UK GIBA Network+

Advancing understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis (GIBA).

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🔬 Join the GIBA Network+ Seminar Series

🗓 Date: Friday 26 June 2026
🕧 Time: 12:30–13:30 (BST)
💻 Location: Online

🎤 Speakers:
Gary Frost and Aylin Hanyaloglu from @imperialcollege

🧠 Session title: Small molecules complex signalling

🔗 Join here: https://t.co/XFlktDKVkU

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📢 GIBA Network+ Workshop

Join our Metagenomics & Microbial Ecology Bioinformatics Workshop (with @TheQuadram)

📅 6–9 July | 💻 Online

Learn:
🔬 Shotgun metagenomics workflows
💻 Linux & RStudio hands-on training
📊 Microbiome ecological analysis

🔗 https://t.co/53GTbU1ki8

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❓ Curious about the microbiome–diet connection?

Join our live Q&A with experts from the GIBA Network+ Microbiome–Diet video series!

🗓 25 June | ⏰ 10:00–11:30 BST
📍 Online (Teams) | 🎟 Free

Ask your questions & engage with leading researchers 👇
https://t.co/vVNzqDCySd

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💡 Interested in nucleic acid research or its applications?

A new UKRI–BBSRC funded network has just launched 👇

✅ Funding opportunities
✅ Collaboration & networking
✅ ECR support

👉 Find out more: https://t.co/tzXkUK4xdh

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📢 Join the GIBA Network+ Seminar this Friday!

🧠 Dr Lewis Mattin
🎤 Fill My Belly to Empty Belly: ECR to Lab Lead in 3.6 years and counting!
⏰ 12:30–13:30

Exploring the gut–brain axis, appetite signalling & GI physiology 🔬

Click here to join 👇
https://t.co/72szpryYJC

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🎬 Catch up: Essential GIBA Concepts and Techniques

All topics from our recent three-session course are now available to watch on YouTube 👇

➡️ Session 1 - Gut: https://t.co/rUpvazvfb3
➡️ Session 2 - Brain: https://t.co/yBtEP5vi5U
➡️ Session 3 - Immune: https://t.co/k8mFapbQx0

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"Can you eat yourself happy?" asks @ITVTonight. 👩‍🔬 🍏

Did you see our GIBA Network+ director, @Jon_Swann, speaking to @LaraLewington yesterday?

Watch here: https://t.co/UH3rZ2A9nR

Images courtesy of @UoSMedia

[Dr David Vauzour @dvauzour]

What if a simple blood test could help detect early cognitive decline?

Our latest study shows that microbe-derived metabolites shaped by the gut microbiome can distinguish early-stage cognitive impairment with promising accuracy.

https://t.co/ukC5HwwIGd

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🔬 Join us on Friday for the next GIBA Network+ seminar!

Amisha Modasia (@TheQuadram) and Frederick Clasen (@KingsCollegeLon) will explore how diet, microbes and the gut–brain axis shape health, from fibre chemistry to Parkinson’s disease.

➡️ Join live: https://t.co/72szprzwza

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⏰ One month left to apply!

The GIBA Network+ is offering two fellowships worth up to £500k each.

We're looking for ambitious, interdisciplinary researchers ready to advance understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis.

Deadline: 15th April

Apply now 👉 https://t.co/3nYP6JGZ5S

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🔍 Did you know you can now search the GIBA Network+ using our new interactive map?

Explore institutions, research methods and people across the network in seconds.

Try it out here 👉 https://t.co/kcmucm15XB

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📢 Do you want to enhance engagement and involvement with the public for gut-immune-brain axis research?

Our Network+ is offering Engagement & Communication Awards of up to £1,000.

Deadline: Wed 1st April, 5pm

Learn more and apply here 👉 https://t.co/3nYP6JGrgk

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🚀 The GIBA Network+ has a brand‑new website!

Explore our mission, projects, and ways to get involved - all in one place.

Proudly built with @getrecognition.
Take a moment to check it out 👉 https://t.co/4rCzRsrlIy

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Our working groups are going to meet in person for the first time next month in Birmingham 🏙️

Have you booked your place? 👇

Join us for a valuable day of collaboration and updates.

📅 24th April
📍 ICC, Birmingham

Register now: https://t.co/yHvWM2bvQP

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Do you want to learn essential GIBA concepts and techniques?

We're hosting three mornings of expert-led sessions on gut, immune and brain research, from 23-26 March 📢🌟

🆓 Open to all across the GIBA Network
📅 Register by 13 March!

🔗 https://t.co/qihPBxl1Ya

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The GIBA Network+ is proud to sponsor Dr Katja Dierking from the University of Kiel to speak at the UK C. elegans Meeting 2026 (15–17 April)!

Her work uses C. elegans to explore host–microbiome interactions 🧬🪱

⏰ Registration closes next week
👉 https://t.co/ZrMRPi94MB

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Discover fresh insights into the gut‑immune‑brain axis in our next UK GIBA Network+ seminar! 🧠🦠

Join Lea Johnsen from @ClinMicrobiom as she explores microbial metabolites in the gut‑brain axis.

📅 Fri 27 Feb
⏰ 12:30–13:30

Learn more and join 👉 https://t.co/iyCtXottFN

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Ground-breaking science, inspiring discussions and invaluable networking are advancing at #ARUKConf this week.

It's great to see two of our network's working group co-leads, @DrJamesConway and @dvauzour, speaking on diet, nutrition and brain health 👏

[James Conway @DrJamesConway]

I’m speaking at the Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference 2026 about our new paper, “Intestinal macrophages modulate synucleinopathy along the gut–brain axis”. Can’t wait to connect, share research, and learn alongside researchers at every stage of their careers.
#ARUKconf

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We’re delighted to announce that 4⃣ outstanding research teams across the nation have been awarded UK GIBA Network+ Flexible Funding 👏🔬

Each project will help build new knowledge that can support better health across the lifespan.

Learn more: https://t.co/Iw7Pub8SdX

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🔬 New insights from gut-immune-brain research 🌟

A study with our network's @alexmsalmeida uncovers a "hidden” gut bacterial group found in far higher levels in healthy people.

Could this be key to microbiome health and future probiotic innovation? 🌍🦠
https://t.co/bMPzgGkS0B