Seth Bordenstein
@Symbionticism
Scientist, Huck Professor: Microbiome, Symbiosis, Genetics, Evolution, Wolbachia, #PhageWO | Education @WolbachiaProj | One Health Microbiome Center @PSUmBiome
We need a bold expansion of the One Health paradigm to converge with the view that microbes are the base of ecosystem and human health. When colleagues ask what is One Health Microbiome Science, direct them here and to @PSUmBiome authors tagged below. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…
Really like that this study looked at multiple layers. #Phylosymbiosis was significant in bacterial & fungal root microbiomes. It also notably explained more variance in microbiome composition than conifer host traits or soil physicochemical properties. ✅ apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.109…
In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds from avian malaria, drones are now being used to drop Wolbachia and thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island forests. What a future come true. newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc…
From concept to marshaling the forces for readiness, nothing compares to an undivided team of @PSUmBiome academics & industry partners designed to unsilo their field and set a new standard for microbiome science education and accreditation. Let us go North psu.edu/news/huck-inst…
🚨 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…
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…
Strong plant-mycobiome #phylosymbiosis emerges in a super cool common garden experiment. The authors made a synthetic mycobiome, exposed it to 38 species of host prairie plants, and VOILA. Do the hosts choose the fungi, or do the fungi choose the hosts? biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Hologenomics Reveals Specialized Dietary Adaptations in the Mengla Snail‐Eating Snake. Lipid deficiency, ammonia detoxification, and mucus degradation are all stacked into the Pareas #holobiont. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…
Some news....Rome is not fully burned. T32 Training Grant was officially awarded; NIH offered more support than requested to increase the # trainees in the unique program. Office chair with me in it levitated. Calling Microbiome PhD'ers to @PSUmBiome youtube.com/watch?v=hiA7Xz…
Some personal news...
The NAS Council has approved the nomination of Neil H. Shubin to be the next president of the National Academy of Sciences. An evolutionary biologist & science communicator, Shubin would succeed Marcia McNutt when her term ends on June 30, 2026. Read more: nasonline.org/news/neil-h-sh…
Quantitative Hologenomics is coming faster than most people think. The goal will be to identify the number and types of host and microbial genes, plus their putative interactions, that could explain #holobiont phenotypes. doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…
Microbiome pioneer walks you through three foundation tools and resources. @chuttenh lab is a treasure chest full of knowledge. youtu.be/4wK8wKNfMgk?fe…
Hanging with two of the cool stars of tonight’s episode of @PBS Human Footprint with @vectorgen on left and Neil Losin on right. Airing at 9pm EST tonight. Wolbachia winning!
Top Shelf Tenure. 🥇 @Erika__Ganda
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. 👗🧪🎓🧬🐓💻🐄
"Natural variation of the holobiont is fundamentally understudied with respect to effects on sustainable agroecosystems" 🔎 @Hologenomes @evohologen cell.com/trends/plant-s…
