Understanding the microbial ecology of biofuel production is essential to improving yields and sustainability. Yet only a handful of studies examine interactions between yeast and contaminating bacteria. Check out our new mini-review here: doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Join us online for the Education and Outreach Network Winter Conference on 7 November 2025. Attendance is free, and registration remains open until 4 November 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Register now: Link in bio

Curious about how anthropogenic actions reshape microbial communities and their role in ecosystems and public health? 🌎 I’m looking for a PhD student to join my lab at AU. Admission would be through our Biomedical & Environmental Health Sciences program, which offers five fully funded fellowships.

Assembling MAGs from Amazonian soils is a challenge, but it has become one of our most useful tools to understand these complex communities. Check out our new paper at MRA @asm.org doi.org/10.1128/mra.... in collaboration with @louberrios.bsky.social @jubgontijo.bsky.social @mykophile.bsky.social

Want to engage and « do something » about microplastics in your own environment. Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world. microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...

Interested in grad school at AU? Join the CAS Graduate Enrollment Management team to have your questions about the application process, graduate programs, or life in the DC area answered! ➡️ Drop-In Admissions Advising (Virtual) 📅 October 3, 2025 | 12 p.m. 🔗 More info: bit.ly/3TPOb21

🎉 Registration for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference is now OPEN 🎉 Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜 Registration page 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/

Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models. Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited to share our new @nature.com paper mapping global mycorrhizal richness and rarity, led by Michael Van Nuland. Over 90% of richness hotspots lie outside protected areas: a critical gap in conservation. Proud to contribute as part of the @spun.earth consortium! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Next week I am turning in a complete draft of my second book, “sustainable seafood: a guide for concerned consumers!” I am seeking expert colleagues willing to give sections within your area of expertise a friendly read. 🦑🌎🧪🦈🐠

Studying or working abroad comes with many challenges but also great opportunities. What can help early-career researchers navigate this journey? Check out my answer (and those of other researchers) in this @science.org piece: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NextGenSci

Exclusive: A major scientific publisher, Taylor & Francis, said it has paused submissions to its journal Bioengineered so editors there can investigate some 1000 of its papers that bear signs they contain manipulated results or came from paper mills. scim.ag/4kjR4la

🧪CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 5th call of the 'Excellence by Choice' Postdoctoral Programme in Life Science! Apply for one of 8 exciting research projects, compete for two fully funded postdoctoral fellowships and contribute to cutting-edge science in Umeå! Learn more and apply here: lnkd.in/d_KSm3RV

Our new consensus statement on reducing and reporting contamination in microbiome studies is the cover image of this month's Nature Microbiology: www.nature.com/articles/s41... In the cover photo, you can see our postdoc Sophie Holland in fully PPE sampling the atmosphere of terrestrial Antarctica.

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Master the Microbiome Grant! Congrats to Dr. Andressa M. Venturini, Rahma O. Golicha, Melissa Basso, Dr. Maria Florencia Fernandez, and Dr. Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz! Read more: www.zymoresearch.com/blogs/blog/m...

July issue of @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social is now online, with our review by @xinmingxu.bsky.social @neftalyl.bsky.social on Composing a microbial symphony and a matching cover illustration by @lizahaart.bsky.social #SynCom #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology

New online! A genomic perspective on fungal diversity and evolution

We had a last minute cancellation for STAMPS -- a phenomenal course on microbiome data analysis. Woods Hole, MA, July 14-24 2025. If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!! Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️

We'll be hosting a session on #methane cycling & emissions across ecosystems again this year at #AGU2025! Submit your abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans for another year of great methane discussions! @drbenrunkle.bsky.social agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Hope this is useful - consensus statement "Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies" rdcu.be/er3Io

Hey all - check this post if you’re at #ASMicrobe this weekend. Let’s have a meet up tomorrow for a photo op of microbiologists on @bsky.app who are at #ASMicrobe! Be there at 3 PM at the main entrance giant ASM sign! In person meetups are super fun - please be there! And plz repost!

Catching up with Andressa Venturini, winner of the Master the Microbiome Grant from Zymo Research!

Excited to share I received the Master the Microbiome Grant from @zymoresearch.bsky.social! Going to #ASMicrobe? I’ll be giving a short talk at their booth on Amazonian forest degradation and its impact on soil microbes — June 21, 2:15 p.m. Come say hi! 🦠

. @aventurini.bsky.social of @aucollege.bsky.social will investigate how land-use changes and degradation in the Amazon rainforest affect microbial diversity and function, offering insights for bioenergy production. @erikaberenguer.bsky.social jointgeno.me/CSPNI_FY25 🖥️🧬

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023. Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy

Metabuli-App simplifies (meta)genomic taxonomic analysis. Classify sequences, explore results interactively, create/update DBs & more. Runs on Windows, Linux & Mac. 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 💾 github.com/steineggerla... Sankey plot available as a own component 💾 github.com/steineggerla...

New article out today in @nature.com by Gonçalves-Souza, @nickhaddad.bsky.social, @jon-chase03.bsky.social et al. on forest fragmentation and biodiversity: www.nature.com/articles/s41... A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity! 🚨 Join our team www.liphlab.com for a 2-year postdoc on soil microbiome resilience! We combine macroecology, metagenomics & modeling to study how agri-practices & climate stressors shape microbial communities. 🔗 Start before Dec 2025. Contact: sandro dot azaele at unipd.it

Call for applicants: fully-funded ISPF British Council Workshop on Future range of Amazonian Biodiversity, 27/7-2/8 in Manaus. We will train UK- and Brazil-based ecologists and conservationists on mechanistic range models and on Amazonian ecosystems. Details: shorturl.at/hIa7Z. Re-post, please!

An analysis of forest plant traits from across the tropical Americas suggests that forests are not changing fast enough to keep up with #ClimateChange. Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3QLYhyc

What can microbial genomic traits tell us about the impacts of land-use change? Check out our latest paper on Amazonian soil microbes at #JournalSpectrum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @jubgontijo.bsky.social @louberrios.bsky.social @mykophile.bsky.social @aucollege.bsky.social @asm.org

We're excited to share that American University has achieved R1 status, which places us among the nation’s top research institutions! This prestigious designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education reflects AU’s growth in scholarship: bit.ly/42PrWxG

We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig. If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪 www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...

American University is launching a new PhD program in Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences. If you are interested in opportunities within this program, contact me for more details! www.american.edu/cas/bio-chem...

For new people, this is a great way to find environmental social scientists: go.bsky.app/GNpJZBo

I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution. If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐 go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS

With so many new faces here, it’s time for an introduction! Hi, I’m Andressa, a soil microbial ecologist studying land use and climate change (mostly in the Amazon). I just finished a postdoc at Stanford and am excited to soon start a TT position at American University! #soilscience #microsky