Our work on DPANN archaea is now published in Nature Communications rdcu.be/dQ7we. Nature Communications, University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute, ARC CCeMMP, UniMelb MDHS. Thanks to HFSP for generously supporting our work.

Thank you reviewer #4 ☺️ you made my day. "Of all proposals that I have read and evaluated this year (and the previous year, and so on), this is the one that falls most likely into the category “breakthrough” and belongs into the highest priority class."

Just do yourself a favor and save yourself a lot of emails/time and put this in your syllabi.

AppEnvMicro journal Spotlight 💡 Researchers at UC Berkeley show that there is a wide range of cellular MCR concentrations that can sustain optimal growth, suggesting that other factors might be rate-limiting for methanogenic growth. Nayak Lab Read more: doi.org/10.1128/aem.02…

Measure to protect abortion in Montana will be on ballots this November dlvr.it/TCFGtW

Auckland in 2026. Vancouver 2028. ISME

At least they are honest about it 😂 When I first applied and/or interviewed in a few places, I was told that they want people w NIH (R01) grants and are not interested in folks doing NSF/NASA science b/c it doesn’t bring in enough💰They were not allowed to put it into writing.

I buy every new lab members a new laptop and budget in grant proposals for it.

It’s also a vote for a de-facto pro-fascist candidate and party.

HCR-FISH worked for 2 out of 7 people who tried it. 25 haven't tried it (yet). I remain skeptical but optimistic....