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➡️ Every month, a new event... join #MVIF community!

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Join #MVIF 44 cassyni.com/s/mvif-44
and #MeetTheSpeakers

🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben will present her findings from the chemical and microbial analysis of sediment from the dumpsites with DDT barrels decaying on the seafloor.

Check out the paper: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It's Monday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-44

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Vanessa Hale
🇰🇷 Jun Hyung Cha

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Katherine Lemon @kathlemon.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Meenakshi Chakraborty
🇨🇳 Wei Shen @shenwei356.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
⭐️Keynote talk: Learning from unstable microbiomes
🇮🇳 Deepa Agashe ‪@deepaagashe.bsky.social‬
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
That's a wrap for #MVIF 43 in the Atlantic zone

THANK YOU to #microbiome people who tuned in & all the amazing speakers!
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Congratulation to the #MVIF 42 winners!!!

Best presentation:
💐 Brooke Wilson
& Michele Zuppi

Besides the fame, there's a $200 prize to the prize winner, so make sure to vote and to submit an abstract for next time!
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Interesting question. Funding is really the biggest challenge in making microbial forensics more common.
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#MVIF Q&A right now with @epasolli.bsky.social

The poll is OPEN – don’t forget to vote for your favorite presentation (Highlight and Talk)!
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Interesting insight ✍️
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Microbiome Geographic Population Structure (mGPS): A Powerful Tool for Microbial Forensics
by 🇸🇪Eran Elhaik

Check out the paper: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

3/3
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Healthy microbiome—moving towards functional interpretation
by 🇵🇱Kinga Zielińska

Check out the paper: academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

2/3
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
⭐️ Talks:

Live biotherapeutic product exhibits similar efficacy and superior engraftment to same donor fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection
by 🇺🇸Lukas Bethlehem

Check out the preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

1/3
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
. @serenamanara.bsky.social just announced #MVIF 44 dates and program!

Check out cassyni.com/s/mvif-44 for more details.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
👏👏GREAT talk!

Ready for Q&A!
Moderator: @serenamanara.bsky.social

More about work ongoing in the @deepaagashe.bsky.social's lab: adaptationlab.in
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
⭐️Keynote talk: Learning from unstable microbiomes

🇮🇳 Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social ‬started discussing host-microbiome interactions
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Q&A w/ @cpavloud.bsky.social and 🐈
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Sulfated dietary fiber protects gut microbiota from antibiotics
by 🇺🇸 Fuqing Wu

Check out the paper: doi.org/10.1186/s401...

2/2
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
⭐️ Highlights:

Prioritizing gut microbial SNPs linked to immunotherapy outcomes in NSCLC patients by integrative bioinformatics analysis
by 🇵🇰Muhammad Faheem Raziq

Check out the paper: translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

1/2
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Join us!
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Join #MVIF 43 cassyni.com/s/mvif-43

and #MeetTheSpeakers
🇵🇱 Kinga Zielińska will introduce a new metagenomic health index!

Check out the paper: academic.oup.com/gigascience/...
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Join #MVIF 43 cassyni.com/s/mvif-43
and #MeetTheSpeakers

🇵🇰Muhammad Faheem Raziq will discuss the association of gut microbial variations with response against immune checkpoint inhibitors by analyzing the gut metagenomes of patients diagnosed w/non-small cell lung cancer.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Join #MVIF 43 cassyni.com/s/mvif-43

and #MeetTheSpeakers
🇺🇸 Fuqing Wu will talk about the latest findings showing that fucoidan could serve as a potential intervention to help protect gut microbiota during antibiotic therapy.

Check out the paper: doi.org/10.1186/s401...
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Join #MVIF 43 cassyni.com/s/mvif-43
and #MeetTheSpeakers

🇸🇪 Eran Elhaik will present the Microbiome Geographic Population Structure (mGPS): A Powerful Tool for Microbial Forensics!

Check out the paper: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🆕 #MVIF 43 program is out!

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-43

⭐️ Highlights:
🇵🇰 Muhammad Faheem Raziq
🇺🇸 Fuqing Wu

⭐️ Keynote:
🇮🇳 Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Lukas Bethlehem
🇵🇱 Kinga Zielinska
🇸🇪 Eran Elhaik
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
. @serenamanara.bsky.social joined Amadou and introduce #MVIF: no fees, no borders, just #microbiome science!

www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Congratulation to the #MVIF 40 winners!!!

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

Best Selected Talk:
💐 Feargal J. Ryan (@feargalr.bsky.social)
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM