I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this. Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?

A quick microbio present before the holidays 🎁 >150 years after their first description, filamentous "Crenothrix bacteria" are now in stable laboratory culture! In our pre-print, we probe the unique physiology & ecology of the "lacustrine" group of these enigmatic methane-oxidizing microbes... 1/2

🚨 New paper out: Ecogenomics of Methylobacter 🦠 - three different MMOs to oxidize CH4 in single species - machinery for nitrogen, sulfur, iron, and hydrogen metabolisms - adaptations to low O2 conditions ... led by @wutkowska.bsky.social tinyurl.com/pmntwuk6 #MicrobeSky #pangenome

Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️

A new #methanotroph species has been described: #Methylobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from a coal mine biofilm. I'm happy to have contributed to this work! www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️ You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more! 👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/... Read and share ‼️ #sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy

📢 Extra, extra: our collaborative study on trace gas oxidizers in a warmer soil is out as a preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Big thanks to @thanh0109.bsky.social @bobpmleung.bsky.social @wutkowska.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @mathildebio.bsky.social @greening.bsky.social ...

🚨 Come and work with us 🦠🧪🖥️ Postdoc position with lots of freedom available in my group - 1.5 years with options to extend - work on ecogenomics and physiology of N/CH4-cyclers - remote work possible 🤓 more info here: isme-microbes.org/postdoc-ecog... #microbesky

Possibly the coolest PhD job available at the moment! ❄️❄️❄️Microbial VOC Exchange in Arctic Glacier Ecosystems❄️ ❄️❄️ 🌇Copenhagen, Denmark The supervisor team includes @alexanesio.bsky.social, Anders Priemé & @riikkarinnan.bsky.social employment.ku.dk/phd?show=165... Deadline 15 November 2025.

#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social A PhD position is available in my lab to work on: Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria. Please RT Deadline: 12.11.25 More infos 👇 shorturl.at/rAKAT

Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists. Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe. Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX

📣Postdoc opportunity @nordcee.bsky.social , University of Southern Denmark! 📣 Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones! Please share widely! Deadline: 17 November More information can be found here: tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh

Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA 📢 PLEASE RT 🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation ☀️ Marseille, France ‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

and guess what, Methylobacter again!

Still some time to join!

ISME Communications is expanding its scope to include Taxonomy and Nomenclature, recognizing their essential role in microbial ecology. Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and... #microbes #taxonomy

So great to see new research on microbial adaptations to the extreme light regimes in the Arctic! 'Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet' academic.oup.com/femsec/artic... @lianegbenning.bsky.social

🦠 Among #Methylococcales, the genus #Methylobacter has the most genomes and MAGs deposited in the dbs. We found interesting stuff, e.g., some M. spp. encode all three MMOs: pMMO, pXMO, sMMO! Have a look at our ms: doi.org/10.1101/2025... with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius

Methylobacter, again!

Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Diverse bacteriohemerythrin genes of Methylomonas denitrificans FJG1 provide insight into the survival and activity of methanotrophs in low oxygen ecosystems journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

Ten microbiology organizations have come together to develop a global strategy to integrate microbial science into climate solutions. ISME is proud to stand alongside these partners in shaping this roadmap. Read more: isme-microbes.org/microbes-wit... #MicrobialEcology #ClimateAction

Microbiology Leaders Launch Global Climate Change Strategy Published across 6 leading scientific journals, including #FEMSMicrobiolEcol, the strategy charts a path to integrate microbial science into global climate solutions. Read the Press Release and Editorial here: buff.ly/LwDt0Mw

📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts. With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other

It was wonderful to take some time to think and develop new ideas ideas together on our annual retreat. And: great vegetarian food, amazing weather, and cats! @roeyangel.bsky.social, @wutkowska.bsky.social

📢 🦠 A new methanotroph from Czech peat! Through an effort led by PhD student in my group Justus Nweze we isolated and describe a new CH4-muncher. Potential for a flexible (annaerobic) metabolisms and cool pH adaptations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #microbesky #microbiomesky

🧪Researching microbial C1 metabolism? #FEMSMicrobiolEcol invites submissions for our thematic issue exploring the latest advances in C1 compound transformations and its role in global biogeochemical cycles. One month left to submit: buff.ly/aVfZJoR #CallForPapers #MicrobiologyResearch #Ecology

Ecophysiology and global dispersal of the freshwater SAR11-IIIb genus Fontibacterium | Nature Microbiology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02091-8

🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #SingleCell Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...

Postdoc Opportunity – Methanotrophs and Drought Resilience Are you interested or working on microbial ecology and methane ? We’re looking for a motivated postdoc or final-year PhD interested in submitting a Marie Skłodowska-Curie or HFSP proposal with us (in Italy and/or Norway).

Methane-oxizing Mycobacterium! 😀 Here it is, the answer to the question from years back of what all the mycobacteria we detected in Siikaneva peat are potentially doing. Yet another mystery result explained by new research. 🥳

2y biogeochem postdoc in ERC Synergy project RECLESS, with a focus on microbial nitrogen cycling in oxygen-depleted waters, based in Gothenburg, Sweden Info & apply here: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

Does anybody know if there are platforms/websites dedicated to publishing simplified science announcements for the general public by the scientists? I saw a website like that some time ago, somewhere in the abyss of the internet, but can't find it now. #askingforafriend #sciencecommunication #scicom

Two Postdoc Opportunities in Environmental Microbiology! Join us and work on microbial key players exposed to oxygen depletion. Please share widely! Deadline: 25 July More information can be found here: tinyurl.com/4kwzzt6p

Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Save the date! 🙆🏻‍♀️ The Workshop on Genomics 2026 will take place between the 11th and 24th of January, 2026! In Český Krumlov, Czechia. Regular applications will be oppening mid-July, keep an eye on updates! 🤗 evomics.org/2026-worksho... #evomics2026

Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #MicroSKy #Microbiology

Excited to have this paper out ! In which we explore how to approximate biomass quantities of soil microbiomes using molecular techniques. Give it a read - it's published open access via DEAL. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Microbial community composition explains wintertime greenhouse gas fluxes in an oroarctic tundra ecosystem www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs

We are offering a PhD position for a marine biologist or ecologist with a keen interest in marine viral ecology and phytoplankton host-virus interactions. Read the vacancy on the NIOO website: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures... #vacancy #wageningen

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Sustainable Microbiology Novel Research Grant 🌍🔬 Have an innovative idea in sustainable microbiology? AMI’s one-time £10,000 grant is your chance to turn it into reality! Apply by 1 April 2025: appliedmicrobiology.org/membership/g... #SustainableMicrobiology #Grants #FundingOpportunity

📢 6-month paid Masters internship available with me and @reymourot.bsky.social Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere ❄️🦠🧬😴🌡️ Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social ☀️🌊⛰️🇫🇷 #ERC_SIESTA Apply by 15 April RT Link 👇 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851

We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments. Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon. #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky

Another take on deoxygenation: less and less dissolved oxygen in the water as climate change progresses www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Metabolism of CO and H2 by pioneer bacteria in volcanic soils and the phyllosphere academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

🔊SAVE THE DATE for our 5th SORTEE conference: 15-16th Oct 2025! Registration & content submission (unconferences, hackathons, workshops) will open soon Keep an 👁️on buff.ly/gqnoDNT #SORTEE2025 Join the mailing list & receive conference updates buff.ly/ScVT3zX

Are you passionate about microbial ecology and climate research? We are looking for a motivated postdoc to join the CLIMET project, studying the impact of organic carbon and glacial dust on methane cycling in Arctic lakes. Apply before 1 April: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

📣 We are hiring! 📣 Are you a #microbiome enthusiast? And would you like to explore the deep biosphere in #Arctic marine sediments? Then we hope you apply! 🧪🦑🧬 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...