πͺΈ A recent study by WHOI Reef Solutions scientists shows that microbes and genetic material in seawater change when nearby corals are sick. Seawater was a better indicator of disease than sampling the corals themselves.
@amiposts.bsky.social has the scoop: go.whoi.edu/microbio-coral
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Here for the nerdy friendship bracelets!
Welcome to the newest members of the Becker Lab here @ithacacollege.bsky.social! Thank you to the wonderful @hannahgreich.bsky.social PhycoSymbiosis lab @sunyesf.bsky.social for our initial population of Aiptasia. Looking forward to some science!
Today was yet another sad day for science. All U-RISE training programs, including the one at SJSU, got stop work orders. We've had a version of this program at SJSU for 30+ yrs. Devastating for the students who got their stipends & tuition pulled w no notice & for the future of science π§ͺ 1/
Hey #Microbiome peps - has anyone generated ONT (10.4) data for full length 16s rRNA analysis and has a data analysis/OTU clustering pipeline they are happy with and are willing to share? TIA!
#nanopore #MicrobiomeSky
Make sure you follow the #BlackEduSky starter pack
go.bsky.app/R1Fhqjw
Wow, Bluesky really took off in the last couple of days! The first microbiome starter pack is full now and I started a second one with non-overlapping profiles.
Check out these people below and please let me know if you would like to be included!
go.bsky.app/6vPBEty
Love this idea for helping the community make the transition to Bluesky, so Iβve compiled a woefully incomplete list of microbial ecologists and -omics peeps I know are here.
Please make suggestions and share. Let me know if youβd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/TQpaTqF
Happy Halloween from the Ithaca College βLife on the Oceanβ class π¦π
When shark day lands (intentionally) on Halloween, of course I have to dress up!
We have a great group of co-chairs, @oceanatalie.bsky.social, @aliciareigel.bsky.social, Jeanne Bloomberg, and Adrian Marchetti!
π #ASLO25 abstracts due Mon, Oct 21st!! π
Please consider submitting an abstract to our session SS08: Integrating and developing #omics technologies in #aquatic community #ecology!
*invited speakers* @nekton4plankton.bsky.social & @akiledal.bsky.social
Best science beach reads from @scifri.bsky.social include books by @beebrookshire.bsky.social @ferrisjabr.bsky.social and @deborahb.bsky.social #scicomm π§ͺ www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bes...
My dept is hiring in Evolutionary Genomics
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
These Barbies do science!! 𧫠𧬠πͺΈ
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Poster done
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Talk done
Now ready to absorb all the other great stuff #ASMicrobe has to offer!
A couple of the lovely ladies of the @lebetimonas.bsky.social lab are in Atlanta for #ASMicrobe! Letβs meet up if you want to talk corals, disease, and microbiomes! πͺΈ
Talk - AES-IDS-011
Poster- AES-Friday-831
If youβre new to #ASMicrobe from @ASMicrobiology thereβs a lot going on you might not know about. Hereβs a few things that might help you have a better experience #BinningSingletons 1/n
The ecoevojobs google doc has crowdsourced postdoc, fixed term faculty, and TT faculty jobs!! ecoevojobs.net
Let the #ASMicrobe FOMO beginβ¦. Thanks to everyone posting here! And check out Jean Lim and Aly Rogersβ poster on RNA viruses associated with Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in Florida. #7239 EEB-P-001 β EEB01 Friday Microbial Ecology. Wundergrad Aly will be giving the lightning talk!
Multiple science job openings at the β¦βͺGordon And Betty Moore Foundation β¬ www.moore.org/about/careers
Back by popular demand - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2025!
PIs - Enter your position info here: forms.gle/adBbhEBqYUg5...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share!
Just wrapped up a couple wonderful days at Cornell!! I had a great time sharing my research on sctld & microbes and loved all the science chats with other faculty. Thanks so much to @ianhewson.bsky.social for hosting me!
Extra shout out to my amazing PhD advisor @amyapprill.bsky.social for roping me in as an undergrad on this project so I could continue it all through my PhD!
Nothing says an academic βHappy Birthdayβ more than having a paper published on your birthday! ππ₯³πππ»
Check out our latest work highlighting how SW microbes capture and predict hurricane and disease (SCTLD) impacts on USVI reefs: enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Had so much fun at #SUNYESF talking all things coral reef microbes and meeting all the wonderful scientists there! Thanks so much for hosting me @hannahgreich.bsky.social! πͺΈ
Had a blast hosting @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social at our #SUNYESF water seminar. We were treated to exciting coral reef microbe science and stellar graphics. πͺΈππ§«
My Ph.D. student Erin had worked with an amazing group of ECR women to put together this much needed comprehensive review of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Researchers snorkel above colonies of coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay, studying the impact of climate change on coral resilience amidst a backdrop of natural beauty. (Image: Courtesy of Kristen Brown)
Happy to share our latest research!
Over nearly a decade, we monitored two species of coral in KΔneβohe Bay, Hawaiβi to reveal that repetitive exposure to heatwaves leads to divergent coral bleaching and recovery trajectories #coralsky πͺΈπ π§ͺπ©π»βπ¬ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
