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Feel free to join the keynotes by presenting your work–abstract submission is open:
www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/how-to...

#MVIF is proudly supported by #illumina @corundumsb.bsky.social
and our non-commercial co-organizing partners Seerave Foundation @cunysph.bsky.social
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Join us in December for #MVIF 44!

We will discuss diverse #microbiome topics:
human urinary, gut, oral and nasal microbiomes,
extreme environments, and
a new sequence alignment tool.
It's Monday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-44

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Vanessa Hale
🇰🇷 Jun Hyung Cha

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Katherine Lemon @kathlemon.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Meenakshi Chakraborty
🇨🇳 Wei Shen @shenwei356.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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In case you missed #MVIF 43 talks 📺🍿
(thanks to @tosina.bsky.social) recordings are now available on

our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

and

@cassyni.bsky.social platform: cassyni.com/s/mvif-43

Enjoy!
Cassyni | Science starts with a seminar
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November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join #MVIF 44 cassyni.com/s/mvif-44
and #MeetTheSpeakers

🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben will present her findings from the chemical and microbial analysis of sediment from the dumpsites with DDT barrels decaying on the seafloor.

Check out the paper: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In case you missed #MVIF 43 talks 📺🍿
(thanks to @tosina.bsky.social) recordings are now available on

our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

and

@cassyni.bsky.social platform: cassyni.com/s/mvif-43

Enjoy!
Cassyni | Science starts with a seminar
Seamlessly organise, run and publish academic research talks. Get started in minutes.
cassyni.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join us in December for #MVIF 44!

We will discuss diverse #microbiome topics:
human urinary, gut, oral and nasal microbiomes,
extreme environments, and
a new sequence alignment tool.
It's Monday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-44

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Vanessa Hale
🇰🇷 Jun Hyung Cha

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Katherine Lemon @kathlemon.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Meenakshi Chakraborty
🇨🇳 Wei Shen @shenwei356.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Reposted by Microbiome Virtual International Forum
It's Monday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-44

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Vanessa Hale
🇰🇷 Jun Hyung Cha

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Katherine Lemon @kathlemon.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Meenakshi Chakraborty
🇨🇳 Wei Shen @shenwei356.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's Monday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-44

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Vanessa Hale
🇰🇷 Jun Hyung Cha

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Katherine Lemon @kathlemon.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Meenakshi Chakraborty
🇨🇳 Wei Shen @shenwei356.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A huge thanks to all of our speakers and attendees for making the meeting so enjoyable,

and for those interested who missed the meeting you can check out the recordings later here www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ3...

OR on cassyni platform
Microbiome Virtual International Forum
Microbiome Virtual International Conference (MVIF) is a recurring bite-sized alternative to multi-day microbiome conference: Regular short-format (~3 hours) conferences that provide all the key elemen...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Your Pacific #MVIF hosts:
@pamferretti.bsky.social
Moreno Zolfo
@nenafra.bsky.social
Jose Caparros
Balqis Nofinska
Yiting Liu
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
That's a wrap for #MVIF 43 in the Pacific zone

THANK YOU to #microbiome people who tuned in & all the amazing speakers!

📢 #MVIF runs monthly events: you can submit your work for December (Pacific-first) and January (Atlantic-first) www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/info...
How to submit an abstract
www.microbiome-vif.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Congratulation to the #MVIF 42 winners!!!

Best presentation:
💐 Brooke Wilson (@Brooke_C_Wilson)

& Michele Zuppi (@MicheleZuppi)
Besides the fame, there's a $200 prize to the prize winner, so make sure to vote and to submit an abstract for next time!
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
#MVIF Q&A right now with @nenafra.bsky.social

The poll is OPEN – don’t forget to vote for your favourite presentation (Highlight and Talk)!
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Microbiome Geographic Population Structure (mGPS): A Powerful Tool for Microbial Forensics by 🇸🇪Eran Elhaik (@EranElhaik)

Paper: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

3/3
Microbiome Geographic Population Structure (mGPS) Detects Fine-Scale Geography
Abstract. Over the past decade, sequencing data generated by large microbiome projects showed that taxa exhibit patchy geographical distribution, raising q
academic.oup.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Healthy microbiome—moving towards functional interpretation
by 🇵🇱Kinga Zielińska

Paper: academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

2/3
Healthy microbiome—moving towards functional interpretation
AbstractBackground. Microbiome-based disease prediction has significant potential as an early, noninvasive marker of multiple health conditions linked to d
academic.oup.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
⭐️ Talks:

Live biotherapeutic product exhibits similar efficacy and superior engraftment to same donor fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection

by 🇺🇸Lukas Bethlehem
Preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

1/3
Live biotherapeutic product exhibits similar efficacy and superior engraftment to same donor fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an effective therapy for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) but has undefined composition and poor scalability. In vitro manufactured live bi...
www.medrxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
👏👏GREAT talk!

Happy to have Deepa Agashe live Q&A!
Moderator: Diana Ayala Muñoz
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
⭐️Keynote talk: Learning from unstable microbiomes
🇮🇳 Deepa Agashe ‪@deepaagashe.bsky.social‬
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Q&A with @pamferretti.bsky.social and Prof. Wu.
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
⭐️ Highlights:

Sulfated dietary fiber protects gut microbiota from antibiotics
by 🇺🇸 Fuqing Wu
Check out the paper: doi.org/10.1186/s401...

2/2
Sulfated dietary fiber protects gut microbiota from antibiotics - Microbiome
Background Antibiotics, while essential for combating pathogens, also disrupt commensal bacteria, leading to gut microbiota imbalance and associated diseases. However, strategies to mitigate such coll...
doi.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
⭐️ Highlights:

Prioritizing gut microbial SNPs linked to immunotherapy outcomes in NSCLC patients by integrative bioinformatics analysis
by 🇵🇰 Muhammad Faheem Raziq

Check out the paper: translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

1/2
Prioritizing gut microbial SNPs linked to immunotherapy outcomes in NSCLC patients by integrative bioinformatics analysis - Journal of Translational Medicine
Background The human gut microbiome has emerged as a potential modulator of treatment efficacy for different cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing immune checkpoint...
translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
BIG thanks to

MVIF’s supporting partners:
Seerave Foundation
@cunysph.bsky.social
@corundumsb.bsky.social
illumina
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
#MVIF 43 is LIVE for people watching from Pacific time zone!

Today's backstage team says HI from America and Japan!!

Let's talk about #microbiome!
The speakers are ready for Q&A!!
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Join #MVIF 43 Pacific event!

We will discuss the new bioinformatics approaches, latest findings in drug development, cancer studies and more!

There's still time to register: cassyni.com/s/mvif-43
🆕 #MVIF 43 program is out!

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-43

⭐️ Highlights:
🇵🇰 Muhammad Faheem Raziq
🇺🇸 Fuqing Wu

⭐️ Keynote:
🇮🇳 Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Lukas Bethlehem
🇵🇱 Kinga Zielinska
🇸🇪 Eran Elhaik
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM