NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.

EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net

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It’s out! There are so many fun back stories with this project’s origin story & how it reshaped my career trajectory. For now, plz welcome my lab’s culture collection of #Symbiodiniaceae associated bacteria! & the many siderophores they produce! 🧪 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Widespread siderophore production among Symbiodiniaceae-associated bacteria

Abstract. Nutritional exchanges fuel the evolutionary and ecological dominance of multi-partner symbioses among reef-building corals and microbial associat

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Single-cell transcriptomics reveals a new marine parasite: Characterization and distribution of Rozellomyces from the Gulf of Alaska ⛴️🔬🌊 Congrats Adarsh and all co-authors: @protistwtmostest.bsky.social, Gordon, @pjkeelinglab.bsky.social, and Naomi! #ProtistsOnSky

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals a new marine parasite: Characterization and distribution of Rozellomyces from the Gulf of Alaska

Parasitic microorganisms play critical roles in shaping aquatic ecosystems, yet many lineages, such as those within the phylum Rozellomycota, remain poorly understood. Here, we describe a new rozel...

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Metatranscriptomics-based investigation of bacterial community dynamics across a dissolved organic matter gradient in southern Lake Michigan journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

Even in a world of extremes, some events still stand out to me. This is one. All-time monthly records are being shattered. The size of this ridge across the western U.S. is truly striking for March, and we see a very clear climate change connection. Explore: csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

Characterization of phytoplankton-excreted metabolites mediating carbon flux through the surface ocean www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊

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I look at these kinds of protists ALL THE TIME. I have never seen them in situ like this. One cell. Absolutely remarkable. #protistsonsky

Schmidt Ocean Institute@schmidtocean.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Wow. Foraminifera! ROV pilots paused and carefully zoomed in to collect footage of these single-celled microorganisms, or protists, at 843 m during the #OBVI #LivingBioreactors expedition w/ @schmidtsciences.bsky.social offshore of Argentina. Read the full caption: youtube.com/shorts/Yv_ud...

Read the RFP and watch your happiness turn to pure rage

Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Ocean Ecosystems seeks manuscripts that cover the following topics: 1) Marine ecology 2)Biological oceanography 3)Global change biology 4)Ecological physiology 5)Evolutionary processes 6)Ecosystem... @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @springernature.com @juliemeilland.bsky.social

BMC@bmc.springernature.com · 10mo ago

'BMC's newly launched journal Ocean Ecosystems has published its first introductory editorial article! Read more now! 🌍

Sweet new paper dropped a few days ago about #oysters and #disease -- doi.org/10.3354/dao0...

🌊🔬 Looking for a postdoc to join our team! Cocco-Channel project ➡️ studying coccolithophore phycospheres and their role in ocean carbon cycling. ✔️ Plus if you bring experience in microbial ecology, molecular/microscopy tools & fieldwork 👉 More info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/375178 #protistsonsky

We're hiring for several positions (a post-bac researcher in #transcriptomics, a #phage #postdoc, a senior researcher (broad topics) and a graduate student to work on #ciliates) - find info here: www.marine.usf.edu/genomics/app...

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Awesome lab doing great science and leading the way in marine omics research!

@lukethompsonphd.bsky.social · last yr.

My group at NOAA/Miami is hiring a postdoc to lead a marine eDNA biodiversity effort (Bio-GO-SHIP). You'll develop and deploy high-throughput metabarcoding assays for ocean DNA. Help make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring! t.co/p53s7E0YiL

Please, #microbiome and #sequencing data are NOT zero-inflated. Let's stop repeating this nonsense. Zero-inflated compared to what?? Those zeroes carry important information about abundance and sequencing depth, and are not "inflated" in any sense. 1/6

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Discover the wonders of 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴 🤩 This parasitic protist undergoes rapid #CellDivision : from a single sporangium to hundreds of motile zoospores. A stunning glimpse into the speed and precision of microbial life! 🌊🔬 Stay tuned for more 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴 insights! #CellBiology #ProtistsOnSky

I was today years old when I found this gem of a web app to explore 2500+ color palettes for R: r-graph-gallery.com/color-palett...

R Color Palette Finder

The ultimate tool for finding the perfect color palette for data visualization with R and paletteer. Explore over 2000 palettes, see them in action on various charts, simulate color blindness, and exp...

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Deep life is astonishing and diverse, and we have so much more to learn! So happy that this study is out. Big thanks to co-first author @bellahda.bsky.social and all the collaborators! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org @mblscience.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org #deeplife #microbiome

A global comparison of surface and subsurface microbiomes reveals large-scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide

The microbiomes of Earth’s surface and subsurface environments are different in composition, but similar in diversity.

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NINE fish biologist jobs at NOAA, could be your Christmas present! Applications due 23 December 2024, ZP3-ZP4 salary $72,553 - $181,216 per year www.usajobs.gov/job/823751900

Phytoplankton are awesome! #phytoplankon #biooce

Phytoplankton Monitoring in Gulf of Maine as a Signal of Climate Change Impacts

UNH researchers study phytoplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Maine to understand climate change impacts, marine biodiversity shifts, and sustainable ecosystem management.

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Metabolites reflect variability introduced by mesoscale eddies in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... #jcampubs 🌊

We've got a new paper out! Our team shows that #Mesodinium rubrum can (temporarily) make a living on blue-green prey, something that surprised my science-big-brother Matt Johnson so much that he made me run the central experiment 5 times. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Retention of blue‐green cryptophyte organelles by Mesodinium rubrum and their effects on photophysiology and growth

As chloroplast-stealing or “kleptoplastidic” lineages become more reliant on stolen machinery, they also tend to become more specialized on the prey from which they acquire this machinery. For exampl...

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The first North Atlantic #rightwhale calves of the season have been spotted off Georgia by Clearwater Marine Aquarium! Cheers to whale moms Nauset + Minus One! 📲 Keep track of these #criticallyendangered newborns w/ @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social: go.whoi.edu/neaq-calves... 📸 NOAA permit 26919

A very important algal culture collection.

CCAP@ccapoban.bsky.social · 2y ago

CCAP is marking 20 years of being hosted by the Scottish Association for Marine Science near Oban. The Collection moved fully to Oban in 2004, and has previously been located in Windermere and Cambridge. Here's to another 20+ years! CCAP is funded by NERC @ukri.org www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...