Establishing the necessary infrastructure to develop a novel S. African health metric: microbiome-based models for predicting disease risk and health outcomes
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Why is gut microbiota an emerging target for improving brain health during ageing? This review updates biological ageing drives changes to the gut microbiome ow.ly/yte750N9349
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Recently 2 young #TeamCSIR researchers, Claudine Nkera-Gutabara & Caitlin Wheeler, were selected to represent the CSIR at #ICHG2023 by presenting posters of their academic research. The conference gathered hundreds of human #genetics researchers from across the globe.
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Had the great opportunity to present a poster on my PhD research at the exciting #ICHG2023 🧬 #WelcomeHome #Day2
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@WitsUniversity staff and students welcome to participate
#CMMIUpdate Reaching our recruitment goals has been a challenge since the pandemic. Up to 197 surveys have been completed, 145 samples collected and 102 sequenced. We aim to initiate a 3rd and final round of recruitment to ensure we produce meaningful results for all involved.🧬
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Crucial to accomplishing this is the intentional engagement in mindful and equitable partnerships with researchers across geographies and cultures, with the goal of meaningful and lasting impact for the studied communities. /3
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In this comment in @NatRevGastroHep, we set out some recommendations for improving the diversity of study participants in microbiome research. 2/
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Underrepresentation of global populations in biomedical research has become a glaring challenge for implementation science with implications for precision medicine. rdcu.be/cWvDE 1/ @shazeZA @DylanMaghini @SBIMB1
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Some microbiome-related disorders such as IBS are related to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Learn more on the link between this condition and long covid in this perspective ow.ly/OnFc50KMilY
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Such an interesting and important project! Can’t wait to see my own personal micro biome report from this study! – at Johannesburg, South Africa
Excited that we'll soon be sequencing the 2nd batch of samples from our study with 150 volunteers! We are still recruiting and our project is open to all >18y that are CSIR(Pretoria)/Wits staff/students + household members @SBIMB1 @WitsUniversity @WitsHealthFac #gutmicrobiome
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It was so exciting to see all the amazing microbiome research happening across Africa and globally today at the H3A #AfricanMicrobiomeDay conference…feeling inspired 🤩👩🏾🔬
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So exciting to see the progress of the @MicrobiomeMapZA project which is led by @ClaudineN27!
The project has been expanded to include all @WitsUniversity students, staff, and their families (age >18)
Don't miss out on participating! youtube.com/watch?v=WfH9-DfC…
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The ways by which what we eat shapes health and disease involving gut microbes are extremely complex. This review updates molecular and effector mechanisms of dietary intervention ow.ly/QBTr30sp6pt
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New results in @cellhostmicrobe show gastrointestinal testosterone degradation by a specific bacterial strain as a potential mechanism impacting depression.
Research article: ow.ly/b9Zw30secYa
Analysis from @CassGheorghe, @jfcryan & @UCCpsychiatry: ow.ly/4ml430secYs
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MetaPop: a pipeline for macro- and microdiversity analyses and visualization of microbial and viral metagenome-derived populations dlvr.it/SLm456
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Using new "long read" DNA sequencing technology we were able to find new bacterial species. We saw that existing reference databases are insufficient, especially for understanding African microbiomes.
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As expected there were differences between the rural and urban communities, reflecting differences in lifestyle, with higher microbiome diversity in Bushbuckridge, as well as some significant differences in levels of some bacterial species.