The final version of Brittany N. Zepernick, PhD's paper is finally out as online early in the ISME J. Appropriate timing given low ice L. Erie '24 so far. Declines in ice cover are accompanied by light limitation responses and community change in freshwater diatoms academic.oup.com/ismej/article/…

What happens when a bunch of students head out to a local quarry to learn some basic techniques in limnology....discovery. newsweek.com/tennessee-lake…

Metatranscriptomics reveals declines in ice cover influence winter viral community activity biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Liz Denison Brittany N. Zepernick, PhD Robert Michael McKay

A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. “We were surprised by how brazenly the male researchers described their priorities, for example that they actively didn’t respond to emails” kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

We just published a short paper on iMeta to introduce SeqKit's new functionality, performance optimizations, and improved user-friendliness, since the initial publication 7 years ago. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/im…

Congrats Ronie Haro !!! Can’t wait to see what you do next.

Researchers are artists too !

The diel disconnect between cell growth and division in Aureococcus is interrupted by giant virus infection biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Time of day of infection shapes development of a eukaryotic algal-Nucleocytoviricota virocell biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

New paper led by Thomas M Pitot on giant viruses in polar lakes! Cool collaboration Simon Roux Frederik Schulz Alex Culley Catherine Girard Josephine Z. Rapp! #giantviruses #viruses #polarresearch #arctic #antarctic #phylogeny academic.oup.com/ismecommun/art…

.Erin Bertrand, Alastair Simpson and I are seeking a postdoc to work with us on metabolomics of a fascinating protist-bacterial symbiosis in the Anaeramoebae! drive.google.com/file/d/1dIXX7z…

Are you interested discovering novel microbial pathogens and viruses? We're looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join our New Lineages of Life group: jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/postdocto… Berkeley Lab

Our paper on eukaryotic and prokaryotic viruses in deep sea brine pools is out now in ISME comms! Go check out the extreme viruses in this unique environment through geochemical and biological lens. academic.oup.com/ismecommun/art…

Now available! You can get faster, more focused search results with our new BLAST core nucleotide (core_nt) database. The core_nt database will become the default in August 2024. Learn more: ow.ly/o0JP50SFxS6 #NCBICGR

"The history of science teaches us that we should be open-minded and recognize the value of different perspectives. Debate is healthy" Super nice read on the history of symbiosis by John Archibal PLOS Biology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Timing is everything - even the simple task of measuring growth rate for phytoplankton can be tricky. An example from harmful algae (and their virus) and insights into how this effects export. Great teamwork from Alex Truchon Emily Erin Chase Ashton Stark frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

🚨The ECSO Lab at Purdue is looking for *two* PhD students and *one* postdoctoral researcher for the projects *“The energetic costs of new genes and cellular complexity”* and *“The physiology and metabolism of common and rare photosymbiotic associations.”* Please share 🙏

Excitement is building for the 12th iteration of the Aquatic Virus Workshop to be held at the fantastic Oceanologic Observatory in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France during 5-9 May 2025. We have a great lineup of speakers, and a nascent website: avw12.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en