Super cool symposium in Berkeley!!

Simon Roux@simrouxvirus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 Registration for VEGA26 is 👏 officially open 👏 🚨 The 5th edition of our Viral EcoGenomics and Applications symposium will be held November 18-19, 2026, on the UC Berkeley campus 🧬 🦠 🔬 🧫 Event website ➡️ jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us... Registration link ➡️ cvent.me/e0RnA0

Integration and regulation of stolen organelles in a marine protist academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

Integration and regulation of stolen organelles in a marine protist

Abstract. Chloroplast-stealing (a.k.a., “kleptoplastidic”) plankton transiently obtain and integrate prey metabolic machinery into their own cells. To do s

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Tenure-track open position in Biological Oceanography at Texas A&M College Station apply.interfolio.com/189672

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution identifies Karenia cristata as a brevetoxin-producing species that is the dominant component of the prolonged microalgal bloom causing mass marine mortality in South Australia. go.nature.com/3RjXCaZ 🌎🌊🧪

It's out! Excited to present the Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database (GBR-MGD), a comprehensive DB of 1000s of high-quality prokaryote, virus, plasmid, and chromosome-level eukaryote MAGs using Nanopore long reads. Subthreads incoming. Please share widely. 🙂 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef - Nature

The Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database compiles prokaryotic, viral and eukaryotic genomes from seawater collected from the Great Barrier Reef, providing a rich resource for the study of mar...

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my first 'data descriptor'! hoping this one will be useful for folks interested in tracing the distribution of genomes/genes/proteins over physicochemical gradients in the (deep) marine water column.

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2w ago

Deeply-sequenced metagenomes and over 1000 draft genomes from the epipelagic to bathypelagic Northeast Pacific Ocean https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.18.739368v1

Our latest, in which the microbes teach us about the DOM field. Led by Dr. Jordan Coelho: Enrichment of polyphenol metabolism within the ubiquitous SAR116 Puniceispirillales bacterioplankton www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

An very interesting side track of my research I was slightly involved in. Check it out 😁

Nikolas Basler@nikolasbasler.bsky.social · 3w ago

At last, available in its final form: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Virus infection of a #bloom, together with limiting #eutrophication can help in mitigating the effects of harmful algal #blooms (HABs). But what if nutrient reduction selects for virus resistance? And are all cells in a #HAB the same? Answers are in our latest preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202...

I recently did this interview with NEB covering a lot of the work I've been involved with lately (e.g. @dudinlab.bsky.social) Hopefully there's something interesting in there and nothing too egregious! Some of the work fits #protistsonsky. Enjoy? www.neb.com/en-us/podcas...

🚨VIROMICS WORKSHOP 2026🚨 Application is now OPEN for the 8th International Viromics Workshop, Oct. 14-16, 2026, in-person at Ohio State University. Application closes Aug. 7. Apply: forms.gle/pJFLDCNEBvAe... Full details: u.osu.edu/viruslab/vir... #viromics #viruses #ecology #workshop

New study by Alexander Henoch (@ahenoch.bsky.social), a PhD student in our group @hifmb.de and @awi.de, shows what it takes to bring gene synteny into microbial pangenomes, and what we learn about the variability landscape of genomes when we do that. See the pre-print here: doi.org/10.64898/202...

Making Waves in Marine Science: Prof. Debbie Lindell Elected to EMBO biology.technion.ac.il/en/making-wa...

Making Waves in Marine Science: Prof. Debbie Lindell Elected to EMBO - פקולטה לביולוגיה Biology Faculty

We are proud to share that Prof. Debbie Lindell has been elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), one of the highest honors in the life sciences. EMBO membership reco...

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🎖️Farooq Azam, a marine microbiologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Oceanography & @ucsandiego.bsky.social, has earned the prestigious 2026 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences! He was recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries on the microbial loop. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4y5lcZU

Marine Microbiologist Farooq Azam Receives Kyoto Prize

University of California San Diego marine microbiologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Farooq Azam has been selected as the 2026 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences. Azam is widely recognize...

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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! A joint Postdoc at UT Knoxville (Wilhelm & @dtalmy.bsky.social) to study Microcystis, oxidative stress, toxin production, and nutrient selection using lab, field, molecular, and modeling approaches. PhD required. Apply: fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Amazing opportunity to work with incredible scientists🧑‍🔬. Please share widely!! #ProtistsOnSky #coralreefs

Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE)@ibe-barcelona.bsky.social · last mo.

📣 WE ARE HIRING! 📣 Join @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social with a new Laboratory Technician position in #delCampoLab!🤿🦠 🧬In the #CORALPROS project investigates the protists (unicellular eukaryotes) living within corals. #JoinOurTeam 👉https://shorturl.at/vGg1E

Aspiring Eco-Evo PhD students - check out the Simons Graduate Fellowships! it's a full ride!! 🧪https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-graduate-fellowships-in-ecology-and-evolution/

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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Viruses at #PSA2026! Great talk

New paper out in Microbiology Spectrum: “Proteomic stress response by a novel methanogen enriched from the Great Salt Lake”, first author William Christian. We enriched a novel, euryarchaeotal, methyl-dismutating methanogen that grows at 16% salinity. 🦠 #microsky journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

Proteomic stress response by a novel methanogen enriched from the Great Salt Lake | Microbiology Spectrum

Methanogens are microbes that affect the climate through their production of the greenhouse gas, methane. Changes in climate and land-use patterns are drying up saline lakes, damaging their unique eco...

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The deadline for abstracts to be considered for oral presentations is only 5 days away. Register soon! event.fourwaves.com/vibrio2026/r...

Salvador Almagro-Moreno@bioetry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Vibriophiles! Come join us in Berlin this September! Still time to register and submit your abstract

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Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment Opportunities at the U.S. National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences (NSF GEO)

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Geosciences (NSF GEO) is seeking highly qualified individuals interested in serving in science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions t...

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Thought i'd highlight that the ONT London Calling tech talk is now up. Points of interest for the microbiome community: 1) Direct RNA multiplexing now available. Can now run 24 samples per flow cell, recover full-length transcripts with 8 base pair modifications... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE69...

London Calling 2026 Technology update

YouTube video by Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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Hi, I spent 5+ years of my life on this work and it’s finally out (and under review), so I’d appreciate it if you’d feign excitement or at least pretend to read it. Thanks! #RNAsky #COVID #AcademiaSky 🧪 🦠 ⭕️

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Distinct virus-derived circular RNA molecule influences host response during SARS-CoV-2 infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.28.721328v1

Blusky friends! I have a favor to ask..if you are on instagram, please follow our lab account. We promise to post cool info on microbes, ongoing project activities and random pictures! It will be great to meet you there! Instagram handle: @monir.lab www.instagram.com/monir.lab/ Thank you!

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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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New paper led by Hannah Goldberg on the diversity of hydrogen peroxide detoxification in marine microbes! Wonderful @microbialplanet.bsky.social collaboration with Sonya Dyhrman, Michelle DeMers and Gwen Hennon! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Forces Shaping Diversity of Hydrogen Peroxide Detoxification Potential in Ocean Microbial Ecosystems

Marine microbes which lack catalases, like Prochlorococcus, depend on ‘helpers’, like catalase-positive Alteromonas, for hydrogen peroxide detoxification. Our results indicate diverse and distinct di...

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ISME is proud to launch ISME Host Microbe, a new fully open-access journal that provides a home for cutting-edge research on host-microbe interactions with particular emphasis on host-associated microbiome studies — spanning from environmental to clinical systems. Learn more: academic.oup.com/ismehm

New preprint from our lab. We demonstrate the presence of highly diverse and temporally dynamic community of Polinton-like Viruses (PLVs), a group of viruses predominantly associated with protists in a marine station over 5 years. PhD student Ethan Mimick is the lead author.

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Expansive Diversity and Temporal Dynamics of Emerging Polinton-like Viruses in a Marine Ecosystem https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.28.728513v1

Viruses are highly abundant in the oceans, but there is one place you won't typically find them: in global ocean ecosystem models... until now. Introducing "vDarwin", an explicit integration of viruses into the MITgcm/Darwin global ecosystem framework: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... a 🧵

New online! Infection cycles of viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota