Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
@ilafores.bsky.social
Associate professor @ U. de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Mother of 1
Microbial ecologist using -omics, bioinformatics, & biostats to study host-microbe interactions in plants and humans
I speak French, English, Spanish, and Catalan
laforestlab.com
Mother of 1
Microbial ecologist using -omics, bioinformatics, & biostats to study host-microbe interactions in plants and humans
I speak French, English, Spanish, and Catalan
laforestlab.com
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
This work thanks to a fantastic group of grad students, including @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social @antoinepelletier.bsky.social @s-gauthier.bsky.social, 3 @usherbrooke.bsky.social undergrad coop students and collaborators Rosaëlle Perreault and @ilafores.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This work thanks to a fantastic group of grad students, including @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social @antoinepelletier.bsky.social @s-gauthier.bsky.social, 3 @usherbrooke.bsky.social undergrad coop students and collaborators Rosaëlle Perreault and @ilafores.bsky.social
👏 Big congrats to Sophie & thanks to the funding sources! #NSERC #CRSNG #FRQ #CRC @centre-seve.bsky.social
Thanks to all collab. & orchard partners who made it possible.
🔗 Read the full paper: rdcu.be/ewlVc
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#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
#OpenScience
Thanks to all collab. & orchard partners who made it possible.
🔗 Read the full paper: rdcu.be/ewlVc
🍎🌿🧵7/7 the end
#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
#OpenScience
Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities
Scientific Reports - Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities
rdcu.be
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
👏 Big congrats to Sophie & thanks to the funding sources! #NSERC #CRSNG #FRQ #CRC @centre-seve.bsky.social
Thanks to all collab. & orchard partners who made it possible.
🔗 Read the full paper: rdcu.be/ewlVc
🍎🌿🧵7/7 the end
#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
#OpenScience
Thanks to all collab. & orchard partners who made it possible.
🔗 Read the full paper: rdcu.be/ewlVc
🍎🌿🧵7/7 the end
#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
#OpenScience
This work supports a One Health approach to agroecosystem management.
Microbiome research needs to move beyond one-off studies.
Our work sets a precedent for reproducible, scalable designs in plant microbial ecology.
🍎🌿🧵6/7
Microbiome research needs to move beyond one-off studies.
Our work sets a precedent for reproducible, scalable designs in plant microbial ecology.
🍎🌿🧵6/7
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This work supports a One Health approach to agroecosystem management.
Microbiome research needs to move beyond one-off studies.
Our work sets a precedent for reproducible, scalable designs in plant microbial ecology.
🍎🌿🧵6/7
Microbiome research needs to move beyond one-off studies.
Our work sets a precedent for reproducible, scalable designs in plant microbial ecology.
🍎🌿🧵6/7
Our study highlights the benefits for longitudinal, multi-site designs in plant microbiome research.
It shows that reproducibility is not a given, even in the same system.
To harness microbiomes for biocontrol & sustainable farming, we must account for spatiotemporal variation.
🍎🌿🧵5/7
It shows that reproducibility is not a given, even in the same system.
To harness microbiomes for biocontrol & sustainable farming, we must account for spatiotemporal variation.
🍎🌿🧵5/7
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our study highlights the benefits for longitudinal, multi-site designs in plant microbiome research.
It shows that reproducibility is not a given, even in the same system.
To harness microbiomes for biocontrol & sustainable farming, we must account for spatiotemporal variation.
🍎🌿🧵5/7
It shows that reproducibility is not a given, even in the same system.
To harness microbiomes for biocontrol & sustainable farming, we must account for spatiotemporal variation.
🍎🌿🧵5/7
In our results, site & time are the strongest drivers of bacterial community structure for both years.
Yet their relative influence shifts between years, according to the discrepancies in the abiotic conditions in May.
Organic orchards had lower alpha diversity than conventional ones.
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Yet their relative influence shifts between years, according to the discrepancies in the abiotic conditions in May.
Organic orchards had lower alpha diversity than conventional ones.
🍎🌿🧵4/7
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In our results, site & time are the strongest drivers of bacterial community structure for both years.
Yet their relative influence shifts between years, according to the discrepancies in the abiotic conditions in May.
Organic orchards had lower alpha diversity than conventional ones.
🍎🌿🧵4/7
Yet their relative influence shifts between years, according to the discrepancies in the abiotic conditions in May.
Organic orchards had lower alpha diversity than conventional ones.
🍎🌿🧵4/7
We sampled apple trees across 6 orchards (3 organic, 3 conventional) in Québec over 2 years (2022–2023).
We looked at both leaves & flowers to capture seasonal & spatial variation.
This 📖 has been led by Sophie since her final BSc year at @usherbrooke.bsky.social, when she was an intern.
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We looked at both leaves & flowers to capture seasonal & spatial variation.
This 📖 has been led by Sophie since her final BSc year at @usherbrooke.bsky.social, when she was an intern.
🍎🌿🧵3/7
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We sampled apple trees across 6 orchards (3 organic, 3 conventional) in Québec over 2 years (2022–2023).
We looked at both leaves & flowers to capture seasonal & spatial variation.
This 📖 has been led by Sophie since her final BSc year at @usherbrooke.bsky.social, when she was an intern.
🍎🌿🧵3/7
We looked at both leaves & flowers to capture seasonal & spatial variation.
This 📖 has been led by Sophie since her final BSc year at @usherbrooke.bsky.social, when she was an intern.
🍎🌿🧵3/7
🌱 Plant microbiomes are expected to be key on our path towards sustainable agriculture.
But many studies of plant microbiomes are limited in scope and rarely repeated.
We asked:
***How reproducible are the phyllosphere bacterial community patterns across space and time?***
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But many studies of plant microbiomes are limited in scope and rarely repeated.
We asked:
***How reproducible are the phyllosphere bacterial community patterns across space and time?***
🍎🌿🧵2/7
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July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🌱 Plant microbiomes are expected to be key on our path towards sustainable agriculture.
But many studies of plant microbiomes are limited in scope and rarely repeated.
We asked:
***How reproducible are the phyllosphere bacterial community patterns across space and time?***
🍎🌿🧵2/7
But many studies of plant microbiomes are limited in scope and rarely repeated.
We asked:
***How reproducible are the phyllosphere bacterial community patterns across space and time?***
🍎🌿🧵2/7
Last #MicrobialEcology talk of the day!
@annamob.bsky.social talks about How to build a microbiome to “breed” better plant-inoculants
Microbiome breeding can be unpredictable!
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
@annamob.bsky.social talks about How to build a microbiome to “breed” better plant-inoculants
Microbiome breeding can be unpredictable!
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Last #MicrobialEcology talk of the day!
@annamob.bsky.social talks about How to build a microbiome to “breed” better plant-inoculants
Microbiome breeding can be unpredictable!
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
@annamob.bsky.social talks about How to build a microbiome to “breed” better plant-inoculants
Microbiome breeding can be unpredictable!
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
See the work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Nutrient Enrichment and Connectivity Jointly Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity
It is increasingly important to understand the response of freshwater communities and ecosystems to fertilizers given their widespread usage and the propensity for these fertilizers to runoff into riv...
www.biorxiv.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
See the work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Final speaker!
Akhil Kholdwadala from the lab of @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Nutrient Enrichment & Connectivity Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity
#CSEE
#Microbialecology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Akhil Kholdwadala from the lab of @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Nutrient Enrichment & Connectivity Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity
#CSEE
#Microbialecology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Final speaker!
Akhil Kholdwadala from the lab of @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Nutrient Enrichment & Connectivity Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity
#CSEE
#Microbialecology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Akhil Kholdwadala from the lab of @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social
Nutrient Enrichment & Connectivity Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity
#CSEE
#Microbialecology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Prof. @enviromics.bsky.social is next:
Plastisphere Microbiome - An ecological niche shaped by the city
Microplastics are organic molecules that can act as sponges for microbial inhabitants and pollutants
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Plastisphere Microbiome - An ecological niche shaped by the city
Microplastics are organic molecules that can act as sponges for microbial inhabitants and pollutants
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Prof. @enviromics.bsky.social is next:
Plastisphere Microbiome - An ecological niche shaped by the city
Microplastics are organic molecules that can act as sponges for microbial inhabitants and pollutants
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Plastisphere Microbiome - An ecological niche shaped by the city
Microplastics are organic molecules that can act as sponges for microbial inhabitants and pollutants
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Now Jean-Baptiste Leducq from ULaval talks about:
The Hyphomicrobiales dark matter in the phyllosphere
#Phyllosphere
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
The Hyphomicrobiales dark matter in the phyllosphere
#Phyllosphere
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Now Jean-Baptiste Leducq from ULaval talks about:
The Hyphomicrobiales dark matter in the phyllosphere
#Phyllosphere
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
The Hyphomicrobiales dark matter in the phyllosphere
#Phyllosphere
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Next is Abdul-Rahman Adamu Bukari from Aleeza Gerstein’s lab
Global phylogenomic diversity of Candida albicans from diverse ecological niches
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
@csee-scee.bsky.social
Global phylogenomic diversity of Candida albicans from diverse ecological niches
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
@csee-scee.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Next is Abdul-Rahman Adamu Bukari from Aleeza Gerstein’s lab
Global phylogenomic diversity of Candida albicans from diverse ecological niches
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
@csee-scee.bsky.social
Global phylogenomic diversity of Candida albicans from diverse ecological niches
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
@csee-scee.bsky.social