Fantastic day at Melbourne Zoo with the #synnate team! Great discussions on model development progress. Love talking all things #immune cell related. Exciting to see the use of alternative models to explore host-#microbiome interactions.

A special thank you to our guest speaker @KylieReneeJames for giving us insight into the cellular complexity in the gut, and how this differs on region!

#Synnate team meeting at Melbourne Zoo today. Exciting discussions on model development, experimental progress, and future strategies. The #Synnate program was brought together by team leaders @pjhpauljh @mincle @_sam_forster_ @ProfHartland

#MeetOurTeam @BerrocalRubio from @unimelb. Miguel A. Berrocal Rubio is investigating the role of macrophages during gut development and injury in the #Synnate program. Miguel’s doctoral work involves exploring the role of myeloid specific isoforms in maintaining a healthy gut.

#MeetOurTeam @jarnychoi from @UniMelb. Dr Jarny Choi drives the bioinformatic strategies in #Synnate that will provide the necessary tools to understand, and predict, important pathways involved in host responses to human microbiota.

#MeetOurTeam @DrMChonwerawong from @Hudson_Research. Michelle's research in #Synnate will utilise microfluidic-based organ-on-a-chip technology to examine host mucosal responses to provide an understanding of how local mucosal signals influence the gut #microbiome.

Synnate is defining the importance of #host mucosal signalling pathways to understand molecular & biochemical consequences of mucosal disruption to the #microbiome & #innate response to allow us to go beyond models of association to intervention & restoration of mucosal health.

Synnate is a multi-disciplinary team lead by Paul Hertzog, Liz Hartland, Sam Forster from @Hudson_Research & Christine Wells from @UniMelb to create platforms & resources to promote Australia’s #host-microbiome #immunology research @pjhpauljh @mincle @ProfHartland @_sam_forster_