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Maine Farmcast Episode 111: 'Gut Check, Microbiomes in Agriculture and Health with Dr. Sue Ishaq'

The Maine Farmcast, a podcast led by my friends and colleagues at UMaine Cooperative Extension, Drs. Colt Knight and Glenda Pereira, invited me to chat about my research and teaching recently. Check out Episode 111: ‘Gut Check, Microbiomes in Agriculture and Health with Dr. Sue Ishaq’! I had a lot of fun catching up with Colt and sharing horror stories about messy research on the farm and in the…

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MSE virtual seminar June 24: "The nexus of food systems, ecosystems and human health: considering the more-than-humans who co-produce health"

Events will be hosted January – December in 2026, on the last Wednesday of every month, 11:00 – 13:00 pm ET. Presented over Zoom. After each talk, we will continue the discussions in an informal social meeting with MSE. All speakers and members of the audience are welcome to join the social meeting. Hosted by: Sue Ishaq, MSE, and finacially supported by the University of Maine Institute of…

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Happening this week, the Northern New England Microbiome Symposium at UMaine!

The 2nd Northern New England Microbiome Symposium Whether we are interested in the way coastal wetlands sequester carbon, how diet affects us differently, or how public and environmental health are inextricably linked – research on the microbiome can reveal how systems connect. Join us for two days to learn about how microbial communities impact ecosystems, food production, health, and more; to…

Ashley and Ethan's literature review published on "Plant-Derived Bioactives, the Gut–Brain Axis, and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Mechanistic Roles of Diet–Microbiota Interactions"!

#Ashley #broccoli sprouts #gut microbiome #neuroinflammation #publication #Updates

Blending art, science, and cheese in Venice at an Interdisciplinary workshop

We’ve all felt the thrill of synchronicity when meeting someone for the first time and realizing how we have much in common, but when this occurs for a dozen people simultaneously, who go on to share ideas and excitement for 13 hours straight, it’s magic. Thus, Professor of Anthropology, Roberta Raffeta’, created magic when she invited a group of microbiome and health science researchers together…

#collaboration #interdiscipline #microbes and social equity #presentations #Updates #workshop

Goodbye Ghent, thanks for the wonderful chocolate – oh and of course science!

With a suitcase full of chocolate and a notebook full of ideas, I said goodbye to Ghent, Belgium after a 4-day visit. I was generously invited here to give a seminar to the Interdisciplinary Medical and Health Seminar series which is co-organized by the Department of Public Health and Primary Care and the Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and to brainstorm about nutrition and food…

Learning the delicate preparation of RNA for sequencing in a three-day workshop.

Last week, we completed our third sequencing workshop with Illumina, and we are grateful to Katherine Sullivan, Cameron Robertson, Curtis Provencher, and Michelle Benitez for their patience, expertise, and encouragement. Their sponsorship provided the opportunity for 7 students, plus me, and Alex and Megan at UMaine CORE, to learn how to prepare their samples for sequencing. We are also grateful…

#graduate education #illumina #RNA sequencing #sequencing #undergraduate education #workshop

Celebrating student achievements in 2026

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Only 1 week remaining to submit your poster abstract for the Northern New England Microbiome Symposium at UMaine on June 11!

The 2nd Northern New England Microbiome Symposium Whether we are interested in the way coastal wetlands sequester carbon, how diet affects us differently, or how public and environmental health are inextricably linked – research on the microbiome can reveal how systems connect. Join us for two days to learn about how microbial communities impact ecosystems, food production, health, and more; to…

Today's second Microbiome Workshop at UMaine showcases comparative sequencing technologies and continues skill building!

Today was a blast at the Microbiome Workshop on Long-Read Amplicon Library Generation, the second in a series of hands-on workshops this spring that I have been coorganizing with Alex Sacco, Genomics Facility Manager at UMaine! This one was led by Alex, who is a genius at sorting out the complex math and coordination to combine multiple projcts with multiple targets onto one Oxford Nanopore…

Only 3 weeks remaining to submit your poster abstract for the Northern New England Microbiome Symposium at UMaine on June 11!

The 2nd Northern New England Microbiome Symposium Whether we are interested in the way coastal wetlands sequester carbon, how diet affects us differently, or how public and environmental health are inextricably linked – research on the microbiome can reveal how systems connect. Join us for two days to learn about how microbial communities impact ecosystems, food production, health, and more; to…

From DNA to data: students experience microbial community sequencing firsthand in today's workshop at UMaine

The 2nd Northern New England Microbiome Symposium will be held at UMaine on June 11!

The 2nd Northern New England Microbiome Symposium Whether we are interested in the way coastal wetlands sequester carbon, how diet affects us differently, or how public and environmental health are inextricably linked – research on the microbiome can reveal how systems connect. Join us for two days to learn about how microbial communities impact ecosystems, food production, health, and more; to…

Spring 2026 conferences and workshops

I’ll be on the road and in the air frequently this spring, as I was graciously invited on two international trips, I am participating in an international conference here in the US, and I am fostering microbiome events in Maine! Ghent, Beligum In May, I’ll be visiting Belgium for my first time, as I present my research at a seminar at Ghent University, and meet with health researchers and…

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Microbes first into the life rafts: preserving microbiomes to secure health in degrading ecosystems

This paper outlines strategies for preserving critical microbes, functions, and microbial communities using some specific examples, and ties these back to opportunities and challenges to making conservation efforts. It was a collaborative effort by several members of the Microbiome Stewardship team, Panuya Athithan (grad student working with Emma), Kieran O’Doherty (fearless leader of the MiSt…

Paper published on preserving microbiomes to secure health in degrading ecosystems!

I’m delighted to announce a new publication on the importance of preserving microbiomes to secure health in degrading ecosystems! The paper outlines strategies for preserving critical microbes, functions, and microbial communities using some specific examples, and ties these back to opportunities and challenges to making conservation efforts. This paper was a collaborative effort by several…

#collaboration #microbes and social equity #microbial ecology #microbiome #microbiome stewardship #publication #Updates

Advocating for science on Capitol Hill

Advocating for science on Capitol Hill Last week, while I was in D.C. for a Board of Directors’ meeting for the American Society of Microbiology, I had the opportunity to attend an ASM Hill Day. Led by the ASM Public Policy and Advocacy Team, Hill Days bring scientists to Capitol Hill to advocate for science by sharing our lived experience of federal funding functions. This time, several members…

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#advocacy #ASM #collaboration #funding #policy

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