Very excited about this paper and cover being out! Thank you New Phytologist Firestone Lab Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge Jack Hagen for your help and support making this happen! #AMF #isotopes #microscopy

I am beyond excited to be receiving the Department of Energy E.O. Lawrence Award tomorrow in at a hybrid ceremony Washington DC. 1:30pm EST... If you'd like to watch live or the recording of my (only slightly goofy) 3 min speech--here's the link. science.osti.gov/lawrence/Cerem…

behold! a tremendous piece of work from Alexa M Nicolas et al describing the strange + fascinating world of soil viruses, and a masterclass in extracting (and visualizing) trends from large, complex, and incredibly heterogenous sequencing data 🧬

super interesting story here....you know the 'Birch Effect' right? what if it were all because of phage? (hint--its complicated...)

Super excited to share my paper – the big project of my PhD – that looks at what happens to viruses during the magical moment in soil following the first rainfall after a long dry season. This was a big project w 🎗Ella Sieradzki 🐈🐕 The Banfield Lab Firestone Lab Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge Taga Lab 🧵

In california seasonally dry soils release a disproportionate amount of carbon into the atmosphere after the first rainfall. Read about how Alexa M Nicolas investigates the role of viruses in this phenomenon here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We’ve been studying the phenomenon of wet-up in soil for decades and finally Alexa M Nicolas has illuminated what is happening at the viral level. #soil biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

PMB graduate student Alexa M Nicolas, a member of the Firestone Lab and Taga Lab, shares her new findings on soil viruses—an abundant and ubiquitous member of the microbiome—and their link to carbon emissions in this recent research spotlight. plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/news/2022/11/e…

Finally out! HT-SIP: a semi-automated stable isotope probing pipeline identifies cross-kingdom interactions in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Be sure to check out the cool video! Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge Erin Nuccio Firestone Lab Ashley Campbell microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

In our new 'high-throughput' SIP-metaG paper, @nuccio, Anne Kakouridis rachelhestrin et al. targeted the tiny habitat surrounding AM hyphae. They IDed 13C fixed by the host plant, moved by hyphae and taken up by a complex micro food web of bacteria and AOA. rdcu.be/c0sK3

🚨 MY LAB IS STILL HIRING 🚨 Do you love the #microbiome? Want to do #metagenomics and #MachineLearning? We want postdocs to develop, characterize, and #CRISPR edit in vitro human microbiome systems. More info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03687 #biojobs #postdocjobs #ScienceTwitter

Immensely proud of the freshly crowned Dr. Alexa M Nicolas who just gave her finishing talk. #soil

Finally approved! I'm hiring 4 postdocs! 1) Soil OM/Isotope Biogeochem – REF4214O 2) Microbe Mineral Interactions – REF4265Z 3) Soil Ecology – REF4260E 4) Soil Microbiome Bioinformatics – REF4259F Apply here: llnl.gov/join-our-team/… Find me at #GSB2023, or see 👇 Please RT!!

To quote my muse, Lizzo: it's about damn time ⁦Firestone Lab⁩ ⁦Erin Nuccio⁩ ⁦Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge⁩ Expression of macromolecular organic nitrogen degrading enzymes identifies potential mediators of soil organic N availability to an annual grass nature.com/articles/s4139…

Do soil #viruses drive #GHG emissions? In dry systems, soil microbes start to multiply rapidly after the first rain (“wet-up”). A massive die-off happens too, releasing a huge burst of #CO2. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Soil viruses the minute the first seasonal rainfall hits the ground:

Our manuscript is out: 'The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture.' We show that the microbial traits associated with soil C are not universal, but vary with soil habitat. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our paper exploring AMF carbon transfer to the hyphosphere microbial food web and mineral-assossiated organic matter is out today in a special issue of New Phytologist! 🌿 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19… 🍄Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge Jack Hagen Firestone Lab Erin Nuccio

Exciting job opportunities in Hawai‘i! The new Hawai‘i Soil Microbiome Lab smil.bio led by Dr. Maggie Yuan University of Hawaii at Manoa is hiring a lab tech and a postdoc to work on soil-borne pathogen ecology. Spread the word! docs.google.com/document/d/1Cc… docs.google.com/document/d/19n…

Great job to Rina Estera-Molina & her Firestone Lab team for showcasing our 13CO2 labeling facility in a high level visit! We were honored to have @DrChavonda from the Dept. of Agriculture stop by to see how we track carbon from plant to microbes to minerals. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DOE Office of Science