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Clarity Prebiotic Blend

August 6, 2021Uncategorizedscottcha

Clarity Prebiotic Blend

New from Scanderson Labs, Clarity Prebiotic Blend is an all-vegan prebiotic that includes dozens of polyphenols that are designed to encourage a wide diversity of beneficial gut microbes — the sign of a healthy gut. This is the first vegan psychobiotic, but likely won’t be the last. For more information, visit the site at ScandersonLabs.com

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Psychobiotics: A Revolution in Psychiatry

January 19, 2021Uncategorizedscottcha

Psychobiotics are microbes that lift your mood. Psychiatry needs them now. This article will show you how to boost your psychobiotic potential.

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Can Oral Microbes Cause Dementia?

December 24, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Microbes in the mouth have an outsize influence on brain health. They may cause dementia and Alzheimer’s, but all is not lost. Here are some tips to stay ahead of the game.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202012/can-oral-microbes-cause-dementia

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Is Your Brain Leaking?

November 28, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

A leaky gut may lead to a leaky brain. Here are some tips about how to head it off.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202011/is-your-brain-leaking

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A Surprising Way That Exercise Improves Your Mind

November 18, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Research shows that exercise improves your microbiota, boosting your mood and cognitive abilities. Time to get off the sofa.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202010/surprising-way-exercise-improves-your-mind

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How Your Gut Microbes Keep Your Brain Young

September 28, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Your gut microbes may help to prevent cognitive decline. Here’s what you can do to build a healthy microbiota that will improve cognition and memory.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202009/how-your-gut-microbes-can-keep-your-brain-young

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Coronavirus drives us to drink and our microbes are enablers

August 13, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Can a healthier gut microbiota help us to drink less? COVID-19 is making some people drink more, but our gut microbiota may be able to moderate it. Here are some tips for a healthier and happier gut.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202008/coronavirus-drives-us-drink-and-our-microbes-are-enablers

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Not Okay, Boomer

August 5, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

The baby-boom generation has lower cognitive scores than their parents. What’s happening?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202008/not-okay-boomer

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Be Good to Your Microbes, You’re Probably Stuck with Them

July 28, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

For better or worse, gut microbes form long-lived cultures in your gut that can make you indefinitely healthy or sick. Here are some tips to shift the odds in your favor.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202007/be-good-your-microbes-you-re-probably-stuck-them

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Screams and Giggles to Beat the Pandemic

July 17, 2020Uncategorizedscottcha

Laughter and gasps may help us deal with COVID-19. Research suggests that both horror and humor can make us more resilient to the coronavirus.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/202007/screams-and-giggles-beat-the-pandemic

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nice surprise!!! a news article on our @biorxivpreprint describing the weird ways of a bacterial histone (yes!). Shawn Laursen's structure blows me away, but the nefarious Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (literally bacterium-eating) is also pretty!
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A 3-year post doc position is available at the University of Bergen, Norway, focusing on fungal 🍄 (mycorrhizal) ecology of dwarf shrubs 🌿You will join an extensive team of plant and fungal ecologists, including @VVandvik, @DrHyfe and others, please RT
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‼️ JOB ALERT ‼️ We are hiring in Paris!
Kaj Blennow is starting a new group on fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease @InstitutCerveau as a part-time Visiting Professor within @McPotier's lab.
We are offering a 3-year Post-Doc and 3-year Engineer positions 👇🏻👇🏻

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metalichenGulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen@ecoevo.social@metalichen·
3 Feb

New #preprint alert! What are the core symbionts of lichens? TLDR: we analyzed >400 lichen metagenomes from around the world and found that 4 bacterial groups are as frequent in lichens as the alga, one of the two main partners in the symbiosis. 🧵1/11 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.02.524463v1

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karalmckinleyKara McKinley@karalmckinley·
3 Feb

The McKinley lab is hiring research assistants!

If you are a recent college grad or soon-to-be-grad looking to work on awesome projects with awesome people + gain additional lab experience in preparation for grad school, we are looking for you!

https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25240&siteid=5341#jobDetails=1983564_5341

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victornizetᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET@victornizet·
3 Feb

BACTERIAL HUNGER GAMES
E. coli and V. cholerae participate in a biofilm. But E. coli persuades the V. cholerae to occupy the outside layer, where they get eaten by a third predatory bacteria, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, while the hiding E. coli live on.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2212650120

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Just_BollingerJustin Bollinger@Just_Bollinger·
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New research direction = new #FluorescenceFriday drop! Stunning astrocyte (GFAP, Cyan) wrapped around a branched blood vessel (Tomato Lectin, Magenta). Astrocyte endfeet in yellow (AQP4).

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3 Feb

Woke professor Albert Einstein going out of his way to promote diversity, equity and inclusion during the Jim Crow Era

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3 Feb

"The war between bacterial species is strongest between the closest players. Because these relatives are similar, they compete for resources. For instance, S. salivarius produces a bacteriocin that chokes out its dangerous cousin S. pyogenes..."

https://scottcanderson.substack.com/p/gut-safari-part-3

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2 Feb

I'm looking to recruit a non-tenure track faculty member to my lab. I see this as a mentored path to a tenure track position, where you will immediately start writing NIH grants as PI, in collaboration with me. DM/email me! https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/12608?c=arizona

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3 Feb

Amazing what billions of years of evolution can produce!

Matthew Clark@Matthew_BaTiSiO

This incredible structure is the Light Harvesting Complex of photosynthetic red algae

It acts like a satellite dish to capture photons and channel them into the Photosystem reaction center

PDB 7Y5E with the help of @bradyajohnston's Molecular nodes
#Animation #Blender #Science

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The safari is just getting started. There is still room for new adventurers!
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We love the concept of "gut safari" proposed by @Psychobiotic! When trying to figure out the best dietetic advice for looking after gut bacteria, thinking in terms of a teamwork makes sense:

https://twitter.com/Psychobiotic/status/1616448745968914434?s=20&t=VDklBtTJTvsEHKc-9pk33A

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1 Feb

We love the concept of "gut safari" proposed by @Psychobiotic! When trying to figure out the best dietetic advice for looking after gut bacteria, thinking in terms of a teamwork makes sense:

https://twitter.com/Psychobiotic/status/1616448745968914434?s=20&t=VDklBtTJTvsEHKc-9pk33A

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30 Jan

Thrilled to share one of the lab’s first images!! 😍

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GCAGATGCAATGAdam P Roberts 💙@GCAGATGCAATG·
31 Jan

PhD Studentships available. The LSTM and Lancaster University MRC CASE/Doctoral Training Programme projects are now live with multiple #AMR projects listed (see below). Closing date for applications 9th February
https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/courses/research-degrees/phd-opportunities

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