Karina Kaplun, PhD

Karina Kaplun (Pokusaeva) is a Ph. D. scientist consulting in microbiology|microbiota|probiotics|gut health, blogger, lecturer and science writer.

[AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology @AmJGastro]

📕#RedJournal: Characterization of the Small Bowel Microbiome Reveals Different Profiles in Human Subjects Who Are Overweight or Have Obesity
Leite, et al.

👉 https://t.co/oXrR1ejqXv
@GabrielaGSLeite @barlowgillian @DanielCohrsMD @AliRezaieMD @MarkPimentelMD @RuchiMathurMD

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

In 2016, I reported concerns about papers published in @SpringerNature's @oncogenejournal.

I sent a reminder in 2019.

I sent another reminder two weeks ago.

Their senior publishing editor just wrote me back saying that the investigation is still ongoing.

😭😭😭😭😭

[Kevin Whelan @ProfWhelan]

What do #FoodAdditives do to our gut?

Mostly pre-clinical (in vitro, animals)

@AaronBancil drew this great summary👇🏽

Plus tables and review of studies of
➡️Emulsifiers
➡️Sweeteners
➡️Food colours
➡️Nanoparticles

Free to read https://t.co/iNyNrTRzj9
#ECCO24 #ECCO2024

[Young Geris (irony intended) @YoungGeris]

Very excited to finally have my PROMOTe trial paper out in Nature Communications!

We showed that a prebiotic food supplement can improve cognition versus placebo.
The gut microbiome holds huge promise as a therapeutic target for age-associated morbidity.
https://t.co/2ZfwVreb1A

[Michael Fischbach @mfgrp]

Today we report a detailed map of interactions between the immune system and the gut microbiome. @MicrobiomeTcell led the charge w/ help from Aishan Zhao and Kat Atabakhsh. @Nature 1/40
https://t.co/S7eKIQfMY6

[GutMicrobiota Health @GMFHx]

The disturbances in the gut–brain axis are associated with different types of pain

Some probiotics, FODMAP diet and fecal microbiota transplantation can help in treating visceral pain:

https://t.co/MT0G57zGkB

[Paul Cotter @pauldcotter]

New RTE Brainstorm piece led by @teagasc and @VistaMilk colleague, Kanishka Nilaweera: “Here's how whey proteins can reduce fat stored in the body”https://t.co/9URibW6Wse via @rte

[Karina Kaplun, PhD @MyGutMatters]

In 1992 scientist thought that 4% of all species on belonged to bacteria and 73% to animals. But in 2017 thanks to all the DNA sequencing data scientists discovered that 78% of all the species on our planet belong to Bacteria and only 7% to animals? https://t.co/owBCWMVpAK

[The Sonnenburg Lab @LabSonnenburg]

We’re excited to announce our new manuscript published in the most recent issue of Cell, in which we explore insights generated from ultra deep-sequencing of the gut microbiome of Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania.
https://t.co/6rzvimYv2Q

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

Out now in @Nature:

Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions

By Dari Shalon, Rebecca Neal Culver, Jessica Grembi, Jacob Folz, David Relman, Kerwyn Casey Huang & colleagues.

@DavidRelman

https://t.co/1XtYRjqYJN

[Mark Pimentel MD @MarkPimentelMD]

This is a great article featuring @RuchiMathurMD from @MASTprogram @CedarsSinaiMed highlighting her and the teams (@GabrielaGSLeite et al) expertise on aging and the #microbiome. So much more to come on #microbiome from MAST very soon. https://t.co/W9kwnVzkmP

[Stephen Lupe @Psylupe]

Big take away from #DDW2023. The gut is connected to everything a human is, does, and goes through. What people do and go through changes the gut, the immune system, and the microbiome. We need to work from every angle to give a person’s gut the best care!

#wholepersoncare

[Mark Pimentel MD @MarkPimentelMD]

Today Juliana from our @MASTprogram from @CedarsSinaiMed presents the impact of CdtB toxin. This toxin from food poisoning leads to #SIBO in animals that is almost exactly what we see in humans. Hydrogen producers go up. Hydrogen sulfide producers go up. And the host markers link to visceral #hyperalgesia, barrier dysfunction, #motility. Huge validation for role of CdtB and vinculin.

[Jason Sheltzer @JSheltzer]

Fascinating new preprint on bioRxiv tackles a whale of a question:

Whales are huge. So why don’t they get a ton of cancers?

https://t.co/z0KjxPUebi

[Karina Kaplun, PhD @MyGutMatters]

@GabrielaGSLeite @CedarsSinaiMed @MASTprogram Awesome research! I would love to see this data you presented today? Would it be possible for you to share it? Thank you!

[Ruchi Mathur MD @RuchiMathurMD]

Good news! @mastprogram shows that while the duodenal #microbiome of those who smoke changes, ex-smokers have a microbial pattern more similar to those who never smoked! Our data is published in @SciReports-https://t.co/z6KMA5N9E9
BTW-better just not to smoke, like ever(my PSA!)

[Alex Ritter, PhD @AlexRitterPhD]

Small but mighty! This is a video of a killer T cell of the immune system destroying a monstrous ovarian cancer cell. I recently captured this data on a spinning disc confocal microscope.

[Mark Pimentel MD @MarkPimentelMD]

Super important from #REIMAGINE study to assess small bowel microbiome. You must use a protected catheter. You must get both free fluid and mucus (viscous). You must break the mucus before sequencing. Years of work to get this validated.

[Amy Oxentenko, MD, MACP, MACG, AGAF @AmyOxentenkoMD]

Love this poster at #DDW2023 and @DDWMeeting.

“Physician Scientists or Celebrities?
Kardashian Index of Gastroenterologists”

Lead author: @OnyiiUgonabo

Love to see @MayoClinicGIHep leading the way!

Perhaps the “or” should be an “and/or”? 🤷🏻‍♀️

I know plenty who are both! 🌟

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

Excited to see this new tech from #DDW2023 via @KralJan - a capsule that can be swallowed at home to take endoscopic images of the GI tract. What do people think of it?