Published in Current Biology! P. aeruginosa can use its filamentous phage to inhibit competitors but high phage production is susceptible to cheater miniphage invasion. Subsequent phage tragedy of the commons can lower bacteria and phage fitness. Link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt5I3QW8S...

A fresh view on phage specificity, which challenges the traditional view of a narrow host spectrum of phages by unveiling that multihost associations are common across ecosystems kudos at @mmarbout.bsky.social & @rkoszul.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪 careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

We're hiring for several positions (a post-bac researcher in #transcriptomics, a #phage #postdoc, a senior researcher (broad topics) and a graduate student to work on #ciliates) - find info here: www.marine.usf.edu/genomics/app...

Day 2 of Diadema kickoff. Today was all about Diadema itself (cf environmental parameters). We were excited to see so many apparently healthy animals in shallow water! We also set up an experiment to examine microbial participation in echinoderm tissue decay. Such a great start to this time series!

Day 1 of NSF sponsored Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis time series in Brewers Bay, St Thomas, USVI with @drchriskellogg.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social @aquaticmicrolab.bsky.social and Prof Marilyn Brandt at UVI. After months of planning it was time to figure out what makes sense from

Naiavirus: an enveloped giant virus with a pleomorphic, flexible tail nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63463-6

Deadline approaching on Sept 17! We are hiring a Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna. Learn more: 🔗 edge.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n... @edge-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #EnvironmentalBiochemistry

Iron-respiring microbes could have a role in sulfur cycling www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My group at NOAA/Miami is hiring a postdoc to lead a marine eDNA biodiversity effort (Bio-GO-SHIP). You'll develop and deploy high-throughput metabarcoding assays for ocean DNA. Help make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring! t.co/p53s7E0YiL

Lovely tribute to Elio Schaechter, touching on his contribution to microbiology, #scicomm, undergrad teaching, and more. For those who read blogs, strongly recommend reading entries of Small Things Considered 🦠🔬 schaechter.asmblog.org asm.org/podcasts/twi...

How do microbes become permanent partners? 🌊🔬🦠 Check out our new study published in Current Biology showing how cyanobacterial genomes evolve step-by-step into endosymbionts of diatoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social

New week-new episode of the #MattersMicrobial podcast!! Dr. Roxanne Beinart of the University of Rhode Island joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about the work her group does on deep sea chemoautrophic communities & symbioses! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? youtu.be/mERRJOuEsB4?...

New paper alert! We suggest caution in the analyses of viral auxiliary metabolic genes and propose a new overarching term - 'auxiliary viral genes' (AVGs) to describe different types of such genes. @simrouxvirus.bsky.social #phagesky #Microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌊🦠🧪 Delighted to share this work now out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/isme... The currency of microbial life is chemistry, but there’s so much still unknown about how metabolic interactions shape communities. 1/

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1. #AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs apply.interfolio.com/171403 (I love being here. Come join!) @stonybrooku.bsky.social

Nitrogen availability shapes evolution of phage resistance in cyanobacteria -in #ISMEJ academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #phagesky

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

“To stare into the spiral top of a whelk or cone shell is to see the swirl of the Milky Way.” If you love the intersection of art and science, cultural history and conservation, this lovely read is for you: www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/21/s...

🚨postdoc opportunity at UBC🚨 applications are now open for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, due internally Oct. 15 - www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam... I can nominate 1 person and give feedback on that nominee's materials - if interested plz email me by Sept. 10 - join us!

Do you like coastal/estuarine microbiology, time-series data, and/or metagenomics? Have we got a dataset for you #NSFfunded Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

I’m looking for folks to send me specimens of golden oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) collected from natural areas all over North America. I need specimens from everywhere other than Wisconsin: 2/n pringlelab.github.io/gom_communit...

Each Friday, I summarize what happened this week in science 🧪& higher ed. This was Week 29: - new executive order makes a mockery of peer review - UCLA facing demand for $1 Billion, patents are latest attack on Harvard - mRNA, climate assessments & so much more at buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

I am really excited to be a part of this team. We took our time writing this, putting a lot of thought into how our journeys as #NativesInSTEM were affected by different aspects of Universities and looking for commonalities across the world. I hope folks in academia appreciate this work.

RNA elements and their biotechnological applications in plants. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to share that our manuscript "In situ lightfield imaging of octopus locomotion reveals simplified control" has been published in @nature.com. www.nature.com/articles/s41... If you love 🧪🌎🦑🌊, keep reading this thread! 1/n

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

Did you know that @ASMicrobiology Academy is accepting 2026 fellowship nominations? Individuals are elected based on scientific excellence, originality and leadership. If you think you might qualify for fellowship, check out the criteria and ask someone to nominate you!🦠 asm.org/Academy/Crit...

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

my CR box after doing battle with wildfire smoke this week vs. my CR box with new clean filters today

A postdoc position working on marine phage - please share widely!

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

🧪🌾Are you familiar with protoplasts and why they are used as simplified models to investigate complex mechanisms such as how cells stick together?🔬 If not, take a look on this short popular science video created last year by Léa Bogdziewiez & Sonhita Chakraborty for the Fascination of #PlantDay👇:

Our paper on cyanophages of marine sponge symbionts is finally out. It is the outcome of a great collaboration with Laura Steindler's lab and was led by Tzipora Perez.

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Marine Ecosystems Research Coordinator (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR), University of Hawai‘i) sevenseasmedia.org/job/marine-e... #coralreefs #coraljobs #jobopportunity #researcher #marinescience #jobs #coral #careers #hawaii #noaa #marinebiology

Excited 🥳 to share our latest work on gut phages! Big thanks to @epcrocha.bsky.social, Erick D, Camille d'H, @fplazaonate.bsky.social, Quentin LB, and all others involved for support and contributions! 🙌 Out in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Here's what we found 🤓

As part of a newly funded project we are seeking student in marine microbial ecology & urchin disease dynamics 🧫🌊🦠 PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9 Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC... More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com @ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social

Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

My team at ATCC is growing! New #bioinformatics position open now! More to come too! If you’re an early career bioinformatics professional, have a passion for #genomics standards, quality and scientific reproducibility - then take a look!🧬🖥️ 🧫🦠🔬🚀 Let’s go! careers-atcc.icims.com/jobs/3992/bi...

🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages” Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide. 👇 Read on for details! #Phage

Yet another devastating science news cycle day, but I’m choosing to focus on today’s Undergrad Research Symposium and all the incredible rising stars I had the chance to interact with. 3 of our lab’s wundergrads presented today! 🧪 🌊 @cmarinescience.bsky.social @bellathebiologist.bsky.social

Excited to share our new call for papers at @asm.org's MRA journal. Do you have a database, software, or web-based tool that would be a great resource for the micro community? Consider submitting it to MRA! journals.asm.org/journal/mra/...

Our paper "A reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for the rapid colorimetric detection of pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV)" is out! Congrats to 1st author @ajgross.bsky.social @cmarinescience.bsky.social 🧪🌱🦠https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1lTg%7Ebm%7EZcCBT

Open Planet is doing some great stuff, and this is an incredible resource for anyone telling stories about the ocean: thousands of cinematic clips themed around marine issues and environments available to everyone. Seeing is believing, and this will help everyone see. openplanet.org/news/...

We (with Clement Coclet, not on Bsky) had the chance to work on a broad "state of viromics" review. We tried to use this to give an overview of how the field changed over the last ~ 15 years, and also what we think are some of the major remaining challenges. Full-text access at -> rdcu.be/excHt

We are looking for a new @thembauk.bsky.social Anne Warner Research Fellow (5 year post) to develop an independent research group in the area of cell and molecular biology of marine organisms here in #Plymouth 🔬🦠🧫🧬 mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....

Slime nets were once grouped with slime molds, but they are actually related to diatoms & kelp! Like their other relative the water mold, they are similar in many ways to a fungus. Unlike slime molds, slime nets 1) decay living & dead plants 2) maintain separate cells 3) have immobile networks

Recent research has highlighted the ability of some microbes to simultaneously respire aerobically and anaerobically, a flexible strategy that reshapes our understanding of microbial metabolism. In my latest article for @asm.org , I explore this phenomenon. Link: asm.org/articles/202...

"Save The NSF" - a little blogpost I wrote to amplify the #SaveTheNSF mission. The National Science Foundation is one of the world’s premier funders of basic science research; proposed federal cuts would derail how we do science in the U.S. aguidetoacademia.blogspot.com/2025/07/save...