Updates coming to #NCBITaxonomy! We are introducing two new ranks, domain and realm, and discontinuing the rank superkingdom. Learn more: ow.ly/Nn8050V7Hfv

New Canada Postdoctoral Research Award and international candidates can apply! nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-Det…

Stability of the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis is primarily determined by symbiont cell-cycle arrest pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

The "Virus Day" is an outreach event that will take place on May 8th in the public aquarium of the Observatory! If you wish to contribute, send us your “representations of aquatic viruses” (images; 3D structures, videos, models, etc.) by April 26th. See you in a month!

Our work on cryptic infection of giant viruses was published today in Science Magazine. We discovered a large virus hiding within a green algal genome producing virions. Collaborative effort spearheaded by Virginia Tech, University of Miami & NIOZ scientists. bit.ly/4lroSyC

Our latest culturing story! An international collaboration! Roseobacter! New isolates refine the ecophysiology of the Roseobacter CHAB-I-5 lineage USC Marine & Environmental Biology USC Research and Innovation academic.oup.com/ismecommun/adv…

In physics, as in life, the path of least resistance is often the least interesting.

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…

A rare carnivorous caterpillar, previously unknown to biologists, stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey, researchers report in Science. This unique new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian

Cryptic infection of a giant virus in a unicellular green alga science.org/doi/abs/10.112…

Pathogen emergence is a complex and rare phenomenon Out of >40,000 named bacterial species only a fraction can cause disease in humans What leads to this quantum leap? In our recent paper PNASNews we decided to investigate this puzzling conundrum. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

On this day we celebrate the wonder the ocean ignites in all of us. 🌊 #WorldOceanDay2025

I’ve wanted to capture a shot like this my entire life. I can die happy now. Nara Visa, New Mexico - June 7, 2025

New impact factor of Journal of Phycology is 3.4 Submit your high-quality manuscripts!

Giant viruses specific to deep oceans show persistent presence and activity biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

It is an honor to receive the ISOP Hutner Award to a researcher within 15 years of his PhD who has made outstanding contributions in protistology 😊 I would like to thank my mentors (Ramon Massana, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, Patrick Keeling) and my past and present students 🙏

TWiV discusses Sen. Cassidy calling for ACIP meeting delay, RFK Jr. abandons GAVI, millions of children at risk as global vaccination rates fall, RFK Jr. grilled by Congress, autism rates have increased 60-fold due to changed definitions, & more. 📺 bit.ly/4epyzue

Sunkissed - #photography #nature #sunkissed

A link between increasing algal bloom toxins entering the food chain and rising ocean temperatures is detected in an analysis of bowhead whale faeces reported in nature. go.nature.com/4nK21zC

Environmental microbiomes drive chemotactile sensation in octopus #microbiome sciencedirect.com/science/articl…