Modifying macrophages at the periphery has the capacity to change microglial reactivity and to extend ALS survival. (2020) nature.com/articles/s4159…

New content online: The enteric nervous system: the hub in a star network dlvr.it/Rk48XK

Fiber is a major tool for shaping the gut microbiome. This review from 2018 that shares Kevin Whelan offers a good overview on how dietary fiber impacts gut microbial ecology, host physiology, and health ow.ly/jh6k30rgmBE

A cancer cell sitting on a circle as seen through a microscope. If by "seen" I meant to say I made a single 3D color projection from three grayscale Z stacks, changed the hue in photoshop in -20 increments, and then made an animated gif in Fiji. Yeah, seen. #CellBiology #sciart

[NEW POST] A recent study provides new insights into the transcriptomic landscape of the #ENS and its constituent cells by profiling 5,068 mouse and 1,445 human enteric neurons and diverse gut cell types at the single-cell level. ow.ly/8Kb750Cf5O4

Therapeutic approaches targeting the gut-brain axis may represent the next avenue for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. This new review in Frontiers - Immunology covers reciprocal interactions between gut microbes and the CNS during experimental disease ow.ly/uhST30rlpn6

Paper published Frontiers - Immunology! Thanks to everyone who helped me throughout PhD, especially to DanaStanley Connie Wong and Michael Hickey lab members!!! Shoutout to Kathryn Prame Kumar @sciencewithray Shu and Brooke for all the support, and lunches and bubble tea!!! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

REVIEW | Disorders of the enteric nervous system — a holistic view go.nature.com/36AMITF This figure shows the extrinsic and intrinsic factors shaping ENS structure and function.

A neuronal growth cone photographed through a microscope. Actin filaments and microtubules are shown. #CellBiology #microscopy #SciArt

Increased intestinal permeability can contribute to the activation of the immune system and inflammation. These findings show, for the first time, that a polyphenol rich-diet can reduce serum zonulin levels, an indirect marker of intestinal permeability ow.ly/nhBQ30rz5b9

Intestinal barrier is often overlooked in the context of IBS symptoms. This new systematic review concludes there's a positive association between loss of barrier function and symptoms such as abdominal pain and changes in IBS ow.ly/BSiF30rzJ7T

Diet and the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis: Sowing the Seeds of Good Mental Health - Another great review from our We are now Research Ireland Postdoc Kirsten Berding Harold - Great to have our Australian Food & Mood Centre collaborators involved too! academic.oup.com/advances/advan…

Congratulations to all presentation winners of ImmuMon, especially Sarah Jones, Sarah Snelgrove and Brooke Wanrooy from MonashCID Monash University School of Clinical Sciences #ImmuMon

1/Folks with mainly biology training sometimes ask me for resources that can help them learn bioinformatics. This short thread has my recommendations at various levels.

Skeletal muscle cells in a zebrafish embryo photographed through a microscope. #CellBiology #microscopy #SciArt

Just posted a new preprint! We studied the enteric nervous system (ENS) - the neurons that sit in your gut and control digestion. We focused on an often-underappreciated feature of the ENS – its macro-scale organization, and how this differs between regions of the intestines. 1/5

Delighted to share my first (co)first author paper “#Microbiota from young mice counteracts selective age-associated behavioral deficits” out today Nature Aging. Thank you to everyone involved, especially co1st authors Marcus Böhme Thomaz Bastiaanssen, PhD 🧵1/ ... nature.com/articles/s4358…

The latest review on enteric neuron–immune interactions has just landed Mucosal Immunology! This is a must read–such an impt theme from both immunological and physiological perspectives rdcu.be/cw787 Haozhe (Ryan) Wang Enteric Neuroscience Laboratory Jaime Foong Nicola Harris @MonashImmPath

New online! Kitching Laboratory and Michael Hickey describe how in vivo imaging has advanced our understanding of immune cell behaviour and dynamics in the kidney go.nature.com/2ZrmMJB MonashCID Monash University School of Clinical Sciences Monash University

Commencing in January 2022,we have a full-time funded (NHMRC) PhD project available. Focussed on the role of neutrophil extracellular traps in autoimmune vasculitis. Based at Monash University School of Clinical Sciences MonashCID, Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Please retweet-details 👇 supervisorconnect.med.monash.edu/projects/defin…