Last call for applications! Please send to any bioinformatics Masters students seeking an internship ❄️🧬 🦠

Karaoke is always good for the soul 🤟🏻

Nice study revisiting nirK: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...

Volta experiment at the GRC AEM with @jjmarlow.bsky.social and @dkountz.bsky.social (video by Zackary Jay)

Oliver giving his best “come hither” look

A great review article about deep learning methods applied to metagenomic analyses: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

My interview with @nature.com “A new direction in our work is to understand the microbial inhabitants of the atmosphere. Is it just a dispersal mechanism for dormant cells, or does it harbour active microbes that grow and divide?” Thanks James Crow & @jacopaso.bsky.social ❄️ tinyurl.com/42u5tz5c

I'll defend my HDR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches) on 1st September at @mioceanologie.bsky.social 🦠❄️🌊⛰️🌨️🧬🔬🌡️✨ (also I don't have much of a clue about the HDR process in France so if you can give me some advice please do 🤪)

A wonderful first day of amazing talks at #AIxBio! If you work in the biology-AI space, I strongly recommend this meeting.

Are you stressed about the world? Look at my cute kitties :)

so cool! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... Nice work @martinsteinegger.bsky.social et al :)

What is that👇? ? Ancient birch gum which preserved enough DNA to reconstruct the full human genome of the chewer, identify her mouth microbes, and her last prehistoric meal! Researchers including Michael Dee @rug.nl chewed the cud on this 😉. #FrontierResearch 👉 buff.ly/EhRzZ3y

I am hiring a research/technical specialist/manager to help us make the most out of new LC-MS instrumentation at USC! Please share the word and write me for more details. usc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

It somehow is June already, which means that the abstract deadline for the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle meeting #ENC28 is less than two weeks away… Register now, and join us for an amazing program in lovely Vienna in September! univie.eventsair.com/enc2025/

Are you a microbial ecologist who wants to use machine learning but not sure how/when to do so? This is a great article to consult! journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

🥁NEW publication from our lab: the largest meta-analysis of gut microbiome associations with CRC! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵⬇️ 1/6

One month left to apply for a PhD position in my group on the ERC funded project EcoMEMO. Link to the PhD course and application: unibo.it/en/study/phd... Please contact me if you need more info on the project, the group and life in Italy in general. More info below⬇️

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... Application Deadline July 31, 2025

Fantastic study of the evolution of epistasis in paralogs!

On May 28, the small Alpine village of Blatten, Switzerland, was almost entirely buried under a massive landslide, following the collapse of a nearby glacier.

Microbial biofilms can contribute to the deterioration of steel-reinforced concrete structures and significantly impact their service life. Kop et al. researched communities of nitrifiers living within these biofilms and their role in concrete degradation. buff.ly/9Ad1gDh #FEMSMicrobiolEcol

Hey #CryoEM and #TeamTomo world— check this powerful tool for optimizing your maps! 🧪🧶🧬🔬

#microfluidicimaging #shelf #marinescience #oxygen #climatechange

I am so pleased to share our newest publication in Limnology and Oceanography! We characterized the microbial community composition of sinking particles regulating the carbon flux in Fayetteville Green Lake, an early earth analogue environment. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

The Trottier Space Institute (tsi.mcgill.ca) at McGill is currently advertising for 3 open staff positions.

🦠 Bacteria and archaea fine-tune CRISPR immunity by silencing ‘extraneous’ CRISPR RNAs (ecrRNAs) that could sabotage defense. Weinberg’s lab @UniLeipzig & @BeiselLab reveal 3 strategies in type II-C systems that mitigate ecrRNAs and maintain precision. ✂️🧬 buff.ly/xcSOMpG

Thursday! Episode 92 of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. Valerie DeAnda Torres of the University of Florida joined the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work of her research group in studying evolution of metabolic pathways in the deep ocean. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord! youtu.be/nNcXGmh9CZo?...

Out in Science! Zakem et al. mechanistically modeled global marine prokaryotic functional diversity, grounded with field data. Shifts in community composition drive respiration and thus biological C storage. This facilitates C cycle projections in a warming ocean www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Come work with us! We are currently hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in marine microbial environmental genomics, to focus on microorganisms that produce and consume greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the coastal Baltic Sea. Apply before 22 June! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Exciting! We have successfully deployed our in situ mass spectrometer, developed together with @marumunibremen.bsky.social, on their brand new #ROV #MARUM-QUEST 5000. It provides real-time in­form­a­tion on gas con­cen­tra­tions in wa­ter 400°C hot and 4000m deep. mpi-bremen.de/en/Diving-ro...

New vacancy in my team! PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture. Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :) www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #MEvoSky #MicroSky

Mighty microbes — the invisible forces that can save the world www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Cinque Terre

More of La Spezia

Man what a way to have your morning coffee. I ❤️ La Spezia, Italy

We are looking forward to this Wednesday! #UniTrentoCIBIO Happy Hour PLUS the internal seminar by our lab member Gianmarco Piccinno on the human gut microbiome in oncology!

We are hosting the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle meeting at @univie.ac.at in Vienna from Sept 8-11. Join us for a varied program featuring many aspects of the microbial N-cycle. Deadline for abstract submission (and early bird registration): June 15th! More info: univie.eventsair.com/enc2025/

🚨 Only 1 week to left to register for the next #FEMSWebinar on Microbial Dark Matter! Join 4 experts as they explore the lesser-known side of microbiology. Topics include antimicrobial discovery, resistance profiling & imaging innovations. Register 👉 buff.ly/7nFyEIj #MicrobialDarkMatter

🥁 New publication Our latest study in collab w/ the Groningen Microbiome Hub team is OUT! We identified 484 microbial-strain-level associations with 241 host phenotypes, encompassing human anthropometric factors, biochemical measurements, diseases, and lifestyle. And more! For more details 🧵 ⬇️

Genomes from long-read metagenomic assemblies contain rampant errors, highlighting the pressing need for stricter evaluation methods in long-read assembly algorithms. Read more in our paper with the Eren group. @floriantrigodet.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social

Dormancy as a crucial low-pass filter of ecosystem and Earth system processes: "Dormancy manifests differently across taxonomically and functionally distinct microbial groups, and operates over timescales ranging from hours to millennia" ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology

Super cool! #MicroSky

Looking forward to #AACR25! April 26: Nicola Segata will talk abt human gut microbiome in oncology April 28: Gianmarco Piccinno will present poster w/ findings on CRC and microbiome Full program here: www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr...

Interested in RNA virus discovery? You can still register for the RdRp summit and attend remotely! We'll have some really nice talks and cutting edge discussions on best practices and new directions in the field. rdrp.io #phagesky #virosky #bioinformatics

Belated #TBT to when the grad school used a photo of me with the lyophilizer as my graduation ceremony photo

Meshuggah concert last night!

Meet the artists of Survival in Extreme Conditions: Our colleague Charlotte Recke is currently aboard RV Sonne on cruise SO311 to investigate hydrothermal vents at the Brothers Volcano in the southern Kermadec Arc. Here she tells you what she is up to these days: www.marum.de/en/Logbook-S...

#caturday ❤️

We'll commit to a slice 🥧 Happy Pi Day!

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