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Prenatal SSRI exposure is linked to a higher risk of childhood DGBI. These findings align with preclinical data highlighting serotonin's role in gut development and emphasize the need for further research on maternal SSRI use and gastrointestinal outcomes. nature.com/articles/s4138…

Another research update presentation from the Bercik-Collins Lab lab showcasing how perseverance leads to great results! McMaster University Department of Medicine McMaster Health Sciences

What a pensive panel of faculty at Research topics in GI this chilly afternoon in Quebec City while our very own PhD student Kelly Kan brilliantly presents her work ⁦Joint CDDW™-CLM Conference | #CDDWCLM2025⁩ ⁦Caminero Lab⁩ ⁦Bercik-Collins Lab⁩ ⁦Farncombe Institute⁩

Kickstarting CDDW2025 this morning, Dr Julien Pujo Julien Pujo from the Bercik-Collins Lab lab Farncombe Institute, presented at the CAG student prizes with Dr. Bercik and Dr. Perrault on the role of bacterial phospholipids in visceral hypersensitivity. Congratulations Julien!@MacDeptMed

📢 bugs as drugs with Dr Gibson #CDDW2025 Joint CDDW™-CLM Conference | #CDDWCLM2025 Live biotherapeutics fall short but primarily preventative intervention in absence of inflammation show benefit Modified microbes that thrive in inflam environment improve #IBD outcomes (BioPersistTM)

Utkarshini Nitin Kirtikar student award oral presentation ⁦Joint CDDW™-CLM Conference | #CDDWCLM2025⁩ on tryptophan metabolism in celiac disease supported by ⁦⁦⁦Celiac Canada⁩ ⁦Farncombe Institute⁩ ⁦McMaster University Department of Medicine⁩

Congrats to Verdu Lab for receiving King Charles III Coronation Medal for her outstanding contributions to GI and celiac research! McMaster Health Sciences #cddwclm2025

Our own Dr. Caminero Alberto Caminero opens the floor with a great presentation on recent advances in celiac disease Joint CDDW™-CLM Conference | #CDDWCLM2025!

📢 Dr Surette #microbiome #CDDW2025 Joint CDDW™-CLM Conference | #CDDWCLM2025 SG considered the standard now for microbiome vs 16S/IST unless large studies with funding limitations Methods 🔑 laboratory robust but bioinformatics more variable can result in significant differences in data outputs

I’m honored to have my work selected for an oral presentation in the CAG student paper prize and to have received a CAG postdoctoral award. It was a great congress to foster collaboration for my final year of the postdoctoral fellowship. @cddwclm2025 Bercik-Collins Lab McMaster University Department of Medicine

It is our privilege to award our highest honour, the McKenna Lecturer Award to Dr. Stephen Vanner! Your work and dedication to GI health is inspiring — thank you for your invaluable contributions! #CAGawards2025

Another insightful noon round with visiting speaker Dr. Milena Bogunovic Milena Bogunovic from UMass Chan Medical School! Thank you for the comprehensive overview and engaging discussion on the crosstalk between macrophages and neurons.

Today the Farncombe Institute hosted Megan Zangara Megan Zangara, PhD from Dr. Brian Coombes, PhD Lab for our weekly noon rounds. Her wonderful talk about the consequences of acute stress in mucosal barrier led to great discussions. Looking forward to seeing this work published!

April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month. Caroline Seiler, a nutrition researcher with Farncombe Institute, writes in The Conversation Canada about the ‘nocebo effect’ in IBS. ow.ly/tx0f50VsqEI

Another great noon rounds talk by Dr. Kristen Smith-Edwards Kristen Smith-Edwards Mayo Clinic on colonic innervation! What a great discussion!

Thank you Nicola Jones from University of Toronto for joining us today and giving an excellent lecture on the importance of mitochondria in GI disorders and sharing some of your advances in the field of H. Pylori therapy!

Honoured to be part of the Bercik-Collins Lab and have the privilege to be mentored by Dr. Collins!!

Stellar lecture by Dr Caminero Alberto Caminero Caminero Lab Farncombe Institute McMaster University Department of Medicine McMaster University at the environmental and microbial drivers of food sensitivities session concludes another fantastic DDW Digestive Disease Week packed with great science and great scientists!!

Excellent talk by Dr. Dana Philpott University of Toronto on NOD2 receptor in IBD. The atrium was at capacity!! Thank you for visiting!

We're excited to showcase even more trainees next week at a student organized symposium Farncombe trainees will host visiting PhD students from Wageningen University & Research Wageningen U&R #Toxicology group for presentations, posters, and networking! Registration is open until monday!