Cannot be more excited about the lineup for the inaugural Function of Evolving Systems GRC conference I am co-organizing with the amazing Joy Bergelson. Less than a month away: August 9 - 14, 2026. Still a few spots left! And do check out the amazing list of speakers: www.grc.org/function-of-...

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How growth-coupled selection could rebuild metabolism

Arren Bar-Even drove a new way to engineer metabolism; his former collaborators and students are continuing the work

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Samples from a catchment pond and adjacent river. So different!

This #EarthDay we're featuring Rockefeller's @flamholz.bsky.social, who studies how microbes contribute to #climatechange and how they could offer solutions to this problem via their metabolisms.

A Microbiologist Mines Bacterial Metabolism to Tackle Climate Change | The Scientist

Avi Flamholz leverages computational tools and microbial biochemistry to improve climate models and provide novel engineering solutions to address climate change.

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Glad to host Dan Needleman for the Physics and Biology seminar @rockefeller.edu today

Huge thanks to all the folks who work to keep @rockefeller.edu accessible and beautiful during these crazy storms.

Super glad to host Rico Rojas from NYU @rockefeller.edu today — he gave a thought provoking talk on the mechanical properties of the gram positive cell wall.

Critical mass achieved!

Was great to host @deepakkrish.bsky.social at @rockefeller.edu this week. Thanks for the conversation and phenomenal talk.

All you want for christmas is.... transposon mutagenesis! Our new work at @cultivarium.bsky.social screening lots of transposon vectors in lots of bacteria, from @charliegilbert.bsky.social and team. Transposon and promoter modular parts available on Addgene (pooled library will be there soon too)

bioRxiv Synthetic Biology@biorxiv-synthbio.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A scalable transposon mutagenesis system for non-model bacteria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.696024v1

Thanks to @yairmau.com for the pics

Avi Flamholz@flamholz.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Heading to #AGU25 tomorrow to talk about continuum models of SOC in session B32B Weds morning. Hope to see some friends there. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

Heading to #AGU25 tomorrow to talk about continuum models of SOC in session B32B Weds morning. Hope to see some friends there. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

This is pretty great.

Thomas Julou@thomasjulou.bsky.social · 2y ago

What does E. coli do when food runs out? We spent years looking at it with our quantitative glasses, and now put the final preprint online: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Congrats to Théo Gervais for the 'tour de force'!

The Anthropocene

Randall Munroe@xkcd.com · 8mo ago

Geologic Core Sample xkcd.com/3171/

Glad to see this beautful work from Daniel Amador-Noguez’s group is out now. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Thermodynamics shapes the in vivo enzyme burden of glycolytic pathways | mBio

Cells regulate metabolic fluxes to balance energy production, biosynthesis, and the efficient use of limited resources, including the finite capacity for synthesizing and maintaining metabolic enzymes...

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On Thu, Nov 20 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @rockefeller.edu's @flamholz.bsky.social: Statistical Approaches to Soil Carbon Dynamics. Free + open to all. #ecology Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/statistica...

Rockefeller / MSK theory lunch #3 — Chromatin as a memory machine with Dr Jeremy Owen

Every cubic meter of air contains anywhere from 10 to 10 million microbes, depending on the altitude, location, season and time of day. At an observatory Watop Puy de Dôme, a 4,800-foot inactive volcano in France, microbiologists sample the aeromicrobiome.

Microbes Also Change the Climate. Could That Help Us? | Quanta Magazine

A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life forms make to our climate system, and how we can work with them to address…

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The vast majority of permafrost exists in the subsurface. What happens when this deep, ancient permafrost thaws? How fast does it take microbial communities to "wake up"? This project now published in JGR, with @isotopes.bsky.social , @kopflab.bsky.social , et al., aims to address that question!

Microbial Resuscitation and Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From the Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska

Microbial growth is extremely slow within the first 30 days of thaw. Temperature may drive which taxa are active, but not growth rates Subsurface microbes preferentially produce glycolipids over ...

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Congrats to Jan, Sean and the whole Brady lab crew.

The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 11mo ago

Now out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Newly identified compounds from the #BradyLab appear effective against drug-resistant bacteria. The technique used to reveal them could uncover many more antibiotics, as well as help illuminate a previously hidden microbial world. #RockefellerScience

Applications are now open for September 2026 enrollment in The David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience. Join a vibrant community of scientists pushing the boundaries of discovery. Learn more here: https://www.rockefeller.edu/education-and-training/graduate-program-in-bioscience/

Pretty strong case for open review processes.

Germán Bonilla-Rosso@germusthermophilus.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This wpuld seem like a no-brainer. Yet the same people having horrible experiences in such journals are the first to suggest it for the next submission. 🤷‍♂️

OIST is hiring Open-Rank Faculty!! This call is open to several fields, including Ecology, Environmental Science, and Earth Science🌏🌳🐦🐟🐝🦠 Come be part of a truly diverse and inspiring community!!

OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)@oistedu.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📢 #FacultyHiring: OIST is hiring! We invite exceptional scientists to apply for faculty positions in: - Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography - Physics and Quantum Science (including related fields) 🔗: www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

EMBL is back on hiring faculty! Check out the multiple open positions: 3 PIs- 2 in Heidelberg incl. our Molecular Systems Biology Unit, 1 in Grenoble 1 Head of Unit (Cell Biology & Biophysics, Heidelberg). Closing deadlines in Sep! +3 more positions to come out then, stay tuned... @embl.org

EMBL@embl.org · 12mo ago

We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠 Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels. Take a look at these four open positions 👇

Please repost and amplify ! We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina! Check us out and come be our colleague! sc.edu/study/colleg... Deadline for applications is Oct 1 #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

⁉️ Are you our next faculty member? The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position. Learn more or apply by October 15th: eeps.rice.edu/eeps-job-opp...

Full-time, 9-month, Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology position at the University of Hawaii. www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4...

Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology - Honolulu, HI - Indeed.com

University of Hawaii

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My MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level! Applications Due by October 15, 2025 We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels. lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...

MCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le...

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Dartmouth is hiring! Come be my colleague. Biochemistry and Cell Biology is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Join us in New Hampshire for great science, nice people, and beautiful scenery ⛰️ apply.interfolio.com/171438