Do you want to see the "big picture" on climate change? Here it is. Emissions are on the left, and include CO2, CH4, N2O, and f-gases. Natural CO2 sinks (from healthy forests & oceans) are on the right. And carbon removal, what little there is, is on the right, too. All expressed as GWP100.

📣 New publication by Adam Ruka and colleagues in @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social: Year-round rhythms: Alpine plant species modulate soil and microbial dynamics during the growing season and under the snow. @ibotcz.bsky.social, bc cas, @czechacademy.bsky.social

Year‐round rhythms: Alpine plant species modulate soil and microbial dynamics during the growing season and under the snow

Soil–plant–microbe interactions are integral throughout most terrestrial ecosystems, yet the importance of plant phenology and seasonal dynamism upon these relationships remains unknown. Given the pr...

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Hiring: two 3-year Postdoc positions We’re looking for postdocs who can design and run directed laboratory evolution experiments in microbial communities under electrochemical stimulation, and link adaptations to performance using shotgun meta-omics.

Two postdoctoral positions (3-year) in Experimental Evolution of Methanogenic Microbiomes in Bioelectrochemical Systems

Application deadline: 4 March 2026 at 23:59 hours local Danish time

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Now published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Communications: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Cultivation and genomic characterization of novel methanogens from arid desert biocrust

Abstract. Methanogens are strictly anaerobic archaea capable of energy conservation by methane production, yet their presence in oxic and arid environments

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Roey Angel@roeyangel.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts. With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other

Grateful to the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) for funding my new project: Quantifying microbial dormancy and growth in glacial forefield soils (is QoMA)!

The latest and most detailed review on a fundamental biochemical pathway: #glycolysis #microbiology #biochemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The position is still open. Please apply here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/277

Roey Angel@roeyangel.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab! Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active? Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this. If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me. 🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓

1/6 PhD /PostDoc positions available. Exploration of physiological functions of the cell fusogen Fusexin1 in Archaea. In a collaborative project between the Albers lab (Freiburg) and the Podbilewicz lab (Technion) starting in January 2026.

WOW! Fluorescein-based dyes are not valid reporters of oxidative stress in bacteria, and conclusions based on their use must be reconsidered www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨 Come and work with us 🦠🧪🖥️ Postdoc position with lots of freedom available in my group - 1.5 years with options to extend - work on ecogenomics and physiology of N/CH4-cyclers - remote work possible 🤓 more info here: isme-microbes.org/postdoc-ecog... #microbesky

Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20... This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.

📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab! Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active? Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this. If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me. 🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓

Coevolution and cross-infection patterns between viruses and their host methanogens in paddy soils #microbiology #virology #methanogens #viruses #phages @isme-microbes.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

🆕 New publication in SOIL journal! 📖 Aeration and mineral composition of soil mediate microbial CUE 👥 Niedźwiecka et al. 🔗 soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/... #SoilScience #SoilJournal #Research #OpenAccess #EGU_SSS

Aeration and mineral composition of soil mediate microbial CUE

Abstract. In ecosystem studies, microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is often used to estimate the proportion of organic substrate (glucose) consumed by microbial biomass that is not released from so...

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📣Now finally with peer-review stamp of approval. Thanks @ashish-malik.bsky.social for being the editor for this paper. soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/...

Aeration and mineral composition of soil mediate microbial CUE

Abstract. In ecosystem studies, microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is often used to estimate the proportion of organic substrate (glucose) consumed by microbial biomass that is not released from so...

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Roey Angel@roeyangel.bsky.social · last yr.

📣New pre-print from my lab, where we show the importance of considering aeration or the redox conditions when measuring carbon use efficiency. egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

🦠 Among #Methylococcales, the genus #Methylobacter has the most genomes and MAGs deposited in the dbs. We found interesting stuff, e.g., some M. spp. encode all three MMOs: pMMO, pXMO, sMMO! Have a look at our ms: doi.org/10.1101/2025... with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius

📢 Funded PhD opportunities for UK candidates in beautiful Edinburgh. Get in touch if you're interested in a PhD on understanding the mechanisms of soil carbon cycling and the role of microbes. We work in different ecosystems: peatlands, forests and agricultural soils. Please repost/spread the word.

Microbiome sequencing has come so far in 2 decades. In my PhD— I used TRFLP…. am now doing long read sequencing of entire soil metagenomes! This review was great fun- thanks Gitta Szabó @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social Tanja Woyke of @jgi.doe.gov www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A genomic view of Earth’s biomes - Nature Reviews Genetics

Genome-wide approaches have uncovered the vast microbial and viral diversity across ecosystems. This Review explores advances in metagenomics, single-cell sequencing and functional profiling to elucid...

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📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts. With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other

"36% of 7,177 manuscripts submitted between January and June 2025 were flagged by Pangram for suspected AI-generated text" I don't think we're ready for the amount of junk text coming our way 😬 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI tool detects LLM-generated text in research papers and peer reviews

Authors and peer reviewers are failing to disclose the use of LLMs despite journal policies limiting their use.

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Unfortunately, the sauna was broken this time, but I guess you can't always have it all...

Anne Daebeler@anne-daebeler.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It was wonderful to take some time to think and develop new ideas ideas together on our annual retreat. And: great vegetarian food, amazing weather, and cats! @roeyangel.bsky.social, @wutkowska.bsky.social

Thanks @luederslab.bsky.social and @femsmicro.org for the opportunity to be a Summer School mentor. I had so much fun and I really hope FEMS will continue this programme in the future.

Tillmann Lueders@luederslab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The @femsmicro.org SSPD 2025 is going strong! 💪 An amazing crowd of postdocs and mentors from all over the globe has gathered for highly inspiring and illuminating discussions of microbiology and career development on the shores of the beautiful Lake of Ohrid - City of Light. 🦠🌞🇲🇰 t1p.de/v7sxs

The @femsmicro.org SSPD 2025 is going strong! 💪 An amazing crowd of postdocs and mentors from all over the globe has gathered for highly inspiring and illuminating discussions of microbiology and career development on the shores of the beautiful Lake of Ohrid - City of Light. 🦠🌞🇲🇰 t1p.de/v7sxs

Huge thanks to co-director Joana Falcao Salles and mentors @roeyangel.bsky.social, @gabrieleberg.bsky.social, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Costa, Max Häggblom, @matehg.bsky.social, @kolb2018.bsky.social, @ashley17061.bsky.social, András Táncsics and ofc. Antonio Ventosa for contributing! 🤩

📢 🦠 A new methanotroph from Czech peat! Through an effort led by PhD student in my group Justus Nweze we isolated and describe a new CH4-muncher. Potential for a flexible (annaerobic) metabolisms and cool pH adaptations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #microbesky #microbiomesky

Genomic and physiological characterization of 'Candidatus Methylocystis sumavensis', a novel acid-tolerant methanotroph from peatland

Methanotrophic bacteria in peatlands mitigate emissions of methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas. Yet, the identity, physiology, and adaptive traits of methanotrophs inhabiting acidic peatlands are s...

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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 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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New collaborative work with colleagues from Biology Centre CAS about the role of tree species and soil depth in microbial necromass accumulation. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Take-home message from Roey Angel: methanogenic Methanobacterium appears to be very common in upland soils as well. #esm2025

What an inspiring group of researchers! And they are all here in Helsinki for the soil microorganisms! 🤩 #esm2025 #soils