Here it is, the @InvisibleExtDoc screening in NYC! Just followed Drs. Blaser & Dominguez-Bello into the theatre. Review thread incoming 🧵 So first a synopsis: the film follows different scientists working on the microbiome (mostly Blaser and Dominguez-Bello)... and also shows animated depictions of the microbes themselves (which look like fuzzy knitted toys 😍)

🧵A mini thread on the big news today in microbiome therapeutics...

To date, no live biotherapeutic products have been approved to go on the market as drugs.

But the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee held a meeting today... a LONG meeting. At this meeting the committee members discussed the @Rebiotix / @ferring drug candidate called Rebyota -- a "standardized, stabilized" version of fecal microbiota transplantation -- to decide whether to recommend market approval.

The discussions centered around 2 questions...

Hey all! It's been a while since I've done a microbiome expert Q&A on here -- and I was inspired to have one again after reading a paper led by @letourjeff of @DukeMGM. The paper focuses on fiber & the ecology of the gut microbiome.
We'll start in about 10 mins! Here's the paper, before we get started:
nature.com/articles/s4139…

Starting another thread of excellent microbiology & microbiome events coming up! Feel free to add yours.
⬇️⬇️ @EMBARK_JPIAMR is putting on a series of webinars on antimicrobial resistance in microbiomes & the global environment. Super important topics that deserve attention even as we deal with COVID-19.
antimicrobialresistance.eu/2021/03/26/emb…
#AMR
@svetlana_up

Looking forward to some exciting microbiome virtual events in 2021!

Here's a thread of some good ones coming up. Feel free to add your own... EVENT: Keystone Symposium, January 18-20
The Microbiome: From Mother to Child
keysym.us/VKSMaternalMic…
#VKSMaternalMicrobiome21 #eSymposia
Abstract submissions are still open (until Jan. 7th)!