Laura Glendinning

Decoding Lipid–Microbiome Crosstalk Controlling Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Exacerbated Asthma at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Decoding Lipid–Microbiome Crosstalk Controlling Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Exacerbated Asthma at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD project: Interested in host-microbiota interactions in infectious disease? "Decoding Lipid–Microbiome Crosstalk Controlling Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Exacerbated Asthma" - Dr Chengcan Yao (primary supervisor) Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The selective culture and enrichment of major rumen bacteria on three distinct anaerobic culture media | Microbiology Spectrum This research demonstrates that using a range of culture media, containing a wide variety of substrates, can lead to the culture of key rumen microbes. The knowledge of which of these microbes is sele...

Great new paper from @alicebuckner.bsky.social, "The selective culture and enrichment of major rumen bacteria on three distinct anaerobic culture media": doi.org/10.1128/spec.... Congrats Alice!

🚨 An excellent opportunity for scientists in Africa, at all career stages, working on maternal & child microbiome research 🚨

📚 Blended learning (3 months) incl. prep modules, hands-on training (12-17 Apr 2026) & mentoring.

coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/human-...

September 5, 2025 See you next week at #GloMiNe2025! Gut microbiome Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation and disease risk – Emily P. Van Syoc – Plos Biology The resident gut microbiome modulates the…

New #MicrobiomeDigest is OUT microbiomedigest.com/2025/09/04/s...

• subspecies of the human gut microbiota / @silask.bsky.social

• red grouse microbiota / @microbes4ever.bsky.social

• "Biopolis – into the microbiome" podcast

• invitation for the next week #GloMiNe2025

& more.

Happy Friday!

Integrative multi-omics analysis of dietary fibre-induced modulations in the composition and function of chicken caecal microbiota Background The sustainability of poultry farming faces significant challenges due to rising feed costs and competition with human food sources. Dietary fibre offers a promising, cost-effective alterna...

Very happy to announce that our new preprint is available on bioRxiv (doi.org/10.1101/2025... ). This study has been years in the making, and is the first to use metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics to understand fibre fermentation in the chicken gut.

Metagenomics reveals fibre fermentation and AMR pathways in red grouse (Lagopus scotica) microbiota - BMC Microbiology The avian caecal microbiota plays a vital role in host nutrition, enabling non-digestible, fibrous material to be converted into compounds that can be absorbed and used as an energy source by the host...

Thrilled that our new paper on the Red Grouse microbiota has now been published in BMC Microbiology: doi.org/10.1186/s128...! A really rewarding collaboration between our team and Nick Hesford and Kathy Fletcher from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust @gwct.org.uk.

Understanding antimicrobial resistance in Yak milk microbiomes June 2025: A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh travelled to Nepal to join colleagues from Research Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology (RIBB) on an extensive data collection tr...

A team visited Nepal to collect data and engage with farmers as part of a project to understand antimicrobial resistance in Yak milk microbiomes

@jessmitch15.bsky.social @roslininstitute.bsky.social @microbes4ever.bsky.social

Full article ➡️ edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

IRR Group Leader Chengcan Yao and colleagues have found that reducing the production or effect of fat-based hormones called prostaglandins, or boosting helpful gut bacteria, could help reduce bowel inflammation, especially in older adults.

Summary: edin.ac/42VFF5N...
Full paper: edin.ac/4knGUAD...

Metagenomics reveals fibre fermentation and AMR pathways in red grouse (Lagopus scotica) microbiota Background: The avian caecal microbiota plays a vital role in host nutrition, enabling non-digestible, fibrous material to be converted into compounds that can be absorbed and used as an energy source...

Our new preprint characterizing the red grouse microbiota for the first time using metagenomics: doi.org/10.1101/2025.... The red grouse microbiota is really interesting, as these birds rely on a very high fibre plant species (heather) for the majority of their diet. #microbiota

PLEASE SHARE: An exciting Roslin Foundation PhD opportunity in my lab, studying the chicken gut microbiota (www.findaphd.com/phds/project...). Unlike many other schemes, equally open to international and national candidates.

Emergence and spread of feline infection peritonitis due to a highly pathogenic canine/feline recomb... bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

New preprint! I will try to keep this summary lay-friendly. Recently a viral outbreak started in Cyprus with an unusually high number of cats showing clinical signs of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), and it is estimated that over 8000 cats had died by mid-July.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...