Happy to share our last article published online last week 15th of May in Microbiology Spectrum1.
Junker R, Valence F, Mistou M, Chaillou S, Chiapello H.0. Integration of metataxonomic data sets into microbial association networks highlights shared bacterial community dynamics in fermented vegetables. Microbiol Spectr0:e00312-24. ↩
Last Friday 17th of May, in the frame of the 1st Food System Conference in Torino , Stéphane Chaillou organized the second clustering activity of the #Microbes4SustainableFoods cluster of EU projects (#DominoEU, #HealthFerm, #Pimento ca20128, #Wheatbiome, #Tribiome and #Microbes) on the Friday afternoon after the conference closure.
Last week, in the frame of the 1st Food System Conference in Torino, Stéphane was pleased to show for the first time the results of the Holoflux egg-to-meat project.
In a unique venture at a primary school in the southern suburbs of the Paris region, the Food Microbial Ecology Team and the PhylHom team united to teach microbiology, fermented foods, and the gut microbiome to curious young minds. In a vibrant classroom, 50 kids engaged in a dynamic 30-minute session, exploring the microscopic world through interactive discussions and vivid illustrations.
The #DominoEU project consortium met in Tallinn, Estonia, to discuss the results of the first year.
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