Prof. & Dr. Isabelle Laforest-L. (she/her/elle)
@Isabel_Laforest
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Associate Prof (U Sherbrooke). T2 Canada Research Chair in Applied Microbial Ecology. Mother of 1. Microbial ecology, genomics, and bioinfo. #WomenInScience
Sherbrooke, Canada
Joined March 2011
A 🧵. As a young girl growing up in Québec, Canada, I found my joy in smell of 🍁🍃🌿, the rhythm of rivers, & the quiet strength of the forest. I was a Girl Scout who loved canoeing & exploring nature, but I had no idea what I wanted to study. @USherbrooke @ISME_microbes . 1/.
ISME congratulates @Isabel_Laforest from @USherbrooke as the winner of the Alma Dal Co Award, recognizing her as an exceptional early-career scholar who has made important contributions to microbial ecology. 🔗#MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
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RT @Isabel_Laforest: As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors….
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As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-revie…
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As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a much-needed breath of intellectual fresh air. Read more here:.
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As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-revie…
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RT @Edel_PLopez: Time for the #CSPB2025 Mary E. Spencer Award Plenary by Prof. Peter Moffett from @USherbrooke 🏆🌿. Peter has been instrumen….
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RT @MicrobiomDigest: @NicHulscher This preprint provides absolutely no proof that the vaccines caused the cancer. It basically compares 10….
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Offre de MSc avec @pbbeauregard Mirella Aoun et moi #agriculture #durable #écologie #microbienne. Open MSc position #sustainable #agriculture #microbial #ecology. Un partenariat entre @UBishops & @usherbrooke. C'est le temps d'appliquer! 🕐🤩. Time to apply! 🕐🤩
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RT @karst_justine: I’ll be a keynote speaker at this conference. I’m looking forward to sharing my research and meeting everyone!.
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👏 Big congrats to Sophie & thanks to funding sources! @NSERC_CRSNG @CRSNG_NSERC @FRQ_NT CRC @centre_seve . Thanks to all collaborators & orchard partners who made it possible. 🔗 Read the full paper: #Microbiome.#Phyllosphere.#PlantScience.#Agroecology.
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This work supports a One Health approach to agroecosystem management. Microbiome research needs to move beyond one-off studies. Our work sets a precedent for reproducible, scalable designs in plant microbial ecology. 🍎🌿🧵6/7.
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Our study highlights the➕for longitudinal, multi-site designs in plant microbiome research. It shows that reproducibility is not a given, even in the same system. To harness microbiomes for biocontrol & sustainable farming, we must account for spatiotemp var. 🍎🌿🧵5/7.
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In our results, site & time are the strongest drivers of bacterial community structure for both y. Yet their relative influence shifts between y., according to the discrepancies in the abiotic conditions in May. Organic orchards had⬇️a-diversity than conv. ones. 🍎🌿🧵4/7
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We sampled apple trees across 6 orchards (3 organic, 3 conventional) in Québec over 2 years. We looked at both leaves and flowers to capture seasonal and spatial variation. This📖has been led by Sophie since her final BSc year at @USherbrooke, when she was an intern. 🍎🌿🧵3/7
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🌱 Plant microbiomes are key to sustainable agriculture. But many studies are limited in scope and rarely repeated. We asked:. ***How reproducible are the phyllosphere bacterial community patterns across space and time?***. 🍎🌿🧵2/7
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Our latest study led by Sophie Boutin (@USherbrooke) just dropped in @SciReports @NaturePortfolio. We explored how site & time shape bacterial communities on apple tree leaves & flowers. A🍎🌿🧵1/7. 🔗 #Microbiome.#Phyllosphere.#PlantScience.#Agroecology
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@CSEE_SCEEmtgs @CSEE_SCEE Final speaker of the Microbial Ecology & Evolution Symposium. A change of plan:. Akhil Kholdwadala from the lab of the lab of Jesse Shapiro at @mcgillu. Nutrient Enrichment & Connectivity Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity. #CSEE.#MicrobialEcology.@CSEE_SCEEmtgs.@CSEE_SCEE.
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@CSEE_SCEEmtgs @CSEE_SCEE Prof. Srijak Bhatnagar is next:. Plastisphere Microbiome - An ecological niche shaped by the city. Microplastics are organic molecules that can act as sponges for microbial inhabitants and pollutants. #MicrobialEcology.#CSEE2025.@CSEE_SCEEmtgs .@CSEE_SCEE
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@CSEE_SCEEmtgs @CSEE_SCEE Now Jean-Baptiste Leducq from ULaval talks about:. The Hyphomicrobiales dark matter in the phyllosphere. #Phyllosphere.#MicrobialEcology.#CSEE2025.@CSEE_SCEE .@CSEE_SCEEmtgs.
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Next is Abdul-Rahman Adamu Bukari from Aleeza Gerstein’s lab. Global phylogenomic diversity of Candida albicans from diverse ecological niches. #MicrobialEcology.#CSEE2025.@CSEE_SCEEmtgs .@CSEE_SCEE
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