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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ah!! I had set my eyes on this award ever since I heard about this challenge 😍 I really hope there will be a follow-up MarinArt challenge in the future, I really enjoyed it!

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It was great discussing with @gilbertjacka.bsky.social and having Stefanie as a co-host! I hope you will enjoy it as well! 🦠🧫🧪🖥️🧬

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

If you feel like contributing your microbial growth data, take a look at μGrowthDB mgrowthdb.gbiomed.kuleuven.be You can also read the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪🦠🧫

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

8-year PhD anniversary! 🥳🎉 On my 4th Post Doc position, after 4 countries & 2 continents, and 55 peer-reviewed papers, I am still waiting for that permanent position 🤣 "Hope never dies" but motivation is certainly hanging by a thread. 🦠🧬🧫💻🌊👩‍🔬 #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

fellow microbiologists take note👇 this is comparable to closing down ATCC. go figure! #MicroSky

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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

📢 Don't forget to submit your abstract for the 11th MikroBioKosmos Conference & the 2nd Central & East Europe Symposium on Microbial Ecology!! Just a few days left for the opportunity to become part of our exciting program! 🔗 shorturl.at/kyEGr 🧬🦠🧫🧪🖥️ #mevosky @isme-microbes.bsky.social

Image mentioning the abstract submission deadline of the Mikrobiokosmos & CEESME Symposium

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It's finally out! 🧪🧬🖥️ My 50th paper is about a new bacterial species! 🧫🦠 Everybody, welcome Janthinobacterium aestuarii sp. nov.!!! 👉 doi.org/10.1099/ijse...

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗦-𝟰-𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝗧𝗡𝗔) 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 This call is 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, providing researchers 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 (𝗥𝗜𝘀) 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲. 🦠🧫 #mevosky #microsky

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1st Open Call for Transnational Access (TNA) services | Microbes 4 Climate EU Project

--𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝗧𝗡𝗔) 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹-- ➡️ 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗦-𝟰-𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝗧𝗡𝗔) 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 We are excited to announce the launch of the first Transna...

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It was great to participate in this course! Now it's homework time, to leverage all the new knowledge 😀 🌐🌍🌱

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Welcome to Greece: Where Time Stops and So Do the Trains 🚂💥 🚆 In February 2023, 57 people died in a train collision. Two years later, you can still buy a ticket on that same line — with the same dangers. 🎯 Help us make it visible. #TrainCrashGreece #Tempi #VisitGreeceSafely

Poster showing two tourists shocked with the news about the Tempi traincrash

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I went to Evian to present EMO BON (the 1st European coordinated #genomic #observatory) and I am leaving fulfilled, by my block of cheese (poster raffle prize) & by all the interesting conversations with #aquaecomics participants! 🧬🦠🧫🖥️ @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @embrc-eu.bsky.social

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you are always going to reply "I have no time" and decline all review invitations, then WHY are you the (sole) article corresponding author? Our peer-review system is wrong on so many levels, but this behaviour isn't helpful at all.

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EMBRC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre) @embrc.eu · 16/12/2024

📢 EMBRC’s #EMOBON observatory has published its first data 📢 Analysis of these #BiodiversityData can help to: ➡️ Understand ocean ecosystems ➡️ Inform science-based policy ➡️ Tackle pressing environmental issues ➡️ Position the EU as a global sustainability leader 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s3uhctv 🧪 #addOcean

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EMBRC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre) @embrc.eu · 12/12/2024

#EMBRCBlog | 👉 How an underwater hotel is helping to identify #MarineBiodiversity hotspots Thanks to EMBRC’s #EMOBON, researchers may have discovered where ocean biodiversity richness comes from 🔗 For more, read our Q&A with co-author Matthias Obst, @naturvetenskap.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yw83hcdm

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Did we set fire to the rain? 🔥 Well, not exactly, but we did set it to the water. Or technically, to our artificial oil spill! 🛢️ Was there smoke on the water? 💨 Yes, there was! Is this the first publication of, quite a few, more to come? Indeed! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... 🧬🖥️🧪🦠🌊

Graphical abstract of a publication. The original abstract is "Major oil spills can impose a significant environmental hazard on the marine ecosystem, and a promising mitigation measure is in-situ oil burning (ISB). However, our knowledge of the impact of the burned residues and soot deposition on the marine ecosystem is still limited. We investigated the effects of burned oil residue and soot deposition on the marine plankton communities of the oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Sea with a mesocosm experiment. Three triplicated treatments were tested: (1) Iranian crude oil was added and burned (Burned treatment); (2) soot was collected and deposited with artificial rain (Soot); and (3) a non-contaminated Control. Results revealed that Low Nucleic Acid heterotrophic bacteria, Synechococcus spp., and pigmented pico-nano Eukaryotes (pnEuk) were negatively affected in the Burned and Soot treatments. Viruses, heterotrophic pnEuk and ciliates (in Soot) were crucial for controlling the High Nucleic Acid bacteria. Ciliates and most dinoflagellates showed a negative response to the burned residues but were less affected or were even favored when exposed to soot. Our results show that ISB affected the structure and dynamics of the plankton food web through burned residues and soot depositions. However, since the effects appeared at least three days after the ignition, ISB could be combined with subsequent burned residue collection to minimize its impact on the pelagic ecosystem."

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Unpopular opinion: There is a specific place in hell for people that submit raw sequencing reads in Zotero and/or Dryad. 🧪🧬🖥️

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I decided to update both R and Rstudio on the same day...! Don't know what I was thinking.

Homer Simpson saying "Oh, what have I done?"

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

We are preparing "Microbiomes in Extreme environments" themed event (March 2025) and we need YOUR HELP in shaping the program of this special #MVIF event. Feel free to contribute with your ideas, we are listening! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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"Microbiomes in Extreme environments" themed event - March 2025

Please help us shape the program of this special MVIF event. Feel free to contribute with your ideas, we are listening!

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

We're happy to announce the full program of #MVIF #29 speakers & their talks on ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF MICROBIOME RESEARCH • to see full program, visit 👉 www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu... • to register for free, visit 👉 events.ringcentral.com/events/micro...

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

Είσαι 14-18 χρονών και είσαι καλλιτέχνης; Διάλεξε μία πρωτεΐνη, εμπνεύσου, φτιάξε το έργο σου και πάρε μέρος στο διαγωνισμό: Are you 14-18 years old and an artist? Choose a protein, get inspired, create an artwork and join the competition: 🧪🖥️🧬🦠🧫

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Unfold your world

Launched in honour of EMBL's 50th anniversary, this youth engagement initiative aims to inspire young people's creativity in response to the molecular wonders of protein folding. Join us on this prote...

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Elsevier probably should take an intensive course in Geography... (Or maybe admit that Eastern here actually means former USSR countries)

Screenshot from Elsevier's equity in research statements, where Greece is classified as Western Europe

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

We have launched our C R O W D F U N D I N G campaign! gofundme.com/f/me-mvif Are you eager to join MVIF mission in empowering people and breaking barriers in microbiome science? Support us by donating to our crowdfunding campaign and spread the word!

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Rebecca Nicholl @rebeccanicholl.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Our newest free webinar series 'Exploring microbial ecosystems' starts tomorrow with 'Investigating microbial ecology in extreme habitats' presented by @cpavloud.bsky.social of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) Registration is free but essential: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...

Webinar at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute. Exploring microbial ecosystems. Investigating microbial ecology in extreme habitats. 14 February 2024. 15:30 – 16:30 GMT. Speaker: Christina Pavloudi, EMBRC

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

And I can't help but wonder, how was I picking the eggs from the cardboard box before becoming a scientist...?🧪

10 eggs in their cardboard box. The top right and the bottom left are missing.

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

So, a while ago we had published a paper on bald sea urchin disease. Now, we have a new paper, on spotting disease 👉 rdcu.be/dvnoR In a nutshell, although both diseases involve spine loss, they are distinct (microbiome and symptom wise). Also, all lesions have the same microbial composition. 🦠🧫🧬🖥️🧪

Lethal progression of spotting disease in the purple sea urchin. From left to right: A) healthy sea urchin, B) diseased sea urchin with a small black necrotic lesion of approximately 1 cm in diameter. The mouth is located on the ventral side. This sea urchin also shows indications of better health, including primary spines generally pointing perpendicular to the body surface, C) diseased sea urchin with one large black necrotic lesion. This sea urchin shows typical spine orientation of perpendicular to the body surface, which indicates better health despite the lesion.

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

"The existence of substantial variability among analysis outcomes raises important questions about how ecologists and evolutionary biologists should interpret published results, and how they should conduct analyses in the future." Really interesting!

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Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and ...

Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explan...

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

#MVIF #23 full program is OUT We're happy to welcome YOU & speakers⬇️ ⭐️ keynote 🇩🇪 @merenbey.bsky.social ⭐️ short talks 🇳🇴 Ahmed Bargheet 🇮🇹 Antonia Bruno 🇨🇭 Petar Scepanovic ⭐️ highlights 🇺🇸 Nick Quinn-Bohmann 🇮🇹 Gabriele Ghiotto FREE registration hopin.com/events/micro...

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

What causes bald sea urchin disease? Is there one 🦠responsible or multiple? How different is the surface microbiome 🧬 between diseased, recovered and healthy sea urchins? If you are interested in finding out, check out our recent paper 👉 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Screenshot of a research paper published in FEMS Pathogens and Disease, entitled "Bald sea urchin disease shifts the surface microbiome on purple sea urchins in an aquarium"

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Today is my 6-year PhD anniversary. After 3 Post Doc positions (+1 starting soon), 3 countries, 2 continents, 19 peer-reviewed papers, 9 research projects and 1 cat (who is also an expat), I am ready for someone to offer me a permanent position 🦠🧬🧫💻🌊👩‍🔬 Any volunteers? 🤣 #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM

Badge that reads "PhD candidate", where the word "candidate" has been crossed out and the word "survivor" is written instead.

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Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

It's never going to happen again, so I have to post it! 🦔 Animal #56 🐼 I figured it out in 2 guesses! 🟥🟩 🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 10.7 metazooa.com #metazooa

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Metazooa

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

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