Raul Tito-Tadeo

Professional father. Explorer of the macro and microworld.

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

In a study involving 23 labs, researchers tested various sequencing/bioinformatic approaches for taxonomic profiling of DNA reference reagents consisting of 20 common gut bacteria, revealing the reality of technical bias in the microbiome field. #mSystems: https://t.co/W6zFtW9b3S

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

After 15 years of collaborative research, scientists share their framework for building trust with Indigenous communities. https://t.co/zqEbckOX1o

Raul Y. Tito & colleagues
@TrendsMicrobiol

[Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash]

The quest for environmental analytical microbiology: absolute quantitative microbiome using cellular internal standards https://t.co/9yPo6rGybX

[Ran Blekhman @blekhman]

Today we report a compendium of human gut microbiomes with >168,000 samples

We discovered distinct microbiome patterns across the globe, and show we can predict where a person lives just from their gut bacteria

Now out in @CellCellPress

https://t.co/x0IWj0lQuK

[Jelle Matthijnssens @JMatthijnssens]

🚨 #PhDPosition Opportunity Alert 🚨
Join the Matthijnssens-lab @KU_Leuven to explore the early-life #virome dynamics and their impact on immunity in infants from Ghana & Zambia! 🌍🧬
📅 Start: June 2025
🔗 https://t.co/MOSMtSsWcb
#microbiome #bioinformatics #phage #NGS

[BlastocystisCOST @BlastocystisC]

Kicking off 2025 with our first Meet the Members Monday! We’re excited to introduce Constance Denoyelle, an early-career researcher and valued member of our #Blastocystis @COSTprogramme! Constance is studying the Blastocystis life cycle and its antioxidant enzymatic machinery!

[Danilo Ercolini @DaniloErcolini]

Exploring the diversity of Ruminococcus - important gut microbe and finding those from Lachno and those from Oscillospiraceae having different complex carb degradation potential. New in @CellReports by our team @enzovalentino94 @Francy0870 @epasolli

[Raul Tito-Tadeo @ancientOmics]

@DavidECastroG Muy buen resumen, gracias David.

[David Castro @DavidECastroG]

La COP-16 del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica aprobó la operatividad del mecanismo multilateral creado para repartir los beneficios derivados de las secuencias genéticas publicadas en internet. Aquí un resumen
https://t.co/71S7R7G1as

[Michigan Enjoyer @mich_enjoyer]

𝗡𝗢𝗣𝗘: 𝗢𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗸
It’s not “oat milk,” it’s “canola oil with oat flavoring.” Full of enough emulsifiers to make it viscous and wreck your microbiome. A gross, fake attempt at substituting dairy.

[Sarah Lebeer @SarahLebeer]

Great inspiring talk from ⁦@Reid_probiotics⁩ on disentangling microbiome and probiotic science from fake science ⁦@ISAPPscience⁩

[Autoimmunity Network @autoimmunitymd]

Debate 08: Gut Microbiome in Rheumatic Diseases – Revolutionary or Fake News?
Join us at #CORA2025 to find out!

💥 Speakers: Francesco Ciccia (Italy) vs. Zoltan Szekanecz (Hungary)
🗓️ Friday, 07.03.2025 at 10:45

Learn more & secure your spot today: 🔗 https://t.co/FktRU9NfaY

[Lars Vereecke @LarsVereecke]

To bring our findings to life, we've created an animated video illustrating how pks⁺ E. coli drive colon cancer through adhesin-dependent binding mechanisms. Thanks to @crighent for co-funding this animation @nymus3d @MaudeJans @RemautHan

https://t.co/2TnNhvrkD6

[Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash]

Differences in metagenome coverage may confound abundance-based and diversity conclusions https://t.co/XlwRnZUEhv

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

We asked the participants of the WG1 of our @BlastocystisC to bring traditional snacks from their home countries! The outcome was amazingly delicious! #sciencewithoutborders #internationalsnacks #Blastocystis @COSTprogramme

[Chey Loveday @LovedayChey]

Poor QC, failure to understand the data, the confounders/colliders, apply the statistical test most appropriate for the data, not enough collaborative input from those that generate/understand the methodology/data and its pitfalls/biases etc. I think most people set out to find genuine novel results (minus the obvious bad actors) as that’s the real motivator for most.

[Luis Pedro Coelho @luispedrocoelho]

Why are bioinformatics results so full of false positives?

I've been thinking about this for a few years: the incentives in the field are to produce false positives

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[Xavier Lab @TheXavierLab]

Exciting collab with @Honda1Kenya’s lab, out today in @Nature: A set of microbial strains taken from a human faecal donor can decolonize multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the gut, including species associated with #IBD. (1/3) https://t.co/mueHnfwS1c

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome research https://t.co/9xnL9QR3te #biorxiv_micrbio

[Alvaro Rodríguez del Río @alvarordr]

Great keynote talk today by @BorkLab this morning at #ECCB2024 !

It was exciting to see our work on the global microbiome, novel gene family characterization and antimicrobial peptide discovery highlighted @jhcepas @luispedrocoelho @celiodiasjunior