What might a functional theory for the genetics of adaption look like? A first proposal: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-... TL;DR : it’s all about rebalancing stress and growth.

🚨 Registration for VEGA26 is 👏 officially open 👏 🚨 The 5th edition of our Viral EcoGenomics and Applications symposium will be held November 18-19, 2026, on the UC Berkeley campus 🧬 🦠 🔬 🧫 Event website ➡️ jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us... Registration link ➡️ cvent.me/e0RnA0

Want to think about ecology differently this summer? Still some spots at the 2026 Unifying Ecology Across Scales GRC. www.grc.org/unifying-eco...

Last day of #ASMicrobe, with a lot of exciting talks and sessions still to come ! Including one near and dear to my heart: long-term dynamics of environmental microbiomes, where we'll hear all about time-series 'omics datasets across many ecosystems, from rivers to soils to insects (and more) 🎉

Presenting my final poster later today at #ASMicrobe

Since 1899, we’ve been known as the American Society for Microbiology, or ASM. We will now be known simply as ASM. We’re introducing a new brand identity that better reflects who we are, where we are headed and what drives us. Explore now: asm.social/2XF ASM. Microbes Make Our World.

Three amazing sets of plenaries this week @asm.org's Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM) Scientific Unit in Washington, DC: @noahfierer.bsky.social, Janet Jansson, @paulturnerlab.bsky.social, @benwolfe.bsky.social, @karenlloyd.bsky.social, Dianne Newman

As climate risks accelerate, infectious disease threats are intensifying. A new ASM–AGU report outlines the science needed for better disease detection, attribution and preparedness.📘https://asm.social/2Wz @agu.org #ClimateScience #InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology

Informed by leading scientists, the report emphasizes the need for collaboration across climate science, microbiology and public health to better protect communities and strengthen health systems worldwide. asm.org/reports/role... @asm.org @agu.org @bwfund.bsky.social @astmh.bsky.social

The next issue of Microcosm drops next week, which means our Fall 2025 issue "Animal Microbiology" is now OPEN ACCESS! Check it out & make sure your ASM membership is up to date for full access to the upcoming issue.🔗 asm.social/2Wf

More on the Innes lab search. USDA inspection had cleared the lab earlier this year, and the arrest of the postdoc who received undeclared shipment of plasmid-bearing bacteria was more than a year ago. Truly unprecedented in US science. www.ipm.org/news/2026-05...

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

"Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health" There are nearly 4 billion domesticated ruminants on Earth. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

"When energy is scarce, evolution selects dormancy" Commentary by Chris Kempes in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The Bisson Lab at IU (bissonlab.com) is hiring makers/builders/engineers across all career stages to join our team in one of the most exciting and crazy projects I've set to work on. Candidates can email us: [email protected] More info in the thread [1/3]

What are the foundations of #ComplexSystems & #NetSci, really? Working in this field? Contribute a small set of papers you consider foundational (DOI only): both the obvious and the overlooked matter. 🕒 <10 minutes 👉 Take the survey: manliodedomenico.com/complexity_m... 🧵 1/ more info 👇

Check out the biennial Microbial Ecology and Evolution Hubs meeting. Submit abstract here by April 26: meehubs2026.oa-event.com

🎉 Congratulations to ESA’s 8 new Fellows and 10 new Early Career Fellows! These honorees are advancing ecological science through research, leadership, and service. Learn more about these individuals in our full announcement: https://ow.ly/Ao1V50YK00I

Two new papers from our group! Dutton & Subalusky labs @ufresearch.bsky.social, Frauendorf lab at @colgate.edu, @cgrupstra.bsky.social lab at #FAU, and Post lab at #Yale on how large wildlife reshape ecosystems 🦛🌊🧵

Bring the worlds of science and society together through policy and advocacy with the Brad Fenwick Fellowship for the Advancement of Civic Science. Applications close May 3 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Learn more and apply now: asm.org/articles/pol...

📢 Grow your career with ASM Journals! Apply to become an editor for mBio, mSphere, mSystems or Microbiology Spectrum—now through a single application where you can select your journal of interest. 🔗Apply by April 24: asm.social/2SN

ASM urges Congress to reject proposed cuts to science, research and public health in the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request and instead build on the investments made in FY2026. Read our statement: asm.org/Articles/Pol...

Looking forward to hearing you talk about your work @ericamhartmann.bsky.social! 🙇‍♂️

Nice press for our collaborators on the recent paper they led. (with more to come 😀). @sullivan-lab.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social news.osu.edu/getting-a-gl...

A 20% budget cut atop multiyear funding-induced cuts to research and direct terminations of projects underway will further degrade American leadership in science. This is early news & not even a proposal or appropriations - precisely the reason to speak out now. rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...

🧬🦠🔬📣 First announcement for the 2026 edition of our Viral EcoGenomics and Applications symposium - VEGA26 will take place November 18 and 19 at UC Berkeley. We'll add more information at jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us... , but save the date already for 2 exciting days of viral ecogenomics !

Environmental microbiology connects climate change, the bioeconomy, and One Health—but not in the way most people think. Microbes control carbon, enable sustainable technologies, and shape health across ecosystems. Brian Badgley, Ph.D., explains why that matters now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXq...

Congrats to Emiley @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social on being selected as a fellow for the American Academy of Microbiology's Class of 2026. Full story: go.lbl.gov/Eloe-Fadrosh_AAM More on our Metagenome Program: https://jgi.doe.gov/science-programs/metagenome-program @asm.org @microbiomedata.org

From leading R&D in biotech to working for NASA, Veronica Garcia, Ph.D., Scientific Director of the ASM AEM unit, shares her love for microbes and how the AEM unit will advance science-driven solutions in climate change, water systems & food production. asm.org/podcasts/mtm...

The American Academy of Microbiology proudly announces the election of 63 fellows to the Class of 2026. Over the past 50 years, the Academy has elected +2,700 distinguished scientists. This year, the new fellows hail from 14 countries. Read press release: asm.social/2OC

#ASLO is honored to announce Dr. Debbie Lindell as the recipient of the 2026 Hutchinson Award for pioneering contributions to understanding how viruses shape marine microbial ecology, revealing host–virus interactions from single cells to entire ocean basins. Read more: www.aslo.org/aslo-honors-...

Phage infection fronts trigger early sporulation and viral entrapment in bacterial populations #Bacillussubtilis #ISMEJournal by Andreea Măgălie et al from @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and @jaytlennon.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

For #IDWGS, read our interviews with some of Biology Open's #WomeninSTEM first authors. First up, Anna Lennon is a PhD student at Indiana University, USA, in @jaytlennon.bsky.social’s lab, investigating the evolution of division of the labour system engaged in dormancy. doi.org/10.1242/bio....

The NCKRI National Seed Grant Program is designed to enable investigators to initiate new cave and karst research, and incentivize new principal investigators to enter the field: www.nmt.edu/research/org...

www.growkudos.com/publications... New work with @ckarakoc.bsky.social and @shoestrapped.bsky.social in @pnas.org

Evolutionary bioenergetics of sporulation "energetic cost of sporulation in units of ATP by integrating time-resolved genome, transcriptome, and proteome profiles" #Bsubtilis #MicroSky #PNAS by @ckarakoc.bsky.social @shoestrapped.bsky.social @jaytlennon.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Want to ride the front of the wave of all-things-microbiology; field work, cultivation, microscopy, molecular, bioinformatics and AI tools? Me too! Please join us @mblscience.bsky.social for the 2026 Summer Microbial Diversity Course! Applications due soon. www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Happy to share my solo-authored Perspective "An Interpretation, Survey, and Outlook of Microbial Macroecology"! Making time these last few months to take stock of the patterns us microbial ecologists examine + models we invoke has been invaluable. Feedback welcome! ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Final week to apply for SFI’s 2026 immersive, summer programs in complexity science: Apply by Feb 4, 2026 CSSS and GWCSS : www.santafe.edu/engage/learn... Journalism Fellowship: santafe.edu/journalism-f...

Another product from Dr. Ying-Chih 'Ella' Chuang's time in my lab - bacteria that excrete purines are better equipped to tolerate inhibitory effects of purines, suggesting a physiological basis behind some cross-feeding interactions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Final call to submit your science! General abstract submission for ASM Microbe 2026 closes Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. This is your last chance to present your research at the meeting. Submit now: asm.social/2Mc

ALERT: Abstract submission deadline is tomorrow (21 January) for the ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting within ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington, D.C. (4-7 June). @asm.org asm.org/events/asm-m... 🧵 for more information including themes for Contributed Abstracts for In-Depth Sessions:

Abstracts are due on Wednesday y'all. Lots of cool phage work at this year's meeting. Submit your abstracts soon and come hang out with us! asm.org/events/asm-m...

🚨 Reminder 🚨 Abstract deadline for ASM Microbe meetings, including the Applied and Environmental Microbiology Meeting, is *Jan 21* ! 👇👇 Join us in DC to share your latest research and hear about new discoveries on microbes in water, on land, and every place in between ! asm.org/events/asm-m...

A new platform for scientific collaboration is here. The ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology (AEM) Scientific Unit unites experts in the microbial sciences to translate discovery into solutions for climate resilience, food security, & sustainability. asm.social/2LI