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The ARTEMIS program (AFRICAN RESEARCH TALENTS EXPERIENCING MENTORING IN SCIENCE) unites a vibrant research community. So grateful for this opportunity, my mentor Dr. Mimi Arandjelovic, my peers, and all the supporting institutions! 🙏

🔆 I also exchanged insights with Dr. Franziska Stoeck and the One Health Surveillance team on practical surveillance strategies, discussing potential avenues for joint research.

🤝@helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social, I met Prof. Katharina Schaufler (Head, Epidemiology and Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance) and her team. We discussed AMR's ecological drivers and explored exciting opportunities for future collaboration in Kenya.

🌟A highlight: presenting my research@helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social. I discussed gut health in Amboseli baboons/livestock within a One Health framework. Thank you@jangogarten.bsky.social!

🧵🚀 A rewarding Ph.D. chapter at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology! I've been here for the ARTEMIS Mentorship Fellowship, a Max Planck Society program supporting African doctoral candidates.

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

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.

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).

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

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?❓

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

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...

📢New Publication Alert 📢
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....

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