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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 8d

💫 #MVIF Season 5 💫

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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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

Follow the above!

April 2026: Gene Tyson
May 2026: Georg Zeller
June 2026: Julie Huber (@JulesDeep @julesdeep.bsky.social)
Dates and details here www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...

Future events

All future events of the Microbiome Virtual International Forum

www.microbiome-vif.org

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

NEXT #MVIF EVENTS:

Nov 2025: Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social‬
Dec 2025: Katherine Lemon @kathlemon.bsky.social‬
Jan 2026: Sara Mitri @saramitri @saramitri.bsky.social‬
Feb 2026: Simon Roux @simroux_virus @simrouxvirus.bsky.social‬
Mar 2026: Lindsay Hall @hall_lab, @halllab.bsky.social‬

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

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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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

NOT THIS TIME:
@kruthirao.bsky.social @azufre451.bsky.social
@aroneys.bsky.social

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

Your Pacific #MVIF hosts:
Jose Caparros
@pamferretti.bsky.social
Moreno Zolfo
@nenafra.bsky.social
Balqis Nofinska
@kate-lagerstrom.bsky.social
@silverja.bsky.social
Yiting Liu

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

That's a wrap for #MVIF 42 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 November (Atlantic-first) and December (Pacific-first) and www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/info...

How to submit an abstract

www.microbiome-vif.org

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

Congratulation to the #MVIF 41 winners!

Best MicroTalk:
💐 Michael Wasney (@michaelwasney.bsky.social)

Best Selected Talk:
💐 Feargal J. Ryan (@Feargal_Ryan @feargalr.bsky.social)
There's a $200 prize to winners, make sure to vote and to submit an abstract for next time!

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 2h

#MVIF Q&A right now with Balqis Arche Nofinska
X: @nofinska

The polls are OPEN – don’t forget to vote for your favorite Highlight and Talk!

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 3h

⭐️ Selected Talks Three:

Long-term health outcomes in adolescents with obesity treated with faecal microbiota transplantation: 4-year follow-up
Brooke Wilson (@Brooke_C_Wilson)

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Long-term health outcomes in adolescents with obesity treated with faecal microbiota transplantation: 4-year follow-up - Nature Communications

In this 4-year unblinded follow-up study, the authors evaluate 63% of the participants of a double-blind randomised control trial that assessed the effects of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) o...

www.nature.com

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 3h

⭐️ Selected Talks Two:

Integrative genomic reconstruction reveals heterogeneity in carbohydrate utilization across human gut bifidobacteria
Aleksandr Arzamasov (@ArzamasovAlex, ‪@arzamasovalex.bsky.social‬)

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Integrative genomic reconstruction reveals heterogeneity in carbohydrate utilization across human gut bifidobacteria - Nature Microbiology

A comprehensive genomic analysis reveals species- and strain-level heterogeneity in carbohydrate utilization potential across bifidobacteria of human origin.

www.nature.com

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 3h

⭐️ Selected Talks One:

Skin metatranscriptomics reveals a landscape of variation in microbial activity and gene expression across the human body
Minghao Chia (@minghao_chia)

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Skin metatranscriptomics reveals a landscape of variation in microbial activity and gene expression across the human body - Nature Biotechnology

Skin metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis shows divergence between microbial abundance and activity.

www.nature.com

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 3h

We had a such great Q&A, and we'll be
BACK in 1 minute!!

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 3h

Amazing keynote talk, followed by a phenomenal Q&A! 👏 👏

Enjoy your ☕, take small walk 🚶or do a yoga session 🧘‍♀️and come back in 5 minutes ⏰for the selected short talks.

Stary with us!!!

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 4h

👏👏GREAT talk!

Ready for Q&A!
Moderator: Kate Lagerstrom
X: @kate-lagerstrom
Bluesky: @kate-lagerstrom.bsky.social

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 4h

⭐️Keynote talk: Harnessing the gut microbiome to predict and prevent anticancer drug toxicity
By Peter Turnbaugh (@PTurnbaugh)

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 4h

Here comes to the Q&A with Andrea Silverj
X: @silberja‬nd
Bluesky: @silverja.bsky.social

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 4h

⭐️ Highlights two:

The Prototypic crAssphage is a linear phage-plasmid
Danica Schmidtke (@DanicaSchmidtk1)

Paper: www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

The prototypic crAssphage is a linear phage-plasmid

Schmidtke et al. demonstrate that C. communis, a ubiquitous human gut phage that evades conventional plaque-based isolation, predominately replicates as a low-copy linear phage-plasmid with a broad ho...

www.cell.com

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 4h

⭐️Highlights one:
Protein Structure-Informed Bacteriophage Genome Annotation with Phold
George Bouras (@GB13Faithless, @gbouras13.bsky.social)

Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Protein Structure Informed Bacteriophage Genome Annotation with Phold

Bacteriophage (phage) genome annotation is essential for understanding their functional potential and suitability for use as therapeutic agents. Here we introduce Phold, an annotation framework utilis...

www.biorxiv.org

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 4h

With our introduction, send the BIG thanks to

MVIF’s supporting partners:
@SeeraveF
@CUNYSPH @cunysph.bsky.social
@CorundumSB @corundumsb.bsky.social
@illumina

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 4h

#MVIF 42 is LIVE!

Today's backstage team says HI from America, Australia, Canada, Italy, and Japan!!

Let's talk about #microbiome!
The speakers are ready for Q&A!!

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 5h

#MVIF 42 is live in 1 hour! ⏰

👇 You can still register 👇
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 1d

THIS WEEK see you at #MVIF 42!

Tuesday/Wednesday – check the Pacific time and date in your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/c...

Thursday – check the Atlantic time and date in your time zone:
www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/c...

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 21d

NEW #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-42

⭐️ Highlights:
🇦🇺 @gbouras13.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Danica Schmidtke

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Peter Turnbaugh

⭐️ Talks:
🇸🇬 Minghao Chia
🇺🇸 @arzamasovalex.bsky.social
🇳🇿 Brooke Wilson

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 18h

There's still time to register 👉 cassyni.com/s/mvif-42

See you soon at the Pacific #MVIF LIVE!

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 1d

Join #MVIF 42
cassyni.com/s/mvif-42
and #MeetTheSpeakers

🇳🇿 Brooke Wilson will present their latest findings on FMT in adolescents with obesity!

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 1d

Join #MVIF 42
cassyni.com/s/mvif-42
and #MeetTheSpeakers

🇳🇿 Brooke Wilson will present their latest findings on FMT in adolescents with obesity!