One of the very few things I’ve managed to achieve in 11 months of COVID ennui is to bake a decent loaf of sourdough. I wish I could claim it was due to my microbiological expertise, but this new study suggests not! dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

Feeling strangely excited at getting some foreign RNA to work in me today.

This recent paper by Radecker et al. provides major new insight into the metabolic changes that trigger coral bleaching. pnas.org/content/118/5/…

Interesting new insights on the VBNC phenomenon in Vibrio

As always, a fascinating new twist to this wonderful story!

This short film is a brilliant insight into the diversity and importance of microbial life.

I did this and highly recommend! #MarMic taught me how to do science and how fascinating the microscopic life in our #oceans is👇 Are you interested in marine #microbiology, cannot wait to dig through sediments and data, and want to grow into a #scientist? Apply to #MarMic 🦠🌊

I just added my name to this emergency appeal for climate action by Greta, Vanessa, Mitzi, and Dominika. Sign now and share, and they'll deliver our voices directly to governments at the COP26 #climate summit. fb.avaaz.org/campaign/en/cl…

Please sign & RT this petition, it means a lot to me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/supp… via 38 Degrees

They left some wire after EV charger installation. Can you guess what I made with it?

Tackling the climate crisis with #SystemsThinking A [thread 🧵] with Prof. Richard C Thompson OBE FRS and Prof. Will Blake, as seen in The Times and The Sunday Times [1/6] #PlymouthPerspectives #COP26

marinemicro.org/2021/11/07/sec… Ocean Conservation Trust and others have been highlighting the importance of seagrasses for #BlueCarbon - in the news at #Cop26 ... as always, there's a microbial dimension!

A microbial journey from soils to the estuary: The processes that shape aquatic microbial communities. microbiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/a-microb… #behindthepaper #ismej #ismejournal #microbial #soil

There’s no time for stalling when our lives are at stake. Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma  Boris Johnson we need all fossil fuel phase-out including oil and gas at #COP26 to meet the 1.5C goal, not offsetting scams.

Congratulations to ⁦Davis Laundon⁩ on passing his #PhD viva - it’s been an amazing few years - great contributions to chytrid biology (and much more) ⁦MBA - Marine Biological Association⁩ ⁦MBA Cell and Molecular⁩ ⁦Thomas Mock⁩ ⁦Glen Wheeler⁩ ⁦EnvEast DTP⁩ ⁦ARIES DTP⁩

🚨“If you've got one shred of compassion for all those families who sacrificed so much, who lost so much, you’ll go”🚨

Q: What’s the difference between Jimmy Saville & Boris Johnson? A: One had unruly blond hair, dressed in mismatched clothes, was proven to have coerced the police & desecrated the dead. The other presented “Jim’ll Fix It”. #JohnsonOutToday #ALiarNotALeader #SueGrayReport

wordpress.com/post/marinemic… Personal circumstances have prevented me from reading and writing about science for the last couple of years. I'm pleased to be back with this post about the mixoplankton

Microbes, echinoderms, and algae – a tale of two ecosystem collapses marinemicro.org/2023/07/27/mic… via Colin Munn

Check out my latest post, which discusses recent research on predators of marine bacteria (BALOs), indicating that their role in ocean food webs may be underestimated. They may also be useful for control of pathogens to ensure seafood safety. marinemicro.org/2023/08/16/pre…