Laura Weyrich delivering a seminar at Adelaide University
Thank you @lauraweyrich.bsky.social for talking about your standout research and entrepreneurship, and how it could transform oral health outcomes for people worldwide. #oralmicrobiomes #paleomicrobiology #seminarseries
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The microARCH Lab and the Penn State Ancient Biomolecules Research Environment (PSABRE) in the Anthropology Department at PSU are excited to announce two new research position openings for motivated scholars eager to work at the forefront of microbial genomics, aDNA, and biomolecular anthropology
Date and Time-Friday, 6 March | 1:10–2:00pm
Location- Benham G10 Lecture Theatre, North Terrace (and Zoom)
Are you in Adelaide or at Adelaide University this week? Don’t miss the School of Biological Sciences seminar with A/Prof Laura Weyrich.
From prehistory to precision medicine: Using the History of Our Oral Microbiome to Develop Oral Microbiome Transplantation(OMT)
From preventing cavities & gum disease to navigating the path from academia → biotech company
Location: Level 4 Seminar Room, Rundle Mall Plaza
Time: 12:30–1:30pm
Great for anyone interested in microbiomes, biotech & translational research.
If you’re in Adelaide this Friday (Feb 20), come hear Prof. Laura Weyrich (Penn State) speak on translating oral microbiome research into real-world therapies.
She’ll be speaking about launching Microversal and developing Oral Microbiome Transplant technology.
Are you involved in oral microbiome research (current or past)? Please take this anonymous survey on reporting practices in oral microbiome studies, aimed at improving consistency + reproducibility in the field. You may skip any questions. Survey link: asu.questionpro.com/t/Abm07Z7MY3
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New paper alert!
Check out this new paper "The sociobiome-oral microbiome mediates dental caries among Indigenous Australians" by Nath et al., 2025
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41479542/
Super proud to be a part of this amazing work! Great work, Sonia!!
So proud to be part of research projects providing dental care to our participants. If research integrates communities with equal benefits, it needs to be funded to ensure that's possible! Excellent paper, Gina!
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Great job to our team member, Shah Imran Hossain, on his excellent presentation ‘From Dysbiosis to Balance: Restoring Oral Health Through Microbiome Transplantation’ at the Penn State Eberly Research Showcase: From Molecules to Galaxies!
New preprint on bioRxiv!
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
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🎉 New from our team: lab methods can shape what we recover from ancient dental calculus! Extraction & library prep choices influence results, highlighting the importance of careful protocols for reproducible ancient microbiome research.
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Check it out today!!
The study links socioeconomic disadvantage to oral microbiome shifts that mediate dental caries risk — showing that income-related microbial dysbiosis impacts oral health inequities.
Check it out today!!
New preprint on bioRxiv!
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🦠 New Matters Microbial with @markowenmartin.bsky.social!
Guest Dr. @lauraweyrich.bsky.social shares how ancient dental plaque DNA reveals:
– Neanderthal diets & health
– Early “medicine” use
– Microbes shared with humans
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Another week, another episode of #MattersMicrobial podcast! This time, @lauraweyrich.bsky.social of Penn State discusses what bacterial DNA from ancient dental plaque can tell us. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
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Great to see initiatives working on policy improvements for microbiome conservation! So wonderful to see the forethought to also include broad representation! Exciting!
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@microarch-lab.bsky.social was lucky enough to host and work with @bbonucci.bsky.social this summer. Checkout her recent publication on retrieving #ancientDNA from concretions from human remains!
Checkout this new #ancientDNA research published today on mastodons significantly revising the previous understanding of their evolutionary history!
Originally from Bangladesh, he completed his BSc and MS in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology at the University of Chittagong before coming to Penn State. Outside the lab, Shah enjoys biryani and seafood. Connect with him on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shahimranhossain
Welcome to the team, Shah!
Meet Shah Imran Hossain, a graduate student in Biotechnology at Penn State. Shah is part of the Oral Microbiome Transplants (OMT) project, where he studies how microbial communities in the mouth can be shifted to help treat oral diseases like caries, periodontal disease, gingivitis, and oral cancers
OPEN INVITATION to the One Health Microbiome Symposium, May 13-14, 2026!! This is not your typical siloed topic conference. It unifies diverse research fields in microbiome science across Ag, Envtl, and Human Health. 1/n
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Congratulations to our PhD student, Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social on being awarded the One Health Microbiome interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship!!
We are super proud of you!
🚨Thrilled to share our new paper!!
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Great job presenting today @bbonucci.bsky.social
#ISBA11
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Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration—not local adoption.
Penn State-led study shows migration drove nearly all of Europe’s Neolithic farming transition, with cultural adoption contributing only minimally.
Congratulations to the Huber lab!!!
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Great job presenting today @wicedjuju.bsky.social
#ISBA11
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Come to my poster at #ISBA11 today!!
Number 92 🥰🔥
Check out Biancamaria's @bbonucci.bsky.social poster presentation tomorrow at #ISBA11, Aug 29, 12:45–2:25 pm @ Musei Reali, Torino
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
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