Christina Pavloudi

@cpavloud.bsky.social

Microbial Ecologist, Marine Biologist, PhD. She/Her. Views are my own. https://cpavloud.github.io/mysite/

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum@microbiomevif.bsky.social ยท 5mo ago

#MVIFconversations podcast episode 3 with @merenbey.bsky.social is OUT! โ–ถ๏ธ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1Cke... โ–ถ๏ธ Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c... โ–ถ๏ธ Apple Music: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... โ–ถ๏ธ YouTube podcast: youtu.be/-qC3qSU884U?... 1/2

It was great discussing with @gilbertjacka.bsky.social and having Stefanie as a co-host! I hope you will enjoy it as well! ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿงฌ

Microbiome Virtual International Forum@microbiomevif.bsky.social ยท 7mo ago

LAUNCH DAY๐ŸŽ™๏ธ We're thrilled to share the very first episode of #MVIFconversations w/ Jack Gilbert ๐Ÿ’ซ Stefanie Malan-Mรผller & @cpavloud.bsky.social talked with @gilbertjacka.bsky.social about how microbes shape our health and the invisible living world around us. Give it a listen & spread the word!

If you feel like contributing your microbial growth data, take a look at ฮผGrowthDB mgrowthdb.gbiomed.kuleuven.be You can also read the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงซ

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Haris Zafeiropoulos@hariszaf.bsky.social ยท 11mo ago

๐ŸงชIf you are interested in #microbial growth data, you may have have a look at ฮผGrowthDB; an open repository designed to store, visualize, analyze & share quantitative measurements of species abundances and metabolite profiles from monocultures & communities of known composition. #microsky #mevosky

8-year PhD anniversary! ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‰ On my 4th Post Doc position, after 4 countries & 2 continents, and 55 peer-reviewed papers, I am still waiting for that permanent position ๐Ÿคฃ "Hope never dies" but motivation is certainly hanging by a thread. ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM

Christina Pavloudi@cpavloud.bsky.social ยท 3y ago

Today is my 6-year PhD anniversary. After 3 Post Doc positions (+1 starting soon), 3 countries, 2 continents, 19 peer-reviewed papers, 9 research projects and 1 cat (who is also an expat), I am ready for someone to offer me a permanent position ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Any volunteers? ๐Ÿคฃ #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM

Badge that reads "PhD candidate", where the word "candidate" has been crossed out and the word "survivor" is written instead.

๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿงช #MEvoSky #SymbioSky #MarineEcology

Haris Zafeiropoulos@hariszaf.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Hi #microbiome community. If you are interested in microbial networks, feel free to have a look and register in our summer school! Two days with talks and hands-on on how to annotate your networks and come up with testable hypotheses. 24 and 25 Sep 2025, Leuven , Belgium @3domics.bsky.social

๐— ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ-๐Ÿฐ-๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐—ง๐—ก๐—”) ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น This call is ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, providing researchers ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฅ๐—œ๐˜€) ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงซ #mevosky #microsky

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--๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐—ง๐—ก๐—”) ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น-- โžก๏ธ ๐— ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ-๐Ÿฐ-๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐—ง๐—ก๐—”) ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น We are excited to announce the launch of the first Transna...

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It was great to participate in this course! Now it's homework time, to leverage all the new knowledge ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒฑ

Physalia-courses@ONLINE@physaliacourses.bsky.social ยท last yr.

๐Ÿš€ Huge thanks to @njclark.bsky.social for leading another fantastic edition of the Time Series Analysis & Forecasting in R course! ๐ŸŽ‰ But also thanks to this incredible group of participantsโ€”your curiosity and engagement made this week truly outstanding ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ“Š

If you are always going to reply "I have no time" and decline all review invitations, then WHY are you the (sole) article corresponding author? Our peer-review system is wrong on so many levels, but this behaviour isn't helpful at all.

Did we set fire to the rain? ๐Ÿ”ฅ Well, not exactly, but we did set it to the water. Or technically, to our artificial oil spill! ๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ Was there smoke on the water? ๐Ÿ’จ Yes, there was! Is this the first publication of, quite a few, more to come? Indeed! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ ๐ŸŒŠ

Graphical abstract of a publication. The original abstract is "Major oil spills can impose a significant environmental hazard on the marine ecosystem, and a promising mitigation measure is in-situ oil burning (ISB). However, our knowledge of the impact of the burned residues and soot deposition on the marine ecosystem is still limited. We investigated the effects of burned oil residue and soot deposition on the marine plankton communities of the oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Sea with a mesocosm experiment. Three triplicated treatments were tested: (1) Iranian crude oil was added and burned (Burned treatment); (2) soot was collected and deposited with artificial rain (Soot); and (3) a non-contaminated Control. Results revealed that Low Nucleic Acid heterotrophic bacteria, Synechococcus spp., and pigmented pico-nano Eukaryotes (pnEuk) were negatively affected in the Burned and Soot treatments. Viruses, heterotrophic pnEuk and ciliates (in Soot) were crucial for controlling the High Nucleic Acid bacteria. Ciliates and most dinoflagellates showed a negative response to the burned residues but were less affected or were even favored when exposed to soot. Our results show that ISB affected the structure and dynamics of the plankton food web through burned residues and soot depositions. However, since the effects appeared at least three days after the ignition, ISB could be combined with subsequent burned residue collection to minimize its impact on the pelagic ecosystem."

We are preparing "Microbiomes in Extreme environments" themed event (March 2025) and we need YOUR HELP in shaping the program of this special #MVIF event. Feel free to contribute with your ideas, we are listening! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"Microbiomes in Extreme environments" themed event - March 2025

Please help us shape the program of this special MVIF event. Feel free to contribute with your ideas, we are listening!

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Launched in honour of EMBL's 50th anniversary, this youth engagement initiative aims to inspire young people's creativity in response to the molecular wonders of protein folding. Join us on this prote...

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