‼️Job alert‼️ @voltcenter.bsky.social is looking for a #postdoc to conduct cutting-edge, hypothesis-driven research within the scientific area of VOLT, focusing on process understanding related to VOC exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. You can propose a research plan employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the Center for Volatile Interactions

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Excited to share that I've been awarded a 5-year NIH MIRA (R35) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences! The lab is growing! We're recruiting postdocs and research techs interested in microbial ecology, quantitative microscopy, microfluidics, and molecular biology. Please share!

New preprint: We studied the population dynamics of Arctic #phytoplankton and #mycoplankton and found evidence for chytrid-mediated diatom bloom termination. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Congrats @paulinethome.bsky.social #protists #protistsonsky #algae #diatoms #chytrids

Happy to see Elisa Hernández Magaña's paper out in ISME Commun tinyurl.com/42xzvdzs We show that dark oxygen production is a common trait among AOA and also occurs in AOB. Many thanks to our coauthors Don Canfield, Alyson Santoro and Muzi Li and @villumfonden.bsky.social for supporting this work.

Oxygen production via nitric oxide dismutation in diverse ammonia oxidizers

Abstract. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are widespread and highly abundant in nature. Despite their typical aerobic metabolism, they thrive in ecosystems

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Isolation of Allocrenothrix methanica reveals distinct ecophysiologies of filamentous methanotrophs and adaptations to O2 limitation academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Isolation of Allocrenothrix methanica reveals distinct ecophysiologies of filamentous methanotrophs and adaptations to O2 limitation

Abstract. Ferdinand Cohn observed abundant filamentous bacteria in drinking water wells in 1870 that he named Crenothrix polyspora. Subsequent research has

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New cool paper on previously unexplored metabolism in 🦠Methylobacter🦠 under oxygen-limited conditions that involve extracellular electron transfer: 'Electrogenic CH₄ oxidation on a bioanode: putative extracellular electron transport system in Methylobacter sp.' academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

Electrogenic CH₄ oxidation on a bioanode: putative extracellular electron transport system in Methylobacter sp.

Abstract. Aerobic methanotrophs are frequently detected in oxygen-limited, stratified coastal environments. Known adaptations, including high-affinity term

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So much science done to understand methane and efforts to reduce its emissions are summarised and packed into this fantastic video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWHf...

The easiest climate change win ever

YouTube video by Simon Clark

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Major contribution of anaplerosis to inorganic carbon fixation in the dark ocean www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊

Major contribution of anaplerosis to inorganic carbon fixation in the dark ocean - Nature Geoscience

While most newly formed organic carbon in the dark ocean is derived from chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms, 17% also comes from an alternative pathway called anaplerosis that is related to the tric...

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Methane eaters cannot speed up enough www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Methane eaters cannot speed up enough - Nature Climate Change

Global warming boosts freshwater methane production. Now, a study shows that methane oxidizing bacteria cannot increase their methane consumption rates enough in response to warming-induced enhancemen...

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A fixed methane filter maximizes freshwater emissions under warming www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A fixed methane filter maximizes freshwater emissions under warming - Nature Climate Change

How the balance of microbial methane production and oxidation in freshwater systems will change with warming is unclear. This study uses natural warming experiments to demonstrate that methane emissio...

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Extracellular electron transfer in cable bacteria enables growth rates comparable to aerobic respiration www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Do biofilms give an ecological advantage? Yes! A fantastic follow-up to our previous biofilm work in ammonia-oxidizing archaea: "Biofilm Lifestyle Drives Ecophysiological Niche Expansion in an Archaeal Soil Nitrifier" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Congratulations to all authors! #archaea

Many seek "silver bullet" #methane solutions, but as authors state: "the most direct way to reduce methane emissions from #ruminants is to decrease the population size of ruminants". Dietary change for humans, not supplements for cows... #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health - npj Sustainable Agriculture

npj Sustainable Agriculture - Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health

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Don’t reach for ChatGPT Images or Nano Banana as your first option when creating scientific images There are multiple free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations. #plantscience @stephenturner.us blog.stephenturner.us/p/free-open-...

Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations

Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics

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Surprisingly little info on the BrowserGate by LinkedIn here browsergate.eu/executive-su.... Here are a few things to do to take action against: browsergate.eu/take-action/

Grab a coffee and enjoy reading up on CO metabolism in methanotrophs! Freshwater ANME (own work): www.nature.com/articles/s41... Marine ANME (@Orphan lab): www.nature.com/articles/s41... Big thanks to our collaborators at QUT! @sjmcilroy.bsky.social (Heyu/Andy/Gene!) @cuwelte.bsky.social

Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic methanotrophic archaea - Nature Communications

Anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea mitigate methane emissions in anoxic environments. Here, Egas et al. show that these microbes can also oxidize carbon monoxide, prompting re-evaluation of their cla...

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Preprint out! Anaerobic methanotrophs are key methane oxidizers, but their activity/adaptation under acidic conditions remains unclear. We show that a freshwater ANME adapts to pH stress via shifts in lipid composition and remains metabolically active down to pH 5.65. Expanding the niche of ANME.

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Adaptation of the freshwater anaerobic methanotroph 'Ca. Methanoperedens vercellensis' to low pH levels reveals membrane lipid remodelling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.11.717812v1

If your research explores community dynamics, ecological interactions, biogeochemical processes, or ecosystem-level implications, FEMS Microbiology Ecology may provide the right platform to reach a global environmental microbiology audience. Learn more: buff.ly/m4FoTih

Do you love microbiology and science communication? FEMS is recruiting a volunteer co‑host for the FEMS Webinar Series and the Microbes & Us podcast, an opportunity to become a public-facing voice for the global microbiology community. Apply by 30 March: buff.ly/eOZpm2g

🔊SAVE THE DATE for our 6th SORTEE conference: 13-14th Oct 2026! Registration & content submission (unconferences, hackathons, workshops) will open soon. Keep an👁️on sortee.org/upcoming/ #SORTEE2026 To join the mailing list for conference updates, click: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📣 Methane causes ~30% of global warming, & despite emissions reductions, a major gap will remain by 2050. #BiologicalMethaneRemoval is one of the most promising ways to close that gap. With @sparkclimate.bsky.social, we convened 30 experts, resulting in 22 problem statements. 🔗 bit.ly/3PdO1RL

This looks absolutely great. For those of us interested in pangenomes, I am sure this will be a super place to get data and the interface is very clean (plotly). Congrats to the authors (I don't know if they are on bsky): pangbank.genoscope.cns.fr

Come work with us on #darkoxygen as part of the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. It is an amazing opportunity to get up to 3 years of funding. Deadlines are March 1. and November 1. Happy to discuss your ideas! Details here: zintellect.com/Opportunity/... @mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology

Come work with us! 🧪🌐🧑‍💻🌿🐸❄️ I am hireing a #postdoc in Climate Change Ecology to work on Ecological Synthesis and support the upcoming #IPCC report as a Chapter Scientist (CH14: terrestrial, freshwater and cryopspheric biodiversity, ecosystems, and services. #IPCC #AR7 @ipcc.bsky.social

Between the Fjords Research Group@btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌍Come work with us! We are hiring a postdoc in Climate Change Ecology. In this position, you will work on Climate Change synthesis research, and assist the upcoming IPCC report (CH14: impacts on terrestrial, freshwater and cryosphere) 🌿🐸❄️ Deadline: 8 March More information: tinyurl.com/2c83uakz

I’m looking for two postdoctoral scientists in experimental evolution to join my team from April 2026 (or soon after). Please share! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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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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

⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this. Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?

A quick microbio present before the holidays 🎁 >150 years after their first description, filamentous "Crenothrix bacteria" are now in stable laboratory culture! In our pre-print, we probe the unique physiology & ecology of the "lacustrine" group of these enigmatic methane-oxidizing microbes... 1/2

Isolation of Crenothrix bacteria reveals the distinct ecophysiologies of filamentous methanotrophs and adaptations to redox stress

At the dawn of modern microbiology, Cohn observed abundant filamentous bacteria in drinking water wells that he named Crenothrix polyspora. Subsequent research has revealed the methanotrophic metaboli...

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🚨 New paper out: Ecogenomics of Methylobacter 🦠 - three different MMOs to oxidize CH4 in single species - machinery for nitrogen, sulfur, iron, and hydrogen metabolisms - adaptations to low O2 conditions ... led by @wutkowska.bsky.social tinyurl.com/pmntwuk6 #MicrobeSky #pangenome

Uncovering hidden phylo: and ecogenomic diversity of the widespread methanotrophic genus Methylobacter

Abstract. The globally distributed genus Methylobacter plays a crucial role in mitigating methane emissions from diverse ecosystems, including freshwater a

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