Karina Xavier Lab
@karinaxavierlab.bsky.social
Microbiologist working on Quorum Sensing, microbiota and microbe-host interactions. Working at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine - GIMM, Oeiras, Portugal
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Wrapping up the coolest Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses at @gimmfoundation.bsky.social Portugal! Over this course, I had 2min flash talks on my PhD work, presented 2 posters and designed group projects. Thank you @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social #Waldan Kwong and #Martin Blaser for the guidance.
July 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Wrapping up the coolest Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses at @gimmfoundation.bsky.social Portugal! Over this course, I had 2min flash talks on my PhD work, presented 2 posters and designed group projects. Thank you @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social #Waldan Kwong and #Martin Blaser for the guidance.
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Big thanks to scientific writer Libera Lo Presti for this great little piece on our recent work exploring how proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pH affect human gut microbes.
Check it out here: go.nature.com/4lf6jNk
Check it out here: go.nature.com/4lf6jNk
The pill that might be relieving your heartburn but killing your gut microbes
Why drugs commonly used against heartburn harm your gut microbiome
go.nature.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Big thanks to scientific writer Libera Lo Presti for this great little piece on our recent work exploring how proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pH affect human gut microbes.
Check it out here: go.nature.com/4lf6jNk
Check it out here: go.nature.com/4lf6jNk
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Do people in the same household share strains when they have the same species?
How many cells transmit when a strain is shared?
Can strain composition be dynamic when species composition is stable?
We answer these and related questions for the facial skin microbiome in our latest paper.
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How many cells transmit when a strain is shared?
Can strain composition be dynamic when species composition is stable?
We answer these and related questions for the facial skin microbiome in our latest paper.
🧵[1/10]
May 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Do people in the same household share strains when they have the same species?
How many cells transmit when a strain is shared?
Can strain composition be dynamic when species composition is stable?
We answer these and related questions for the facial skin microbiome in our latest paper.
🧵[1/10]
How many cells transmit when a strain is shared?
Can strain composition be dynamic when species composition is stable?
We answer these and related questions for the facial skin microbiome in our latest paper.
🧵[1/10]
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How the @embo.org postdoctoral fellowship helped me in developing my academic career... happy to see my profile featured on the EMBO website!
www.embo.org/people/from-...
www.embo.org/people/from-...
From Fellowship to Frontline: Camille Goemans’ Mission to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance – People – EMBO
An interview with Camille Goemans, tenure-track assistant professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland and former EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow
www.embo.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
How the @embo.org postdoctoral fellowship helped me in developing my academic career... happy to see my profile featured on the EMBO website!
www.embo.org/people/from-...
www.embo.org/people/from-...
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Congratulations, Edith Heard, former EMBL Director General!
She was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List in the UK 👏
#kingshonours
www.embl.org/news/awards-...
She was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List in the UK 👏
#kingshonours
www.embl.org/news/awards-...
June 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Congratulations, Edith Heard, former EMBL Director General!
She was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List in the UK 👏
#kingshonours
www.embl.org/news/awards-...
She was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List in the UK 👏
#kingshonours
www.embl.org/news/awards-...
Call for our new PhD program is open. Come join one of our labs at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine - Lisbon-Oeiras, Portugal. Help us spread the word
Exciting opportunities are now available!
GIMM offers a distinctive PhD Program designed to attract & cultivate highly skilled researchers in biology & biomedicine.
Deadline: July 9
👉 Apply now! gimm.pt/education-and-training/phd-program/
GIMM offers a distinctive PhD Program designed to attract & cultivate highly skilled researchers in biology & biomedicine.
Deadline: July 9
👉 Apply now! gimm.pt/education-and-training/phd-program/
June 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Call for our new PhD program is open. Come join one of our labs at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine - Lisbon-Oeiras, Portugal. Help us spread the word
Call for Group Leaders - Join us at GIMM, 7 days till the deadline!
We’re hiring: GIMM is launching its first call for Group Leaders.
Looking for scientists ready to push boundaries, ask bold questions & build the future of biomedical discovery.
🔗 gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...
📅 Apply by June 8
#ScienceJobs #GroupLeader #BiomedicalResearch
Looking for scientists ready to push boundaries, ask bold questions & build the future of biomedical discovery.
🔗 gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...
📅 Apply by June 8
#ScienceJobs #GroupLeader #BiomedicalResearch
June 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Call for Group Leaders - Join us at GIMM, 7 days till the deadline!
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1/46 Hey folks, we have a new paper out on the MuLTEE. Strap in and I’ll tell you the story of how this “little paper on polyploidy” turned into the most data rich paper our lab has produced, largely thanks to the leadership and work ethic of @kaitong25.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genome duplication in a long-term multicellularity evolution experiment - Nature
In the Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment, diploid yeast evolve to be tetraploid under selection for larger multicellular size, revealing how whole-genome duplication can arise due to its...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
1/46 Hey folks, we have a new paper out on the MuLTEE. Strap in and I’ll tell you the story of how this “little paper on polyploidy” turned into the most data rich paper our lab has produced, largely thanks to the leadership and work ethic of @kaitong25.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great Microbiology meeting at the EMBL
Join our favorite microbiology meeting! Fantastic talks, poster sessions, new technologies, and all the hot areas of microbiology in a great environment - experts in cell & systems biology, microbiomes, environment & evolution, pathogenesis, phage & antibiotics
DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
March 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Great Microbiology meeting at the EMBL
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Join our favorite microbiology meeting! Fantastic talks, poster sessions, new technologies, and all the hot areas of microbiology in a great environment - experts in cell & systems biology, microbiomes, environment & evolution, pathogenesis, phage & antibiotics
DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
March 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Join our favorite microbiology meeting! Fantastic talks, poster sessions, new technologies, and all the hot areas of microbiology in a great environment - experts in cell & systems biology, microbiomes, environment & evolution, pathogenesis, phage & antibiotics
DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
DON’T MISS abstract deadline, April 1
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More important now than ever before: vilcek.org/prizes/vilce...
Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise - Vilcek Foundation
The Creative Promise Prizes are awarded to young immigrant professionals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement early in their careers.
vilcek.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
More important now than ever before: vilcek.org/prizes/vilce...
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📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Laila: orcid.org/0000-0001-80...
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
March 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Laila: orcid.org/0000-0001-80...
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
Follow @symbnet.bsky.social to hear about the speakers of our Symbnet Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses for PhD students - July 2025 Portugal
📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Jewelna: noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/dr-j...
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
March 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Follow @symbnet.bsky.social to hear about the speakers of our Symbnet Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses for PhD students - July 2025 Portugal
Interesting story on challenges and promises of microbial engineering
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The researchers on a quest to protect the gut from antibiotics
The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.
www.nature.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Interesting story on challenges and promises of microbial engineering
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Takema: bpri.aist.go.jp/en/staff/fuk...
@fkttkm.bsky.social
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
@fkttkm.bsky.social
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
March 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Takema: bpri.aist.go.jp/en/staff/fuk...
@fkttkm.bsky.social
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
@fkttkm.bsky.social
Registrations until 28th March.
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
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📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Jewelna: noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/dr-j...
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
March 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Jewelna: noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/dr-j...
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
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📢 Meet the speakers of the 2025 SymbNET Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s... 👉 Know more about Aileen: www.berasateguilab.com/people
March 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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ASM stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...
ASM’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The American Society for Microbiology stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone.
asm.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
ASM stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...
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Present study, the feed incorporated Enterococcus faecium probiotic converts the precursor L-dopa to dopamine with high efficiency to produce significant amounts of dopamine within the gastrointestinal tract.
Use of a microbial #endocrinology designed #dopamine producing #probiotic to control #gut neurochemical levels associated with the development of gut #inflammation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Present study, the feed incorporated Enterococcus faecium probiotic converts the precursor L-dopa to dopamine with high efficiency to produce significant amounts of dopamine within the gastrointestinal tract.
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We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated.
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
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Postdoctor, 2 years, in predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance
The Department of Molecular Biology seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will work with forecasting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance. The employment is full-time for two yea
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March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated.
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses - Oeiras Portugal. Students from all over the world are eligible, we sponsor selected students. Please Repost!
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PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses 2025
Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) & Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) July 06...
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March 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses - Oeiras Portugal. Students from all over the world are eligible, we sponsor selected students. Please Repost!
gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...
gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...
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Hi BlueSkyers! I'm an evolutionary biologist, microbiologist, entomologist, lover of nature, and long-time researcher on symbiosis.
I'm realizing that BlueSky is useful and generally non-toxic so here I am (having quit Facebook in Jan 2017, and Twitter in Oct 2022).
I'm realizing that BlueSky is useful and generally non-toxic so here I am (having quit Facebook in Jan 2017, and Twitter in Oct 2022).
March 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hi BlueSkyers! I'm an evolutionary biologist, microbiologist, entomologist, lover of nature, and long-time researcher on symbiosis.
I'm realizing that BlueSky is useful and generally non-toxic so here I am (having quit Facebook in Jan 2017, and Twitter in Oct 2022).
I'm realizing that BlueSky is useful and generally non-toxic so here I am (having quit Facebook in Jan 2017, and Twitter in Oct 2022).
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New online! Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities
Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 10 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01163-0In this Review, Iliev, Ananthakrishnan and Guo explore the gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease, highlighting bacterial and fungal components, immune…
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March 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New online! Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities
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What a better chance to read our review on how to counteract the negative effects of antibiotics and human targeted drugs 💊 our #microbiome🦠 if you haven't yet!
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
March 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What a better chance to read our review on how to counteract the negative effects of antibiotics and human targeted drugs 💊 our #microbiome🦠 if you haven't yet!
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
www.cell.com/trends/micro...