Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.

Zombie cells in the ocean, a perfect topic for Halloween here at RD3 of GEOMAR. Great talk by @janbruewer.bsky.social it was great to have you here.

Zombie cells? 🧟😨 Sounds spooky, and it is past #Halloween. These #SAR11 are attacked by #viruses and in between life and death. Off #Helgoland, every 10th cell was a zombie. 🌊 Check it out: mpi-bremen.de/en/Zombie-ce... Let's look for more zombies with the simple sampling device by Thalassys.com

Had the great pleasure introducing Zombie cells 🧟♂️ and my start up thalassys.com during a visit at @geomarkiel.bsky.social today. Intense meetings, interesting feedback and always good to catch up! Thanks @utehentschel.bsky.social for inviting me! @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

Revolutionising Water #Monitoring with an Innovative #Filtration Machine: Meet our #MaxPlanck #StartUp Thalassys!👏🔬🧑‍🔬 Anneke Heins, Greta Reintjes & @janbruewer.bsky.social created the "coffee machine", collecting data far faster than traditional methods. www.maximize-incubator.com/post/water-m...

Die SZ schreibt: “Würde ganz Deutschland auf Mineralwasser verzichten (also nur noch Trinkwasser aus der häuslichen Leitung trinken) könnten anderthalbmal so viele Treibhausgasemissionen eingespart werden, wie der gesamte innerdeutsche Flugverkehr verursacht.” www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

Innovativ & idiotensicher: Die "Kaffeemaschine", entwickelt von unserem #Startup SEPARA, hilft mit einer einfachen Filtrationsmethode bei der Überwachung von Gewässern.🌊 Die Gründer: Anneke Heins, Greta Reintjes und @janbruewer.bsky.social www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/wirts... @maxplanck.de #MAXimize

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 🦠🌊

Vielen Dank @weserkurier.bsky.social für den tollen Bericht über Separa. 👏🏽 Separa: Take a sample. Easy. @maximize-incubator.bsky.social www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/wirts...

Very excited to share the first paper out of my Postdoc @CMR: GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation of microbial communities. @sjmcilroy.bsky.social @jamesvolmer.bsky.social @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/isme... 🧵1/7

Many thanks to the great team for representing our institute and joining the fun at #BremerFirmelauf 2025!

Looking forward to exploring how algal symbionts enable anemones to cope with the environmental conditions of the Mediterranean and the Anthropocene. Thanks @pure-ocean.bsky.social! A fun project lead by @cpogoreutz.bsky.social and together with Christine Ferrier-Pagès. tinyurl.com/pureocean

🏆 Research integrity consultant and image forensics expert @elisabethbik.bsky.social has uncovered fraudulent data in over 7,600 scientific papers and exposed the practices of ‘paper mills’ that produce counterfeit scientific articles. She is honoured with the €200K Individual Award. Congrats!

Danke an alle, die gestern auf der Straße waren. (In Hamburg waren wir 65.000).

I always thought very little of my first publication … I mean: It was my BSc thesis, so expectations should be realistic. Anyways, today, I read it again and … I enjoyed reading it! Is this normal? Thanks to @reefgenomics.bsky.social & Shobhit, who helped me with writing back in 2017 🙏🏼

Application deadline now extended to January 12th, some extra time to enjoy the winter break! ☃️🛷🎅

Verrucomicrobiota are found everywhere, yet we know very little about this group. Here, @iwilkie.bsky.social described and named an unrecognized marine group (previously known as MB11C04). Here, we introduce Seribacter and Chordibacter bacteria.

AntiDefenseFinder! And it is available also as an option with DefenseFinder: defensefinder.mdmlab.fr Exploring the diversity of anti-defense systems across prokaryotes, phages, and mobile genetic elements www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

ZOMBIE CELLS!!! 😱🧟🦠 @janbruewer.bsky.social and colleagues discover how #viruses keep #SAR11 in check and even turn them into zombies! Out now @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nat Comms mpi-bremen.de/en/Zombie-ce... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How many SAR11 cells are phage-infected in the environment? And what are zombies? We studied phage infection in SAR11 using the 🔬. Up to 19% of SAR11 cells were phage infected and many host cells were devoid of ribosomes! What else did we find? A🧵 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4...

I handed in my PhD thesis today 🥳 What a great, yet weird feeling. If you are interested: my defense is 3rd May (will be available online). Hit me up, if you are interested ;) @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

#Microbes like comics, too! #RNA is the language, #extracellularvesicles serve as speech bubbles. Out now in PNAS by Joshua Mills, Susanne Erdmann et al. Read more: mpi-bremen.de/en/Microbial... Full paper: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #archaea #GTPase #EV #evolution

Phage folks who do culturing… how do you preserve your environmental samples for later plaque assays? I was taught just 0.2 micron filter & store in fridge but anecdotally hearing more about glycerol and freezing? Thoughts? Advice? Papers to read? Working with fresh samples isn’t an option #phagesky

New opinion piece in @TrendsMicrobiol @CellPressNews A microbial matter close to my heart: the role of #Endozoicomonas in #corals. @marenziegler.bsky.social and I synthesized evidence from diverse studies, concluding corals and Endoz may not be the dream team we make them out to be 🧫🪸 👇🏻

Carbohydrates and carbohydrate degradation gene abundance and transcription in Atlantic waters of the Arctic www.nature.com/articles/s43... #jcampubs

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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...

Congratulations! Our group leader Tristan Wagner wins an @ERC_Research #ConsolidatorGrant! His project #En­LightEn tar­gets the #C1-meta­bol­ism and will shed light on the #metabolism of #microbes in #anaerobic environments. mpi-bremen.de/en/ERC-Conso...

Sneak peek of #bacteria at work within an animal cell: #MALDI-MS Imaging creates snapshots of metabolites revealing host-microbe interactions Published in #Nature Protocols by P. Bourceau, M. Liebeke, B. Geier et al @UniKiel @MarineMicrobio nature.com/articles/s41... mpi-bremen.de/en/The-metab...