Pol Jimenez-Arenas

Genomic atlas of Bifidobacterium infantis and B. longum informs infant probiotic design A global genomic survey of infant gut bifidobacteria shows that B. infantis remains highly prevalent and diverse in infants from low- and middle-income countries but scarce in Western, industrialized ...

Really nice study from Yan Shao, continuing his work on the infant gut microbiota. #microbiomesky

The result of a truly multidisciplinary team across institutions: neuropsych, epi, pediatrics, stats, and public health.

cc @isglobal.org @upf.edu @ciberisciii.bsky.social @sjdhospitalbarcelona.org @researchmar.bsky.social @ohsunews.bsky.social

🧠 Key influences on development were captured: age, siblings, maternal education & reasoning, and breastfeeding duration.

The DP-3 can detect both broad developmental trajectories and subtle subgroup differences.

Fast and scalable, the DP-3 is ideal for screening large populations.

✅ The Spanish DP-3 showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α > 0.7), acceptable structural validity (CFI = .924, TLI = .848), and high sensitivity to developmental change across repeated assessments. It also correlates with the gold-standard BSID-III.

Journal of Neuropsychology | Wiley Online Library Neurodevelopmental assessment in childhood is essential in educational, clinical, and research contexts to establish benchmarks and detect early signs of neurodevelopmental disorders. The Development...

We just published the first peer-reviewed validation of the Spanish Developmental Profile 3 (DP-3) in 440 28-months toddlers. This parent-reported instrument reliably measures cognitive, motor, language & social-emotional development:

📌 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

✅ The Spanish DP-3 showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α > 0.7), acceptable structural validity (CFI = .924, TLI = .848), and high sensitivity to developmental change across repeated assessments. It also correlates with the gold-standard BSID-III.

2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium - YouTube The 2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium was a virtual scientific event hosted by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) on December 12, 2025. The symposium brough...

If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Thanks to all who helped make it happen!

📣 New PRBB-CRG conference

📋 Integrating data-driven microbiome analysis with ex vivo gut models
🗣️ Mani Arumugam - University of Copenhagen
 
📆 Dec 1 - ⏰ 12:00 
hosted by: @mireiavallesc.bsky.social  - @melisupf.bsky.social 
 
 📍 #PRBB Marie Curie room

HYBRID EVENT: 'Introduction to Quantitative Bias' with Rachel Hughes on Monday 1st December at 10am-12pm UK time.

For those near Leeds, bring your laptop and enjoy this as an in-person session!

Sign-up before 9am on Thursday 27th via: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

Our scientific organisers opened ‘The human microbiome’ symposium by giving us a brief update on their most recent work 🦠 #EESMicrobiome

🔹Mani Arumugam, University of Copenhagen
🔹Ami Bhatt, Stanford University School of Medicine
🔹Peer Bork, EMBL Heidelberg
🔹Nicola Segata, University of Trento

#Urbanismo #Arquitectura #CambioClimatico #Ciudad

Un proyecto español, en el concurso del millón de euros para alargar la calidad de vida: “No hay medicamentos mágicos” Un programa sobre envejecimiento del Instituto de Investigación del Hospital del Mar pugna en una competición internacional para averiguar cómo aumentar años de vida con salud

🧬 ¿Se puede envejecer con más salud y calidad de vida?

🗞️ @elpais.com destaca el proyecto que llevamos a cabo en #IrsiCaixa junto al @crg.eu y @researchmar.bsky.social, semifinalista del reto internacional @xprize.org.

🔗👇 elpais.com/salud-y-bien...

Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate PFAS

Excited to share some key details on our latest research in @natmicrobiol.nature.com reporting intra-cellular accumulation of #PFAS (aka forever chemicals) by certain human gut bacteria. #microsky #mevosky #microbiomesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us for a webinar on ethics of #AI in #environmentalepidemiology.

AI apps are becoming integral to academia, research, and policy. Our panelists will explore concerns about fair and ethical uses.

Register now 👉 https://members.iseepi.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=180243&org_id=ISEE

yesterday at the @prbb.org, we celebrated the third meeting with the families participating in Projecte BiSC. A great opportunity for dialogue, to thank them for their contribution and to tell them about our research at @isglobal.org

Clinical translation of microbiome research - Nature Medicine This Review summarizes recent and compelling examples of microbiome-based interventions that are ripe for clinical adoption while also discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the field.

Me and a few of my mates got together and wrote a review on the current state of clinical translation of microbiome research.

A great summary of the state of the art for microbiome research.

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

Paris Votes to Make 500 More Streets Car-Free With the passage of a referendum Sunday, Mayor Anne Hidalgo will amplify her ambitious moves to challenge car dominance and expand pedestrian access.

🇫🇷🌳Paris is making way for people, bikes and greenery.

The capital has voted to expand green areas, with 500 new pedestrian streets that will help reduce pollution.

Congratulations @annehidalgo.bsky.social for continuing to drive forward a greener, safer future.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Opinion | Sorry, R.F.K.: There Is No Autism Mystery Greater awareness, not vaccines, has driven an increase in diagnoses.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/o...

"The golden days of just throwing three variables into the statistical software of your choice to tell an elaborate story are coming to an end"

#EpiSky #CausalSky

Spanish right-wing parties against the establishment of a National Public Health Agency - very disappointing, not at all surprising

Hoy hemos recibido en #ISGlobal al Secretario de Estado de Sanidad, @javierpadillab.bsky.social, para presentarle el trabajo que llevamos a cabo en nuestra institución.

🌍¡Agradecemos su interés y compromiso con la investigación y la #SaludGlobal!

🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/barcel...

📢Cerquem un/a Tècnic/a de Recerca en Epidemiologia i Salut Pública

🔬 Anàlisi de dades, gestió de projectes i redacció de publicacions

🎓 Grau en Ciències de la Salut o Estadística + màster en estadística o similar

👉 researchmar.net/ofertes/deta...

#TalentMAR @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social @prbb.org

TODAY AT 3PM GMT (11AM EDT)!
#EpiSky #CausalSky #CIIG

El tabaquisme passiu en la infància marca l’ADN - El·lipse ISGlobal ha visto que el tabaquisme passiu en la infància causa alteracions en l’ADN que podrien promoure l’aparició de malalties en adults

Un estudi de Mariona Bustamante i Marta Cosin-Tomàs d'@isglobal.org confirma que ser fumador passiu 🚬 durant la infància pot portar grans problemes en l’edat adulta, ja que l'ADN 🧬 de nens i nenes exposats al tabac tendeix a patir canvis epigenètics.

Més info 👇

very inspiring keynote talk by @prakashlab.bsky.social to kick off the 2024 edition of @isglobalorg.bsky.social scientific retreat. Great gathering of colleagues presenting some of the work conducted during this year at our institution

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.

I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Isabelle Anguelovski: "Hay grandes empresas que hacen negocio tras los desastres climáticos. Se está viendo en Valencia" La investigadora en desigualdades ambientales alerta de que la reconstrucción tras catástrofes como el Katrina o el tsunami del Índico beneficiaron a unos pocos y castigaron a los colectivos más desfa...

interesting reading on how climate disasters particularly hit vulnerable groups: less able to adapt to future events and the most affected in climate adaptation projects-related displacements

www.eldiario.es/catalunya/is...

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science

mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...