📣 We are accepting applications for our 2026-2028 Bridge-to-PhD Fellowships! If you are a recent or soon-to-be graduate of a 4 year, accredited university/college and interested in ocean science 🌊, learn more here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/! Apply by 6/26/2026 and spread the word 🧪

“Bigelow Laboratory's Center for Aquatic Cytometry is the best place to learn about flow cytometry, and the knowledge and equipment there cannot be matched," wrote one Introduction to Flow Cytometry participant from 2024. "If you use flow cytometry, this is the best way to learn from the experts!"

We all know #fungi are the dominant microbial #eukaryotes in #forest #soils… or are they really? In our new paper, we revisited 51 forest metatranscriptomes from 4 European and North American forest regions - and found that protistan predators outshine fungi in activity!

#JobPost: Scripps Oceanography is hiring a tenure-track faculty position! Are you an expert in the fields of natural products chemistry, chemical ecology, pharmacology, biotechnology, and chemical and synthetic biology? Apply here: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04460

Join us this spring for our Introduction to Aquatic Flow Cytometry course, May 4-8th, 2026. Lots of new instrumentation will be on site. Including spectral & imaging flow cytometers. Please spread the word! More info at bigelow.org/flow

Great group effort from our OCB working group! Thanks to all that contributed.

Today we celebrate the brilliance, resilience, and impact of women in science — and we take action to support what comes next. Through our #GivetoGain International Women’s Day Campaign, CYTO Women is raising funds to support travel for underrepresented scientists presenting at CYTO 2026.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Follow these awesome women ocean scientists, many of whom I'm proud to call colleagues and delighted to call friends. 🧪🦑🌍🐟 go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

Myself and @davidho.bsky.social are convening a panel discussion at #OSM26 on "Ocean science in a time of political uncertainty". Please join us there!

Thank you @mollyherring.bsky.social for the stunning showcase 😍 Like what you see? Come ExM with us! Let’s flood the internet with microbial marvels 🦠 #ProtistsOnSky #MicroEvoSky 🧪🔬🌍 @dudinlab.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @embl.org @erc.europa.eu @embo.org

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #protistsonsky

From February 22-27, more than 5,000 scientists from around the world will gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Ocean Sciences Meeting, an action-packed week of scientific talks, poster sessions, networking opportunities, and more. FMI: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-01-21.html #OSM26

Want to do a postdoc at Friday Harbor Labs? We have two positions open. Apply by March 1st. I am happy to discuss potential projects with fish people. apply.interfolio.com/180092 🧪

🎯 Marine sites wanted! Join eDNA Expeditions, an OBIS-led project mobilizing environmental DNA to support local marine biodiversity monitoring and increase global ocean knowledge. ☑️ Kits, training & support provided ✅ Don't miss the opportunity! ➡️ ednaexpeditions.org

Microbial eukaryotes keep challenging assumptions about eukaryotic cell and genome biology. Our upcoming workshop explores the frontier of protist genomics and how it shapes cell biology, ecology and evolution. Please save the date! Talks, posters and ECR events Websites and details coming soon

Love aquatic research, teaching, and outreach? Want to join us at our terrific field station and live on Yellow Bay, Montana? University of Montana seeks a new Director for Flathead Lake Biological Station. Position details here: apply.interfolio.com/178916

If you’ve been meaning to submit, consider this your mid-week motivation! Your research has the power to spark ideas, inspire collaboration, and drive the field forward, but only if you share it! You still have time to submit before the deadline on December 15th: cytoconference.org/abstracts.html

I am excited to announce two significant improvements to SCGC services: 1. A two-fold reduction of service fees for FACS-based SAG generation. 2. Massively parallel sequencing of single cells and extracellular genetic elements using semipermeable microcapsules (SPCs). scgc.bigelow.org

Freaking wild videos - go watch all of them! I cannot decide which one I love more! Radler et al. "Dynamic protrusions mediate unique crawling motility in Asgard Archaea (Promethearchaeota)" Very creative live-microscopy work #testthymetagenomichypotheses www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our lab from @HHMINEWS & @UCBerkeley is looking for undergrads to come for an internship! www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...

Join us for “How Deep is Your Love” on Nov. 20—with a special live stream from UT marine scientist Brett Baker & team on the R/V Falkor (too) as they search the deep seas for #AsgardArchaea! @archaeal.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/events/publi...

On behalf of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we are excited to invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at the rank of assistant professor. www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa... position number 0082726

No crew, no problem! 🤖 Our #AutoNaut has completed a successful mission in #Plymouth Sound with @noc.ac.uk as part of the @marco-bolo.bsky.social project - collecting #plankton images & #eDNA samples autonomously using cutting-edge #AutonomousTech. Find out more🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/no-crew...

Are you an oceanographer or marine biologist with an interest in marine biodiversity and climate change? Our upcoming scientific meeting will look at #ClimateChange and #BiodiversityLoss linkages in ocean ecosystems: royalsociety.org/science-even...

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960

The Brown and Stachowicz labs are looking for a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the thermal dependence of disease in eelgrass! As a bonus you get to be based at the Bodega Marine Lab! Interested? Find out more here: brown-ecology.com/join-us/

Happy to have been a part of this collaboration on a exciting novel approach to analyze the genomes of individual extracellular genetic elements including non-canonical marine viruses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊

Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA 📢 PLEASE RT 🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation ☀️ Marseille, France ‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20... This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.

I'm delighted our paper is out: doi.org/10.1093/isme... With new SAR11 isolate genomes and time-series metagenomes, we reveal coastal and offshore SAR11 ecotypes, identify associated metabolic traits, and pinpoint selective gene sweeps as a likely evolutionary driver to niche partitioning. 🌊🦠

📢Putting the spotlight on early-career scientists! Do you know an ECS whose work should take centre stage? Nominate them to be our early-career scientist keynote speaker at ICES ASC 2026. ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/ECSasc26Keynote.aspx

It’s #worldalgaeday and my most favourite of algae is the diatoms! Single-celled and microscopic, these algae are so important, storing carbon, making oxygen, cycling nutrients, providing food, and even helping innovations in science and medicine! #marineplankton 🦑

🌍💙 Happy International Coccolithophore Day! 💙🌍 Today, Oct 10, we celebrate tiny ocean builders that capture CO₂, shape marine ecosystems & keep our climate in balance. When Cocco talks, climate walks. #CoccolithophoreDay #OceanClimate #InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #protistsonsky

Now Accepting Workshop, Scientific Tutorial, & Abstract Submissions for CYTO 2026! Whether you're ready to make waves with a workshop, lead a tutorial under the sun, or dive deep with your latest research abstract, now’s your time! Learn more & submit: www.cytoconference.org/presentations.html

A prototype submersible sheathless flow cytometer designed for autonomous platforms aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #jcampubs 🌊

🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year! "Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)." www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

INTERESTED IN THE NEW GRFP? On Thursday, October 16th, 2025, 1 – 2pm ET, special #NSF BIO Directorate Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program #GRFP. Attendees should submit questions ahead of the VOH. Register and submit questions at nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

Science news article about 2nd year grad students being unceremoniously dropped from the GRFP eligibility with no explanation or warning: www.science.org/content/arti...

#NewResearch Baizosediminiarchaeum, a key player in the deep biosphere, builds butanetriol dialkyl glycerol tetraether membrane lipids and feeds on both CO2 and lignin, revealing a survival strategy in low-energy environments. #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

After a long day of discussing future field work to study #DeepSeaMining, this short documentary was a welcome reminder of the why - there is still so much we don’t know about the deep sea! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jcm...

Come join the BioGOSHIP team. In search of a postdoc at NOAA/Miami.

🌊 Future ocean warming may cause large reductions in Prochlorococcus biomass and productivity Prochlorococcus = Earth’s most abundant photosynthetic organism and crucial to oceanic ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great work on lateral gene transfer rates by prokaryoplankton - from the Single Cell Genomics Center at Bigelow Laboratory!

2026 OCB Activity Proposal Solicitation now open until Oct 24 - spread the word! www.us-ocb.org/science-supp... @nacp-carbon.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social @ccspo.bsky.social @solas-ipo.bsky.social 🌊

Looking forward to seeing you in Glasgow for the next Ocean Sciences Meeting. Please join us!

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Join us at the Ocean Sciences Mtg, Feb 22-27, 2026 in Glasgow, UK at our session OB012 on Advances in Aquatic Microbial biodiversity using Flow and Imaging Cytometry. Abstracts are due Aug 20, 2025.