One Health Microbiome Center

@PSUmBiome

The One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State optimizes, accelerates, and disseminates microbiome applications and knowledge. On BlueSky | LinkedIn | YouTube

State College, PA

Joined August 2017

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Nov 14

Our Center has been awarded the 2024 WH Pierce Global Impact in Microbiology Prize from @AMIposts! 🌏 🏆 Thank you to every member of our community for your contributions and scholarship–spanning #research, #education, #art, and #outreach. Article -> science.psu.edu/news/one-healt…

PSUmBiome's tweet image. Our Center has been awarded the 2024 WH Pierce Global Impact in Microbiology Prize from @AMIposts!
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Thank you to every member of our community for your contributions and scholarship–spanning #research, #education, #art, and #outreach.
Article -&gt;
science.psu.edu/news/one-healt…

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jul 22

🚨 Big win for the OHMC @penn_state! We’ve been awarded a $2.6M NIH T32 to launch BIOMS — the first predoctoral training program in microbiome science + biotech. Read more: psu.edu/news/huck-inst…

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F Dini-Andreote@FDiniAndreote · Jul 21

New paper out in @NewPhyt "Microbial drivers of root plasticity" w/ Omri Finkel, Gabriel Castrillo, and others @PSUPlantScience @PSUmBiome @huckinstitutes @agsciences doi.org/10.1111/nph.70…

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jul 11

🧬 Big ideas from @Symbionticism & colleagues! New @cellhostmicrobe forum article maps out challenges & opportunities for advancing theory of host–microbe symbioses. Full read 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Microbiome #Holobiont #OneHealth

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jul 9

🥣 New from the Singh Lab: Not all fibers are equal. Partially hydrolyzed guar gum (Phgg) worsened colitis & promoted colon tumors in mice, in a dose-dependent manner. Important insight for processed food formulation & #GutHealth. nature.com/articles/s4153… #Microbiome

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jul 8

🥜🦠 New study featuring @JordanBisanz: Eating 57g of pistachios nightly for 12 weeks shifted gut microbiome diversity in adults with prediabetes! More evidence of food–microbe connections in action. Full paper 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Microbiome #GutHealth

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Penn State Eberly College of Science@PSUScience · Jul 5

A few of them participated in a Q&A about how @PSUmBiome is leading the charge to breakdown traditional disciplinary silos and expand the One Health focus to include more than just pathogenic microbial threats. Read it at bit.ly/46kjo3y #PennStateBio #PennStateScience

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jul 2

We're so proud of you Erika! And what a fun way to celebrate! 🙌👏

DDr. Erika Ganda@Erika__Ganda · Jul 1

Me: Tenure is a serious academic milestone. Also me: I’ll make a ballgown from research posters if I get tenure. Tenure happened. I keep my promises. No sewing. Just glue, chaos, and 6 years of science. 👗🧪🎓🧬🐓💻🐄

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jul 1

🌿🦠 New from the @k_hockett lab @PennState: Phyllosphere microbiomes on tomato plants rapidly shift under pathogen pressure, enriching disease-suppressive microbes & antagonistic genes. Read it 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.118… #Microbiome #PlantHealth #Phyllosphere

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 27

Let's cap off #WorldMicrobiomeDay here at the OHMC with Erika Biernbaum, a PhD student in the Dudley Lab! Her research is centered around food microbiomes and health – she seeks to understand how we can detect foodborne pathogens like #Salmonella more quickly and efficiently.

PSUmBiome's tweet image. Let's cap off #WorldMicrobiomeDay here at the OHMC with Erika Biernbaum, a PhD student in the Dudley Lab!

Her research is centered around food microbiomes and health – she seeks to understand how we can detect foodborne pathogens like #Salmonella more quickly and efficiently.

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 27

Meet Susan Tian, a PhD student in the Bisanz Lab! Susan’s research focuses on human and health associated microbiomes, building synthetic microbiomes, and using microbiome engineering to help prevent gut infections like C. diff. #GutMicrobiome #WorldMicrobiomeDay

PSUmBiome's tweet image. Meet Susan Tian, a PhD student in the Bisanz Lab!
Susan’s research focuses on human and health associated microbiomes, building synthetic microbiomes, and using microbiome engineering to help prevent gut infections like C. diff.

#GutMicrobiome #WorldMicrobiomeDay

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 27

Auja Bywater is a PhD student in the Kovac Lab, studying environmental and agricultural microbiomes, with a focus on the microbes in food production – and their ability to develop resistance and adapt to their environments. #WorldMicrobiomeDay

PSUmBiome's tweet image. Auja Bywater is a PhD student in the Kovac Lab, studying environmental and agricultural microbiomes, with a focus on the microbes in food production – and their ability to develop resistance and adapt to their environments.

#WorldMicrobiomeDay

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 27

Next up, meet Jane Venezia! Jane is a PhD student in the Bletz Lab, and her work focuses on environmental microbiomes in amphibians, with a focus on protists, an often overlooked member of the microbiome. #WorldMicrobiomeDay

PSUmBiome's tweet image. Next up, meet Jane Venezia! Jane is a PhD student in the Bletz Lab, and her work focuses on environmental microbiomes in amphibians, with a focus on protists, an often overlooked member of the microbiome.

#WorldMicrobiomeDay

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 26

This award took the prize for being meaningful in the best ways. We aim to change prize culture at @PSUmBiome @penn_state. I hope you nominate one of your organizations or units that should stand up and out! Side note: Quote >> Picture

AApplied Microbiology International@AMIposts · Jun 25

The WH Pierce Global Impact in Microbiology Prize distinguishes itself by encompassing a broad spectrum of the UNSDGs, illustrating the versatile and wide-ranging impact of microbiology in various global contexts 🌍 Submit your nomination today: appliedmicrobiology.org/funding/awards…

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 26

The One Health Microbiome Center is on Instagram! Give us a follow: instagram.com/microbiomecent…

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 20

One week until #WorldMicrobiomeDay! Are you registered for our webinar featuring @chuttenh yet? Learn more and register here: psu.edu/news/huck-inst… @WMicrobiomeDay

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One Health Microbiome Center@PSUmBiome · Jun 20

🎉 Big news! @PennState ranks 24th in the U.S. and 82nd globally in the 2026 @worlduniranking — and the One Health Microbiome Center got a shoutout for our role in advancing global microbiome science! 🌎🦠 Full story 👉 psu.edu/news/academics… #OneHealth #Microbiome #PennState

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Seth Bordenstein@Symbionticism · Jun 16

🎙️ INVITATION to A Special Lecture for World Microbiome Day | Register: lnkd.in/ejPZMxgP Join us JUNE 27th 10 AM EDT for a pivotal webinar featuring Professor CURTIS HUTTENHOWER, a renowned authority in computational biology and microbiome science. psu.edu/news/huck-inst…

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