Chris van der Gast
Professor of Microbiome Ecology. Gut & Lung Microbiomes in Cystic Fibrosis. #Firstgen
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- I have an open BBSRC PhD position in my lab at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to start Oct 2026 This exciting project will focus on the Resistance, resilience, & redundancy in the human gut microbiome This is part in collaboration with the fantastic @stewartlab.bsky.social Project details ⤵️ 1/2
- Excited to share our new work comparing the impact of long-term CFTR modulator therapy on #CF lung pathogens & respiratory microbiome within a large, multi-centre & multi-national cohort of adults living with #cysticfibrosis www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Our new paper out on influence of chronic pancreatitis on the gut microbiome. What makes this more special is it is Ryan Marsh’s 1st as corresponding author. doi.org/10.1186/s128...
- Got an invite to review a paper on Friday night from a well-known clinical journal. Followed by an abrupt & demanding reminder early Sunday morning I wonder why it is increasingly difficult to get willing quality reviewers these days?🤷♂️ Unsurprisingly I declined the offer to review
- Great to be in Queen's Univerity Belfast for the GRAMPUS-CF conference This @cysticfibrosis.org.uk funded Strategic Research Centre is exploring ‘clusters’ of gut symptoms in #CysticFibrosis to see if they have common causes More details on GRAMPUS #CF ⬇️ www.grampus-cf.org
- Our new paper out in Microbiology Spectrum: Nontuberculous mycobacteria remodel lung microbiota in #cysticfibrosis associated respiratory infections Driven by @dwrivett.bsky.social and Michelle Hardman. From Michelle’s @cysticfibrosis.org.uk funded PhD work #CF doi.org/10.1128/spec...
- Our new paper out now in Microbiome: Species turnover within #cysticfibrosis lung microbiota is indicative of acute pulmonary exacerbation onset doi.org/10.1186/s401... #CF #microbiomeecology #microbiome
- Our very own @hgavillet.bsky.social giving her talk today at #ECFS2025 in Milan on the impact of #kaftrio CFTR modulator therapy on the #CysticFibrosis lung microbiome Our KAFPATH-CF study is a multi-national (UK, USA, & Canada) multi-centre long-term longitudinal study of adults with #CF
- Our very own Ryan Marsh presenting his #CysticFibrosis gut microbiome & metabolomics data at the #ECFS2025 meeting in Milan This is part of the wider @cysticfibrosis.org.uk funded GRAMPUS-CF strategic research centre 👀 here for more details www.grampus-cf.org
- Fascinating and important study. May well be transformative in treatment of stubborn chronic lung infections such as by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in #cysticfibrosis and beyond rdcu.be/ekdWf
- Ryan Marsh from my group giving a great talk on our initial #CysticFibrosis gut microbiome findings from our GRAMPUS-CF strategic research centre @ the #ECFS Basic Science meeting in Italy
- Final day of the European Young Investigators Meeting #EYIM for #cysticfibrosis in Paris Delighted to be supporting as a ‘senior’ scientist The #EYIM2025 presentations have been outstanding The talent displayed at this meeting bodes well for future of #CF research
- Helen giving her Rising Star talk @ the #RTI2025 meeting in Glasgow ⭐️ @hgavillet.bsky.social #CF #CysticFibrosis
- What a a great place to meet & talk on new #cysticfibrosis respiratory & gut studies with the lovely folk from Manchester Paediatric #CF centre Feeling genuinely inspired Whitworth Art Gallery - Manchester
- Helen a PDRA in my lab @northumbriauni.bsky.social has been recognised with the Rising Star award @ the upcoming Respiratory Infections Forum #RTI2025. Well done Helen, what a great recognition! rti-forum.org/2025/ @lenagroup4resp.bsky.social
- Ah, the glamour of international travel. This red eye flight is so early I had to get up half an hour before I went to bed.
- Microbiome ecology approaches reveal bacterial interactions underpin worse lung function in #CysticFibrosis #CF Lung infections are not caused by 1 pathogen in isolation but instead by interplay of complex lung microbiota of many different microbes interacting with each other & the lung environment
- Fantastic to see our latest paper now published in mBio on how species interactions impact #cysticfibrosis respiratory infections ⤵️ #microbiomeecology #cf Lovely way to finish the week doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
- Fantastic to see our latest paper now published in mBio on how species interactions impact #cysticfibrosis respiratory infections ⤵️ #microbiomeecology #cf Lovely way to finish the week doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
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