😎 Just selected Editor's choice in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiol Ecol! Aileen Jung and our wonderful @crc1357.bsky.social team reveal how different #microplastics trigger surprisingly distinct microbial responses in the #rhizosphere! 🌽🍓🦠 Thanks @dfg.de & @bayceer.bsky.social for support!

Conventional and biodegradable microplastics elicit contrasting taxon-level responses in rhizosphere microbiomes of maize and strawberry

Microplastic effects on rhizosphere microbiomes depend on both plant species and polymer type, with biodegradable plastics selectively stimulating potentia

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Happy #WorldHorseshoeCrabDay!
 These spinning #horseshoecrab (Limulus polyphemus) embryos are developing inside their eggs, just weeks away from hatching. Despite their name, horseshoe crabs are closer relatives of spiders and scorpions than crustaceans.

"90 % des meurtres à caractère idéologique sont le fait de l’extrême droite. Un deux poids, deux mesures qui, comme le montre notre analyse, joue largement en faveur de la progression de l’extrême droite française." bonpote.com/90-des-meurt...

“90 % des meurtres à caractère idéologique sont le fait de l’extrême droite”

Il ne s’agit pas de minimiser la mort tragique de Quentin Deranque, mais de questionner l’indignation sélective et donc politique des médias

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#MicroSky: ENVIRON BIOTECH: Vidal et al discuss that deep beneath Earth’s surface, life thrives in extremes. Subsurface microbiology reveals the limits and origins of life, and guides the search for biosignatures on Mars, icy moons, and distant exoplanets. Do not miss doi.org/10.1111/1751...

I'm happy to share that this work - a part of my PhD - has been published. We simulated H2 and CO2 injection on a model methanogen 🦠 & developped a fully transparent high pressure reactor for microbial cultures 🔧 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Real time monitoring of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under deep saline aquifers conditions - Journal of Biological Engineering

Journal of Biological Engineering - To investigate the microbial response to deep underground gas injection, specifically CO2 and H2, a new optically transparent high-pressure reactor was developed...

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bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · last yr.

Real time monitoring of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under deep saline aquifers conditions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.05.652176v1

Thrilled to share our new paper: Subsurface Life on Earth as a Key to Unlock Extraterrestrial Mysteries. 🧪 @melroselane.bsky.social, @drbradbrad.bsky.social , @geobiomaggie.bsky.social, @emilruff.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Subsurface Life on Earth as a Key to Unlock Extraterrestrial Mysteries

This paper discusses current research on subsurface microbiology. Exploring Earth's deep and extreme subsurface environments provides critical insights into life's limits and adaptability. Subsurface...

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I wrote a new tutorial on competitive metagenomic read recruitment (and profiling of the results with #anvio), for those of us nerds who would like to get their hands dirty with data: anvio.org/tutorials/co...

Competitive metagenomic read recruitment explained

A tutorial on the nuts and bolts of competitive read recruitment

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Looking for a cutting-edge and fun conference in 2026? How about: GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026 www.grc.org/geobiology-c... AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026 www.agu.org/abscicon 🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳

⚫ La célèbre primatologue britannique Jane Goodall, "ambassadrice" des chimpanzés et fervente défenseure de la cause environnementale est morte à l'âge de 91 ans, a annoncé mercredi son institut.

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #jcampubs

Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science

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Pretty little babies 🥰😍⁠ ⁠ The pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) mates and nests in deep-sea thermal springs, where the warm water seeping from the seafloor accelerates the development of their embryos.⁠ Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/pearl...

Real time monitoring of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under deep saline aquifers conditions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.05.652176v1

Microbes can use various energy and carbon sources, allowing them to colonise even the most extreme habitats on Earth. 🦠 @emvidal.bsky.social and @laurashwab.bsky.social discuss dark oxygen production in apparently anoxic environments on this #FEMSmicroBlog. #FascinatingMicrobes

I am very happy (and anxious) to share with you our most recent work in which we evaluated four of the most popular long-read assemblers, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵

Assemblies of long-read metagenomes suffer from diverse errors

Genomes from metagenomes have revolutionised our understanding of microbial diversity, ecology, and evolution, propelling advances in basic science, biomedicine, and biotechnology. Assembly algorithms...

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#Nautile40 🤿 40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune ! www.ifremer.fr/fr/Nautile40...

40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune

Mis en service en 1984, le submersible Nautile, l’un des fleurons de la Flotte océanographique française opérée par l’Ifremer et sa filiale d’armement Genavir, a effectué 2122 plongées. La première im...

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Part of our team (@jordonhemingway.bsky.social, C. Fernandes, T. Nagakura, Z. Wang) went sampling in the #Bedretto tunnel this week, looking for #darkoxygen ! Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition! @ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social

A pleasure to organize this symposium with my fellow postdoc organizers Beverly Naigles, Nancy Yang and Nicole Dames! And of course thank you to the MBL community for making it such a sucessful event 😊🧪

Marine Biological Laboratory@mblscience.bsky.social · last yr.

💡 More than 20 presenters shared their science at the MBL's annual Postdoctoral Symposium yesterday. The event featured long talks, flash talks, a career panel, and poster presentations. Photos below! ⤵️ Read more: bit.ly/3Ft3NDC #ScienceStartsHere 📷: Alex Megerle

I had such a great time learning #anvio last week ! Thank you @floriantrigodet.bsky.social, Iva Veseli and @merenbey.bsky.social for putting together this workshop 😊

A. Murat Eren (Meren)@merenbey.bsky.social · last yr.

A blog post on the #anvio workshop that took place last week at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg with photographs and participant survey results 😇 anvio.org/blog/oldenbu...

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (#IDWGS)! 👩‍🔬 🔬 🌍 #WomenInScience Now more the ever, we value the importance of raising the profile of women and girls engaging with and contributing to science.

Perspectives: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Today we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To help commemorate this awareness day, this perspectives article showcases 6 women scientists from different counties that talk…

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www.mbl.edu/news/renewed... Nice article about our course and all eyes on @jadenhansen.bsky.social sequencing microbial DNA using @nanoporetech.com Thanks also @emvidal.bsky.social, Hannah Vanderscheuren and Eleanor Greene for making this happen.

“A Renewed Sense of Wonder”: Shanghai High Schoolers Experience The MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory

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