🌊🦠 Excited to share our latest findings on Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis! Our research reveals how sympatric habitats serve as reservoirs for the pathogenic ciliate. We also explore possibilities for resurgence and associated microbes. int-res.com/abstracts/meps…

Got to attend the NIU Women's Basketball game last night and head to center court to #humblebrag be honored as their faculty spotlight.

Final call for anyone attending #aslo2025 who would like to participate on a panel that will discuss best practices in courier shipping. Bring your stories of lost shipments, how you resolved shipping your samples, etc! Dm me if you’re interested in participating!

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Our latest led by former postdoc Brittany Bennett- this has microscopy, physiology, gene expression, mass-spec, and even heterologous expression! Polyhydroxybutyrate production by freshwater SAR11 (LD12) academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…

Functional biogeography of marine microbial heterotrophs | Science science.org/doi/full/10.11…

The administration’s proposal to convert scientist positions to Schedule F—political appointees—has enormous implications for the independence of program managers and institute directors. If you have comments about the proposed change, submit by June 7.

doi.org/10.1002/lob.10… I was asked to write this based on a town hall at a recent meeting. Apologies but the journal wanted $3200 for open access and I just couldn’t afford. Lmk if you’d like to see it.

Our latest on the microbiology of SAR116, led by the indefatigable Jordan Coelho: Culture-supported ecophysiology of the SAR116 clade demonstrates metabolic and spatial niche partitioning academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…

Lab’s first publication as #newPI ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology 😃 We observed evidence supporting the viral shuttle hypothesis in giant viruses. We also observed convergent evolution amongst giant viruses and bacteriophages to light-energy and nutrient limitation. academic.oup.com/ismej/article/…

Our latest, lead by ChuánKǎi Chéng 程傳凱, uncovering physiological vulnerabilities and helping to explain growth rate limitation in SAR11. Cell cycle dysregulation of globally important SAR11 bacteria resulting from environmental perturbation biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Some updates to the lab website on awards and presentations! It's been a busy year in the Aquatic Microbiology lab. theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com/news

Check out our field sampling update on our lab website, work we continue to do in support of Diadema Scuticociliatosis outbreaks Field Update: USVI Marine Disease Survey theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com/news CC Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Laboratory 🏳️‍🌈

🚨 Looking to mentor a postdoc applicant for the 2026 Walder Foundation Biota Fellowship! Project: microbes, nutrients in the MS River. 💵 $70k–$73.5k/yr 🔬 Aquatic micro, biogeochem, metagenomics? Let’s talk! Info here: biotaawards.org/2026-applicati… #MicrobialEcology #BiotaFellowship

NIU Weather Cams catching the shelf move across NIU this evening. We'll take the rain! NWS Chicago

Notice of Award is in! Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠 PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start Job Ad Here 👉shorturl.at/fSMy9 Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqCyQ… More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com cc: Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Laboratory 🏳️‍🌈

🧬 Interested in aquatic micro, nutrient cycling, river-ocean interfaces I’m seeking a postdoc candidate to apply w/ me for the 2026 Walder Biota Fellowship ($70k+/yr 2 yrs, $20k/yr research). Details: More info 👉 biotaawards.org/2026-applicati… Our Lab 👉 theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com

Do you like coastal/estuarine microbiology, time-series data, and/or metagenomics? Have we got a dataset for you #NSFfunded Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series nature.com/articles/s4159…

Functional genomic signatures predict microbial culturability across the tree of life USC Marine & Environmental Biology USC Earth Science biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The article comes out today! Nature Microbiology A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data by The Data Reuse Consortium. I'm glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this! Thanks to the leading authors for making this possible.