Sarela Garcia-Santamarina

Noteworthy from the blue skies — mid-Feb 2026 Two in a row! It’s been a while. I hope this list of interesting recent papers (at least to me!) in the field of microbiome science, microbial ecology and other stuff will be useful to you! A…

Two in a row! Amazing. Here's the list of noteworthy studies I recently stumbled upon (and mostly shared here on bluesky), in the fields of microbiome science, microbial ecology and other stuff. Hope this will be useful to some!
mericlab.com/2026/02/14/n...

The specificity and structure of DNA cross-linking by the gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin Accumulating evidence has connected the chemically unstable, DNA-damaging gut bacterial natural product colibactin to colorectal cancer, including the identification of mutational signatures that are ...

Oops - thanks! Right link here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #microsky #microbiomesky 🧪🦠

Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Gut Microbiome Metabolomics at Leibniz HKI Jobportal Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

We’re hiring a Postdoc in Gut Microbiome Metabolomics!

Help us decode microbial metabolism and its impact on human health @leibniz-hki.de , Jena 🇩🇪

🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Gut Microbiome Host Interactions at Leibniz HKI Jobportal Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

We’re hiring a Postdoc on Gut Microbiome–Host Interactions @leibniz-hki.de, Jena 🇩🇪

You'll create organ-on-chip models to study how microbes mediate host responses to xenobiotics

jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Stellenangebot Technische*r Assistent*in (m/w/div) bei Leibniz HKI Jobportal Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

Join our Deep Microbiome Metabolomics team as a Technician!

Work with LC/MS & ICP-MS in a cutting-edge microbiome lab @leibniz-hki.de

- CTA/chemical lab tech or BSc in chemistry/biochemistry
- LC/MS experience
- English

🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Technis...

#LabJobs #Technician #Metabolomics #LCMS

🎉 ITQB & #MPS_NOVA Mentoring Program – Strategies for Mentees Workshop 🎉
Today, our mentees gathered at ITQB NOVA for an interactive workshop led by Raquel Oliveira, focusing on the power of mentoring, effective engagement strategies, and self-monitoring.
#MentoringProgram #EUTwinning

ITQB NOVA & MPS_NOVA Mentoring Program Launches!
The ITQB NOVA Mentoring Program, supported by the #MPS_NOVA Twinning project, is now underway! This edition connects 18 Mentees with experienced Mentors from research, academia, industry, and scientific publishing across Europe. #Mentoring #EuTwinning

💡 Can we reproduce human physiology in a space as small as a chip? 🧐🔬

This was the big question at our #MPS_NOVA stand during the #ITQBNOVA Open Day.

There will be more events soon! 👋

#MissionScience #OrganOnChip #OpenDay #ScienceForAll

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube!
🎙 Catarina Brito | Innate Immunocompetent Human 3D Cell Cultures for Preclinical Assessment of Advanced Therapeutics
🎙 Martin Raasch | How to Get Started with Organ-on-Chip
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On April 2nd, Pedro Pedrosa, Head of Innovation at ITQB NOVA, visited the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin as part of the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project. The visit focused on learning from MDC’s Innovation Office to enhance innovation at UNL.
#Innovation #KnowledgeExchange

🎉 Exciting Launch: ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series!
On March 17th, we kicked off the ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Twinning Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings, a new initiative spotlighting the innovative early-stage research emerging from our vibrant community.
#MPS_NOVA #Twinning

🎉 We’re proud to see our hashtag#MPS_NOVA Twinning Conference Attendance Fellowship supporting young researchers at top international events!
Luana Macedo presented her work on extracellular vesicles in inter-organ communication at the ISEV 2025 Annual Meeting in Vienna.
#ISEV2025 #NMS #Innovation

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube!

🎙️ Raquel Portela (ITQB NOVA) 📢 Modelling Bacterial Pneumonia Infection Dynamics in Lung-on-chip: A Comparative Study of Legionella pneumophila and Staphylococcus aureus.

#ITQB #MPS_NOVA #Research #Innovation

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Adrian, a PhD Student at the University Hospital Jena in Germany. He has shown that DPO (3,5-... Minds Behind - Adrian Feile (University Hospital Jena, Germany)

Part 7 of our #MPS2025 interview series highlights Adrian Feile, a PhD student at University Hospital Jena. He explores how DPO-dependent quorum sensing affects Vibrio cholerae biofilm behavior in a 3D intestine-on-chip model --> zurl.co/WJraJ

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Daniela, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has d... Minds Behind - Daniela Marques (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

Part 6 of our #MPS2025 series: Meet Daniela Marques, PhD student at @NIMSB_NOVA, Portugal. She develops a microglia crosstalk MPS model of the blood-brain barrier to explore polyphenol metabolites' potential --> zurl.co/Ad5dv

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Inês, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has deve... Minds Behind - Inês Silva (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

Part 5 of our #MPS2025 series highlights Inês Silva, a PhD student at NOVA Institute, Portugal. She developed a microphysiological method to study dopaminergic injury and inflammation in Parkinson’s disease. --> zurl.co/Ow9gg

🎥 Dynamic42 GmbH interviewed Sarela García Santamarina, #MPS_NOVA Coordinator, during the recent MPS World Summit 2025.
Watch the video to hear her insights on the goals and achievements of the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project.

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Maria Beatriz Felgueiras and Quélia Ribeiro from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange on Methods to Characterize Stem Cells and Organoids at Max Delbrück Center as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project!

On the 16th and 17th of June, #MPS_NOVA held its fifth training workshop — “Stem Cells, Organoids, and Methods to Characterize Them” — hosted by our partners at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.

🔬✨ MPS_NOVA at the @Oeiras Valley Science Festival! ✨
On May 23, the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project joined the ITQB NOVA stand at the Oeiras Valley Science Festival in Taguspark — a true “laboratory-outside-the-laboratory” experience!

On May 26th we hosted the #MPS_NOVA training workshop on "Strategy in R&I Management", with facilitators from our partner institution, the Max Delbrück Center.

📍 Collaboration in Action at ITQB NOVA
On May 26th, the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from the Innovation and Funding Offices of the Max Delbrück Center, Dr. Nevine Shalaby and Dr. Seda Çöl Arslan, for a highly productive meeting.

🌟Join Us for the 4th Webinar of the #MPS_NOVA
On July 10th will feature two distinguished speakers at the forefront of advanced therapeutic development using organoids.
👉 Registration here: lnkd.in/dMKs5-Ku
📅 Registration Deadline: July 8th, 2025 (5 pm, WET)

The MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project is pleased to announce the successful completion of our first Staff Exchange “Reprogramming Somatic Cells into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs)” — hosted by Giovanni Faga group at Human Technopole.

It's finally out!🎉

We known that the #microbiome confers colonization resistance against #pathogens, we know that some meds 💊 affect gut microbes 🦠

So, do 💊 alter colonization resistance? It turns out that some do! If you wanna know more, check out our latest work www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis - Nature Imidazole propionate produced by gut microbiota is associated with atherosclerosis in mouse models and in humans, and causes the development of atherosclerosis through activation of the imidazoline-1 ...

💥 A gut microbe metabolite that drives #atherosclerosis?
Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation without changing cholesterol.
🧪 We show the pathway—and how to block it.
nature.com/articles/s41... #OpenAccess at
@Nature
@CNIC_CARDIO
#CVD #immunosky #cardiosky #microbiomesky

An endoribonuclease of the YicC-like family delays sporulation via sRNA degradation in Clostridioides difficile Abstract. Clostridioides difficile CD25890 is a YicC-like endoribonuclease involved in regulating sporulation initiation, a process critical for the host–h

endoribonuclease of the YicC-like family delays sporulation via sRNA degradation in Clostridioides difficile url: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Final call for abstracts!!

Submit your abstracts for (SBMI 2025) by:
🗓️ July 15, 2025 at 23:59 (CEST

Take advantage of Early Bird Registration until:
🗓️ July 31, 2025 at 23:59 (CEST)

🔗 asb-conference.hki-jena.de

#SBMI2025 #CallForAbstracts #SystemsBiology

🔬 Day 2 at the 3R-Network BW Conference! 🚀
Join our team on April 2 for exciting Organ-on-Chip talks in Stuttgart:

🩸 #Metabolism-on-Chip – Studying metabolism with #OrganOnChip
🦠 #Cervix-on-Chip – Immune-responsive model for #HSV-2 research

See you soon! 🙌
#3RResearch #MicrophysiologicalSystems