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Scientist/Adventurer. @CRC_CRC Developmental Origins of Health & Disease. @UManitoba @CHRIManitoba @CHILDStudy #THRiVElab #Breastmilk #Microbiome #NatureSelfies
Feb 10, 2022 12 tweets 10 min read
📣New paper out in @mSystemsJ, coauthored w/ the fabulous @LiatShenhav!
In this review, we apply our (very!) different skillsets to propose a new strategy for studying #humanmilk as a biological system, using methods developed for #microbiome research.
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journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms… Image 👩🏻‍💻Liat is a computational scientist who develops bioinformatics methods to analyze microbiome data.
👩🏻‍🔬I am a human milk scientist who wants to study ALL THE THINGS in milk and figure out how they all work together.
Jul 10, 2020 15 tweets 10 min read
📣New paper today in @cellhostmicrobe!

1/ #Breastmilk feeding practices associated w/ co-occurrence of #microbiota in mothers’ milk & infant gut

TEAMwork w/ @TurveyLab @FinlayLab @CHILDStudy + trainees Kelsey Fehr @ShirinMoossavi @rozzy_tb @sbihi_hind

cell.com/cell-host-micr… 2/ In the @CHILDStudy, infant gut #microbiome composition was associated with #breastfeeding exclusivity and duration, but not feeding mode (pumping vs. nursing at the breast)