I am so happy to announce our postdoc opening is live! Check it out if you would like to join our U.S. National Science Foundation Rules of Life interdisciplinary team studying the relationship between prairie plant roots and soil microbes! @AndrewLHipp @MeghanMidgley Nick Barber careers.hireology.com/themortonarbor…

Living fossils: Microbe discovered in evolutionary stasis for millions of years phys.org/news/2021-04-f… via Phys.org This is amazing! Great work Molecular Master et al.!

Microbe may have been in evolutionary stasis for millions of years. Molecular Master University of North Alabama @rstepanauskas Bigelow Laboratory bit.ly/3uJrZXG

Nice story on our recent ISME paper examining evolutionary stasis in Desulforudis populations on three continents. The Economist @rstepanauskas economist.com/science-and-te…

Activity-guided single-cell genomics as a tool to guide novel biosynthetic discovery. Cool stuff! :) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

After a long journey, we finally share our publication of the Metabolic potential of the Deep Ocean Microbiome from Malaspina Expedition 2010 ⛴️🌎 published with Springer Nature in Communications Biology. #openaccess in this link 👇 nature.com/articles/s4200…

First in person seminar in 1.5 years! Welcome to #UTK Molecular Master

I'm so sad to say that my excellent colleague and friend Tullis C. Onstott passed away after a long illness, surrounded by family. His relentless optimism, infectious laugh, and deep knowledge of subsurface biogeochemistry made him a ray of light for many of us. We will miss him.

I'm excited to hire a postdoc to study soil microbial communities in remnant and restored prairies! Position starts as soon as January. See job ad and application info: barberna.wixsite.com/barberecology/… Come join our lab group! Or consider if you know someone who would be a great fit.

ISME paper of the year awards! nature.com/collections/ae…

Omnitrophota are ultra-small (~0.2 μm) cells that are found in water, sediments and soils world-wide. Omnitrophota appear have genomic characteristics suggesting host-associated lifestyles consistent with obligate bacterial predators. nature.com/articles/s4156…

I know there are mixed feelings about MDPI, but what journal doesn't have problems? Good science is good science. Excellent special issue focusing on phototrophic lineages of bacteria: mdpi.com/journal/microo… Here is our paper on Green Sulfur Bacteria: mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/1…

I just wanted to thank KBase for such an amazing platform bringing together so many bioinformatic tools in one easy to use place. Every time I try another program and browse the results I giggle about how fun and easy it is. Thank you!

Excellent comparison of SAGs and MAGs. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

📢 PLEASE RT! ☁️ M2 Masters Internship in Atmosphere Habitability Modelling 🎓 6-month paid opportunity starting early 2025 🦠 Investigate habitability & microbial ecology of the atmosphere 💻 Theoretical & numerical modelling ☀️ Marseille, France 👨‍🔬 James Bradley @soundslikealloy

Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of Biology job opening at the University of North Alabama. There are currently many specializations that would compliment the department. higheredjobs.com/faculty/detail…

🚨 Looking to mentor a postdoc applicant for the 2026 Walder Foundation Biota Fellowship! Project: microbes, nutrients in the MS River. 💵 $70k–$73.5k/yr 🔬 Aquatic micro, biogeochem, metagenomics? Let’s talk! Info here: biotaawards.org/2026-applicati… #MicrobialEcology #BiotaFellowship

I would bet that Don Bryant knew more about phototrophic physiology than anyone who has ever lived on Earth. link.springer.com/article/10.100…