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A new episode of the EMBO podcast is out. I spoke with Hsiao-Han Chang, Gytis Dudas, and Hedvig Tamman about viruses, hosts, spillovers, public health... And also starting a new lab, the challenges of mobility, mentorship, and Die Hard Dracula.
#EMBOPodcast #scicomm #SciencePodcast #Virology #Evolution #Microbiology
It’s viruses all the way down: a conversation with Hsiao-Han Chang, Gytis Dudas, and Hedvig Tamman –
As COVID-19 and flu season descends, we talk with three new research group leaders who work on host-virus interactions.Thiago Carvalho (EMBO)
Lessons from Chloroviruses: the Complex and Diverse Roles of Viruses in Food Webs
Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade #microscopes, he was 1st to observe microorganisms, which he called tiny animals, or "animalcules". He also made pioneering microscopic observations on muscle fibres, bacteria, coffee & … 🧵1/n
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #histstm #MastoArt
Bacterial histones unveiled
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01509-5
Bacterial histones unveiled - Nature Microbiology
Computational, molecular and structural analyses reveal the presence of bacterial histones that bind DNA to form dense, DNA-enveloping fibres in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.Nature
Research Associate in #Benthic #DeepSea #Ecology (focus on #biogeochemistry and #microbiology) and Data Management (m/f/d)
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3y full-time #tenure track position in #Bremerhaven 🇩🇪 @awi
#CRISPR #DNA #RNA #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/10/mcb10142302.html
Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails, and other organisms
New research finds RNA-guided enzymes called Fanzors are widespread among eukaryotic organisms.www.sflorg.com
Very interesting preprint by Ran Blekhman's lab (@blekhman): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.11.560955v1 on https://microbiomap.org/ , a resource integrating 168k human gut 16S samples for a global overview. Seems similar to https://microbeatlas.org/ , which combines >2 million samples (both 16S and WGS across all habitats)
Integration of 168,000 samples reveals global patterns of the human gut microbiome
Understanding the factors that shape variation in the human microbiome is a major goal of research in biology.bioRxiv
Position announcement at #VirginiaTech - Looking for a light microscopy specialist to lead the VT imaging core:
https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/527077/light-microscopy-specialist
Please share!
#ScienceJobs #AcademicMastodon #microscopy #microbiology #imaging
"We are in the midst of the "Platinum Age of Virus Discovery", an era characterized by the exponential growth in the discovery of virus biodiversity. "
A Parasite Odyssey: An RNA virus concealed in Toxoplasma gondii
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.17.558162v1?rss=1
Top abundant deep ocean heterotrophic bacteria can be retrieved by cultivation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-023-00290-0
#microbiology #marine #ocean #DeepBiosphere
Top abundant deep ocean heterotrophic bacteria can be retrieved by cultivation - ISME Communications
ISME Communications - Top abundant deep ocean heterotrophic bacteria can be retrieved by cultivationNature
We are looking for a new colleague to lead the microbiology & immunology section of @PLOSBiology!!
Do you have micro/immuno expertise (including virology of course) & a passion for science away from the bench? This could be for you
Get in touch w/ any Qs!
Associate or Senior level
Applications will be assessed upon receipt
Boosts greatly appreciated!
#editing #careersinscience #microbiology #virology #immmunology
https://us232.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/plos/Posting/View/288
Cool paper! Also glad we are moving towards Patescibacteria and not CPR:
"Genetic manipulation of Patescibacteria provides mechanistic insights into microbial dark matter and the epibiotic lifestyle"
ASM Selects Honorees for 2024 Awards and Prize Program
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) announced the recipients of its 2024 Awards and Prize Program.ASM.org
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek died #OTD in 1723.
A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists and microbiologists. Van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his pioneering work in microscopy and for his contributions toward the establishment of microbiology as a scientific discipline. via @wikipedia
Books by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8336
Books by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 71,410 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
Went to Mountain "Lake" yesterday for a faculty retreat and I had to get some samples to look for microbes while I was there. Pretty epic mud.
The claim to fame of this lake is that Dirty Dancing was filmed here (when the lake was full). It is one of two natural lakes in Virginia and it has highly unstable water levels.
#virginia #freshwater #microbiology
#USFCMS #microbiology #micro #virology #phage #virus
https://youtu.be/GOWEANUgzpw
Matters Microbial #2: Shock and awe microbiology and a chat with Mya Breitbart
Mark discusses some “shock and awe” concepts about the microbial world that he introduces to his microbiology students, and asks three important questions ab...YouTube
https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy065
#microbiology #bioinformatics
A patchwork pathway of apparently recent origin enables degradation of the synthetic buffer compound TRIS in bacteria
The widely used synthetic chemical 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-propane-1,3-diol (TRIS) was long considered to be biologically inert. Herein, we describe a complete degradation pathway for the catabolism of TRIS in bacteria.bioRxiv
A genome catalogue of lake bacterial diversity and its drivers at continental scale
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01435-6
#metagenomics #lakes #freshwater #microbiology
A genome catalogue of lake bacterial diversity and its drivers at continental scale - Nature Microbiology
A metagenomic compendium from lakes across Canada reveals bacterial metabolic potential and how it varies depending on land use in different regions.Nature
Hi again #Mastodon!
I joined the fediverse when a lot of my community had not migrated from the bird site, so could only partially reconstruct it here using automated tools. If I followed you there and don’t here, say hi and let’s reconnect!
For those who don’t know me, I am a #virologist by training with almost 20 years of experience as a #science #editor, a passion for #microbiology and all science really, #OpenScience #openaccess & people
Have a lovely day everyone
Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-023-00273-1
Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress - ISME Communications
ISME Communications - Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stressNature
Interesting: *Vaginal Microbiota Transplantation (VMT)*
We're probably going to start seeing a lot more of this as we appreciate how microbiomes of different organs impact health and disease.
Personally the key is to have clinical measures of success, as here, not just measuring % of different species changing.
#IDMastodon #MedMastodon #AMR #antibiotics #microbiology #microbiome #transplant
Hello everyone!
I’m an associate prof at Virginia Tech studying viral diversity. Lately my group has been focusing on giant viruses, but we are also interested in other protist viruses, and the role of viral endogenization in host genome evolution.
#GiantViruses #ViralDiversity #TreeOfLife #Protists #Microbiology #Bioinformatics #Evolution #Virology #Genomics
Recently we have been examining the strange and complex genes encoded in giant virus genomes!
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad053
Amazing structural diversity of giant virus-like particles in forest soil
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.30.546935v1
#viruses #giantViruses #microbiology
Amazing structural diversity of giant virus-like particles in forest soil
Large DNA viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota infect diverse eukaryotic hosts from protists to humans, with profound consequences for aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.bioRxiv
New preprint on inter-plasmid competition via type IV-A3 CRISPR systems. Something to think about.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.23.546257v1
Type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas systems drive inter-plasmid conflicts by acquiring spacers in trans
Type IV-A CRISPR-Cas systems are primarily encoded on plasmids and form multi-subunit ribonucleoprotein complexes with unknown biological functions.bioRxiv
Accounting for 16S rRNA copy number prediction uncertainty and its implications in bacterial diversity analyses
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-023-00266-0
#microbiology #bioinformatics #microbiome
Accounting for 16S rRNA copy number prediction uncertainty and its implications in bacterial diversity analyses - ISME Communications
ISME Communications - Accounting for 16S rRNA copy number prediction uncertainty and its implications in bacterial diversity analysesNature
High speciation rate of niche specialists in hot springs
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-023-01447-4
High speciation rate of niche specialists in hot springs - The ISME Journal
The ISME Journal - High speciation rate of niche specialists in hot springsNature
My first "reviewed preprint" on @eLife !
A Timeline of Bacterial and Archaeal Diversification in the Ocean
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/88268
Lots of hard work from former PhD student in my lab Carolina Martinez. Part of a collaboration with @pseudacris
We are enjoying the new process so far and working on revisions to address some of the concerns raised by reviewers.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00259-z
#microbiology #bioinformatics
Distribution and diversity of ‘Tectomicrobia’, a deep-branching uncultivated bacterial lineage harboring rich producers of bioactive metabolites - ISME Communications
ISME Communications - Distribution and diversity of ‘Tectomicrobia’, a deep-branching uncultivated bacterial lineage harboring rich producers of bioactive metabolitesNature
https://plos.io/3M9uUTH
Beyond pathogenesis: Detecting the full spectrum of ecological interactions in the virosphere
Viral interactions with their hosts are complex and can be beneficial, yet the public perception of viruses is generally negative.plos.io
Mycorrhizae and Land Plants – An Update
by Roberto
I am fortunate that among the first impressions of my day, I take in this view of land plants. Given my proclivity for microbiology my mind inevitably wonders to what I cannot see, the underground network of filamentous fungi connecting the roots of those plants, the mycorrhizae.
Read more → https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2023/05/mycorrhiza-and-land-plants-an-update.html
Happy to see the first experimental project I led finally out in the world! With Jeremy Moore, Sydney Olsen, and Mike Travisano
We combined experimental evolution and mathematical modeling to ask: do bacteria evolve to swim away from phages?
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https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.29.538831
#microbiology #evolution #ecology #phages #phage #bacteria #MicrobialEvolution #MicrobialEcology
Fight not flight: parasites drive the bacterial evolution of resistance, not avoidance
In the face of ubiquitous threats from parasites, hosts often evolve strategies to resist infection or to altogether avoid contact with parasites. At the microbial scale, bacteria frequently encounter viral parasites, bacteriophages.bioRxiv
Chitin utilization by marine picocyanobacteria and the evolution of a planktonic lifestyle
As they all needed egg yolks, back at home I'm now making meringues! Lots and lots of meringues!!!
I have no idea how the students mud jars will end up, but here's a pic of one of my winter experiments a couple of years ago with soil/water from the same river...
#WinogradskyColumn #soil #microbiology #StemAmbassador
