I invite you to check our paper entitled “Rebuilding Ukraine’s capacity for fundamental research in evolutionary biology” doi.org/10.1038/s415... in @natecoevo.nature.com about the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology #USEB we organized in 2025. #biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine

The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to begin the year by spotlighting @aroneys.bsky.social, a Postdoctoral Researcher at QUT, and his paper, “Bin Chicken: targeted metagenomic coassembly for the efficient recovery of novel genomes.” doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/2)

As we close the year, the ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to spotlight @duhitasant.bsky.social , Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, and her paper “Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation”. doi.org/10.1093/isme... (1/2)

The ECS Committee is excited to continue exploring diverse Career Choices for Microbial Ecologists! This month, we’re featuring Alena Pribyl, don’t miss her key recommendations for ECS pursuing similar career paths. Read her full interview here: isme-microbes.org/career-choic...

The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to spotlight @michielperneel.bsky.social, PhD student at VIB-Ugent Center for PSB & Flanders Marine Inst., and his paper "A case for absolute gene expression estimates in microbiome studies using metatranscriptomics". doi.org/10.1093/isme... (1/2)

6 Scientists. 1 Panel. Big ideas. From Gut microbiomes 🧬 to Halophiles 🧂 to Plant Holobionts 🌱 Join our #UnityInDiversity panel to explore how diversity fuels discovery in microbial ecology! 🗓 Oct 21 | 8AM PT · 5PM CET · 11PM Beijing 🔗 Join us: isme-microbes.org/invitation-t...

In the last edition of the series about our Early Career Scientist Committee, Leslie Daille talks about her commitment to the scientific community at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-le...

New ECSC Member Xiaohua Han tells more about herself and her research on geomagnetic fields and microorganisms at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-xi...

Two weeks left for students and postdocs to apply to receive support for international research, training, or lab visits. Submit your application by 1 October 2025! Learn more and apply: isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar... #MicrobialEcology #microbes

Meet ISME Early Career Scientist Committee Member Samuel Eziuzor who recently joined the ECSC, as he explains about his work on the structure and function of prokaryotes, at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-sa...

🌟Join us for the 2nd ISME #UnityInDiversity Conference!🌟 📅Oct 21 |🕗8 AM PST · 5 PM CET · 11 PM Beijing 🎤 Speakers: @sewerynoz.bsky.social · Ho · @nanditagarud.bsky.social · Medina-Chavez · Moroenyane · Wan 🔗Register: isme-microbes.org/invitation-t... Celebrate diversity in microbial ecology!✨

New ISME Early Career Scientist Committee Member Akbar Adjie Pratama @adjiep.bsky.social has a joint position in Germany and the U.S. Learn more about his career and interests at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-ak...

✈️ Calling all grad students & postdocs in microbial ecology! Want to work, train, or collaborate abroad? ISME’s Scholar Mobility Fund can help you get there. 📅 Apply by 1 October 🌍 Open to applicants worldwide (esp. outside NA & Europe!) Details: isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar... #MicrobialEcology

Learn more about new ISME Early Career Scientist Member Pam Engelberts's research, career, and the work she's been doing for BrisJAMS. isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-pa...

Ann Gregory, Co-Chair of the ISME Early Career Scientist Committee, introduces herself and her work on viruses to the ISME community. Find out more at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-an...

The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee and ISME Publications welcomed 102 early career scientists to the inaugural ISME Early Career Scientist Reviewer Pool. Read more on isme-microbes.org/isme-launche... #MicrobialEcology #microbes

📣 New paper alert! One of the most exciting projects we've done in recent years is now out on BioRxiv: "An Asgard archaeon from a modern analog of ancient microbial mats". Glimpse into early complex life! ❄️🦠 🔬🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread...

Read The ISME Journal Best Paper "Inter-Plasmid Gene Transfer Fuels AMR in Pathogens" by Xialong Wang et al. 🔗https://isme-microbes.org/inter-plasmid-gene-transfer-fuels-amr-in-pathogens/ #MicrobialEcology #microbes

Deep origin of eukaryotes outside Heimdallarchaeia within Asgardarchaeota www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I always say, never trust a scientist who can’t cook!

Did a “bottle opener” open the door to eukaryotes? Meet the Hodarchaeales-related cells- yet another bizarre morphology from Asgard archaea! These curious structures sit at the prokaryote–eukaryote boundary and might offer fresh clues to the origins of complex life. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

ISME Climate Change Committee members contributed to the Scientific Advisory Group convened by @asm.org and IUMS and produced a report, an article and factsheet on Microbial Solutions for Climate Change. Read more on bit.ly/3Y72JLT #MicrobialSolutions #ClimateAction #ResilientFuture

Time flies - EMBLs Mobile Lab is already one week at the University of Malta! #MobileLab #AML

There are two weeks left for students and postdocs to send in their application to receive support for a visit to a host institution outside of their country of study. Submit by 31 March 2025! 🔗https://isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar-mobility-fund-call-for-applications/ #MicrobialEcology #microbes

ISME supports students and postdocs to further develop their academic knowledge and skills in a host institution outside of their country of study. Submit your application by 31 March 2025. 🔗https://isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar-mobility-fund-call-for-applications/ #MicrobialEcology #microbes

ISME is looking for the next destination for its symposium! Interested scientists can now submit an Expression of Interest for their city to be the host for ISME22 in 2030. The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 1 April. isme-microbes.org/call-for-bid... #MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme22

Published online! Everything you wanted to know about different cable bacteria and their electrical conductivity. @cemau.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Are you interested in studying archaea with their diverse symbionts? We look forward hearing from you: workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...

I have a book coming out in May 2025 where I describe the excitement and adventure of discovering the strangest life on Earth. Preorder with Princeton University Press or wherever you like to get your books. tinyurl.com/bdcrwhwx If you enjoy it, please let me know, I'd love to hear from you!

A nice press release highlighting our recent work on respiratory symbionts, that I believe represent a snapshot of the evolutionary transition between endosymbionts and organelles (if we choose to keep making the distinction). mpi-bremen.de/en/Oxygen-is...

Our study on drug-gut microbiome interactions is out! 🦠💊 We show that the #Parkinson's drug entacapone induces iron deficiency in microbes, leading to selective inhibition of microbial activity. @cemess.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social #BostonUni Check the full story here: rdcu.be/d0ZAQ

Early career researchers in microbial ecology, please consider joining the Early Career Scientist Reviewer Pool at ISME Journal. A great way to widen your scientific community. @ismeoffice.bsky.social www.isme-microbes.org/isme-early-c...

Great news: Our director Rudolf Amann, head of our Department of Molecular Ecology, is a #highlycitedresearcher @Clarivate! Also, the Max Planck Society ranks amongst the Top 10 institutions! A great recognition! mpi-bremen.de/en/Rudolf-Am...

I like to read *real* microbial ecology research periodically to remind me that opportunistic pathogens and model systems exhibit only a narrow range of possible interactions. For example, this makes our fascination with surface-sensing seem small: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"It is also important that we scientists talk about not just our successes, but our mistakes, doubts, and hesitations. Perhaps the first step to restoring trust is a dose of modesty- to show we are just as human as those who distrust us."

Priceless!

Great study that vividly illustrates the “dark side” of academic publishing!

Hello Bluesky :)