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Mary chege

@mchege.bsky.social

Scientist 🧬 PhD student| first gen Studying the baboon gut microbiome Bioinformatics| Microbiome & One health enthusiast Diversity in STEM Current: University of Nairobi: Affiliated with the University of Notre Dame; @archielab.bsky.social🧪

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Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons - Animal Microbiome Background Animals coexist with complex microbiota, including bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes (e.g., fungi, protists, and helminths). While high-throughput sequencing is commonly used to characteriz...

7/Check out the full open-access article: 🔗
animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Always happy to connect with folks working on microbiomes, wild primates, or host–microbe dynamics!
#Microbiome #PrimateEcology #OneHealth #ShotgunMetagenomics #WildBaboons

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6/Deep gratitude to all my supervisors and collaborators: @archielab.bsky.social, @jennytung.bsky.social , @pamferretti.bsky.social, @amboselibaboonrp.bsky.social, Prof. Susan Alberts, Dr. Shasta Webb, Dr. Rosaline Macharia, Prof. George Obiero, Dr. Mercy Akinyi, and Dr. Joseph Kamau.

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5/This suggests that social context, who individuals live and interact with, plays a stronger role in shaping eukaryotic gut microbial communities than ecological or demographic variables (at least in this population).

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4/Social group membership significantly structured the eukaryotic gut microbiome.
❌But season, sex, and age showed no significant effects

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3/💡Baboons live in stable social groups and inhabit highly seasonal environments.
💡We asked, which factors—social group, season, sex, or age—structure eukaryotic gut microbiome composition in the wild?❓

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2/💡We used shotgun metagenomics to explore the eukaryotic gut microbiome of 73 fecal samples from adult wild baboons in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem.🧵👇

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Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons - Animal Microbiome Background Animals coexist with complex microbiota, including bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes (e.g., fungi, protists, and helminths). While high-throughput sequencing is commonly used to characteriz...

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I’m proud to share a major milestone in my PhD journey. My first paper has officially been published:
“Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons”.
animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Another baboon project joint lab meeting has ended! Thanks, everyone, for another great meeting!

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