Excited to share our review of Symbiodiniaceae traits now online at Advances in Marine Biology authors.elsevier.com/a/1ff3yEs4JKUCD Read on if you are interested in Symbiodiniaceae eco/evo and how to parametrise their functioning along light, nutrient, and temperature gradients!

Peep this amazing line up!! Come support Penn State Microbiome Center and Biology affiliated folks Seth Bordenstein Jeremy Sutherland Erica Ryu Raúl González-Pech throughout the semester! 👏

New Penn State Microbiome Center Director Seth Bordenstein introduced himself to members of the center today and laid out his ambitious vision for microbiome research at Penn State:

I am looking for music addressing climate change & marine conservation. I am listening to it with my biological oceanography class. I will compile & share. I leave you with the video that inspired me to do this by Macaco Jorge Drexler youtu.be/Uo0a3U2RN6U via YouTube

So thrilled that our recent collaboration is out AND it was selected as the cover issue! We highlight physiochemical control over coral calcifying fluid chemistry that is closely linked to host and symbiont physiology. #forthecorals 🪸

Read it here: tinyurl.com/44umxyd4

🔛 The Penn State Microbiome Center Seminar Series commences Friday, August 26th at 11am. The kickstarter talk is by a new symbiotic colonizer and Director of the Microbiome Center Seth Bordenstein. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to attend.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 16 Speakers, 1 grand semester in the Penn State Microbiome Center Center Seminar Series.

Our Series commences this Friday at 11am in Ferguson 205. Come join us to empower the next advances in the microbiome sciences. The speaker line up is premium!

My lab is looking for data whiz postdoc (3y+ possible, shorter term also OK) to be co-leader of the team, possibly contributing to projects ranging from coral adaptation genomics to ancient dna. Good prep for PI job next. Start around Jan 2023. Please RT, DM if interested.

Another great effort by Yibi Chen, Sarah Shah, and other members of the Cheong Xin (CX) Chan gang and their collaborators. Analysis of an improved assembly of the coral symbiont Cladocopium goreaui (mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/8…). Nice job everyone. Rutgers SEBS Rutgers University Rutgers NJAES

MSc research by Rob Lewis on Symbiodiniaceae cohabitation is now out! We explored light-exposed vs -shaded regions of colonies across 20 species of coral. bit.ly/3QByabG More papers/experiments in this topic are on the way (and funding announcements to come soon)!

When QTLs map to inversions, authors may despair. Gene conversion among old inversions identifies genes under selection.
Genomics of Natural Populations: Gene Conversion Events Reveal Selected Genes within the Inversions of Drosophila pseudoobscura biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Interested in symbiosis? Think research on bacteria that manipulate insect sex lives is interesting? If so, I have open postdoc, PhD student, and tech positions with start dates as early as Aug '23. More details about what we do and how to get in touch: tinyurl.com/3dw24sa3

Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Ronald and Dr. Natalia I. Gonzalez-Pech on their new NSF award!

📢 The Penn State Microbiome Center Center invites University members at all ranks to apply for Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowships to 'unsilo' microbiome studies and merge labs, departments, colleges, and/or campuses. Application deadline is Aug. 16. DM for information or see today's email!

Career update: I'm sad to leave Smith College but excited to start a new chapter as lecturer at SMU in Dallas. Quick 🧵...

We are hiring symbiosis biologists. If you are interested in working on the functional genetics and cell biology of phage-bacteria-insect endosymbioses with a wide focus on genes, functions, and organism, check us out (bordensteinlab.com) and the ad:

jobrxiv.org/job/bordenstei…

Come work with us BIOS as a Postdoctoral Scientist on a collaborative project with Yvonne Sawall, Dr Samantha de Putron, Gretchen Goodbody, Dr. Hollie Putnam studying physiological traits and molecular responses of #coral to thermal stress. bios.edu/about/careers/ Deadline Sept 15 2022