My 2yr old tried to eat my laptop. His drool got inside the cooling vents and now the computer is dead. Please tell me a tragic computer loss story to light up my existence…

Join us in Lisbon this October to talk about #microbes in changing environments and how their ecological and evolutionary responses affect #ecosystems. Registrations are still open! igc.idloom.events/evolving-micro…

Here is the latest version of our preprint on vitamin auxotrophies tinyurl.com/bc65fjk9. Rachel Gregor's work has changed the way I think about microbial interactions and the importance of co-factors, like vitamins ... (1/2)

Interested in microbes, biofilms & nutrient cycles? The UConn Microbial Ecophysiology Lab is pleased to share this article about the work of Luis E. Valentín-Alvarado ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ Chris Greening @archaeal The Banfield Lab & colleagues (tag them please). Amplifying diverse voices together!

Great to see Michelle Wille giving a symposium presentation at #ASM2024 Michelle is at the coal face of the Australian Avian influenza virus surveillance effort. Thankfully HPAI H5 not here yet, but plenty of H7 here right now Aust'asian Virology ASM

Fascinating new preprint led with Bob Leung and Dr. Luke Jeffrey showing tree bark hosts abundant and active microbial communities. These diverse and flexible microbes mediate rapid cycling of greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We're looking for an enthusiastic experimentalist PhD student to join our interdisciplinary group interested in the ecology & evolution of microbial communities unil.ch/mitrilab. Apply tinyurl.com/mu5swnk8 before Aug 31! Bonus: Lausanne is a beautiful place to live!

Our work led by Katherine Dougan, PhD shows how genome duplication enhanced the efficiency of a #coral #algal #symbiont FINALLY out Science Advances! Fantastic collabs @ace_uq UQ Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences UTS C3 FIU Australian Institute of Marine Science BioSciences UniMelb Rutgers SEBS after years of hard work! doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…

If you are interested in this work... I am looking for a PhD student to join me at Monash Uni to discover more about atmospheric microbial ecology! If this sounds amazing to you, write me a letter: findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

Congratulations to Leticia Carvalho Letícia Carvalho on being the first Latin American & woman elected Secretary-General of the ISA! Proud to see a fellow FURG oceanography alumna achieving such an important role. Your dedication & hard work are truly inspiring! 🌊👏🇧🇷 #oceanologia

International Conference on Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity list of speakers, Join to unveil the bacterial multicellularity word #Conference #bacterial multicellularity #speakers

This work came from my NHMRC fellowship and depended on great collaborations, including with Forster Lab, Berggren@UU, Lyras Lab, Vanessa R Marcelino, and Duncan Kountz. Learn more at Cait Welsh's talk at ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology this week (3 35 pm, Mon AS02). biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (2/2)

Amazing talk from Cait Welsh at #ISME19 summarising her work on gut hydrogen cycling. Stellar research, incredible communication. Check out the preprint below. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our next featured #MicroSeq2024 Plenary is @GerryTHill! Dr Tonkin-Hill’s research at Peter Mac Cancer Centre focuses on developing and applying statistical and computational methods to study the interactions between humans and microbes. Registration closes 3rd Sept: trybooking.com/CTBRQ

Are you looking for a pos-doc? We just opened two positions to study bacteria evolution in the gut in Gordo's Lab at the Gulbenkian Institute ;)! See gimm.pt/jobs/postdocto… gimm.pt/jobs/postdocto…

>95% have forever chemicals #PFAS in blood. PFAS are linked to cancer, infertility, dev & immune issues. We now have a tool to sharpen to get rid of this poison of the century from body! Our preprint on PFAS bioaccumulation by human gut bacteria! 🧵(1/8) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Dr Michelle Wille forever making us proud! The 2024 Victoria Young Tall Poppy #YTP24 award recognises Michelle Wille's leading work in avian influenza research and her thoughtful communication extending knowledge beyond the lab to the community 🦆🌟

Together with Mark Gresnigt Vanessa R Marcelino Eggeling Lab Applied Systems Biology Maria João Amorim we explore in our new review how Organ-on-Chip #OoC helps unravel the #GutLungAxis and its role in #viral infections like #Influenza, #RSV & #SARSCoV2. 🔬🦠 Read more at: bit.ly/4ipOARJ