After a fantastic Pacific event, we head to the Atlantic time zone tomorrow. See you there! 👋

#MVIF 48 is live in less than 10 minutes! ⏰
👇 You can still register 👇
cassyni.com/s/mvif-48

This week, we will discuss
• microbiome ecology and development,
• host-microbe interactions in disease,
• antimicrobial resistance, and
• novel computational methodologies!

Join #MVIF 48 here: cassyni.com/s/mvif-48

This week, we will discuss
• microbiome ecology and development,
• host-microbe interactions in disease,
• antimicrobial resistance, and
• novel computational methodologies!

Join #MVIF 48 here: cassyni.com/s/mvif-48

kindergarten workshop

kindergarten workshop

I had the joy of giving a kindergarten workshop: “Bacteria in and around us!” 🦠✨

To spark their imagination and start our discussion, I showed them the beautiful @contamclub.bsky.social 2026 calendar, full of vividly colored and uniquely shaped bacterial colonies.

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mvif 48

#MVIF 48 starts next week!

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-48

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Rachel R. Rock
🇺🇸 @pamferretti.bsky.social

⭐️ Keynote:
🇦🇺 @pam-engelberts.bsky.social and @jamesvolmer.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇨🇳 Linxing Chen
🇨🇳 Zhemin Zhou
🇦🇺 Hoai-An Nguyen

mvif 48

#MVIF 48 starts next week!

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-48

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Rachel R. Rock
🇺🇸 @pamferretti.bsky.social

⭐️ Keynote:
🇦🇺 @pam-engelberts.bsky.social and @jamesvolmer.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇨🇳 Linxing Chen
🇨🇳 Zhemin Zhou
🇦🇺 Hoai-An Nguyen

Join #MVIF 48 cassyni.com/s/mvif-48
and #MeetTheSpeakers

Rachel R. Rock will discuss proof-of-concept for select human gut microbiota members contributing to sex biases in autoimmunity.

Join #MVIF 48 cassyni.com/s/mvif-48
and #MeetTheSpeakers

Rachel R. Rock will discuss proof-of-concept for select human gut microbiota members contributing to sex biases in autoimmunity.

MVIF Conversations Step into the world of microbiome research with MVIF Conversations – the Podcast! In 15-30 minutes each month, we chat with scientists, writers, and other mi...

Catch up on our latest episodes while you wait 👇
www.youtube.com/playlist?app...

Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

💐 Thanks to @cpavloud.bsky.social @tosina.bsky.social @kate-lagerstrom.bsky.social Merel van Gogh and @microbiomevif.bsky.social #MVIFconversations podcast team.

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Join #MVIF 48 cassyni.com/s/mvif-48
and #MeetTheSpeakers

Zhemin Zhou will present their latest study on the FMT’s efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer based on analysis over 2,000 metagenomes from diverse disease cohorts and healthy controls via a high-resolution strain-tracking framework.

Taken from this LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/svetlana-ugarcina-perovic_mvifconversations-activity-7445093954074877952-lyU1/ Showing "Meren" at the top, and Svetlana and Christina at the bottom.

Listening to Microbiome Virtual International Forum (MVIF) Conversations with @merenbey.bsky.social and @svetlanaup.bsky.social and Christina Pavloudi.
Spotify: lnkd.in/dXwUMRnw
Amazon music: lnkd.in/diXj-qMU
Apple Music: lnkd.in/dX9xcdHD
YouTube podcast: lnkd.in/dUNnyi7E

MVIf podcast ep

New #MVIFconversations episode is recorded and our lips are sealed on who the guest is.

What we will say: they ditched their old career for #microbiome science, and their favourite paper is a wild one. Two researchers tracked their own gut microbiomes every single day...

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Missed @andrewradev.bsky.social's talk at #MVIF 47?
You can now listen back at your own convenience.

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Missed Lindsay Hall's talk at #MVIF 47?
You can now listen back at your own convenience.

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Missed Chris Robinson's talk at #MVIF 47?
You can now listen back at your own convenience.

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Missed @lukasmalf.bsky.social's talk at #MVIF 47?
You can now listen back at your own convenience.

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You can find #MVIF 47 recordings of the talks, about the speakers and their published work all in one place: cassyni.com/s/mvif-47

Join #MVIF 48 cassyni.com/s/mvif-48
and #MeetTheSpeakers

Zhemin Zhou will present their latest study on the FMT’s efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer based on analysis over 2,000 metagenomes from diverse disease cohorts and healthy controls via a high-resolution strain-tracking framework.

Together w/our hosts @svetlanaup.bsky.social & @cpavloud.bsky.social, Meren reflects on his unconventional path to microbes, the anvi’o, mentoring and transparency in academia, and more.

Thanks to @tosina.bsky.social Marianna Bergamaschi, Merel van Gogh & #MVIFconversations podcast team.

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thank you

We thank our co-organizing partners
SEERAVE Foundation and @sph.cuny.edu,
and our supporters at Illumina and @corundumsb.bsky.social for making this event possible.

See you at #MVIF 48!

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MVIF 48 program

We have a new #MVIF program to share with you! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-48

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Rachel R. Rock
🇺🇸 @pamferretti.bsky.social

⭐️ Keynote:
🇦🇺 Gene Tyson

⭐️ Talks:
🇨🇳 Linxing Chen
🇨🇳 Zhemin Zhou
🇦🇺 Hoai-An Nguyen

MVIF 48 program

We have a new #MVIF program to share with you! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-48

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Rachel R. Rock
🇺🇸 @pamferretti.bsky.social

⭐️ Keynote:
🇦🇺 Gene Tyson

⭐️ Talks:
🇨🇳 Linxing Chen
🇨🇳 Zhemin Zhou
🇦🇺 Hoai-An Nguyen

MVIF 47 highlights

You missed the last #MVIF... No problem, now you can enjoy reading #MVIF 47 reflections!

@serenamanara.bsky.social (ATL)‬ silverja.bsky.social (PAC) opened the event.

@andrewradev.bsky.social presented a database for microbial growth data open for submissions by any career stage researcher!

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You can find #MVIF 47 recordings of the talks, about the speakers and their published work all in one place: cassyni.com/s/mvif-47

Future events All future events of the Microbiome Virtual International Forum

Join the next #MVIF!

In April 2026 Gene Tyson will give a keynote talk,
the May 2026 event will be with Georg Zeller as a keynote,
and
in June 2026 we will welcome Julie Huber @julesdeep.bsky.social

Dates and details here: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...

thank you

We thank our co-organizing partners
SEERAVE Foundation and @sph.cuny.edu,
and our supporters at Illumina and @corundumsb.bsky.social for making this event possible.

See you at #MVIF 48!

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MVIF 47 talks

Mohammad Salimi presented their latest work on mining putative peptides sourced from the human gut in the AMPSphere database.

🙏 We'd also like to acknowledge Zahra Nezamivand Chegini and Mohammad Salimi from Iran, who we hope to see online with us next time.

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MVIF 47 talks

⭐️ Talks: an amazing QA ran by @cpavloud.bsky.social ‬ (ATL) @pamferretti.bsky.social (PAC)

Chris Robinson showed us how rapidly evolution is happening in honey bee microbiomes.

@lukasmalf.bsky.social presented the MicrobeAtlas project and discussed microbial community conservatism.

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MVIF 47 keynote

Christian Hoffmann (ATL) @pamferretti.bsky.social (PAC) welcomed Lindsay Hall @halllab.bsky.social who presented the latest metagenomics findings on infant gut microbiome and resistome (BAMBI 2.0) and more.

QA during the PAC event was covered by @lukeacton.bsky.social, thank you Luke!

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