Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen

This study links gut transit time, inferred from stool consistency, to microbial metabolites and microbiota in infants, showing associations with breastfeeding, bile acid metabolism, and short-chain fatty acids.

This study links the neuroactive potential of the elderly gut microbiome to mental health and cognition in older adults with cognitive complaints.

The paper introduces an open-source ecosystem for microbiome data science using Bioconductor, supporting modular workflows for analyzing complex, multi-modal datasets.

The paper creates saMBA, a large gut microbiome archive from South America, revealing high biodiversity and uniqueness, and highlights the need for more diverse microbiome research.

The paper shows that moderate exercise improves cognitive function and neurogenesis in mice, but these benefits disappear with higher intensity or duration, and that gut microbiota changes mediate these effects.

Kronos is an R-based tool for analyzing circadian rhythms in biological datasets, supporting complex study designs and high-dimensional omics data.