Jack A Gilbert

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Environmental fungi influence cervical disease progression in Hispanic women in Puerto Rico. The study highlights why women’s health microbiome research must include fungi (not just bacteria) and consider interkingdom interactions with HPV and host physiology. journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

Honored to have given the keynote at the Microbiome & Precision Nutrition Joint COBRE Symposium at UH Mānoa. Mahalo to the organizers and everyone who turned out for such great conversations. www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/anno...

Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. https://scim.ag/4dDZe6P

A Royal Society meeting I am speaking at in June in London, UK is currently seeking additional submissions for the poster session on Monday Fill in this form - forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... Registration link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metals-and...

I joined The Climate Resilience Podcast to talk soil health, microbes, climate resilience, stewardship, and why the ground beneath us is a living system central to our future. Listen here: theclimateresiliencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/2406212/epis...

New review just dropped 🌱 "Soil Microbial Biogeography: From Maps to Blueprints" — we've spent 20 years mapping where soil microbes live. Now it's time to figure out how to use that knowledge. 📄 journal.hep.com.cn/sel/EN/10.100… #SoilScience #Microbiome #Ecology

WOW! Ten projects spanning blue carbon ecosystems and marine microbes will receive $3.4 million to demonstrate the use of genetic rescue as a tool for climate adaptation and mitigation. reviverestore.org/revive-resto...

New preprint from our team: complex microbial consortia improved lettuce and spinach performance under 30% reduced irrigation, including better yield, less wilting, improved root growth, and reduced harvest delay. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

My son’s band, Steal Euphoria, dropped their first single today—Lucid. Worth a listen if you like alt rock: music.apple.com/us/album/luc...

Video of our SXSW panel on the future of conservation - www.youtube.com/watch?v=inZw...

Excited to share a new partnership between @ucsandiego and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance through the ARCH initiative. Read more: today.ucsd.edu/story/scripp... #Conservation #Biodiversity #ScrippsOceanography #SDZWA

🖖 Congrats to Scripps microbiologist @gilbertjacka.bsky.social for receiving the Live Long and Prosper Award from the Nimoy-Knight Foundation! The award celebrates extraordinary folks who embody Leonard Nimoy's message of hope, logic, compassion and service to others. https://bit.ly/4bLKeUA

A ‘doomsday vault’ of microbes could save species—including us cen.acs.org/biological-c...

New paper out today in @microbiomej.bsky.social: “Environmental microbiota transfer from forest soil into urban homes: a proof-of-principle study.” We show that a simple soil-on-rug intervention can shift bacterial microbiota in house dust in urban homes. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Across 6 field sites in Rwanda, a multi-strain microbial consortium increased maize yield by 59–68% and root biomass by 61–74% vs untreated controls. Promising evidence for scalable microbiome-based agriculture. eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

Sir Tim Smit recently told me something that really stuck: scientists often fail to communicate because they unconsciously shape their message for the few peers in the room, not the wider audience. Worth remembering next time you present.

Having fun @anthropyuk.bsky.social in the @edenproject.bsky.social with the amazing @johandelsman.bsky.social The Edge, and Sir Tim Smit - promoting work through the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Soil Health Center (soilhealthcenter.ucsd.edu), OathBiome and @amiposts.bsky.social #saveoursoils

Yesterday at #SXSW, Scripps microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social joined experts from @sandiegozoo.bsky.social, @wcs.org & Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom for a panel exploring how biobanking & digital strategies are helping give wildlife a lifeline. bit.ly/40bwZpB

Looking forward to speaking at the Royal Society meeting on Metals & Oxygen: Planetary and Human Homeostasis (MOPHH) this June. 📅 June 15–16 📍 London + virtual 🎟️ Free (registration required) Join us: royalsociety.org/science-even...

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/anthro...

Calling all #SXSW attendees interested in wildlife conservation! 📣 Join Scripps microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert (@gilbertjacka.bsky.social) & experts from @sandiegozoo.bsky.social, @wcs.org, & Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom to explore how science is helping give wildlife a lifeline. Details below.

Our new study shows that a human-derived Bacteroides salyersiae can reverse depressive-like behavior in a chronic stress model, with effects comparable to ketamine. The talented @philstrandwitz.bsky.social to creating microbiome-based antidepressant therapeutics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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. #RememberingLeonardNimoy #NimoyKnightFoundation #LLAPAward #LLAPTribute

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.

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...

A great read on saving endangered microbes (and not just from glaciers) “The world is at a critical inflection point,” says @gilbertjacka.bsky.social “If we don’t do something now, shit’s going to get real, and microbiology needs to be considered in this space.” www.noemamag.com/saving-the-l...

We have Red Lists for mammals, birds and trees. But until now, nothing for microbes Noema Magazine explores our IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group The life we cannot see may be the most important life of all. www.noemamag.com/saving-the-l...

🌎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/PP116...

Episode 1 of #MVIFconversations with @gilbertjacka.bsky.social is here ⬆️ and Episode 2 (which is also awesome) is out on Monday 🤫🤫🤫

i co-teach a research methods in ecology & evolution class and my colleague was lecturing and said "chlorophyll" and immediately my brain went "chlorophyll??? more like borophyll!!!"

Our latest is out today in @plosbiology.org: "Metabolic modeling reveals determinants of prebiotic and probiotic treatment efficacy across multiple human intervention trials" @isbscience.org @uwbioe.bsky.social @uwgenome.bsky.social doi.org/10.1371/jour...

-how @gilbertjacka.bsky.social is featured near the end of @edyong209.bsky.social 's book "I contain multitudes" -how thermophiles are found in water heaters -how Beggiatoa has still not come up in any marine microbial census that I've ever seen, because it's so rare 2/2+

New paper out from @doctoranastasia.bsky.social with lots of other cool folks (+me) looking at the future requirements for translating microbiome research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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.bsky.social for @npr.org about what kind of 'dirt' may be good for your children's health! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dir...

Had great fun writing this paper with some of my #microbiome research heroes! @gilbertjacka.bsky.social @bacterioskeptic.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @sarahlebeer.bsky.social @dbogaert.bsky.social @sligomicrobe.bsky.social & many more 😍🦠🧫

New in Cell Metabolism: Ketogenic diet protects against septic lung injury through the microbiome: 🥑 KD → enriches L. reuteri & L. plantarum 🧪 Oleic acid → azelaic acid 🫁 AZA → PPAR-γ → MerTK⁺ macrophages ⚖️ Enhanced efferocytosis + neutrophil apoptosis www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Our new review in Clinical Microbiology & Infection lays out a roadmap for the clinical impact of microbiome research built on: 🔬 scientific credibility ⚖️ regulatory & funding readiness 🤝 stakeholder engagement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New preprint alert 🚨 Our new bioRxiv preprint (with Brian Layden @ UIC) shows fermentable fiber reshapes gut tryptophan metabolism, lowering indole → indoxyl sulfate and dampening inflammation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🎖️ The AMI Horizon Awards are open for nominations! Recognising excellence across applied microbiology these are among the most prestigious honours our field has to offer. Nominate your colleagues 👉 appliedmicrobiology.org/advocacy-pol...

💡 Hey @ucsandiego.bsky.social innovators, entrepreneurs and sustainability-minded folks—the Triton Sustainability Challenge returns to campus and is now accepting applications! Submit your innovative technology that impacts the environment here: https://bit.ly/3ZeKDYA

It was great discussing with @gilbertjacka.bsky.social and having Stefanie as a co-host! I hope you will enjoy it as well! 🦠🧫🧪🖥️🧬

In the Episode 1, @cpavloud.bsky.social & Stefanie Malan-Müller welcomed @gilbertjacka.bsky.social! NEXT episode will be out in February 🤫 & I can't wait to tell you who was my guest. ▶️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... ▶️ music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c... ▶️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 2/2

New preprint 🧫🍄 Vaginal mycobiome in Hispanic women is diverse, environmentally influenced, and linked to cervical disease severity. High-grade HPV lesions are associated with reduced fungal diversity. Preprint on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Just published in BMJ Public Health - longitudinal METS cohort shows rapid increases in obesity, high blood glucose and high blood pressure across African-origin populations in Ghana, South Africa, Jamaica, Seychelles & the U.S. 🔗 bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

Led by Dottie Dothard we just posted a new preprint showing that socially transferred pain in mice doesn’t just alter neural circuits — it also remodels the gut microbiome of the “bystander” animal. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

3️⃣ Scripps-affiliated leaders are featured in San Diego Magazine's 2026 Biggest Movers & Shakers list, recognized for driving bold ideas and shaping the future of our city. Join us in recognizing @minwadhwa.bsky.social, @gilbertjacka.bsky.social and @supervisoraguirre.bsky.social! bit.ly/49dJkz5

🧪 New resource alert! The National Sea Urchin Resource Center (NSURC) is now live at UC San Diego 🦔🌊 ✔️ Reliable animal supply ✔️ Transgenic lines & tools ✔️ Colony startup support Powering reproducible biomedical & environmental research with one of our closest invertebrate relatives. nsurc.ucsd.edu

@gilbertjacka.bsky.social was kind enough to invite me, and many others in the field, to contribute to a perspective article on "Clinical translation in microbiome research" in @natmed.nature.com The conclusion? We're making breakneck progress, compared to other fields! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

His science exquisitely uncovered profound facets across biology’s subdisciplines. Most importantly, he has gifted a new generation of scientists a profound sense of possibility and mandate: to look beyond the individual organism and understand the world as it truly is.