🦠INVISIBLE FRIENDS — NOW IN PAPERBACK! 🦠 Curious about the gut-brain axis? Passionate about ecosystem restoration, regenerative agriculture, or rewilding our cities? Invisible Friends reveals the unseen biodiversity shaping everything from your mental health to... 1/2

Happening today from noon to 5 pm Eastern, free virtual webinars on host microbiomes! Register here: microbesandsocialequity.com/events/mse-sum…

Up next: 3:30 pm Eastern, "The Political Economy of Emerging Digital Data Collection Platforms and Applications with Microbial Stewardship", Victor Secco. 4:15 pm Eastern, "Communities and Contexts in Childhood Microbiome Research", Justine Debelius. microbesandsocialequity.com/events/mse-sum…

🦠 Our microbiomes reflect more than biology—they mirror social inequities. The MicrobesSocialEquity Group, led by Drs. Benezra, Dr. Erin Eggleston Dr. Sue Ishaq, PhD and Weatherford Darling tackles ELSI issues in microbiome science. 💻 Read more and get engaged here: elsihub.org/news/promoting…

MSE recently hosted its 5th annual summit, this year dedicated to exploring the concept of Microbiome Stewardship. Check out more info and see the wevinar recordings here: sueishaqlab.org/2025/07/29/the…

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opi…

"Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity"- paper published and group assembled! sueishaqlab.org/2025/09/11/lau…

Virtual MSE seminar next week, "Healthy Soils: Our Hope for a Warming World", presented by Dr. Kristen DeAngelis, PhD Sept 24, 2025 12:00 EDT, followed a virtual coffee hour! Registration is free, held on zoom: sueishaqlab.org/2025/09/17/mse…

Article published on the use (and mis-use) of human population descriptors as biological determinants of human microbiomes! Since 2023, I've been on a team that examines the way microbiome researchers use social and population descriptors in analyses. sueishaqlab.org/2025/09/23/art…

Virtual MSE seminar today, "Healthy Soils: Our Hope for a Warming World", presented by Dr. Kristen DeAngelis, PhD, lead of the Molecular Microbial Ecology Lab at UMass Amherst. Sept 24, 2025 12:00 EDT, followed by a social hour Register for free on zoom: sueishaqlab.org/2025/09/24/mse…

Lola begins a postdoctoral research position in bioinformatics at the University of New England!! sueishaqlab.org/2025/10/10/lol…

Microbes and Social Equity Working Group named as team winner of Dorothy Jones Diversity & Inclusion Achievement Award!! sueishaqlab.org/2025/10/21/mic…

MSE virtual seminar next week on "Host-Microbe interactions in an evolution model organism: diversity matters", presented by Dr. Kat Milligan-McLellan, PhD Oct 29, 2025 12:00 EDT, followed by a social hour. Register for free: sueishaqlab.org/2025/10/22/mse…