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Amelia Rotaru

@ameliarotaru.bsky.social
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Professor of microbial physiology and biochemistry, University of Southern Denmark. Working on interspecies interactions, electroactive metabolisms, methane cycle #electromicrobiology Lab website: rotarulab.com

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Lauren Queiss @lqueiss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What happens when two viruses coinfect the same host? Check out the first publication of my PhD, where we describe two new viruses from an extremophilic system! www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Two coinfecting archaeal viruses provide insights into virus-virus interactions - Communications Biology
Communications Biology - Two coinfecting archaeal viruses provide insights into virus-virus interactions
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the first PhD on my ERC Consolidator Grant MIMET, so we are very grateful for the funding from the @erc.europa.eu. We are also grateful for the EliteForsk travel grant from the Danish Agency for Higher Education & Science, which enabled Karina to do sampling in Greenland. 🇬🇱
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
She did a fantastic job discussing and defending her work in the coolest way possible with 3 very worthy opponents: Laura Villanueva, expert in the diversity and metabolism of marine microorganisms; Kasper Kjeldsen expert in marine microbial ecology and environmental genomics &chaired by Bo Thamdrup
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#ProudSupervisor moment. 🌟 A scientist was born yesterday: my PhD student Karina Hernández García defended her PhD thesis on how conductive particles shape (or not) methanogenic microbial communities and interspecies interactions.
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Ian Marshall @ianpgm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Two PhD positions with me at Aarhus University in Denmark are now open for applicants: phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican... Deadline November 1. Thanks @carlsbergfondet.dk!
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Anaerobic growth of aerobic methane-oxidising bacteria
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you are excited about developing new ways to see what happens where microorganisms meet electrodes 🦠 ⚡ , we would love to hear from you! 👉 Read more and apply here: phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...
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Developing advanced imaging tools to understand microbe–electrode interfaces
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is a fully funded, full-time PhD position at the intersection of microbiology, bioelectrochemistry and advanced imaging. Niculina will be the primary supervisor, with Jacek Fiutowski and me as co-supervisors.
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Developing advanced imaging tools to understand microbe–electrode interfaces
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨 JOB ALERT🚨 Please repost! An exciting PhD position is now open in Niculina Musat’s team at Aarhus University! The successful candidate will become part of the PROMETHEUS initiative, developing advanced tools to visualize, & better understand, microbe–electrode interfaces. 🔬⚡🦠
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Developing advanced imaging tools to understand microbe–electrode interfaces
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sonja also met with Marianne Holmer, Dean of Faculty of Science at SDU, to discuss broader collaborations between the University of Freiburg and SDU through the EPICUR University Alliance. Very exciting possibilities ahead!
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Happy to host @archaellum.bsky.social (Dean of Biology at Uni. Freiburg) at SDU today! A fantastic talk on archaeal cell surface biology, followed by exciting discussions about new collaborations between our labs. So many ideas to build on!
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This was a contribution to a joint DFF2 project between SDU and AU, which wrapped up last December. 🌊 Grateful to Independent Research Fund Denmark for funding our work.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It was great having the chance to go sampling at sea 🚢 with Jan and the wonderful AU team (Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Hans Røy), and working through so many ideas 💡 together at our joint project meetings over the past 4-5 years.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Check out this lovely piece of work by Jan V. Henkel and the AU team in collaboration with us at SDU and colleagues at AAU. Congrats Jan!!!! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Jan discovered the tiny microbes that make their home on ferromagnetic particles in the SMTZ of Baltic Sea sediments! 🦠 🧲 🦠
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Desulfatiglans-related bacteria associated with conductive mineral particles in marine subsurface sediments | mBio
Acetate is a central intermediate in the anaerobic breakdown of organic matter. In Baltic Sea sediments at and below the sulfate–methane transition zone, we observed acetate oxidation to carbon dioxid...
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Evgenii Protasov @evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Wait, what? Reversing #methanogenesis to produce #ethanol? #microbiology #methanogens #archaea #MicroSky #ArchaeaSky www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Reversing methanogenesis to produce ethanol - Communications Earth & Environment
Acetate produced by methanogens from captured methane and carbon dioxide can be converted efficiently to ethanol, demonstrated by lab experiments on the engineered methanogen Methanosarcina acetivoran...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
See link to paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🇸🇪 🇩🇰 It was such a pleasure collaborating with Tania & the rest of the team. #MarieCurie!
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
💡 See this nice work by Tetyana Gilevska, exploring how anoxic sediment microbiomes break down naproxen (a widely used painkiller) in coastal areas impacted by wastewater discharge. A good example of how microbiomes at the land–sea interface help mitigate the footprint of pharmaceutical pollution.
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 16/05/2026
#MicrobialEcology : Previously unknown microorganisms use naturally occurring conductive particles to produce methane in coastal sediments @ameliarotaru.bsky.social @nordcee.bsky.social #metagenomics
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Hidden microbial network could drive methane production in the seafloor
New discovery: Previously unknown microorganisms use naturally occurring conductive particles to produce methane in coastal sediments. This overlooked mechanism may help explain new ways how greenhouse gases form beneath the seafloor.
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 14/05/2026
#MicrobialEcology : Previously unknown microorganisms use naturally occurring conductive particles to produce methane in coastal sediments @ameliarotaru.bsky.social @nordcee.bsky.social #metagenomics
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Hidden microbial network could drive methane production in the seafloor
New discovery: Previously unknown microorganisms use naturally occurring conductive particles to produce methane in coastal sediments. This overlooked mechanism may help explain new ways how greenhouse gases form beneath the seafloor.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It could be the perfect stepping stone towards developing your own research line as an investigator.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
8 more days left to apply for this 3-year postdoc position. Please repost! The position offers a lot of freedom to test new ideas about how archaea and bacteria communicate & sense the extracellular environment.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Please help spread the word about this 3-year postdoc position in my team. If your expertise & interest lie in studying how organisms from different domains of life (Bacteria and Archaea) communicate, come join us this summer in cozy Odense, Denmark. Job post: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Please help spread the word about this 3-year postdoc position in my team. If your expertise & interest lie in studying how organisms from different domains of life (Bacteria and Archaea) communicate, come join us this summer in cozy Odense, Denmark. Job post: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Kartik Aiyer @kartiksaiyer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Excited to share our paper in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social We explore how microbes can simultaneously use oxygen and alternative electron acceptors, reshaping how we think about respiration. We also discuss the evolutionary context and how it can be studied. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Breathing both ways: simultaneous aerobic–anaerobic respiration in microbes
Microorganisms have historically been classified as obligate aerobes or anaerobes, facultative anaerobes, or microaerophiles, reflecting differences i…
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
MBE is excited to launch our newest Call for Papers on the Major Transitions of Life, covering all aspects of phylogenomic research. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/pages/call-for-papers-on-the-major-transitions-of-life Guest Editors: Davide Pisani Anja Spang #evobio #molbio #phylogenetics
MBE Call for Papers on the Major Transitions of Life
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A newly described microbial network in coastal sediments uses conductive particles to facilitate methane production, highlighting an overlooked process that may influence carbon cycling and greenhouse gas emissions. doi.org/hbtnxt
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Overlooked microbial network may drive methane production in the seafloor
Deep below the surface in coastal sediments, microorganisms use conductive particles as tiny natural "wires" to exchange electrons.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Genome-centric metagenomics reveals electroactive syntrophs in a conductive particle-dependent consortium from coastal sediments www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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Genome-centric metagenomics reveals electroactive syntrophs in a conductive particle-dependent consortium from coastal sediments - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors provide a genomic blueprint for a conductive particle-dependent environmental consortium from coastal sediments and use long-read metagenomics to show how syntrophic partner...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Thanks, Dan! :)
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Many thanks to our collaborators at AU, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen and Bo Barker Jørgensen, and Jacek Fiutowski at SDU NanoSyd, to two very supportive reviewers, and to our funders, Independent Research Fund Denmark and the @erc.europa.eu, for supporting this work.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It is especially exciting, since it is the first first-author paper of my former PhD student, Danijel Jovicic, & co-first authorship for my postdoc, Konstantinos Anestis.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Glad to see our paper published in Nature Communications We discovered how novel marine microorganisms interact via geoconductors to produce methane. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Kerstin Fiege @kfiege.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
First post here 🙂 Not long ago we published "Membrane changes during syntrophic interactions of an archaeal–bacterial coculture". Turns out their membrane changes in the process to adapt to this partnership. Always fascinating to see how dynamic these systems are. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Join us or share this announcement widely within your network. 🙏 🛜 You can find more about the project here: www.carlsbergfondet.dk/det-har-vi-s... And you can apply for the 3-year postdoc position here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The project addresses a novel question in microbial ecology and molecular microbiology: how eRNA may shape communication and functional interactions between microbial partners from different domains of life. 🤝
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
💫 I am recruiting a postdoctoral candidate for a 3-year position starting in summer 2026 to work on the role of extracellular RNA (eRNA) in interspecies interactions.
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Heike Zimmermann @heikezimm.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
📣We are recruiting! Postdoc position open in marine #eDNA / #sedaDNA in Copenhagen as part of the Arctic NordForsk #PHATE Research Project. See the link for details 👇 and get in touch if you want to know more. Deadline is on the 6th April 🌊 🧬 Glaciology and Climate - #GEUS #HAB #phycotoxins
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Postdoc in marine environmental DNA/ sedimentary ancient DNA
The Department of Glaciology and Climate at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic postdoctoral resea
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is amazing. Such a cool resource for our community...and a very cool paper.
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Sebastian Schmidt @tsbschm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The Microbe Atlas database paper is *finally* published! Out in @cellpress.bsky.social today: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The MicrobeAtlas database: Global trends and insights into Earth’s microbial ecosystems
Environmental DNA sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of microbial diversity and ecology. Microbiomes have now been sequenced across the e…
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Four more days left to apply or share with your network. For the 2 postdoc offers in experimental evolution, apply here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... For the 2 PhD offers in electromicrobiology, apply here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The first 4 positions are open until 4th March. Additional positions will follow at SDU & partner institutions over the next 1.5 years. A chance to work interdisciplinary, learn from leading experts, and build a strong research & industry network, while contributing to science with societal impact.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Our aim is to create and validate a bioelectrochemically assisted platform in which adaptive, electrode-anchored microbiomes can upcycle waste carbon into premium-grade biomethane, a renewable fuel.
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Today marks the official start date of the Microbial Electrochemical Methanation Initiative (alias Prometheus), a strategic 50 mil DKK grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation awarded to us at SDU, together with partners at SDU NanoSYD, DTU (BRIGHT), AU (CORC, Biology), TBI, and Wageningen University.
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Join us as Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Computational Biology at Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) / @leidenscience.bsky.social / @unileiden.bsky.social Application deadline on 15 March 2026 👇 careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Computational Biology
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Computational Biology
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Faculty position in Plant Molecular Biology (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
...and a cute follow up article for Frontiers for Young Minds, which you can share with your kids. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
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The Hidden Potential of What We Flush
Every day, people around the world flush billions of liters of wastewater down the drain. Most of it must be cleaned before it can safely return to the environment, but wastewater treatment uses huge ...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Check out our lead review paper in Frontiers in Science, expertly led by Uwe Schröder and featuring really great co-authors from all over the globe... on new strategies to turn waste into value. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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Frontiers | Waste to value: microbial electrochemical technologies for sustainable water, material, and energy cycles
Global wastewater production exceeds 359 billion m3 annually, of which only 52% is treated, mostly in expensive and resource-consuming processes. Microbial e...
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢 We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline. Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thank you Oona 🙏
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Two roles for two postdocs: Evolution of defined methanogenic consortia Evolution of complex digester-derived microbiomes Application deadline: 4 March 2026 (23:59 DK time).
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