Great new perspective on how different upcoming space missions drive different design scenarios for space synthetic biology and biomanufacturing led by two of our early career CUBES folk: Nils and Aaron Berliner among others. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Super delighted & proud to share our latest work on genome-wide mapping of gene essentiality landscape in phages led by Denish Piya. A first such effort in applying genome-wide CRISPRi (catalytically inactive Cas12a) knockdown assays to phages λ and P1. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Sharing our latest- go team ENIGMA! Distinct Depth-Discrete Profiles of Microbial Communities and Geochemical Insights in the Subsurface Critical Zone Xiaoqin Wu Lauren Lui Sara Gushgari-Doyle, PhD AdamArkin_Lab Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) Berkeley Lab Earth and Environmental Sciences at Berkeley Lab LBNL BioSci journals.asm.org/eprint/YNJ34QG…

We are looking for postdoc researchers to study diverse aspects of phage-host interactions. If you are interested in any of these 👇🏼studies, please send me a dm or email me.

A fast comparative genome browser for diverse bacteria and archaea fast.genomics.lbl.gov Super cool work from Morgan Price ⁦LBNL BioSci⁩ ⁦⁦⁦AdamArkin_Lab⁩ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

With an incredible cast of invited speakers AdamArkin_Lab The Sonnenburg Lab Dr. Michelle A. O'Malley Jennbrophy.bsky.social Christopher Voigt trent northen Mark Mimee Eric Young Venessa Ridaura (Gates Foundation), Kara Nelson (UC Berkeley), Seth Rakoff-Nahoum (Harvard Medical School), Zack Abbott (ZBiotics)!

Seriously happy to have an excuse both to continue my long association with Vivek Mutalik, @Deutschbauer_Lab and Hans Carlson and these others that I have admired and can’t wait to learn from!

Come join the next generation of open and collaborative biological data science with me and a great team! linkedin.com/jobs/view/3707…

First round of positions open💥. If interested, please apply. Project Scientist (Phage Foundry) - lbl.taleo.net/careersection/… Postdoctoral Fellow (Phage Foundry) - lbl.taleo.net/careersection/… Research Associate (Phage Foundry) - lbl.taleo.net/careersection/…

Today we released ModelSEED v2 in KBase (kbase.us). If you try the new tools any feedback is appreciated. ModelSEED v2: High-throughput genome-scale metabolic model reconstruction with enhanced energy biosynthesis pathway prediction biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

In this work, we bring OrthoRep’s mutation rate up to 10^-4 substitutions per base, allowing us to durably hypermutate and evolve chosen genes in vivo at 1-million times the genomic mutation rate of the host yeast cell. What does this afford? biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you are excited about gut microbiome, phages, & tools/tech to study their interactions, join/follow the awesome Yolanda Huang lab 🎊

#Phages are key drivers of #MicrobialEvolution, but many #phage genes are poorly understood. Denish Piya AdamArkin_Lab Vivek Mutalik &co use arrayed genome-wide #CRISPRi to map gene the essentiality landscape in the iconic coliphages λ & P1. #PLOSBiology plos.io/3uLtzgU

New article explores the intersection of biology and space exploration, highlighting fields like Astrobiology, Bioastronautics, and Space Bioprocess Engineering. nature.com/articles/s4152… AdamArkin_Lab Charles Cockell

Sharing a piece that we wrote that’s very close to my heart and is now published in Trends in Microbiology. It’s a quick read on pathway programs for increasing inclusion and persistence in microbiology! doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.… SF State @SFStateBIO Vivek Mutalik Dr. Katie Mageeney AdamArkin_Lab