Noah Houpt
@noahhoupt.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecology PhD candidate at Yale University, Patriots fan, and obligately bipedal lobe-finned fish. (he/him)
Excited that this is finally out, led by @jhuisman.bsky.social with Jeff Gore, combining experiments, theory and natural microbiome data! As salinity rises, diversity and individual species growth rates fall, yet community's overall growth stays robust: faster growers take over and keep it going.
Nature Microbiology@natmicrobiol.nature.com · 3w agoOut Now! Predictable shifts in microbial species composition lead to community-wide robustness to environmental stress #MicroSky
I am incredibly thrilled to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Prof at Yale EEB in January 2027!! 🎉🎊 Stay tuned for student and postdoc openings, and please feel free to reach out to me if you are interested in eco-evo, range dynamics, species interactions, and global change! 🌐🌱🦠🧬
What might a functional theory for the genetics of adaption look like? A first proposal: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-... TL;DR : it’s all about rebalancing stress and growth.
Towards a functional genetics of adaptation: insights from microbial experimental evolution
Abstract. A general theory of adaptation is one that accounts for both the quantitative and functional properties of adaptive evolution. To date, the field
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Our lab is looking to hire a RA to contribute to experimental evolution studies on anaerobic & aerotolerant bacteria! This is a great opportunity for recent grads looking to gain experience before perusing graduate training. Info at this link: ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Technician - Term Biological Sciences - Behringer Lab
The TERM Research Technician is part of the Behringer Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University and is a key member of the research team responsible for supporting the rese...
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As a community we need to find the good use and bad use cases for genAI. I appreciate the @qedscience.bsky.social creators for attempting to make a useful tool that, IMO, has some good use cases and some bad use cases. I think the 1% thing is a VERY bad use case given all the known biases of genAI.
Oded Rechavi@odedrechavi.bsky.social · last mo.Hi Thomas, we highlight the 1% to focus on the good and allow people to prioritize their reading, but we scored all the preprints. I think getting a QED score of 80 on a paper is also quite good and could be useful and save time...
I know it seems like a heretical idea, but one way to figure out if a preprint is really interesting (to you) is... to read the preprint. Then, in the spirit of sharing, send a note to authors: a simple kudos or a more detailed question. I do this a dozen times a year. It's awesome. Try it.
Evolutionary rescue in a phage community! New paper from former PhD student, Sam Greenrod, with brilliant colleague @craigmaclean.bsky.social : academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Rapid adaptation accelerates competitive suppression in a parasite community
Abstract. Environmental stress leads to changes in community composition by altering competitive hierarchies and pushing taxa towards extinction. Parasites
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Come by my poster (AEM 737) today from 3-4PM if you’re interested in phage therapy, Pseudomonas lung infections, phage training, or filamentous phages!
Paul Turner Lab@paulturnerlab.bsky.social · 2mo agoTurner Lab Graduate Student @noahhoupt.bsky.social is giving a poster today on how genetic diversity in chronic P. aeruginosa infections poses challenges for phage therapy. Check out his poster in the AEM area (#737 at 3-4PM).
Research Scientist from our lab @antanij.bsky.social presenting TODAY at 10.45 am in the Mechanism Discovery Hub (area near posters in the exhibit halls). #ASMicrobe
Jyot Antani@antanij.bsky.social · 3mo agoLooking forward to presenting at ASM Microbe 2026! @asm.org Grateful for the opportunity to share our work and learn from so many brilliant researchers in one place. See you in Washington, D.C. #ASMicrobe invt.io/1bxbe1gvcjt
Come see my former postdoc @cathyhernandez.bsky.social’s presentation on how prophages shape thermal performance in marine bacteria (room 147AB at 12:15PM). Cathy is now a professor at the University of South Carolina and is recruiting PhD students for Fall 2027!
The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026! This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution. To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca @sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky
Next one in a storm of preprints from our lab's amazing scientists.. Recent-ex-postdoc, #newPI @cathyhernandez.bsky.social studied thermal ecology of marine bacteria isolated near New Haven. Turns out, response of this bacterium to temperatures is shaped by prophages! #phagesky #microsky
Cathy Hernandez@cathyhernandez.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to share a preprint of work from my postdoc with @paulturnerlab.bsky.social exploring how prophages can impact host thermal ecology and evolution. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Check out the latest from @cathyhernandez.bsky.social, where she shows that prophage activity underlies intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance AND evolutionary rescue in response to extreme temperature challenge. This is one for prophage peeps and climate change peeps.
Cathy Hernandez@cathyhernandez.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to share a preprint of work from my postdoc with @paulturnerlab.bsky.social exploring how prophages can impact host thermal ecology and evolution. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Excited to share this new Preprint from our lab led by PhD Candidate Carl Stone (defending Tuesday). Here we present a framework for longitudinal rbTn-Seq and apply it to the Microbial extended growth curve to resolve the fitness seascape through growth, death, and long-term stationary phase!
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 6mo agoBayesian analysis of longitudinal RB-TnSeq resolves the fitness seascape in fluctuating environments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.11.703069v1
Mutations in filamentous bacteriophages spark eco-evolutionary feedbacks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.21.699487v1
Mutations in filamentous bacteriophages spark eco-evolutionary feedbacks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.21.699487v1
Interested in eco-evolutionary feedbacks? Microbial experimental evolution? Pleiotropy? Filamentous phages?? Check out our latest preprint, now up on BioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.6... For a quick summary, peep the thread below...🧵 (1/10)
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Cathy is one of the most brilliant, supportive, and thoughtful scientists and mentors I’ve had the privilege of working with. I would recommend working with Cathy to any student interested in bacteria-phage interactions. Congrats, Cathy!! We will miss you dearly.
Cathy Hernandez@cathyhernandez.bsky.social · 10mo agoVery happy to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina in January! My group will be working on environmental phage ecology and evolution, and I am recruiting for the upcoming year (more info below).
I gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below. #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
The social lives of viruses | Asher Leeks | TEDxNewEngland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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📢 We're seeking a postdoc to work on a project funded by HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social at the intersection of bacterial physiology, ecology and evolution. You can find more details about the project, the position, and how to apply here www.dalbellolab.com/hfsp-project! #bacteria #ecosky #MevoSky #microSky
HFSP project — dal bello lab
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Published in Nature today! Here, we sought to systematically ask how natural community's metabolism changes with the environment. A simple consumer-resource model can predict N-cycle metabolism (nitrate use) and, more importantly, the mechanism behind its change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Functional regimes define soil microbiome response to environmental change - Nature
Experimental perturbation of soil pH leads to a generalizable model of the soil microcosm comprising three functional regimes with distinct mechanisms linking environmental change to metabolite dynami...
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Excited to get to work on GRS 2027 with @duhitasant.bsky.social!! Hit me up here or via email if you have any feedback or ideas for the next Micro Pop Biol GRS!
Laura Suttenfield@lcatherines.bsky.social · last yr.Still winding down from the Microbial Population Biology GRS/GRC!🦠 It was a great experience to be GRS co-chair with @mikeblazanin.bsky.social, and congrats to the newly-elected GRS chairs @noahhoupt.bsky.social and @duhitasant.bsky.social!💃 #GRCMicroPop #MicroSky
Thanks especially to fearless leaders @reeskassen.bsky.social and Christina Burch, and to @drhhnz.bsky.social and @wcratcliff.bsky.social. It was a great to see the process that led up to an amazing 40th anniversary conference 🎉🍰
Super stoked and honored to be elected as co-chair along with @ksbakes.bsky.social for the Microbial Population Biology 2029 GRC! And looking forward to a great 2027 meeting in Andover chaired by @drhhnz.bsky.social and @wcratcliff.bsky.social !
Mike Blazanin@mikeblazanin.bsky.social · last yr.Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days! go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC
For #ASMicrobe folks - looking forward to a busy phage day on Sunday!
Paul Turner Lab@paulturnerlab.bsky.social · last yr.Turner Lab representation at #ASMicrobe #ASMicrobe2025 (4/5) Current postdoc, soon-to-be-PI @cathyhernandez.bsky.social is presenting a poster on the involvement of prophages in thermal ecology of marine microbes 🌊🦠 She is also convening a session on #prophages and giving a rapid fire talk! 🔥
Come check out my poster tomorrow at #ASMicrobe in the E&EB section! We found that repressor mutations in Pf prophages sparked a coevolutionary dynamic that resulted in loss of twitch motility and susceptibility to virulent pilus-targeting phage. Would love to chat about all things phage :).
Paul Turner Lab@paulturnerlab.bsky.social · last yr.Turner Lab representation at #ASMicrobe #ASMicrobe2025 (3/5) Grad student @noahhoupt.bsky.social will present the story of experimentally evolving a Pseudomonas lab strain for 150 generations over 1000 days. Spoiler alerts: #prophages are important! 🦠📊 #evolution
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NSF cancels grant reviews to comply with Trump EOs
Scheduled review panels for National Science Foundation grant applications are on pause until Feb. 1. Some researchers believe the pause may be connected to the new administration’s anti-DEI crusade.
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Noah Houpt@noahhoupt.bsky.social · 2y ago
