🚨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

If you’re at #ASMMicrobe come see me today at 4 pm to hear about deep-sea microbial communities from hydrothermal vents and OMZs - Poster AEM 719 🙂‍↔️🌋🦠

Great to be a part of this work, congrats team!! 🎉🎊🌋🦠

Dr. Roxanne Beinart@symbiosisrox.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Excited to share that @michelle-hauer.bsky.social's paper with @katiekliermicrobe.bsky.social @maggielangwig.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social on phage interactions with chemosynthetic symbionts was published today. #NSF and @schmidtocean.bsky.social supported. academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

So happy this is finally out! We reconstructed the 1st large-scale spatiotemporal dataset of 600+ MAGs from San Francisco Bay and show they have functional redundancy in key N and S pathways. These functions may better recover from disturbance in this highly urban estuary 💧

Metabolic capacity is maintained despite shifts in microbial diversity in estuary sediments

Abstract. Estuaries are highly productive ecosystems where microbial communities drive nutrient and carbon cycling, supporting complex food webs. With inte

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Soil viruses are important regulators of ecosystem function, but what are their roles in environments that face long-term degradation and restoration? In our paper published today in Nature Micro, we asked how soil viruses influence peatland recovery, and vice versa. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils - Nature Microbiology

Metagenomics shows that viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.

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📢 New paper in @nature.com Microbes rock 🎸🤘 with sulfide and iron minerals I am very excited to share our recent study, which describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism ⚡⚡⚡🦠🧫⚡⚡⚡ 🆕 Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - MISO www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - Nature

Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

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New review paper on metabolic handoffs in microbiomes led by PhD student Katie Klier. We define major types of metabolic handoffs, examine their drivers and benefits, & describe their importance in different complex microbial systems and environments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

An updated view of metabolic handoffs in microbiomes

From the human gut to the deep ocean, diverse microbial communities underpin essential ecosystem processes. Limited understanding of the dynamics and …

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New paper alert! We suggest caution in the analyses of viral auxiliary metabolic genes and propose a new overarching term - 'auxiliary viral genes' (AVGs) to describe different types of such genes. @simrouxvirus.bsky.social #phagesky #Microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A call for caution in the biological interpretation of viral auxiliary metabolic genes - Nature Microbiology

This Perspective discusses virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes and provides a framework for the biological interpretation of these genes.

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I had such a great time doing this podcast! Thanks @markowenmartin.bsky.social for the chance to talk about snails and their microbial friends.

Mark O. Martin@markowenmartin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New week-new episode of the #MattersMicrobial podcast!! Dr. Roxanne Beinart of the University of Rhode Island joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about the work her group does on deep sea chemoautrophic communities & symbioses! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? youtu.be/mERRJOuEsB4?...

Love this podcast and love to hear @valdeanda.bsky.social talk science 🥹🫶

Mark O. Martin@markowenmartin.bsky.social · last yr.

Thursday! Episode 92 of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. Valerie DeAnda Torres of the University of Florida joined the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work of her research group in studying evolution of metabolic pathways in the deep ocean. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord! youtu.be/nNcXGmh9CZo?...

Congratulations Andy, @oceanextremes.bsky.social, and team on this paper, which was a lot of fun to be a part of 🎉

Dr. Mandy Joye@oceanextremes.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share our latest work supported by #NSF #OceanSciences 🙏. The paper describes the importance of heterotrophic carbon cycling in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes and was generated during Andy Montgomery’s PhD work in my group at UGA … www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 I’m hiring a postdoc for Fall 2025 with experience in microbial ‘omics data analysis and phylogenetics/genomics. Projects will be centered around ancient microbial ecology & evolution. Click here for more information: bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wp.txstate.e... Please share, thank you 🙏🏻

Morgan Sobol@msobol.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’m thrilled to be opening my lab at TxSt @txst.bsky.social this January!! We will be studying early microbial ecology and evolution. 🦠 🌎 🧬 I’m extremely grateful for the support of my mentors, colleagues, family, and friends! ❤️ Contact me for openings. Website to come soon. #newPI #1stgen

Hydrology Paper of the Day @maggielangwig.bsky.social on how viruses evolved near deep-sea hydrothermal vents: a global perspective on genomes and taxonomy; how viruses are related; similarities along hydrothermal fields; host abundance and hydrothermal geology; and future research.

Maggie Langwig@maggielangwig.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited this part of my PhD is out 🎉 We describe vent viral and microbial traits that govern viral biogeography and contribute to mounting evidence that these communities are highly endemic, and thus likely vulnerable to disruptive activities like deep sea mining #Microbiome #DeepSeaMining

Very excited this part of my PhD is out 🎉 We describe vent viral and microbial traits that govern viral biogeography and contribute to mounting evidence that these communities are highly endemic, and thus likely vulnerable to disruptive activities like deep sea mining #Microbiome #DeepSeaMining

Karthik Anantharaman@karthik-a.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to share our lab's latest work led by PhD student @maggielangwig.bsky.social describing the ecology and evolution of viruses in globally distributed hydrothermal vents. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities in Somerville has been sent to a Louisiana detention facility, despite a federal judge’s order telling US Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to remove her from Massachusetts without notice.

Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities sent to Louisiana - The Boston Globe

Masked plainclothes officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk outside a Somerville home Tuesday evening.

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A little late, but I had a wonderful time at the 5th IBSE international symposium at IIT Madras. Thank you to @karthik-a.bsky.social and Karthik Raman for organizing a conference with an excellent collection of speakers and students.

Our lab had a great time at the IBSE Microbiome Symposium. Looking forward to this in the future again.

Amidst all the bad news, I still want to share two new preprints from our lab group. The first is led by newly minted Dr. Michelle Hauer, in collaboration with @karthik-a.bsky.social @katiekliermicrobe.bsky.social and @maggielangwig.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Phage interactions may contribute to the population structure and dynamics of hydrothermal vent microbial symbionts

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems are sustained by chemoautotrophic bacteria that symbiotically provide organic matter to their animal hosts through the oxidation of chemical reductants in vent fl...

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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Senate Finance Committee@senatefinance.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System

I made a 2024 resolution to watch 100 movies new to me. I ended up watching 101! And then because I am nerd I decided to turn my movies into figures and data! I did all this in R, which allowed me to make new figures and challenge my skills! I used all the Wes Anderson color package.

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After 24 years of work, I’m thrilled to announce the TYMEFLIES dataset, which comprises metagenomes from Lake Mendota (Madison, WI), collected roughly every 10 days (471 samples) for 20 years! @quendi.bsky.social @robinrohwer.bsky.social rdcu.be/d5put A thread…

Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake

Nature Microbiology - A 471-metagenome time series from Lake Mendota in Wisconsin, USA, reveals seasonal and decadal shifts in bacterial functional and ecological dynamics, especially in response...

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