Do you want to learn essential GIBA concepts and techniques?
We're hosting three mornings of expert-led sessions on gut, immune and brain research, from 23-26 March 📢🌟
🆓 Open to all across the GIBA Network
📅 Register by 13 March!
🔗 giba-uk.org/events/the-g...
The GIBA Network+ is proud to sponsor Dr Katja Dierking from the University of Kiel to speak at the UK C. elegans Meeting 2026 (15–17 April)!
Her work uses C. elegans to explore host–microbiome interactions 🧬🪱
⏰ Registration closes next week
👉 genetics.org.uk/events/uk-c-...
Discover fresh insights into the gut‑immune‑brain axis in our next UK GIBA Network+ seminar! 🧠🦠
Join Lea Johnsen from Cmbio as she explores microbial metabolites in the gut‑brain axis.
📅 Fri 27 Feb
⏰ 12:30–13:30
Learn more and join 👉 www.giba-uk.org/events
Ground-breaking science, inspiring discussions and invaluable networking are advancing at #ARUKConf this week.
It's great to see two of our network's working group co-leads, @drjamesconway.bsky.social and @dvauzour.bsky.social, speaking on diet, nutrition and brain health 👏
We’re delighted to announce that 4️⃣ outstanding research teams across the nation have been awarded UK GIBA Network+ Flexible Funding 👏🔬
Each project will help build new knowledge that can support better health across the lifespan.
Learn more: www.giba-uk.org/highlights
🔬 New insights from gut-immune-brain research 🌟
A study with our network's @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social uncovers a "hidden” gut bacterial group found in higher levels in healthy people.
Could this be key to microbiome health and future probiotic innovation? 🌍🦠
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
🚀 Opportunity for microbiome researchers!
Join Salient Bio in London as a Senior Scientist to take microbiome analysis into the clinic and improve patient outcomes.
Contact rob@salient.bio for more info ✉️
talents.studysmarter.co.uk/companies/th...
🗣️ New GIBA Network+ Seminar Series
Discover the latest advances in understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis.
Join our first session:
🕧 Friday, 12.30-1.30pm
🧠 Dietary methylamines and brain function in mice and humans
Find out more 👉 giba-uk.org/events
🚀 Bioscience researchers: Apply for BBSRC ICURe Explore!
12-week, full-time market exploration programme with up to £35k funding to test your idea & discover its potential.
👉 Must have completed ICURe Discover
⏰ Apply by 6th February
Learn more: iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunitie...
Upcoming Webinar | Jan 27, 12:30pm
Join the Mental Health and Wellbeing in Advanced Illness Network for a thoughtful conversation on how nutrition impacts mental health in advanced illness.
Key speakers: Dr Juliet Spiller, Amy Mcluskie and Prof Jonathan Swann.
🔗 www.mainexchange.org.uk/webinars/
🚨 GIBA Network+ Fellowships now open!
We are funding early-career awards, up to £500k each, for ambitious, interdisciplinary research on gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) mechanisms across the life-course.
🗓️ Apply by 15 April 2026
👉 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...
Just one week to go! 🍽️🎄
Join us online for Feast for Thought and discover how your Christmas dinner shapes your gut, brain and immunity.
Book your place now!
📅 11th Dec, 7pm-8pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feast-for-...
Two exciting PhD projects at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social 📢
😴 Sleep deprivation & neurovascular/metabolic pathways
🍽 Bitter taste, gut hormones & brain function
Deadline: 7 Jan 2026
Join interdisciplinary research into science of the brain, food and health.
👉 www.giba-uk.org/early-career...
🚨 Research Fellow Opportunity 🚨
Join @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social & @quadraminstitute.bsky.social to explore the Brain-Gut Axis.
📍 Norwich Medical School
✅ £48,822–£56,535
📅 Apply by 1 Dec
Lead pioneering research at the neuroscience–microbiome interface.
👉 vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
How does your Christmas Dinner shape your gut, brain and immunity? 🎄🍽️
Join us for Feast for Thought – a festive deep dive for all with short talks and questions on food & health!
📅 11th Dec, 7pm-8pm
🎟️ Book now: feast-for-thought.eventbrite.com
#GutHealth #BrainFood #ChristmasDinner
⏳ 1 week left!
Apply for Engagement & Communication Awards – up to £1,000 for public engagement, communication and knowledge exchange activities on the gut-immune-brain axis.
⏰ Deadline: Monday 1st December, 5pm
Find out more and apply 👉 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...
🚨 Job Alert: Research Scientists at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
Shape the future of gut-immune-brain axis research and its role in ageing
📍 Norwich | £37.5k–£45.3k
🗓 Apply by 28 Nov
🔗 Learn more about these and more early career research opportunities
www.giba-uk.org/early-career...
⏳ 1 week left! Apply for our flexible funds to spark interdisciplinary gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) research collaborations.
✅ Up to £50k available
⏰ Deadline: 22nd November, 5pm
👉 giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...
🚆 Mobility awards now open!
Get £500–£5,000 to support short- or long-term visits between academia and industry.
Boost collaboration, learn new skills and spark innovation.
Rolling call - apply anytime!
🔗 giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...
Gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA) research can...
🧠 Ignite curiosity
❤️ Empower understanding
🤝 Build capacity
📣 Amplify impact
Funds up to £1,000 are available for public engagement, communication and knowledge exchange.
Closing date: 1st December
🔗 www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...
🚨 Funding Alert 🚨
Flexible funds now open via the GIBA Network+ to spark interdisciplinary research into gut-immune-brain mechanisms, tech and collaboration.
✅ Up to £50,000 available
📆 Closes 22 Nov, 5pm
🔗 Apply & read guidance: www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo...
We are partnering with the @ukgibanetwork.bsky.social dedicated to advancing understanding of the complex interactions between the immune system and both the peripheral and central nervous systems.
Join the network here: www.giba-uk.org
#neuroscience, #microbiology, #immunology, #nutrition
There was great energy in #Southampton for our recent launch event 🌟
Want to catch up on the highlights from an exciting day?
Check out our new event report 👇
www.giba-uk.org/highlights
We have a good 'gut feeling' about the
@ukgibanetwork.bsky.social 🧠🧩
Researchers gathered in #Southampton for the launch of a pioneering new network, co-led by @unisouthampton.bsky.social, to unlock the link between gut, immune and brain health.
Learn more 👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-col...
📊 Want to boost your research skills?
Join our 3-day training on Experimental Design and Core Statistics in Cambridge (Dec 8–10).
✅ Free to attend
🙋♀️ Open to all career stages
🚆 Travel and accommodation costs reimbursed
Apply by October 17th 👉 www.giba-uk.org/training-opp...
Our NEW working groups support effective collaborations across the UK.
Could you help answer one of our first 5️⃣ key research questions?
👉 www.giba-uk.org/working-groups
🙋♀️ Ambitious ECRs are invited to co-lead each group. Apply before Friday 10th October.
If you are UK-based and interested in Gut-Immune-Brain Axis research, do sign up to our GIBA+ network and its working groups! You will get access to lots of new contacts, publication and funding opportunities 🧪🧠🤑 #PainResearch #PainScience #neuroskyence #ImmunoSky
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Thank you to everyone who joined from across the UK for our #GIBANetworklaunch in Southampton!
Follow us to learn more about some of the event's big announcements over the coming days 🌟
Want to join the network? You can sign-up via our website 👇
www.giba-uk.org
✔️ Flexible funds
✔️ Fellowships
✔️ Mobility awards
Our director Jonathan Swann shares some of the ways we will expand the mechanistic understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis.
More details will appear on our Network website in the coming days 👇
www.giba-uk.org/funding-oppo... #GIBANetworklaunch
“One of the key pillars of our network is training,” says
@alexmsalmeida.bsky.social.
We are committed to equip our members with the skills, tools and methods essential for research.
Our first course was announced at our #GIBANetworklaunch 🌟
Want to know more? 👇
🔗 giba-uk.org/training-opp...
