Bibek Parajuli🏳️‍🌈🇳🇵

Controlled colonization of the human gut with a genetically engineered microbial therapeutic Precision microbiome programming for therapeutic applications is limited by challenges in achieving reproducible colonic colonization. Previously, we created an exclusive niche that we used to engraft...

Engineering the gut microbiome in people with hyperoxaluria to avoid kidney stones
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17.07.2025 21:28 — 👍 135    🔁 24    💬 6    📌 1

I’m thrilled to share my first review about microbial ecology + mosquito-borne disease control! Bacteria block pathogen development in the mosquito gut, but which bacteria will produce long-lasting results in the field? Let’s think about colonization and persistence in the mosquito gut! (1/4)

18.07.2025 15:42 — 👍 12    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 0

An endosymbiotic origin of the crimson pigment from the lac insect | PNAS Symbioses with microorganisms expand the genetic and metabolic repertoire of many insects. The lac insect Kerria lacca (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) ...

I once visited Mayan ruins in Mexico and was told that is not known how they were able to make such bright blue colors. Also heard the same about bright red ones. It turns out, at least for the red color, a fungus is responsible! Read more here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

17.07.2025 16:25 — 👍 31    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

Congratulations!!

12.07.2025 03:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Childhood pneumonia deaths have plummeted in Nepal, and more lives can still be saved—

In the early 1980s, Nepal’s children suffered from some of the highest death rates from pneumonia in the world, with over 1,400 deaths for every 100,000 children under five.

20.06.2025 16:30 — 👍 56    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

In Nepal, women are turning forest fire risks into thriving green businesses.

With support from @fao.org, they’re restoring ecosystems, creating jobs, and protecting their communities. 🌿

Read their story 🔗 bit.ly/3Gm5G5i

#EarthDay #GenerationRestoration

22.04.2025 10:17 — 👍 25    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

Acquisition of an obligate environmental symbiont may be limited in the arboreal environment Abstract. Many eukaryotic organisms have environmentally acquired microbial symbionts. In animals, microbes commonly occupy the gut and may supply critical

Finally out! My first manuscript in the books.

#scisky #symbiosis #entomology

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27.04.2025 17:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to share that @bibekbugs.bsky.social and I will be hosting a member symposium at #EntSoc25 in Portland, Oregon titled "Inside and Out: proposal, Inside and Out: Roles of Environmental and Gut Symbioses"

Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!

23.04.2025 15:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

the substance

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