Troubleshooting common errors in assemblies of long-read metagenomes - @merenbey.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social go.nature.com/44P7nSm

What's NCAR? and 8 ways it has helped you www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

I am delighted to share that the radEmu manuscript was accepted today to Biometrika 🥳 Sending gratitude to our users and reviewers for their enthusiasm and support!! Huge congrats to @davidandacat.bsky.social and Sarah Teichman on all their hard work and brilliance 😻❗ 1/

So proud to see the 20th anniversary #ArcticReportCard released today! ❄️ This is one of the most dynamic and timely products out of NOAA. Congrats to all the editors and authors!! Full Report here (arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...) youtu.be/t2PF6uk3tqA

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Attention students and recent grads! opportunity for #oceanscience interns to sail aboard #EVNautilus next year in a paid position for 3-5 weeks. Whether you’re studying #marinebiology, #geology, or any other type of #oceanography. Learn more and apply by Jan 4 at NautilusLive.org

What would a marine microbiome observing system meant to last decades look like? 🌊🦠 We explored this at the recent MMOFF Workshop, which brought together diverse partners to envision the future of marine microbiome observations. merenlab.org/workshops/MM...

I am happy to share that our data descriptor on the Hawaiʻi Diel Sampling is now published! 🌊🦠https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-06166-3 Every 1.5 hours for 48 hours, we collected ocean microbes from within and adjacent to Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi and produced a multi-omics dataset.

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Merry December folks! Wanna know your most used and co-dependent geoms this past year?! I've built "Spotify Wrapped" for {ggplot2} that produces you an interactive story and analytical tools for your geom usage! #rstats Build your own report by following the docs: gpcds.com/ggplot2wrapp...

A few py2Dmol updates 🧬 py2dmol.solab.org Integration with AlphaFoldDB (will auto fetch results). Drag and drop results from AF3-server or ColabFold for interactive experience! (1/4)

Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions. Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting: merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...

Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!

A wonderful collaboration between my lab and Andy Ellington and Edward Marcotte here at UT. We obtained lots of thermal stable plastic degrading enzymes from the deep sea (Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California)

A big thank you to @amydwillis.bsky.social and @titus.idyll.org for all your hard work and leadership. It is incredible the education, resources, network, and memories the STAMPS course has provided. There is nothing else like it and it will be missed. Team villagers >> team werewolves 💗🐺

Kudos to the @seattletimes.com for spelling with diacritical marks used in the Hawaiian language, the ʻokina and the kahakō. A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide.

Are you looking for a #tenuretrack or #openrank job in #biostatistics or #statistics? @fredhutch.org is hiring! Seattle is a wonderful place to grow your career; the bio/stat & science scene here is world-class; and you will work w/ amazing UW Biostat students. Apply! apply.interfolio.com/176402

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. 🌊🦠

I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share! Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr... Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...

Very happy to see this one out: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf192 Here, we assessed the contribution of natural transformation to the acquisition of novel genes. See preprint thread. @molbioevol.bsky.social #microsky #evobio

So much said in one (not so little) word 😆🙏

Anyone else read 50 μm on this traffic sign? 🔬 #microsky

Applications are open for SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships If you’ve recently earned a Ph.D. in any scientific field and want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research, consider applying. Deadline: October 1, 2025 Apply here: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

📣 New C-CoMP Pub. Alert! Interested in marine microbial metabolites 🌊🦠? If so, check out this new pub., led by Bryndan Durham & Winn Johnson, that emerged from C-CoMP's Labile DOM workshop: An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem. tinyurl.com/54bu2xm7

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪

A short preprint describing the GlobDB is now on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2506.11896 If you find the resource useful, please also check globdb.org for info on how to cite the underlying resources and tools.

Is this the mechanism by which excess substrate inhibits growth in oligotrophs? Very important and cool work by @ahoiching.bsky.social @jcamthrash.bsky.social and others

‼️I'm looking for a postdoc‼️ Come join effort in using metagenomes to quantify microbial catabolic potential and carbon substrate availability at the ecosystem level. We seek to understand evolutionary forces shaping the carbon cycle. Part of ccomp-stc.org careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

Our latest on the microbiology of SAR116, led by the indefatigable Jordan Coelho: Culture-supported ecophysiology of the SAR116 clade demonstrates metabolic and spatial niche partitioning academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

Happy #WorldOceanDay! Resharing a piece I wrote about NOAA’s collaborative event to share the passion, science, and curiosities of ocean observing with local colleagues and community members in Cape Town 🌊🌍 globalocean.noaa.gov/gomo-support...

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

Check out our new publication 🎉: doi.org/10.1002/lno.... We used time-series analyses to identify trends in biogeochemistry and phytoplankton communities across estuarine waters within Kāneʻohe Bay of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. 🏝️

After a lot of hard work, the Global Ocean Observing System #GOOS Bio-Eco panel has released their Essential Ocean Variable spec sheets for expert review. If you're doing work with anything biological in the ocean, take a look at goosocean.org/news/call-fo... and give us your expert opinion! #IOOS

Please, #microbiome and #sequencing data are NOT zero-inflated. Let's stop repeating this nonsense. Zero-inflated compared to what?? Those zeroes carry important information about abundance and sequencing depth, and are not "inflated" in any sense. 1/6

Congrats and thank you @floriantrigodet.bsky.social, for sharing these important and sometimes surprising considerations for your long-read assemblies! 👏👏

Lots of great insights 😎

Excited to have my work featured and to be able to work with so many amazing scientists within CCoMP 💗🌊🦠

One of the best experiences of my PhD :)

📣 SAR11 Alert 🚨👇 Check out these two new pre-prints from @merenbey.bsky.social, @sjtucker.bsky.social, and colleagues about SAR11 🦠🌊!

Very proud that these just appeared in bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (reports 71 new SAR11 isolates, proposes names for 24 SAR11 genera). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (investigates the pangenome and metabolic determinants of habitat specificity in SAR11). Wishing you a great 2025!