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Emma Allen-Vercoe

@emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social

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Microbiologist and microbiome host, culture expert (of the microbial variety), shameless cat lady, proud Mum to 2 amazing women 💪🇨🇦🧫🐈

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Emma Allen-Vercoe @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social · Jul 29

New paper from my amazing lab, led by my incredible postdoc, @bdmicro.bsky.social
A Canadian study that is highly relevant to beekeepers everywhere. Check it out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Impacts of antibiotic use, air pollution and climate on managed honeybees in Canada - Nature Sustainability

Antibiotic use in managed bee populations prevents losses from infectious diseases but can lead to the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Here the authors study the impact of recent regulatory restri...

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Cox Lab UoG @geocox44.bsky.social · Apr 22

Postdoctoral Fellow position–Investigating the Escherichia coli efflux network and cell envelope to advance next-generation antimicrobial development in the Cox lab, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UoG, Canada. Please share! www.coxlab.ca/job-opportun... @uofguelph.bsky.social

Job Opportunities — Cox Lab

www.coxlab.ca

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Cezar Khursigara @cmkhursigara.bsky.social · Mar 29

The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is at it again!

Continuing our cluster hires with tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Immunology and Virology (1 position each)!

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · Feb 23

There's a Canadian House of Commons petition circulating to cancel Elon Musk's dual citizenship and passport. I signed it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Emma Allen-Vercoe @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social · Feb 7

Just out! Results of an incredible effort 👏 by @simonerenwick.bsky.social to demonstrate how different gut microbes and #gutmicrobiomes respond to human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). Many more microbes respond to HMOs than you might think! Give it a read… links.springernature.com/f/a/DF0RtJaQ...

Modulating the developing gut microbiota with 2’-fucosyllactose and pooled human milk oligosaccharides - Microbiome

Background Synthetic human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are used to supplement infant formula despite limited understanding of their impact on the post-weaned developing gut microbiota. Here, we asses...

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Tim Straub @timothystraub.com · Dec 11

Sharing a great review on the current state of #microbiome therapeutics! Brendan Daisley & @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social highlight recent advances while raising key questions about long-term effects, personalized therapies, and defining the healthy microbiome.

Read more: doi.org/10.1111/nyas...

NYAS Publications

The explosion of research into the human microbiome has revealed the many ways in which our microbes enhance our health. Could these host-associated microbes be exploited as novel therapies to treat ...

doi.org

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Emma Allen-Vercoe @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social · Dec 6

Count me in, please! We isolate microbes from guts of humans and bees!

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Emma Allen-Vercoe @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social · Nov 24

I did it - I deactivated my X account, and it feels… very refreshing! Happy to reconnect with you all here where the sky is blue 😌. Cleo is also feeling way more relaxed!

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Emma Allen-Vercoe @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social · Nov 22

Please add me if there’s room!

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Emma Allen-Vercoe @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social · Nov 22

Bacterial systematics in the human gut here, can I join?

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