Stephanie Orchanian
@stephorch.bsky.social
UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow studying the maternal gut microbiome
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Excited to share new work by Guli Agirman + co that identifies a direct mechanism linking gut microbial imidazole propionate to stress! 🧠🦠 Btw this image was made by Nano Banana Pro 🍌. First time I've gotten a model to accurately generate a science graphic 🤯 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mA5M6t8JE...
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Excited to share new work by Guli Agirman + co that identifies a direct mechanism linking gut microbial imidazole propionate to stress! 🧠🦠 Btw this image was made by Nano Banana Pro 🍌. First time I've gotten a model to accurately generate a science graphic 🤯 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mA5M6t8JE...
Excited to share our recent publication in this month's issue of mBio, based on my PhD research. We show that replication of 𝘛. 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘪 is required to trigger a localized immune response in the brain! 🧠 bit.ly/3TA9ALj
Toxoplasma gondii parasites induce a localized myeloid cell immune response surrounding parasites in the brain during acute infection | mBio
Toxoplasma gondii is a brain-infecting parasite, and the mobilization of peripheral immune cells to
the brain is critical for controlling T. gondii infection. However, the initial events driving these...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Excited to share our recent publication in this month's issue of mBio, based on my PhD research. We show that replication of 𝘛. 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘪 is required to trigger a localized immune response in the brain! 🧠 bit.ly/3TA9ALj
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Thrilled to share this collaborative work by Kristie Yu, Francis Chandra, Amina Schartup and teams @Scripps_Ocean and @UCLA showing that an engineered gut bacterium can be used to reduce the neurotoxic effects of dietary methylmercury www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
An engineered gut bacterium protects against dietary methylmercury exposure in pregnant mice
Yu and Chandra et al. engineered a commensal gut microbe, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron,
to detoxify methylmercury (MeHg). The engineered bacterium reduces MeHg in the intestinal
lumen, limits its accu...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Thrilled to share this collaborative work by Kristie Yu, Francis Chandra, Amina Schartup and teams @Scripps_Ocean and @UCLA showing that an engineered gut bacterium can be used to reduce the neurotoxic effects of dietary methylmercury www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Maternal microbiome is a cornerstone of maternal and fetal health. https://buff.ly/431YoNu
@stephorch.bsky.social & @pipethero.bsky.social highlight gut microbiome x environmental interactions at the maternal-fetal interface that influence the brains of pregnant people and developing offspring.
@stephorch.bsky.social & @pipethero.bsky.social highlight gut microbiome x environmental interactions at the maternal-fetal interface that influence the brains of pregnant people and developing offspring.
February 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Maternal microbiome is a cornerstone of maternal and fetal health. https://buff.ly/431YoNu
@stephorch.bsky.social & @pipethero.bsky.social highlight gut microbiome x environmental interactions at the maternal-fetal interface that influence the brains of pregnant people and developing offspring.
@stephorch.bsky.social & @pipethero.bsky.social highlight gut microbiome x environmental interactions at the maternal-fetal interface that influence the brains of pregnant people and developing offspring.
Curious about how the gut microbiome modulates the neurological health of pregnant women and their offspring? Check out my recent review with @pipethero.bsky.social out now @jclinical-invest.bsky.social! 🦠🤰👶🧠
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
JCI -
The microbiome as a modulator of neurological health across the maternal-offspring interface
www.jci.org
February 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Curious about how the gut microbiome modulates the neurological health of pregnant women and their offspring? Check out my recent review with @pipethero.bsky.social out now @jclinical-invest.bsky.social! 🦠🤰👶🧠
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
www.jci.org/articles/vie...