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Jatin Nagpal
@jatinnagpal.bsky.social
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💭 Neuroscience. Microbiome. Optogenetics. 📍APC Microbiome Ireland. University College Cork. 👤 Lecturer. Co-chair, UCC Race Equality Network. Director, ALBA Network. SciComm Coord., EU COST AFFECT-EVO. 📜 https://research.ucc.ie/profiles/[email protected]
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · 22d
Great to see our review on microbiome, exposome and cognitive development out in @annualreviews.bsky.social.

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#MicrobiomeSky #Gut-Brain
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · 14d
Congrats Surojit! Look forward to reading this.
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Surojit Sural @surojitsural.bsky.social · 15d
Very excited to share this finding from my postdoctoral work that is now published in #ScienceAdvances. We show how the gut’s epithelium modifies enteric behaviors during nutritional adversity via distinct peptidergic signaling axes.

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Gut epithelium modifies enteric behaviors during nutritional adversity via distinct peptidergic signaling axes
Gut epithelium modulates output from distinct enteric circuits by altering secretion of insulin and noninsulin peptides.
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · 22d
Great to see our review on microbiome, exposome and cognitive development out in @annualreviews.bsky.social.

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
@uccresearch.bsky.social

#MicrobiomeSky #Gut-Brain
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Atin Sharma @atinsharma.bsky.social · Aug 27
Did I just read the best abstract ever? 😁

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Blood, sweat, and beers: investigating mosquito biting preferences amidst noise and intoxication in a cross-sectional cohort study at a large music festival
Introduction We live in a world split between mosquito magnets and those lucky enough to remain (nearly) untouched. The reasons why some people attract more mosquito bites than others remain largely m...
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · Aug 21
Imaging cellular activity simultaneously across all organs of a vertebrate reveals body-wide circuits.

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Imaging cellular activity simultaneously across all organs of a vertebrate reveals body-wide circuits
All cells in an animal collectively ensure, moment-to-moment, the survival of the whole organism in the face of environmental stressors. Physiology seeks to elucidate the intricate network of interact...
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · Aug 17
“Recognising the “New Ireland” means embracing its diversity, not as a problem to manage, but as a strength to celebrate.”
Well articulated by Prof. Lokesh Joshi.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/racis...
Professor: 'It's hard to reassure international researchers about their safety in Ireland'
Professor Lokesh Joshi of University of Galway says recent racist attacks will affect Ireland’s ability to attract world-class researchers.
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David Sancho @sancholab.bsky.social · Jul 16
💥 A gut microbe metabolite that drives #atherosclerosis?
Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation without changing cholesterol.
🧪 We show the pathway—and how to block it.
nature.com/articles/s41... #OpenAccess at
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#CVD #immunosky #cardiosky #microbiomesky
Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis - Nature
Imidazole propionate produced by gut microbiota is associated with atherosclerosis in mouse models and in humans, and causes the development of atherosclerosis through activation of the imidazoline-1 ...
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Jul 16
New RESOURCE!

Integrative genomic reconstruction reveals heterogeneity in carbohydrate utilization across human gut bifidobacteria

@arzamasovalex.bsky.social @drlarsbode.bsky.social Andrei Osterman, Jeff Gordon & co

#microbiomesky #microsky

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Integrative genomic reconstruction reveals heterogeneity in carbohydrate utilization across human gut bifidobacteria - Nature Microbiology
A comprehensive genomic analysis reveals species- and strain-level heterogeneity in carbohydrate utilization potential across bifidobacteria of human origin.
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Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen @lisamaierlab.bsky.social · Jul 16
Finally online!
Our latest research is out @nature.com: We show that non-antibiotic drugs can disrupt colonization resistance, raising the risk of enteric infections.
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Non-antibiotics disrupt colonization resistance against enteropathogens
Nature - Non-antibiotic drugs from a wide range of therapeutic classes can alter the ability of gut commensals to resist invasion by enteropathogens, a previously underappreciated side effect of...
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · Jul 7
Exciting Senior Scientist 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 role available in my research group 🧠 🦠 - Closing date Tuesday 5th August 2025.

Please Share

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Full details here
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ScienHub @scienhub-org.bsky.social · Jun 26
🧠 How does your gut talk to your brain? We’re diving into the Gut-Brain Axis at #BCNMicrobiome with two leading voices: Jane Foster from #UTSWMedCenter on Microbiome & Depression and @maburto.bsky.social on Microbiota-Brain Communication
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · Jun 26
Honoured and delighted to join the board of directors at ALBA Network. I look forward to contributing to the ALBA mission to promote equity and inclusion in neuroscience.
@ucc.ie @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Jun 26
Congratulations to our newly elected Board members:
🎉 Sandhya Koushika, Jatin Nagpal, and Ibukun Akinrinade
🎉 Chair-Elect: Bita Moghaddam
Thank you to everyone who joined the ALBA General Assembly 2025! 💙
We’re grateful for your energy and insights.
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Pamela Ferretti @pamferretti.bsky.social · Jun 4
Interested in microbiome GWAS and heritability studies? Check out our new Review in Nature Reviews Genetics! We explore key findings, challenges, and future directions of the field.
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@blekhman.bsky.social @sambhawa.bsky.social and Dr. Kelsey Johnson.
Genomics of host–microbiome interactions in humans
Nature Reviews Genetics - In this Review, Ferretti et al. discuss advances in our understanding of interactions between the human genome and the microbiome, including the effects of the microbiome...
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Jan Claesen @claesengroup.bsky.social · Jun 24
When all this pollution is causing you headaches...

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Nature Chemistry @natchem.nature.com · Jun 24
Paracetemol from plastic waste www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A biocompatible Lossen rearrangement in Escherichia coli - Nature Chemistry
Biocompatible chemistry merges chemo-catalytic reactions with cellular metabolism for sustainable small-molecule synthesis. Now a biocompatible Lossen rearrangement has been demonstrated to control ba...
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Jun 21
Exciting fundamental discovery!

Early embryos fight bacteria WITHOUT immune cells

Zebrafish, mouse, and human embryos use epithelial cells (trophoectoderm)—not immune cells—to engulf and destroy 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 and 𝘚. 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴

Hoijman Lab Barcelona 🇪🇸
𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦

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Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 19
This is so cool - octopus can sense microbiomes: sending a gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
Eight Arms to Taste Your Microbiome
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Jun 15
A connectomic resource for neural cataloguing and circuit dissection of the larval zebrafish brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.10.658982v1
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Nature Reviews Immunology @natrevimmunol.nature.com · Jun 12
A Perspective article by @lilykeane.bsky.social, Gerard Clarke & @jfcryan.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social proposes that microbiota–microglia cross-talk may have major implications for our understanding of neurological disorders and neuropsychiatric disease
#immunosky #microsky #microbiome
A role for microglia in mediating the microbiota–gut–brain axis - Nature Reviews Immunology
This Perspective explores how the gut microbiota influences the function and heterogeneity of microglia, highlighting their roles in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and discusses the ther...
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · Jun 4
Microbiome for the clinicians | Cell

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The microbiome for clinicians
Preclinical studies suggest a rapidly growing potential for the application of microbiome research in improving patient outcomes. This perspective lays out the potential steps that can be taken toward...
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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · May 30
Congratulations to APC's @jatinnagpal.bsky.social, @maburto.bsky.social, Koushika Chandrasekaran, Alexandre Cergneux & @drmoralesgarcia.bsky.social - INSPIRE MSCA who have won the Joint @ucc.ie Research Image of the Year for ‘Brain Pipelines’
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · May 30
Delighted to be awarded the joint @uccresearch.bsky.social image of the year for #zebrafish “Brain Pipelines”!

Great Team Effort - @maburto.bsky.social, @drmoralesgarcia.bsky.social, Koushika and Alex.

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie, @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · May 22
International Booker Prize 2025: Indian author and translators are first to win with a short story collection.

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International Booker Prize 2025: Indian author and translators are first to win with a short story collection
Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, chronicles the lives of women in southern India
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Jatin Nagpal @jatinnagpal.bsky.social · May 21
Grateful and proud to be among the 6 candidates on the ballot for joining the ALBA Network Board of Directors.

🗳️ Please vote and advance ALBA's actions for equity and diversity in neuroscience. Details: www.alba.network/elections

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · May 20
🔊 Calling all ALBA Members! Votes are open.
This is your chance to help select the next leaders who will advance ALBA's actions for diversity in neuroscience.
🗳️ Cast your vote. Check your mailbox to access the voting form. ⏰ 2 June
👉🏽 www.alba.network/elections
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · May 18
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Kevin Thiessen, PhD @kevinthiessen.bsky.social · May 18
My Bioinformatics Bootcamp turned blog! Enjoy this collection of free #zebrafish resources, now posted on @the-node.bsky.social. While not comprehensive, it gives an assortment of cools tools available to researchers. Feedback would be appreciated! thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...
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Segata Lab @cibiocm.bsky.social · May 16
🥁 NEW:

Commentary in @cellcellpress.bsky.social!

by @msabrysarhan.bsky.social Giacomo Antonello @whansi.bsky.social @cengoni.bsky.social @dmascalzoni.bsky.social @leviwaldron1.bsky.social Nicola Segata, Christian Fuchsberger

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Human mitochondrial DNA in public metagenomes: Opportunity or privacy threat?
Human DNA is unavoidably present in metagenomic analyses of human microbiomes. While current protocols remove human DNA before submission to public repositories, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been ove...
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