Published version @pnas.org of our collaborative work with Talia Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) et al., 🧵👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @cloeucl.bsky.social @ugiatucl.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uofubiology.bsky.social #microsky #phagesky

Hernán A. Burbano@hernanaburbano.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our new collaborative work led by @taliamycota.bsky.social Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al. tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5 (1/n)

Timeline cleanse: Baby tapir getting scritches for their itches. If you want to scritch your very own tapir & you live outside of Central or South America or SE Asia, you'll need to visit a zoo. But these little guys are (evolutionarily) from around here, in North America. Let's talk about it.

Come join the TIDAL team if you like big data parasitism, growing weird fungi, or pretending to model random noise! (Also folks who are into translating ecology into policy) cdsp.wm.edu/about/news-e...

At the Forest’s Edge: New Research Uncovers How Microbes Shape Ecosystem Resilience

Microbes are everywhere – on your skin, in your gut, in the soil beneath your feet, even floating in the air you breathe. Most people think of microbes in simple terms: some make you sick, while other...

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TIDAL lab origins, 2026!🍄‍🟫🌊🧚‍♂️

I asked my PI for tape dispensers and this shows up the next day 🍄‍🟫 @geoffzahn.bsky.social

Postdoc = open to new experiences and expanding my skills 🤓

Geoff Zahn@geoffzahn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This week I welcome @taliamycota.bsky.social as my first ever postdoc in the lab! She's gonna be working on microbial communities and learning to eat oysters without a fork. Very excited!

Our new collaborative work led by @taliamycota.bsky.social Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al. tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5 (1/n)

This is wild! Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Any students want to apply for this to study microbiome assembly processes with simulations and microcosms?? Hit me up! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Check out this brand new fellowship from the Simon’s Foundation in Ecology and Evolution. Incoming grad students this year are eligible to apply. No citizenship restrictions. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Yes!!! Note: -Lab meetings will be held at an oyster bar (I'm buying) -We have several cool systems to work in -Flexible mentorship to match your goals -Lots of #mycology kitsh -Highly collaborative -Williamsburg is cute as hell

Talia Backman@taliamycota.bsky.social · last yr.

I’ll be starting a postdoc in the TIDAL lab in the Fall, come do science with us!!🧬🧫

I’ll be starting a postdoc in the TIDAL lab in the Fall, come do science with us!!🧬🧫

Geoff Zahn@geoffzahn.bsky.social · last yr.

The Zahn lab is transitioning into the TIDAL Lab this Fall and moving to the Appl. Sci. Department at William & Mary. Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026). RP please! gzahn.github.io

Front cover!!!!!!!!!!! :’)

Wonderful podcast describing our Science paper! (2nd half) bit.ly/3T5RQaF

Check out our review on the evolution of tailocins! www.cell.com/trends/micro...

Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins

Phage tail-like bacteriocins (tailocins) are protein complexes produced by bacteria with the potential to kill their neighbors. Widespread throughout Gram-negative bacteria, tailocins exhibit extreme ...

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I started out thinking I was getting into bacteriophage research that ended up taking an exciting turn to researching something I had never heard of before studying them- tailocins :) Check out my PhD work thus far! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A phage tail–like bacteriocin suppresses competitors in metapopulations of pathogenic bacteria

Bacteria can repurpose their own bacteriophage viruses (phage) to kill competing bacteria. Phage-derived elements are frequently strain specific in their killing activity, although there is limited ev...

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