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My name is Michael Sieler. I'm a microbiome data scientist. I earned my Ph.D. in the Sharpton Lab in the Department of Microbiology at Oregon State University in 2025.

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the `Liberti Lab <https://genev.unige.ch/research/laboratory/joanito-liberti>`_ in the Department of Genetics and Evolution at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, investigating the social microbiome and gut microbiota–brain axis of eusocial bees.

The purpose of this site is to provide a central space to share my `research <Publications/publications.html>`_ and `work <Experience/experience.html>`_ experience, and `projects <Projects/projects.html>`_. 

Have a look around and don't hesitate to `reach out <mailto:Michael.SielerJr@UniGe.ch>`_ to me if you'd like to collaborate on a project!

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Latest
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- **Jul 2026 — Poster.** 💬 `Unraveling how gut microbiota influence nurse-to-forager behavioral emergence in honeybees <Publications/Presentations/IUSSI_Poster2026.html>`_ (IUSSI, Freiburg).
- **2026 — Appointment.** 💼 Postdoctoral researcher in the `Liberti Lab <https://genev.unige.ch/research/laboratory/joanito-liberti>`_, University of Geneva. See `Experience <Experience/experience.html>`_.
- **2026 — Preprint.** 📃 `Historical contingency shapes zebrafish host-microbiome responses to a subsequent biotic challenge <https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.05.734762>`_.
- **2025 — Paper.** 📃 `Modeling the zebrafish gut microbiome's resistance and sensitivity to climate change and parasite infection <https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2025.1605168>`_.

`All publications → <Publications/publications.html>`_

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Here's a brief (5 min) overview of my Ph.D. research:

- Recorded in 2024 for a fish ecology course to introduce my research to my classmates

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   :Caption: My Links

   Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XqblXigAAAAJ>
   GitHub <https://github.com/sielerjm>
   LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjsielerjr/>