Just out in Frontiers in Space Technologies — a really compelling multi-omics study (transcriptomics, lipidomics, metabolomics) from Jamie Foster’s group at UF using the squid-vibrio symbiosis aboard SpaceX CRS-22:
Koch, Conesa, Garrett et al. (2026) | https://doi.org/10.3389/frspt.2026.1791484
The short version: in microgravity, beneficial microbes actively calmed host stress responses and triggered developmental programs faster than ground controls — a striking host-microbe result with real implications for long-duration spaceflight.
The study combines three assay types — transcriptomics (RNA-seq), lipidomics, and metabolomics — with the RNA-seq data (32 samples) deposited to NCBI BioProject PRJNA1066592, (SRX23333868–SRX23333899. The RNAseq, lipidomics and metabolomics data aren’t in OSDR yet, but that’s a conversation worth having 
@ben.sikes @nicholas.brereton — this looks like a direct hit for your host-microbe subgroup. Would the community be interested in inviting Jamie Foster to give a talk at an April or May @MicrobesAWG or @AnimalAWG meeting? Happy to reach out if there’s appetite for it — let me know below! FYI @paula6 & @tejaswini.mishra