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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Annie Roth! Great article on our new IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group in National Geographic. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

Save the microbes? The world’s smallest species may soon get protections.

Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are listening.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll be joining @CSUSM’s Climate Action & Sustainability Center panel on Oct 8 (6–7:30pm) to discuss protecting and restoring North County’s water bodies. With @SDCoastkeeper + CSUSM faculty. 🌊
📍 CSUSM | More info: www.csusm.edu/al/calendar....

Tickets & Calendar | Arts & Lectures | CSUSM

www.csusm.edu

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 10d

Microbes without borders: uniting societies for climate action

@femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiol Ecol by @jaytlennon.bsky.social et al @leonorabit.bsky.social @vscooper.micropopbio.org @gilbertjacka.bsky.social

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Microbes without borders: uniting societies for climate action

The climate crisis is one of the most urgent and complex challenges of our time. Although often overlooked in models and policy, microorganisms play a crit

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · 12d

Check out MicroMates: Oceanic Odyssey by Minkor AB on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...

MicroMates: Oceanic Odyssey

A card game where science meets adventure – dive into the invisible world of microorganims!

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · 12d

Check out MicroMates: Oceanic Odyssey by Minkor AB on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/170...

MicroMates: Oceanic Odyssey

A card game where science meets adventure – dive into the invisible world of microorganims!

www.kickstarter.com

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · 12d

Microbes = climate allies.
Our new editorial calls for a global alliance to put microbial science at the center of climate action. 🌱🌍

Because microbes cross every border—so should our solutions.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/sumb...

Microbes without borders: uniting societies for climate action

Abstract. The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time, yet the role of microorganisms remains underrecognized in climate science and p

doi.org

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Applied Microbiology International @amiposts.bsky.social · 22d

🗣️ “It has been the honour of a lifetime to serve in this role” – Prof. Jack Gilbert, President of AMI

AMI is seeking its next President - a prestigious opportunity to lead our Board of Trustees, champion our mission, and represent AMI globally.

Learn more: appliedmicrobiology.org/about/our-te...

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Applied Microbiology International @amiposts.bsky.social · 23d

The team behind a new world-leading conservation committee headed by Applied Microbiology International (AMI) is calling on global scientific and conservation communities to get on board to protect microbial life. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/new-con... @gilbertjacka.bsky.social

New conservation committee led by Applied Microbiology International calls on science community to get on board with microbial conservation

The team behind a new world-leading conservation committee headed by Applied Microbiology International (AMI) is calling on global scientific and conservation communities to get on board to protect microbial life.

www.the-microbiologist.com

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 25d

🌏 #Microbes now have their own global survival commission! The #IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group, co-led by Scripps microbial ecologist @gilbertjacka.bsky.social, aims to safeguard the survival of the smallest species on the planet.
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https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-species-survival-commission-fills-critical-gap-conservation

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 25d

Here's how we give the microbes their due in a historic 1st.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature now has a MICROBIAL CONSERVATION SPECIALIST GROUP as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity! Article led by @gilbertjacka.bsky.social Raquel Peixoto

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity - Nature Microbiology

Nature Microbiology - Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · 25d

Announcing our correspondence in Nature Microbiology:
The IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group is here!
For too long, microbes have been invisible in conservation. Together we’re building networks, tools, & policies to protect them — the foundation of all ecosystems.
READ: rdcu.be/eFOE3

Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity

Nature Microbiology - Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 27d

Presentation by Jack Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social
Precision Microbiome Health Care

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · Aug 29

. @dfigeys.bsky.social (Atlantic event) will present RapidAIM: a high-throughput assay that maintains live human gut microbiomes in 96-well format

@gilbertjacka.bsky.social (Pacific event) will discuss precision medicine and human gut microbiome!

🆓registration cassyni.com/s/mvif-glomi...

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Sep 5

Both excellent questions. We have not tested them in other soils, but unless native microbes compete agianst them the SynCom should work. In these Black Soils from which our SynCom is Native, there should be no long term impacts - like taking a probiotic of your own bacteria. In other soils....maybe

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · Aug 22

✨Pacific Session speakers✨

Gloria Dominguez-Bello

Adrian Egli

Safarina Malik

@meghanazad.bsky.social ‬

Thomas Sharpton

@gilbertjacka.bsky.social

David Mills

Kate Bowerman

Takuji Yamada

@fzmarques.bsky.social ‬

@calumwalsh.bsky.social

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you are interested in learning more about Clinical Methods for Nutrition and Obesity Research - I strongly recommend you apply for this course - it's free and they provide a $500 travel stipend to offset costs of attendance.

www.pbrc.edu/training-and...

NIDDK Clinical Methods for Nutrition and Obesity Research Course

www.pbrc.edu

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Aug 8

Please vote for my panel at SXSW - participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals

PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Aug 4

Nice article on the presentation i gave at ADLM last week.

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Cover Thurs

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Aug 1

Very cool hanks Salem! Will add you to our list

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Aug 1

I will be at the International Union Nutrition Science's 2025 meeting talking about research on almond consumption and the microbiome.

www.icn2025.org/program#/ses...

IUNS-ICN 2025 · Program

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Jul 25

Very excited to welcome Meenakshi Wadhwa as the new Director of SIO, Vice Chancellor of Marine Science, and Dean of the School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science at UC San Diego. Prof. Wadhwa is a profound intellect and brilliant scientist, and I look forward to working with her.

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Gut Microbiota for Health @gmfhx.bsky.social · Jul 14

Where does microbiome-based medicine stand today, and where is it headed?

We explore five simulated clinical cases, featuring insights from @gilbertjacka.bsky.social and @katrinewhiteson.bsky.social

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Paving the way for microbiome-based therapy in clinical practice

This article presents recent and compelling examples of microbiome-based treatments that are ripe for clinical adoption and discusses challenges and opportunities facing the field based on expert inte...

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Jul 17

Close!! Replication is a microbial trait, but so is innovation :-)

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Denise Akob @deniseakob.bsky.social · Jul 17

@gilbertjacka.bsky.social does a karaoke version of Microbe Microbe with @lhug.bsky.social and @kuesellab.bsky.social and the 2025 AEM GRC group meet the challenge?

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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · Jul 17

🌿💡 Just dropped: our 4‑bug SynCom eats 8 herbicides (up to 99 % gone in a month) and revs up soil carbon metabolism. Microbes doing double duty for cleaner, richer black soils. Check the iMeta paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #SoilSci #Bioremediation

SynCom‐mediated herbicide degradation activates microbial carbon metabolism in soils

Extensive herbicide residues in the black soil of northeastern China are considered a significant agricultural pollution threat, yet effective bioremediation of this complex and persistent mixture re...

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