Microbial ecologist: EIC for mSystems; cofounder of BiomeSense; President for AMI. Father, Scientist, Pilot. Views are my own.
Joined December 2010
- Tweets 32,163
- Following 4,286
- Followers 12,924
- Likes 7,790
2,089 Photos and videos
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
Yesterday at #SXSW, Scripps microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert @gilbertjacka joined experts from @sandiegozoo, @thewcs & Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom for a panel exploring how biobanking & digital strategies are helping give wildlife a lifeline. bit.ly/40bwZpB
ALT People speaking on stage at SXSW
ALT People speaking at SXSW
1
4
7
587
Excited to speak at @royalsociety MOPHH 2026 on metals, oxygen & planetary human homeostasis.
I’ll be discussing how microbiomes connect health across scales—from clinics to ecosystems 🌍🦠
📅 June 15–16
📍 London virtual (FREE)
👉 Register: royalsociety.org/science-eve…
1
5
284
Looking forward to speaking at #Anthropy26 at the Eden Project.
Session: “Soil: The quiet revolution”
🗓 March 25 | 9:30–10:30 AM
Join Sir Tim Smit, Jo Handelsman, The Edge and I talking about soil health
event.anthropy.uk/event/anth…
1
1
267
New paper out in BMC Medicine 🧠🦠
A human-derived gut bacterium (Bacteroides salyersiae HB32) reduced depressive-like behavior in a chronic stress model — with effects comparable to ketamine in this study.
@Holobiome_Inc
link.springer.com/article/10…
2
8
489
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
🌎Can science help safeguard Earth’s wildlife? From habitat loss to climate change, species worldwide are under threat. At #SXSW2026, experts like @gilbertjacka explore how biobanking & digital tools give wildlife a lifeline.
🗓 Mar 17 | 4 PM
📍 JW Marriott, Room 201-202
1
1
410
Honored to recieve the Live Long and Prosper Award from the Nimoy-Knight Foudnation. Spock made neurodivergence cool!
#RememberingLeonardNimoy
#NimoyKnightFoundation
#LLAPAward
#LLAPTribute
1
3
12
615
Honored to receive the Live Long and Prosper Award from the Nimoy-Knight Foundation.
I grew up inspired by Spock’s logic and Kirk’s boldness, two sides of the scientist’s mindset.
🖖 Live long and prosper.
2
1
17
519
For those of you interested in our planet and solutions you should read Jo Handelsman's A World Without Soil - it is a pivotal work that should inform agriculture and conservation management globally.
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300…
4
201
Microbes produce half the oxygen on Earth. They sustain soils, oceans & our own bodies.
Yet conservation has ignored them.
@NoemaMag explores the first IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group
The life we cannot see is the life we depend on.
noemamag.com/saving-the-life…
1
13
29
1,634
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
Book your free place! Applied Microbiology International will be holding a free webinar on ‘Gender Equality and Water’ to mark World Water Day 2026 - March 18. We’ll be joined by @bjc_agua - an expert in water management, sanitation and sustainable development - and @Lylamehta - an expert on water, sanitation, gender and development. the-microbiologist.com/news/…
3
3
348
🌎Can science help safeguard Earth’s wildlife? From habitat loss to climate change, species worldwide are under threat. At #SXSW2026, experts explore how biobanking & digital tools give wildlife a lifeline.
🗓 Mar 17 | 4 PM
📍 JW Marriott, Room 201-202
schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP1…
1
1
180
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
Feb 16
Global experts from @UCSanDiego and @RedSeaGlobal addressed the urgency of uniting ecosystems, disciplines, and data to drive innovation during Nature’s Coral, Coasts, and One Health conference at KAUST.
From AI-powered insights to applied conservation frameworks, collaboration is turning science into solutions.
@NatureConf
3
8
20
1,984
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
In the Episode 1, @MmSteffie and Christina Pavloudi welcomed @gilbertjacka!
NEXT episode will be out in February 🤫 & I can't wait to tell you who was my guest.
▶️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
▶️ music.amazon.com/podcasts/81…
▶️ youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
2/2
1
2
5
319
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
LAUNCH DAY🎙️
We're thrilled to share the very first episode of #MVIFconversations with Jack Gilbert 💫
@MmSteffie and Christina Pavloudi talked with @gilbertjacka about how microbes shape our health and the invisible living world around us.
Give it a listen & spread the word!
1
7
9
602
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
Is it time to speak about a "social transfer of pain"?
@gilbertjacka & colleagues found the changes in the gut microbiome of mice housed in the same environment suggest that the social transfer of pain alters bystander peripheral physiology:
rb.gy/r1gfn3
1
3
15
837
A Little Grime Can Boost Kids’ Health. But What Kind? Amber Fyfe Johnson (ireach.wsu.edu/people/amber-…) and I talk with Kathleen Davis on @scifri about what kind of 'dirt' may be good for your children's health!
sciencefriday.com/segments/d…
1
185
Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) retweeted
3️⃣ Scripps-affiliated leaders are featured in @SanDiegoMag's 2026 Biggest Movers & Shakers list, recognized for driving bold ideas and shaping the future of our city. Join us in recognizing @minwadhwa, @gilbertjacka & @paloma4D1!
Read more: bit.ly/49dJkz5
2
6
669
New @BMJPublicHealth paper from the METS cohort:
Across Ghana, South Africa, Jamaica, Seychelles & the U.S., 8-year follow-up shows rising obesity, high BP & high glucose during mid-life.
The NCD transition is global. Prevention can’t wait.
🔗 bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/cont…
265
When pain is socially transferred between mice, the gut microbiome of the bystander changes too.
Bystanders show hypersensitivity shifts in SCFA-producers & metabolic pathways, mirroring CFA pain animals.
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
495
23 Dec 2025
New resource alert!
The National Sea Urchin Resource Center (NSURC) is now live at UC San Diego
Powering reproducible biomedical & environmental research with one of our closest invertebrate relatives.
nsurc.ucsd.edu/
3
444