Verdu Lab
@VerduLab
Lab of Dr. Elena Verdu @McMasterU @MacDeptMed @Farncombe_GI Dedicated to investigating diet-microbiota interactions in chronic intestinal disorders
📢NEW PAPER ALERT📢 Our latest paper in @AGA_Gastro sheds light on the immune role of the #intestinal epithelium in #celiacdisease by our talented Sara Rahmani @MsOrganoid @Farncombe_GI @Didarlab @FernandoChirdo @McMasterU #organoid Check it out here: gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-… ⬇️
We are recruiting the future Nutrition in Gastroenterology fellows. Check our program webpage here for information on the program and the application process. @Farncombe_GI @machealthsci @McMasterU medicine.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/divisions/gast…
Check this issue of @AGA_Gastro featuring a new immune based diagnostics for celiac disease that avoids the need for painful and long challenges in those on a glute-free diet. Blood-based T Cell Diagnosis of Celiac Disease - Gastroenterology gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-…
Congratulations Kelly Kan!! 2nd place presentation out of over 70 abstracts submitted from all the different labs and institutions that make up @HamHealthSci @LabCaminero @MacDeptMed
My trainees are out today representing the lab and our translational projects at the Hamilton Health Sciences Building Bridges Symposium! @HamHealthSci @McMasterU @MacDeptMed
Marching for gut health, microbes, and a cure! Great morning with @Farncombe_GI friends at the #GutsyWalk to support #IBDResearch and @getgutsycanada
And some more trainees from my group! Xavier Mas-Orea and Janet Szeto presenting different roles of microbiota in IBD! @Farncombe_GI
We are pleased to share that Maureen MacDonald, an internationally recognized scholar and longtime champion of student success, has been appointed McMaster University’s next provost, starting July 1, 2025. ow.ly/GL4X50VTjfM
Excellent talk by Dr. Dana Philpott @UofT on NOD2 receptor in IBD. The atrium was at capacity!! Thank you for visiting!
@JEGhia visiting professor @CanGastroAssn on the importance of science communication at all levels @Farncombe_GI GI rounds
Amazing work Deb!
The Med Sci research day kicked off with an inspiring keynote from Dr. Deb Sloboda @Sloboda_Lab on science communication to the community through the art of creation exhibit!
Great representation from our PhD students @amberlhann, @Kyle_EH_Jackson, and Kelly kan on our recent advances in IBD and CeD for #CDDWCLM25
First poster session of #cddwclm2025 was a success! Look at this excited face @MarkWulczynski
Utkarshini Nitin Kirtikar student award oral presentation @cddw_clm on tryptophan metabolism in celiac disease supported by @CCAceliac @Farncombe_GI @MacDeptMed
Second day of Research Topics in GI @cddw_clm featuring great presentations and networking opportunities by trainees across Canada and trainee directed discussion. @Farncombe_GI
What a pensive panel of faculty at Research topics in GI this chilly afternoon in Quebec City while our very own PhD student Kelly Kan brilliantly presents her work @cddw_clm @LabCaminero @Bercik_Collins @Farncombe_GI
Don’t forget to vote! It is a privilege to live in a free democratic country.
The TRIUMPH study is now published in Crohns Colitis 360 @IBDJournals. Thank you to @CIRC_CCRM for their endorsement, the investigators, and the patients for their participation. Another step to understand use of JAK inhibitors in acute severe UC! academic.oup.com/crohnscolitis3…