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Is it bad that my department has an invited speaker who is actually outside of the college for once, but there was no communication with anyone about setting up meeting times with said speaker?

Calibrating for absolute microbiome abundances without spike-ins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

Two new & slightly different but complementary important pieces for microbiome translation: 1) CMI: roadmap on trials/regulation/stakeholders; 2) ISAPP presenting a consensus to define "gut health"👇
CMI: www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
ISAPP: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The MicrobeAtlas database: Global trends and insights into Earth’s microbial ecosystems MicrobeAtlas (www.microbeatlas.org) is an integrated, reference-based resource for truly planet-wide microbiomics, analyzing hundreds of thousands of microbial lineages across diverse environments, co...

This is an incredible resource:

The MicrobeAtlas Database www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Researchers in the US might be having feelings about writing grants atm-I know I am!

We still need to write them. In this Evolution Exchange, I again chat with Sam Scheiner, who summarizes how to write a competitive proposal.

His advice is gold, and helpful regardless of funder. Pls RT!

Two postdoctoral positions (3-year) in Experimental Evolution of Methanogenic Microbiomes in Bioelectrochemical Systems Application deadline: 4 March 2026 at 23:59 hours local Danish time

Hiring: two 3-year Postdoc positions

We’re looking for postdocs who can design and run directed laboratory evolution experiments in microbial communities under electrochemical stimulation, and link adaptations to performance using shotgun meta-omics.

When the R code works!

Learn Microbial DNA Extraction from an Expert

Remember to join us for Mastering Microbial DNA Extraction on Feb 26 at 11 AM PST.

If you perform microbial DNA extraction, this is a session you won’t want to miss.

Save your spot: www.zymoresearch.com/pages/master...

#Microbiome #Webinar

Advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome - Nature AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that inputs 1-Mb DNA sequence to predict functional genomic tracks at single-base resolution across diverse modalities, outperforms existing models in variant effect...

AlphaGenome is out! Input 1 Mb DNA -> predict gene expression, transcription initiation, chromatin accessibility, histone modifications, transcription factor binding, chromatin contact maps, ..., up to single-base-pair resolution! Trained on human and mouse data 🧪🧬🖥️🦠✨
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please check out our review on the impact of spatial structure in microbial ecosystems! In it, we discuss how spatial patterns impact microbial ecology and evolution, eventually impacting everything we see around us!

See @marcelbaecker.bsky.social's amazing summary below :)

🦠 𝚂𝙿𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂 ! 🦠

Not all heroes wear capes. Some grow grass, support livelihoods, store carbon, and stretch across vast landscapes.

Click the link to see why protecting Rangelands matters | bit.ly/4kiIbKd

#IYRP2026 #RangelandsAndPastoralists #SoilHealth

@fao.org @cifor-icraf.org @iyrp2026.bsky.social

If it helps #soilhealth that will be great

Diverse prokaryotic strategies associated with soil organic matter priming Labile C inputs can alter soil organic matter (SOM) mineralisation rates through the priming effect, but the microbial communities associated with thi…

🌟 New paper investigating microbial communities associated with #soil organic matter priming www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... take homes: priming response associated with few bacterial taxa; mixture of r and k strategists; k strategists may be associated with stronger priming response in 1 soil

NEW in Frontiers in Soil Science
Biochar raises #soil health and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in #arid lands
doi.org/10.3389/fsoi...

lead by Said Al-Ismaily & Daniel Blackburn

#SoilOrganicMatter #sequestration #carbonsequestration #soilhealth
#CO2 #N2O #CH4 #global #landuse #metaanalysis

Soil health indicators are crucial for measuring the quality of soil yet choosing the right ones for your soil can be a complex and nuanced process. Our latest podcast explores the topic: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #SoilHealth #SoilMonitoringLaw

The surprisingly big health benefits of just a little exercise

‘Exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death.

i read this bad boy in a humanities class

Writing is thinking

"On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models."

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Major milestone unlocked for mycology! 🍄

We just published a massive genomic resource in 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚, releasing 2,695 complete circular mitochondrial species assembled from public data

This single dataset nearly 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐒 📈the known mitochondrial diversity of the Kingdom Fungi
rdcu.be/eYZ2h

A close-up of creatures living beneath the soil - Deep Down & Dirty: The Science of Soil - BBC YouTube video by BBC

I urge you to watch and learn from Deep Down and Dirty: the Science of Soil.

Don’t mess with the stuff!

#EnvironmentalScience #PlantSciences #Fungi #Soil

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYXo...

This figure illustrates molecules and minerals discovered in samples of near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which were delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023. The upper left panel depicts precursor molecules like ammonia and formaldehyde, while the upper right depicts salts and clays. These early ingredients mixed with water inside the parent body to undergo chemical reactions and synthesize organic molecules, shown at bottom. The lower right panel depicts nucleobases, the genetic components of DNA and RNA, while the lower left depicts amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. The Bennu samples contain all five of the nucleobases that are found in DNA and RNA, and 14 of the 20 amino acids that life uses to build proteins. Credit: NASA

Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January.
go.nature.com/40SlwfF
go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
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I am recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026! The Microbial Ecosystems Lab @hot-mes-asu.bsky.social at ASU studies microbial interactions, spatial ecology, and imaging-driven microbiome science. If you love microbes, microfluidics, or single-cell analysis, let’s talk! www.microbialeco.systems

Any future postdoc positions?!?

Hi everyone! I'm co-organizing this retreat/workshop June 15-19 for those looking to get started in mathematical/computational modeling of biological processes. Location is a beautiful farm in NC. Please share with students and others who want to build modeling skills. Interdisciplinarity welcome!

Instead of buying something on #Black Friday, have you tried SHIFT-ing? 🌍
SHIFT is an evidence-based guide that connects you with the most effective personal actions you can take. @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social
🔗 Ready to #makeSHIFThappen? Find your climate superpowers!
https://jointheshift.earth/

🌃 Night lights don’t just brighten the sky—they reshape earthworm communities and soil structure. Evidence shows that tailored management of artificial light at night, tuned to illuminance and spectrum can safeguard earthworm diversity and soil function 🪱

🌍 Read more: buff.ly/nu5sf87

And also a fantastic keynote at #ABACBS2025 on this story!

Next week at the British Society of Soil Science annual conference Dr Christopher Quince - Group Leader at Earlham Institute and @quadraminstitute.bsky.social - will be sharing his latest work with @ukceh.bsky.social on @ukceh.bsky.social on #soilhealth and the #soil #microbiome.

Four polar stereographic maps showing Arctic near-surface air temperature anomalies for the month of November in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. Most all areas are observing long-term warming, which is largest along the Eurasian coast.

Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...

Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

I'm such a failure as a scientist