Social adversity can increase the age-associated risk of disease and death, yet the
biological mechanisms that link social adversities to aging remain poorly understood. Long …

Interactions between the immune system and the microbiome play a crucial role on the
human health. These interactions start in the prenatal period and are critical for the …

Microbial communities are highly dynamic and sensitive to changes in the environment.
Thus, microbiome data are highly susceptible to batch effects, defined as sources of …

Background The vertebrate gut microbiome (GM) can vary substantially across individuals
within the same natural population. Although there is evidence linking the GM to health in …

In humans, gut microbiome (GM) differences are often correlated with, and sometimes
causally implicated in, ageing. However, it is unclear how these findings translate in wild …

Background The gut microbiota play important roles in host adaptation and evolution, but
are understudied in natural population of wild mammals. To address host adaptive evolution …

Background Exploring the dynamics of gut microbiome colonisation during early-life stages
is important for understanding the potential impact of microbes on host development and …

Background Pronounced heterogeneity of age trajectories has been identified as a hallmark
of the gut microbiota in humans and has been explained by marked changes in lifestyle and …

Host-associated microbiomes are essential for a multitude of biological processes. Placed at
the contact zone between external and internal environments, the little-studied oral …

Dietary changes are the major variation cause in the composition of the gut microbiota. The
short lactation phase in phocids provides an exceptional opportunity to explore the …