Polyploid cyanobacterial genomes provide a reservoir of mutations, allowing rapid evolution of herbicide resistance www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Was great to be part of this study headed up by @scaralbi.bsky.social. We are very excited by the finding that chromosomal polyploidy could be an important driver in the #evolution of #cyanobacteria and other prokaryotes. 🧬🦠

Very well done to @scaralbi.bsky.social (Howe Group) on being runner-up for the @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 2024 H E Woodman prize for the best PhD thesis in genetics or biochemistry related to food or agriculture: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/prize-a...

In the pools of Éire’s shore, the green ones sing

Role of Cyanobacteria in the assembly and dynamics of microbial communities on glacier surfaces www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Here's something a little different to our usual research for my inaugral Bluesky Post. In our new perspective out now in Applied Phycology, we describe how you can use the electrical signals of algae to generate music 🦠⚡️🎵. 🧵1/12 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to @cenmag.bsky.social for this great article about our efforts to create music with algae 🎶🦠