Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, Mucosal Immunologist/Microbiome Researcher, husband and dad.

Joined October 2016
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Our second sponsored talk by Stephane Bronner from the Rosell Institute for Microbiome and Probiotics @LallemandHealth provided an overview of their research and funding portfolio and how they translate microbial science into human health benefits.
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Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 1 on Diet, Microbiome, and Host included talks by @BenoitChassaing, @GenelleLunken, and @DrKebbe on topics ranging from dietary interventions to the mycobiome in IBD to the role of nutrition across the lifespan.
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Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 2 on Translational Microbiome featured @jeremiahfaith1, Glen Carter, and @lauren282012 discussing microbial therapeutics, multidrug-resistant organisms, and engineered gut bacteria.
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It's a beautiful day for a microbiome symposium! #HavingIMPACTT2025 is offically underway at the Malcolm Hotel in Canmore, Canada! Follow along for more.
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Our first keynote speaker Dr. Ruth Ley opened #HavingIMPACTT2025 with a talk about the shared evolutionary history of gut microbes and humans
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Great to have Dr. Michele Ardolino @QFKC @ArdolinoLab visit @UCalgary to talk about NK cell exhaustion!
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25 Oct 2024
For those academic recruitment committees that didn’t get the memo…DO NOT request reference letters before selection for interview stage…
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Rest in Peace Raki 💔 Best companion for 16 years….what are we going to do without you 💔
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14 Aug 2024
Very excited and grateful for this support!
14 Aug 2024
Azrieli Accelerator celebrates its latest Catalyst Grant recipients, with six #UCalgary projects awarded funding to advance neurodevelopment research bit.ly/3WtUWaB
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Kayaking on Gabriola Island, BC 🛶❤️😎
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Please join us in congratulating the Snyder members of the new UCalgary Research Excellence Chairs! #UCalgary #ResearchExcellence #Innovation
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10 Jul 2024
Post #ICMI2024 🍺 with @BenJMarsland @WarPigs_Brewpub in Copenhagen 🇩🇰
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Having fun at the #ICMI2024 party last night!
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Congratulations to the 2024 Rising Stars who presented at this morning’s plenary. #ICMI2024
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10 Jul 2024
Rising star @MarcelaDavoli from the @KathyDMcCoy lab @UCalgary @UCalgaryIMC presenting her work on the microbiome in neurodevelopment at #ICMI2024 @socmucimm
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8 Jul 2024
Great talk by @gmatteoli1978 identifying pathogenic fibroblasts in #IBD and molecular targets to disrupt their function. #ICMI2024 Beautiful data in human and functional experiments in mice demonstrating causality
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A beautiful city that has lots to offer. In love with Copenhagen #ICMI2024 🇩🇰
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Day 4 of #ICMI2024 kicked off with another full plenary hall for “Infection at mucosal sites.” Thank you to Drs. Judi Allen @ProfJudiAllen, Igor Brodsky @BrodskyIgor, and Molly Ingersoll @ImmunoBladder for their presentations! 🙌🦠 #InfectionResearch #MucosalImmunity
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At #ICMI2024 and on MI: Tim Hand @thehandiestlab reviews how the microbiota regulates tissue resident memory T clls: mucosalimmunology.org/articl…
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@madisonstrine⁩ rocking her talk to a packed room in early life T cell and epithelial interactions. ⁦@YaleIBIO⁩ ⁦@YalePediatrics⁩ ⁦@socmucimm⁩. Such exciting work
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