Excited to announce our new lab website! 🌐 See familiar faces and new ones, check out the recent science that excites us, all sparkled with a wealth of images. #Immunology #Fungi #Join_us #Community ilievlab.org

We heard from patients with questions about our recent #NatureMedicine study nature.com/articles/s4159… , so here are the key findings for the wider #IBD community:

Our question: Can the gut ecosystem recover by removing a microbial pressure rather than adding something new?

Related Candida strains were shared between mouth and gut- a potential noninvasive testing approach
These findings open a path toward mycobiome-directed approaches and provide foundation for randomized trials, where antifungal therapy remains to be tested as treatment for IBD.

Simplified coverage here: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-a…

Crossposting in case anyone is still here-Just a few days left for scholarship and short talk submissions! Science, snow, and exciting advances in fungal and immunology research🔬 🍄❄️Claim your spot! #KSFUNGALPATH26 keystonesymposia.org/conferences/co…

Out Now! The multi-kingdom cancer microbiome bit.ly/45X6F6r #CancerResearch #Microbiome #TumorMicrobes

New online! Microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic opportunities

nature.com/articles/s4157…

Good to see that the European Food Standards Agency has recognised the danger of agricultural use of fungicides driving resistance to antifungal azoles in the clinic. efsa.europa.eu/en/news/one-he… @MRCcmm @eurconfmedmycol @ISHAM_Mycology @GW4AMR

Excited to announce a save the date for the upcoming Keystone Fungal Pathogenesis meeting! Jan 12-15 2026, mark your calendars! 🗓 Program and deadlines in link below #KSFungalPath26 @IlievLab
keystonesymposia.org/conferences/co…

Commensal fungi, a force to be reckoned with:
Highlight of work of @IlievLab showing Kazachstania pintolopesii, a symbiotic fungus in mice, is shielded from host immune system during homeostasis but induces type 2 immunity during mucus fluctuations
cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Thrilled to share the results of our 8-year-long expedition into the Wild, the city of #NYC , the wild west of #LosAngelesCA , and more—in search of the roots of gut fungal commensalism! 🧵nature.com/articles/s4158…

Huge credit goes to Yun Liao and @IrisGao in our lab- this has been a LONG journey! Great collaborators Barbara Rehermann @NIDDK, @kurtvandegrift, @christina_cuomo @King_Lab_McGill, many (not on X: Lipman, Artis, Vet services) at @WCM & American Rat Control Inc. ,LA, CA.

Lastly, 🙏 to @JacquesHughes @naturepodcast open.spotify.com/episode/3Avvhx…
and Happy Thanksgiving to all!

3) If you are a tourist exploring NYC attractions #WhatsGoodNYC—sorry, no recommendations for a K.p. tour... (@IlievLab can’t help, but @ThrillistNYC might).

4) If you are a #scientist , check your laboratory mice for K.p (@IlievLab can help)- its alters research outcomes.