Hey followers - if you haven’t moved to Bluesky yet, I really encourage you to try it. It’s MUCH better than Twitter and so many of the people you follow are already there. I’m on SimonFrCox.bsky.social Here’s some tips if you make the move. Hope to see you there.

Nom nom viruses. Coastal bacteria and protists assimilate viral carbon and nitrogen academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…

Consumption of viruses for nutrients! Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

NMDC team member Simon Roux opened day 2 of #VEGA24 with a reminder about the networking opportunities found in our Slack, like a dedicated channel for broadcasting job openings and opportunities in microbiome science! Visit nmdccommunity.slack.com to join!

Search your favorite protein sequences with Gaia🌎! We are excited to release a context-aware protein search tool, extending search and discovery capabilities beyond sequence and structure, to include *genomic context* gaia.tatta.bio 1/🧵

We have a fascinating preprint just out, revealing the widespread packaging of bacterial genomic DNA into capsids in the human gut:bit.ly/3B2ajza. Major denizens of the #microbiome implicated with broad potential impact on bacterial evolution and horizontal gene transfer

In early 2022, I had an idea that seemed to merit a long-form treatment. But, was it possible to craft a narrative on the premise that exploring the absence of symptoms could help make sense of a global pandemic? I hope the result is of some service, now and moving forward.

Another one to watch: h3n3 influenzavirus bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

A new study introduces the Modular Viromics Pipeline (MVP), a user-friendly tool for comprehensive viral genome analysis from metagenomic data, facilitating research in viral ecology. #Viromics #ViralGenomics 📄 doi.org/10.1128/msyste… EVBC👤: Simon Roux

A community-driven effort created the Genome Resolved Open Watersheds database (GROWdb), providing insights into the functional #Microbiomes of U.S. river systems. #EnvironmentalScience 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s41586… EVBC👤: Simon Roux M. Sullivan

Spolier: next episode will feature the recent approval of Phage Therapy in Portugal! Excited to share it with you all. Stay tuned 🙌

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 ASM welcomes new Editors-in-Chief for our journals starting July 1! 👏 Join us in thanking our outgoing leaders & congratulating Romney Humphries, Marvin Whiteley, Ashley Shade and Ira Blader! Read more: asm.org/Press-Releases…

New Agile BioFoundry paper "The tier system: a host development framework for bioengineering" Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Chris Yeager, Katherine Wozniak, Vivek Mutalik, Christopher Johnson, Kyle Pomraning, Philip Laible, Taraka Dale, Adam Guss doi.org/10.1016/j.copb…

Awesome project, and awesome people to work with! Great postdoc opportunity!

Are you a student in need of guidance? Or a staff member or scientist eager to nurture the next generation of scientists? The ASM Future Leaders Mentorship Fellowship (FLMF) has a place for you. Learn more, check your eligibility and apply by March 26! asm.org/Fellowships/AS…

Excited to see this shout out from Nature Microbiology about our effort to crack open the field of phage functional genomics! Ben Adler

We are hosting a workshop titled “Genomes Online Database (GOLD) – A curated metadata resource for powering discoveries” at the Biocuration 2025 conference on April 6th, 10:30 AM to 12:30PM US CST. Register to Join over the Zoom forms.gle/w8rZ4cP3D1rrY4…

New paper out where we highlight many newly recovered giant viruses and find new functional potential encoded in their genomes! #giantvirus #Bioinformatics nature.com/articles/s4429…

Interested in RNA virus discovery? You can still register for the RdRp summit and attend remotely! We'll have some really nice talks and cutting edge discussions on best practices and new directions in the field. rdrp.io

Anyone have this?