Chris van der Gast

Pleasure to present and be the most haunting presence at the @MicrobioSoc ECR summer conference today. Couldn't stick around as I am snowed under but its nice to see loads of early career folk finding their feet. #cysticfibrosis #microbiome #earlycareerresearcher

Our new paper out now in @MicrobiomeJ: Species turnover within #cysticfibrosis lung microbiota is indicative of acute pulmonary exacerbation onset doi.org/10.1186/s40168… #CF #microbiomeecology @Leahcuthbertso4 @LaurenRHatfield @H_gavillet @RyanJosephMarsh @DWRivett @cftrust

A pleasure to talk at #ECFS2025 today, and to see everyone else's research as well, looking forward to tomorrow's sessions! #microbiome #cysticfibrosis

Our very own @H_gavillet giving her talk @ #ECFS2025 in Milan on the impact #kaftrio on the #CysticFibrosis lung microbiome: a multi-national multi-centre long-term longitudinal study of adults with #CF @cftrust #trikafta #CFTRmodulators @northumbriauni

Our very own @RyanJosephMarsh presenting his #CysticFibrosis gut microbiome & metabolomics data at the #ECFS2025 meeting in Milan @H_gavillet will be talking on her effects of #Kaftrio on the #CF respiratory microbiome data a bit later today @cftrust @NorthumbriaUni

Fascinating and important study. May well be transformative in treatment of stubborn chronic lung infections such as by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in #cysticfibrosis and beyond nature.com/articles/s4159…

Final day of the European Young Investigators Meeting #EYIM for #cysticfibrosis in Paris A delight to be supporting as a ‘senior’ scientist The #EYIM2025 presentations have been outstanding The talent displayed at this meeting bodes well for future of #CF research

Incredibly pleased to see @H_gavillet getting recognised for her hard work on #CF respiratory infections. Today has been a good day!

Lauren presenting her work on COPD @ the #RTI2025 meeting in Glasgow @LaurenRHatfield #COPD @NawarBakerly @DWRivett

Helen giving her Rising Star talk @ the #RTI2025 meeting in Glasgow ⭐️ @H_gavillet #CF #CysticFibrosis

What a a great place to meet & talk on new #cysticfibrosis respiratory & gut microbiome studies with the lovely folk from Manchester Paediatric #CF centre Feeling genuinely inspired @WhitworthArt

Helen a PDRA in my lab @NorthumbriaUni has been recognised with the Rising Star award @ the upcoming Respiratory Infections Forum #RTI2025. Well done @H_gavillet What a great recognition! rti-forum.org/2025/ @lena_group4resp

I'm starting the year with good news! Thrilled to say I've been selected as one of the Rising Stars at the @Lena_Group4Resp RTI forum in Glasgow this February! Looking forward to sharing some data from our Kaftrio study! Which reminds me I really need to book a train.... 🤔

Ah, the glamour of international travel. This red eye flight is so early I had to get up half an hour before I went to bed

Fantastic to see our latest paper out in @mbiojournal on how species interactions impact #cysticfibrosis respiratory infections ⤵️ Conceived & driven by @DWRivett #microbiomeecology #cf

Friday publication announcement! I am super excited to announce that @LaurenRHatfield @H_gavillet, Michelle Hardman, @ChrisvanderGast and I have a new @MMU_NATSCI #cysticfibrosis #microbiomeecology paper out in @mBio! 1/4 journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

Anyone here aware of any (legal) way we can claim back all of the costs associated with professional society memberships and accreditations outside of the employer? Maybe it’s not possible beyond claiming back the tax…?

Are you interested in studying above and belowground interactions and the allotment-soil-microbiome? Then why not apply for this great PhD opportunity @NorthumbriaUni findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

Interesting PhD studentship with Kate Randall at Northumbria Uni looking at the soil microbiome of allotments. If your interested in soil microbiomes please get in contact with Kate. tinyurl.com/ya347rfw

Victor Ambros was denied tenure at Harvard. But he was not a usual PI. The Harvard Crimson describes: 1⃣ He took an especially hands-on role in mentorship: “Duan recalled the experience of arriving in the U.S. for his Ph.D. as a non-native English speaker. Ambros spent time…