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Bjo:rn Schro:der

@mucubacter.bsky.social

Group Leader, PI, curious biochemist, interested in the interaction between diet, microbes and mucosa in the gut. www.mucubacter.org Located at Umeå University/MIMS, Sweden.

1,301 Followers  |  593 Following  |  23 Posts  |  Joined: 18.12.2023  |  1.8325

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Thank you very much @ocoleman.bsky.social for the kind hospitality! It was a pleasure to discuss #mucus and #gutmicrobiota with you and your team! And always a great experience to be back at my alma mater @tumunich.bsky.social!

22.10.2025 15:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to all coauthors and thanks for the support at @mimsumea.bsky.social!
@vishnuprasoodanan.bsky.social

11.08.2025 21:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We show that a #milk -derived #peptide is able to improve intestinal #mucus function under low #fiber comsumption, and thereby has the potential to become a new #prebiotic for intestinal dysfunction.

11.08.2025 21:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Milk-derived casein glycomacropeptide improves colonic mucus function under Western-style diet feeding in a sialylation-dependent manner The colonic mucus layer is the primary interface between the host and the gut microbiota. It serves both as an ecological niche for bacteria and a bar…

Summer strike #2: Our collaboration work with Arla Foods Ingredients has just been published in Food Research International:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#microsky #gastrosky #microbiomesky #guthealth

11.08.2025 21:35 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Thanks to the financial support by @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social and the great environment in @mimsumea.bsky.social here at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social!

05.08.2025 10:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Disentangling the impact of obesity, diet, host factors, and microbiota on small intestinal antimicrobial peptide expression The small intestinal mucosa has the delicate task of allowing absorption of nutrients and limiting microbial colonization at the mucosal surface through production of antimicrobial peptides and pro...

Our study on disentangling the impact of #obesity, #diet, host factors, and #microbiota on small intestinal #antimicrobialpeptide expression is now published in Gut Microbes!
Fantastic work by Fabiola Puértolas-Balint et al!
#microbiomesky #microsky #GastroSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

05.08.2025 10:00 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1

Congratulations @chulab.bsky.social!!

27.06.2025 22:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
CALL for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to join the special research program “Immunometabolism” Three Austrian Universities located in Vienna and Graz combine forces to explore the immunometabolic interaction of macrophages with tissues. We are looking for 6 PhD and 6 postdoctoral researchers jo...

We are recruiting!! PostDocs and PhD positions open for an exciting project on immunometabolism. In my lab, I am looking for a PostDoc, willing to work with microbiome metabolic modeling and archaea in beautiful Graz! Check it out: www.immunometabolism.at/job-openings/ #microsky #archaeasky

10.01.2025 13:14 — 👍 15    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 0

Final call for our #postdoc recruitment on #gut #microbiome, deadline in a week!
Please share!🦋
#MicroSky #AcademicSky #GISky #PhDSky

09.01.2025 15:54 — 👍 14    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations!! Very Good news!👏

07.01.2025 19:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wrapping up 2024 and looking for a #postdoc opportunity in 2025? Still time to apply!
#AcademicSky #MicroSky #postdocjob #Science #GISky
Please share!

27.12.2024 10:24 — 👍 9    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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We are looking for 2 #postdoctoral fellows on #gutmicrobiota, #diet and the #gut mucosal barrier in #health and #disease!
Details & Application: umustipendie.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please share!!

#postdoc #postdocjob #academicjobs #MicroSky #GISky #Microbiome #MicroSky #AcademicSky #PhdSky

09.12.2024 11:19 — 👍 26    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 4

Looking forward!!

04.12.2024 07:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congrats George, so well deserved!!

03.12.2024 22:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes!!

23.11.2024 15:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I didn't see one so I just created the Gut Microbiota starter pack!
Please feel free to share, ask for joining or recommend must-added!

go.bsky.app/UkXi7to

18.11.2024 19:22 — 👍 106    🔁 15    💬 15    📌 2

If you are located in Northern Sweden, then yes! :)

18.11.2024 16:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Northern Lights in Umeå, Sweden

Northern Lights in Umeå, Sweden

We will soon announce a #postdoc opportunity in the field of #gutmicrobiota, #mucus and #ibd. If that sounds exciting and you have strong expertise in this field, or know someone who does, please get already in touch! More information: www.mucubacter.org/jobs/ #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #AcademicSky

18.11.2024 14:05 — 👍 19    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
A group of people wearing sunglasses during a solar eclipse

A group of people wearing sunglasses during a solar eclipse

Hello everyone! 👋 I’m happy to see so many folks making their way over here!

Our lab studies how commensal bacteria interact with the host immune system to influence immune development, regulate inflammation, and support mucosal immunity. #ImmunoSky #MicroSky #GastroSky 🦠🧫🧬👩‍🔬

15.11.2024 20:25 — 👍 74    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1

Thank you very much Jim, we will try our best!

16.11.2024 20:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haha, thanks mucus man!

16.11.2024 20:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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(no title) Bjoern O. Schroeder lab with a focus on gut microbiota and intestinal mucosal barrier function

Happy weekend everyone! So great to see how this sunny space is growing!🦋
We are working on the interaction between #diet, #gutmicrobiota 🦠🧫and #mucus in health and disease: www.mucubacter.org.
Happy to connect! #MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky #GIsky #IBD #GIresearch #microbiome

16.11.2024 10:42 — 👍 40    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

We are working on the interaction between #diet, #microbiota and #mucus in the gut. Would love to be included!

16.11.2024 10:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks!! 😊

20.10.2024 21:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great list, would love to be included!

20.10.2024 07:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Excited to share our new preprint how an antibiotic-shaped microbiota affects intestinal mucus function!

13.03.2024 22:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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