🇧🇷 🇺🇸 DVM/PhD | Host-microbiota metabolic interactions | Associate Professor | HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar | Mom | Dog lover | Views are my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3mo67rmupk22oHow does the early life microbiota protect the infant against excessive adiposity? Our new preprint describes a mechanism by which specific members of the early life small intestine microbiota regulate intestinal epithelium-immune interactions to prevent adiposity. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.11.731695v113 Jun 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo67rmupk22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3miccgigrys2sVery excited to share our new work from previous Byndloss Lab grad student @shealynicg.bsky.social published today! https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/iai.00161-2630 Mar 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3miccgigrys2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3mfu5ic7uq22sCome join us in Breckenridge! 👇🏽 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu5ic7uq22shttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3mfbz22hanc26Happy to announce that I have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at VUMC. What a wild and fun ride it has been… I couldn’t have achieved this without my amazing trainees’ dedication, my family’s patience and the support from colleagues and mentors. Let’s keep swimming. Cheers 🥂!20 Feb 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbz22hanc26https://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3mapd6kw54k2ehttps://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks/oysters-12-25/index.html24 Dec 2025 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mapd6kw54k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3m5ytf2hzxs2yJoin us in Colorado next spring for the Keystone Symposia “Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection”. Registrations are now open! Details below ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ytf2hzxs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3m5lnis4v5c2gMicrobiota shape the colon epithelium controlling inter-crypt absorptive goblet cells via butyrate–GP R109A signalling https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19490976.2025.2573045?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed14 Nov 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lnis4v5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3lydidx36oc2uHuge thanks to @asm.org for this recognition. Congratulations to all 2026 ASM Awards winners! 🍾👏🏽🥂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydidx36oc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3ly4hohj7r22vHonored to have received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. This award is also a recognition of my phenomenal trainees and their hard work. Thank you to the mentors that have supported my career and those who have nominated me for this award. https://asm.org/press-releases/2025/september/asm-announces-honorees-for-2026-awards-and-prize-p05 Sep 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4hohj7r22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3ls2lzecxn22l@kellydoran.bsky.social giving an amazing talk at the HMB Track Hub at #ASMicrobe!20 Jun 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2lzecxn22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3lpwfpxcxxs2xCongratulations to all the new @bwfund.bsky.social investigators in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases. Especial shout-out to dear friend @joeyzacks.bsky.social ! Welcome to the family! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 May 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwfpxcxxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3loqlit4ywc25Come join us in Breckenridge, CO next May (2026) for the Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection Keystone meeting! More information below: [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqlit4ywc25https://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3lonruocy6s23https://www.wsmv.com/2025/05/08/tomatoes-recalled-more-than-dozen-states-due-possible-salmonella-contamination/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5D6cj4fGHiqcwZ-zYhaemW7GJQcIVVHG3uKlcYB2bBj7sG6VnL9tg0yVyFHA_aem_oqwD3zdE0k-i9Q7qj8fpFA08 May 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonruocy6s23https://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3llbnkdff2225Can genetic resistance to Salmonella be impacted by dietary changes? We use a genetically resistant 🐭 to explore diet-microbiome-pathogen interactions and mechanisms of Salmonella Typhimurium small intestine colonization. Awesome work by grad student Nic Shealy! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.645332v126 Mar 2025 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbnkdff2225https://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3liu2ysqayk26On March 7th we will Stand Up For Science! You can use the link to find the protest location in your city. standupforscience2025.org23 Feb 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3liu2ysqayk26https://bsky.app/profile/maribyndloss.bsky.social/post/3lfuxtft4uk2jAlso sharing the “Meet the Authors” highlight published with the review. Very proud of my amazing trainees Katerina Jones and Camila Brito for sharing a bit of their stories as the next generation of talented Latin Women in Science! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245194562400521X16 Jan 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:bioe5xk22dgroxdfsuusdz7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfuxtft4uk2j