Roland Hatzenpichler
@environmicrobio.bsky.social
archaea, methane, microbial ecophysiology, single cell activity, next generation physiology & boardgames / for evidence-based decision-making / I hold strong opinions / I don’t mince words / posts reflect personal views / www.environmental-microbiology.com
Synthetic biology is advancing how scientists study early microbial life. Their findings could revolutionize how we think about Earth’s earliest residents—and those that exist today. asm.org/articles/202...
Synthetic Biology Sheds Light on Microbial Evolution | ASM.org
Synthetic biology is advancing how scientists study early microbial life. Their findings could revolutionize how we think about Earth’s earliest residents—and those that exist today.
asm.org
Making plans for ISME? Consider these: Jacob Schimetz, Oral Present., AS27, Aug21, 14:30–14:45 Room 301-302, Stimulated Raman. Nicole Matos-Vega, Poster, PS3.15.070, Aug20, 16:30-17:30, Methanogen metabolism & mangroves. Zackary Jay, Poster, PS3.15.026, Aug20, 16:30-17:30, Ecology of methanogens.
…and RNA makes Protein. (part 1) by Christoph — A two-part visual journey into the peptidyltransferase, where and how rRNA catalyzes ribosomal peptide-bond formation. Here is part 1...
…and RNA makes Protein. (part 1)
by Christoph — A two-part visual journey into the peptidyltransferase, where and how rRNA catalyzes ribosomal peptide-bond formation. Here is part 1...
smallthingsconsidered.blog
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
More info from Chris Yarnes on LinkedIn:
Ok, here's the final draft of my Microbe expansion for Terraforming Mars: tinyurl.com/4v4majy4. All thematic and scientifically correct! 44 projects cards, 4 prelude cards, 2 cooperations, 1 file w special tiles (+1 fixed colony card, 1 fixed project card). Will update after play tests. 🦠🔬
Help ID these asshats so they can go to jail. Report to local police or the National Park Service. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
Tourists caught walking on Yellowstone hot spring's deadly crust
Video shared on social media shows tourists walking on the fragile crust of Yellowstone National Park’s largest hot spring.
usatoday.com
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
nytimes.com
A major story broken by Science and Retraction Watch: an unreported death in a human gene therapy attempt in China:
Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public
Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals
science.org
🤩🤩🤩 This is so cool! A possible new single dose treatment for colon cancer that also acts as an immunization from getting it again. It uses bacteria from tree frogs. Short video if you don’t wanna read the article. youtube.com/shorts/VGvuE... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
This frog bacterium wiped out cancer tumors in mice with a single dose
A naturally occurring bacterium from amphibian intestines completely eliminated colorectal tumors in mice with a single treatment by both attacking cancer cells and activating the immune system. The f...
sciencedaily.com
Arguably, the most important card in my TM expansion will replace the “Archaebacteria” card in the original game.
This single author paper has to be seen to be believed.... My 'GIF' does it no justice Chen, M. (2023) ‘Rendering protein structures inside cells at the atomic level with Unreal Engine’, bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2023...
Started working on a microbiology - boardgame crossover project. The goal is to have a thematic, scientifically accurate microbiology-theme expansion for my favorite boardgame, Terraforming Mars, later this year.
Awesome work to determine the structure of a freakin 8MDa enzyme complex with over 600 FeS clusters! Sophia won the poster prize at the recent GRC C1 👏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Architecture of the 8 MDa Hdr–Vhu–Fwd super-assembly in class I methanogens - Nature
The structure of the Hdr–Vhu–Fwd super-assembly reveals a lineage-specific and modular 8 MDa complex with the ability to adapt to diverse anaerobic niches.
nature.com
ProLOEWE@proloewe.bsky.social · 4w agoHuge discovery from Marburg: Prof. Schuller (@synmikro.bsky.social),doctoral stud. @sophia-pa.bsky.social+colleagues have resolved1️⃣of the🧬🔬largest enzymes. Published in Nature, the study shows how methanogenic archaea generate energy under extreme conditions, offering🆕insights into the🌎carbon cycle.
A microbial mirage: when microbiome metrics may obscure ecological meaning www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #jcampubs
Excited to see this review paper published! OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1029/2025... We provide an updated view on the applications of archaeal lipids as environmental proxies. Shoutouts to our co-lead authors @climategordon.bsky.social and @lipidorama.bsky.social for spearheading on this.
Scott Atlas, the champion of herd immunity as an Fox News commenter and the Trump Advisor during COVID, weighs in with a DEEPLY MININFORMED op-ed in the WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/7
Opinion | Abolish the NIH
A $48 billion government monopoly should give way to the market.
washingtonpost.com
Please welcome @vscooper.micropopbio.org as the new ASM President and Federico Sisti, Ph.D., as President-Elect. They begin their terms on July 1. ASM congratulates its new & continuing leaders and looks forward to their leadership in advancing ASM’s mission. asm.social/2Zx
It's Tuesday! Time for a new episode of #MattersMicrobial! This time, Dr. Hannah Reich joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss phycosymbiosis: how bacteria and algae interact! This was recorded at ASM Microbe. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology youtu.be/f6irLu3BWg0?...
📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009
I agree but will put it into stronger words. Using AI colloquially = intellectual laziness.
Cian O'Donnell@cianodonnell.bsky.social · last mo.(apart from the important point that if we let AI do all our thinking, we are doomed) generally speaking this is why I have come to view presentations and paper writing as *doing science*, just as much as lab work or running computer simulations or whatever. Communication and discussion are central
Microbes that have the greatest genomic potential for secondary metabolism tend to be multicellular. Here, we show that signatures of ancestral BGC expansions within 3 bacterial phyla and 2 fungal lineages coincide with origins of complex multicellularity [1/12] 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Complex multicellularity is linked with expanded specialized metabolite production in microorganisms - Nature Microbiology
The evolutionary emergence of complex multicellularity in bacteria and fungi, such as the ability for mycelial growth, is strongly associated with increased genomic carriage of biosynthetic machinery ...
nature.com
Today in “everything AI touches sucks”. Sadly, I had to learn, QED isn’t satire but real.
In Preparation@inprep.bsky.social · last mo.
A travesty. Springer Nature offloads SciAm—the most storied science magazine in the US—onto a content mill consortium, LabX, during an almost certainly successful union vote. LabX now says it will lay off 15 people, over 1/3rd of the unit and 60% of the bargaining committee. Pure union busting.
Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · last mo.Statement by @sciamunion.bsky.social on Springer Nature's sale of Scientific American and massive editorial layoffs right before a successful union vote is counted. www.wgaeast.org/wgae-scienti...
