I wrote a new tutorial on competitive metagenomic read recruitment (and profiling of the results with #anvio), for those of us nerds who would like to get their hands dirty with data: anvio.org/tutorials/co...

Looking for a cutting-edge and fun conference in 2026? How about: GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026 www.grc.org/geobiology-c... AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026 www.agu.org/abscicon 🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳

⚫ La célèbre primatologue britannique Jane Goodall, "ambassadrice" des chimpanzés et fervente défenseure de la cause environnementale est morte à l'âge de 91 ans, a annoncé mercredi son institut.

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #jcampubs

Pretty little babies 🥰😍⁠ ⁠ The pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) mates and nests in deep-sea thermal springs, where the warm water seeping from the seafloor accelerates the development of their embryos.⁠ Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/pearl...

Real time monitoring of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under deep saline aquifers conditions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.05.652176v1

Microbes can use various energy and carbon sources, allowing them to colonise even the most extreme habitats on Earth. 🦠 @emvidal.bsky.social and @laurashwab.bsky.social discuss dark oxygen production in apparently anoxic environments on this #FEMSmicroBlog. #FascinatingMicrobes

I am very happy (and anxious) to share with you our most recent work in which we evaluated four of the most popular long-read assemblers, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵

#Nautile40 🤿 40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune ! www.ifremer.fr/fr/Nautile40...

Part of our team (@jordonhemingway.bsky.social, C. Fernandes, T. Nagakura, Z. Wang) went sampling in the #Bedretto tunnel this week, looking for #darkoxygen ! Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition! @ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social

A pleasure to organize this symposium with my fellow postdoc organizers Beverly Naigles, Nancy Yang and Nicole Dames! And of course thank you to the MBL community for making it such a sucessful event 😊🧪

I had such a great time learning #anvio last week ! Thank you @floriantrigodet.bsky.social, Iva Veseli and @merenbey.bsky.social for putting together this workshop 😊

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (#IDWGS)! 👩‍🔬 🔬 🌍 #WomenInScience Now more the ever, we value the importance of raising the profile of women and girls engaging with and contributing to science.

www.mbl.edu/news/renewed... Nice article about our course and all eyes on @jadenhansen.bsky.social sequencing microbial DNA using @nanoporetech.com Thanks also @emvidal.bsky.social, Hannah Vanderscheuren and Eleanor Greene for making this happen.