Peril presents a seminar for IGHID/CFAR on “Microbiome Research: Impact on Human Health.” Location: 1131 Bioinformatics Time: 9:15-10AM 🎄Let’s end the year together with an inspiring talk! Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!

🎓 Huge congratulations to Dr. Mashael @Mesheal_RJ Rocking those caps, gowns, and big smiles because today is all about success and new beginnings. So proud of you!

Ayesha Awan is a PhD candidate in #NCStateVetMed . Her dissertation explores how dietary proteins from various sources are transformed in the gut by host and microbial interactions—and how these transformations impact the host directly or via gut microbiota.

Dr. Shyamal Peddada is a Senior Investigator leading the Constrained Statistical Inference Group at @NIEHS His group develops cutting-edge, user-friendly biostatistical methods, including ANCOM, ANCOM-BC, ANCOM-BC2, SECOM, ORIOGEN, CLME, ORIOS, and etc.

Join us for December’s First Friday Microbiome Seminar #FFM on Dec. 6 at noon in Marsico 2004 (in person). This is the last FFM for 2024! Two fantastic speakers will present their work. See the thread below for detailed introductions of each speaker. 🧵

Has the two decades of research on the gut microbiome resulted in making healthier choices? Please check out our newly released article about the impacts of well-supported microbiome research on human health cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Year-end Lab Celebration 🎈 Sourdough bread with Lab logo is by @Mesheal_RJ

Big congrats to our undergrad student Nehal from @NutritionUNC for completing her research project! Her dedication, countless transformations, and hard work truly paid off. A stellar presentation showcasing her deep understanding of the project. Well done! 👏

Check out our collaborators’ work on Giardia colonization shifts the balance of lactic acid bacteria and corresponds with a decrease in multiple indicators of mucosal and nutritional homeostasis. Congratulations @BhattLab_InFimo 🥳 #d1e698" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Great insights at today’s seminar! Jasjot shared research on how kiwi fruit can help alleviate constipation, plus an innovative capsule tech to monitor gut hydrogen levels. Mashael presented her thesis on microbial DPP4 and its impact on gut health and cognitive function.

📢 Join us for the #FFM Seminar🌱 🗓️ Friday, Nov 8, 12 pm 📍 Room 3112 Mary Ellen Jones 🍕 Pizza will be served! See 🧵 for details

Our second speaker is @Mesheal_RJ. In her thesis research, she studied how the probiotic might support cognitive health in aging populations. 🧠 Her work dives into the role of microbial DPP-4 and its influence on cognition. Come and learn more about her work!

Jasjot’s research focuses on the impact of diet on gastrointestinal health. Jasjot’s clinical trial explores how eating two green kiwifruits daily might improve abdominal comfort and wellbeing for individuals with constipation-predominant IBS and functional constipation. 🥝