
Senior Lecturer in Microbiology @MMU_NATSCI @MMUEcoEnv researching interactions within microbiomes across habitats. Views are my own.
Manchester, UK
Joined July 2014
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Damian Rivett retweeted
Our new paper out in @JournalSpectrum:
Nontuberculous mycobacteria remodel lung microbiota in #cysticfibrosis associated respiratory infections
Driven by @DWRivett and Michelle Hardman from her @cftrust funded PhD project
#CF #microbiomeecology
doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.003…
Damian Rivett retweeted
New paper alert!
Further application of ecological framework to Pulmonary exacerbation in PwCF.
(A conference talk and a publication in one week? Madness I tell you! 😅🙏)
#cysticfibrosis #microbiome #ecology
Our new paper out now in @MicrobiomeJ: Species turnover within #cysticfibrosis lung microbiota is indicative of acute pulmonary exacerbation onset
doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-0…
#CF #microbiomeecology
@Leahcuthbertso4 @LaurenRHatfield @H_gavillet @RyanJosephMarsh @DWRivett @cftrust
The third paper of the temporal #microbiome is now out. Great fun working with @ChrisvanderGast and the team on this!
Our new paper out now in @MicrobiomeJ: Species turnover within #cysticfibrosis lung microbiota is indicative of acute pulmonary exacerbation onset
doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-0…
#CF #microbiomeecology
@Leahcuthbertso4 @LaurenRHatfield @H_gavillet @RyanJosephMarsh @DWRivett @cftrust
Replying to @Kia_Worldwide
@Kia_Worldwide just received a safety recall notice as the chassis might be unsafe...! As it's a weekend local service desks are closed - Is my car safe to drive?!
Can evolution to stress dictate their ability to use new resources in complex #microbiome communities? @scheuerlthomas, @TimBarraclough9 and I had some thoughts on this...
We assembled a manuscript with conceptual ideas how bacteria evolve in complex communities. It is a continuation of our Community-Evolution study (Scheuerl et al. 2020, Nature Communication). If you are interested, please find the MS on EcoEvoRxiv DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X21G95.
Damian Rivett retweeted
We assembled a manuscript with conceptual ideas how bacteria evolve in complex communities. It is a continuation of our Community-Evolution study (Scheuerl et al. 2020, Nature Communication). If you are interested, please find the MS on EcoEvoRxiv DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X21G95.
Friday publication announcement! I am super excited to announce that @LaurenRHatfield @H_gavillet, Michelle Hardman, @ChrisvanderGast and I have a new @MMU_NATSCI #cysticfibrosis #microbiomeecology paper out in @mBio! 1/4 journals.asm.org/doi/full/10…
With co-occurrence of species a better predictor of worsening lung function, we identified 22 taxa (inc. #pseudomonas, #staphyloccus) with significant negative associations on lung function when both are present in the infection! 3/4
Finally we took a secondary data set and randomly sampled the #microbiome. We found a clear negative association with more of these species present the worse lung function! These results give renewed importance to understanding the #ecology of the microbiome. 4/4
Damian Rivett retweeted
Our paper now published in Journal of #cysticfibrosis
Impact of extended Kaftrio therapy on the gut #microbiome in #cf
@RyanJosephMarsh @DWRivett @AlanRSmyth
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Incredible #Ecopedagogies day at UoM thinking of new links between teaching and the environment with some amazing individuals across Arts and Humanities. Oh and I got to show them some amazing #microbiology of #moss at the same time!
Damian Rivett retweeted
Interested in #cysticfibrosis gut microbiome?
Our latest study shows gut microbiota of people with #CF on #kaftrio becomes more like those of healthy partcipants with time
But not quite
Check out findings of our GIFT-CF paper trilogy⤵️
@RyanJosephMarsh @AlanRSmyth @DWRivett
Our 3 GIFT-CF microbiome studies are all now published
Gut Imaging for Function & Transit in #CF
A main take🏠: #kaftrio/#trikafta has more profound effects on CF gut #microbiome than other #CFTRmodulators
Main findings below...
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@cftrust @CFNewsToday @CFAware
Fantastic @cftrust funded #guthealth #microbiome work out now in JCF by @RyanJosephMarsh looking at the impact of long-term modulators!
🔔Impact of extended ETI on the gut microbiome in PwCF! Delighted to get this out and wrap up the work from my PhD. Special thanks to @cftrust for the support & my supervisors 🙂 @ChrisvanderGast @DWRivett @AlanRSmyth
doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2024.0…
#microbiome #CF
Today is day one of my @MMU_NATSCI MRes student's #bryophyte experiment! How does microbial ecology work in these #tinyworlds? That's what we're going to find out! 😁
Super proud to be part of this paper out now in @MicrobiomeJ; we utilise ecological theory to unpick the progression of #cysticfibrosis infections using #microbiome data! @MMU_NATSCI
Now out in @MicrobiomeJ, our study using ecological theory to understand #cysticfibrosis lung #microbiome dynamics to improve health
doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-0…
@H_gavillet @LaurenRHatfield @AlexRHorsley @DWRivett + Andy J & Anirban
🙏 @cftrust funding
Damian Rivett retweeted
Really pleased to share the pre-print for our manuscript looking at ETI therapy on the gut microbiome in pwCF!
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
This concludes the work from my PhD - a huge thanks to my supervisory team @ChrisvanderGast @DWRivett @AlanRSmyth
And of course…
Damian Rivett retweeted
Great to see final part of @RyanJosephMarsh PhD on #CF gut microbiome & #CFTRmodulators out in the wild ⤵️
Impact of extended Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor therapy on the #cysticfibrosis gut microbiome
Made possible by @cftrust funding
@DWRivett @AlanRSmyth
Really pleased to share the pre-print for our manuscript looking at ETI therapy on the gut microbiome in pwCF!
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
This concludes the work from my PhD - a huge thanks to my supervisory team @ChrisvanderGast @DWRivett @AlanRSmyth
And of course…
Very excited to start a new year teaching our @ManMetUni @MMU_NATSCI largest cohort of Laboratory Scientist (Bioscience) Degree Apprentices bionow.co.uk/news/b6516eba2c… #Bionow
Damian Rivett retweeted
Our new study, where we found Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor #CFTRmodulator therapy has negligible effects on the #cysticfibrosis gut microbiome.
Out now in @JournalSpectrum
@RyanJosephMarsh @DWRivett @GIFT_CF_Fellow @AlanRSmyth
Thanks to @cftrust for funding
doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.011…











