Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026These Princeton / CUNY biological physics events are tremendous. Thanks @wbialek.bsky.social 040
Reposted by Avi FlamholzHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Come be our colleague. I have been in this Division for 27 years (4 as a postdoc and 23 as a PI). It is an amazing place to work, collaborate, and be inspired. If you are applying to be an Assistant or Associate Professor this Fall, don't miss this deadline. 2163152
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026At RU Field Center as usual. www.jarvislab.net/field-resear...jarvislab.netErich Jarvis Lab: Field Research Center 022
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Lab Retreat / NYLittle 2.0 with labs of @karnagowda.bsky.social (OSU), Darcy McRose (MIT), and Jane Lucas (Cary) 160
Reposted by Avi FlamholzDmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Cannot be more excited about the lineup for the inaugural Function of Evolving Systems GRC conference I am co-organizing with the amazing Joy Bergelson. Less than a month away: August 9 - 14, 2026. Still a few spots left! And do check out the amazing list of speakers: www.grc.org/function-of-...grc.org2026 Function of Evolving Systems Conference GRCThe 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Function of Evolving Systems will be held in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot. 43926
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026cen.acs.org/biological-c...cen.acs.orgHow growth-coupled selection could rebuild metabolismArren Bar-Even drove a new way to engineer metabolism; his former collaborators and students are continuing the work 020
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026yes, it helps. seb kopf has a nice worksheet we follow www.kopflab.org/resources/wi...kopflab.orgKopf Lab | Winogradsky ColumnsGeomicrobial Physiology Lab at the University of Colorado in Boulder 010
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026cellulose + sulfate in this case. seems like they keep going over months... 110
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Samples from a catchment pond and adjacent river. So different! 230
Reposted by Avi FlamholzThe Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 22/04/2026This #EarthDay we're featuring Rockefeller's @flamholz.bsky.social, who studies how microbes contribute to #climatechange and how they could offer solutions to this problem via their metabolisms.the-scientist.comA Microbiologist Mines Bacterial Metabolism to Tackle Climate Change | The ScientistAvi Flamholz leverages computational tools and microbial biochemistry to improve climate models and provide novel engineering solutions to address climate change. 0124
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Glad to host Dan Needleman for the Physics and Biology seminar @rockefeller.edu today 030
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Huge thanks to all the folks who work to keep @rockefeller.edu accessible and beautiful during these crazy storms. 070
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Super glad to host Rico Rojas from NYU @rockefeller.edu today — he gave a thought provoking talk on the mechanical properties of the gram positive cell wall. 070
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Was great to host @deepakkrish.bsky.social at @rockefeller.edu this week. Thanks for the conversation and phenomenal talk. 091
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 31/12/2025These stats are super important AND also obscure the fact that a great way to reduce traffic deaths is by reducing vehicle miles driven. Should explicitly report miles driven per resident. 010
Reposted by Avi FlamholzAlex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 24/12/2025All you want for christmas is.... transposon mutagenesis! Our new work at @cultivarium.bsky.social screening lots of transposon vectors in lots of bacteria, from @charliegilbert.bsky.social and team. Transposon and promoter modular parts available on Addgene (pooled library will be there soon too) 18432
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Heading to #AGU25 tomorrow to talk about continuum models of SOC in session B32B Weds morning. Hope to see some friends there. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...agu.confex.comStatistical approaches to soil carbon dynamicsTerrestrial ecosystems absorb ≈30% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in a process ... 020
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 04/12/2025very disappointing. at least they finally put that traffic light at michigan and del mar 100
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Glad to see this beautful work from Daniel Amador-Noguez’s group is out now. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...journals.asm.orgThermodynamics shapes the in vivo enzyme burden of glycolytic pathways | mBioCells regulate metabolic fluxes to balance energy production, biosynthesis, and the efficient use of limited resources, including the finite capacity for synthesizing and maintaining metabolic enzymes... 011
Reposted by Avi FlamholzCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies @caryinstitute.bsky.social · 17/11/2025On Thu, Nov 20 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @rockefeller.edu's @flamholz.bsky.social: Statistical Approaches to Soil Carbon Dynamics. Free + open to all. #ecology Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/statistica... 022
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Rockefeller / MSK theory lunch #3 — Chromatin as a memory machine with Dr Jeremy Owen 010
Reposted by Avi FlamholzQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 07/11/2025Every cubic meter of air contains anywhere from 10 to 10 million microbes, depending on the altitude, location, season and time of day. At an observatory Watop Puy de Dôme, a 4,800-foot inactive volcano in France, microbiologists sample the aeromicrobiome.quantamagazine.orgMicrobes Also Change the Climate. Could That Help Us? | Quanta MagazineA collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life forms make to our climate system, and how we can work with them to address… 1227
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Glad you take a conservative approach. Certainly in favor of doing these sorts of assessments when the questions/data take you there (e.g., fig 6 of ref below). Still, seems to me there are many conceptual and statistical issues that are often ignored... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 210
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 08/10/2025I see. I think this is a good strategy. I agree that KEGG is super useful, but I still don't really understand how we know which genes go in which pathways. 100
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Seems like it would be really hard to control these analyses for multiple hypothesis testing, no? 100
Reposted by Avi FlamholzTristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The vast majority of permafrost exists in the subsurface. What happens when this deep, ancient permafrost thaws? How fast does it take microbial communities to "wake up"? This project now published in JGR, with @isotopes.bsky.social , @kopflab.bsky.social , et al., aims to address that question!agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comMicrobial Resuscitation and Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From the Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, AlaskaMicrobial growth is extremely slow within the first 30 days of thaw. Temperature may drive which taxa are active, but not growth rates Subsurface microbes preferentially produce glycolipids over ... 0176
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Congrats to Jan, Sean and the whole Brady lab crew. 010
Reposted by Avi FlamholzThe Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 08/09/2025Applications are now open for September 2026 enrollment in The David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience. Join a vibrant community of scientists pushing the boundaries of discovery. Learn more here: www.rockefeller.edu/education-and-t… 001
Reposted by Avi FlamholzChikae Tatsumi @chikaetatsumi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025OIST is hiring Open-Rank Faculty!! This call is open to several fields, including Ecology, Environmental Science, and Earth Science🌏🌳🐦🐟🐝🦠 Come be part of a truly diverse and inspiring community!! 121
Reposted by Avi FlamholzTypas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · 12/08/2025EMBL is back on hiring faculty! Check out the multiple open positions: 3 PIs- 2 in Heidelberg incl. our Molecular Systems Biology Unit, 1 in Grenoble 1 Head of Unit (Cell Biology & Biophysics, Heidelberg). Closing deadlines in Sep! +3 more positions to come out then, stay tuned... @embl.org 02024
Reposted by Avi FlamholzCarrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Please repost and amplify ! We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina! Check us out and come be our colleague! sc.edu/study/colleg... Deadline for applications is Oct 1 #AcademicJobs #EvoBiosc.eduAssistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina 072119
Reposted by Avi FlamholzAnny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · 21/08/2025🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...ugajobsearch.comAssistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/MycologyThe Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu... 12034
Reposted by Avi Flamholzriceeeps.bsky.social @riceeeps.bsky.social · 28/08/2025⁉️ Are you our next faculty member? The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position. Learn more or apply by October 15th: eeps.rice.edu/eeps-job-opp... 013
Reposted by Avi FlamholzJulia McHugh @drjmchugh.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Full-time, 9-month, Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology position at the University of Hawaii. www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4...indeed.comAssistant Professor in Paleoclimatology - Honolulu, HI - Indeed.comUniversity of Hawaii 02719
Reposted by Avi FlamholzAnthony Vecchiarelli @cellforganized.bsky.social · 26/08/2025My MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level! Applications Due by October 15, 2025 We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels. lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...lsa.umich.eduMCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le... 04854
Reposted by Avi FlamholzJennifer Landino @jenelandino.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Dartmouth is hiring! Come be my colleague. Biochemistry and Cell Biology is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Join us in New Hampshire for great science, nice people, and beautiful scenery ⛰️ apply.interfolio.com/171438 12416
Reposted by Avi FlamholzYale Center for Natural Carbon Capture @yalecncc.bsky.social · 29/08/2025📢📢📢 The Yale Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences has opened a search for YCNCC Faculty and Asst/Assoc/Professor with a focus on marine and other geochemical CDR. 🌊🌊🌊 🪨🪨🪨 Details via the below link. Candidate review begins 10/1. Please share widely!! naturalcarboncapture.yale.edu/about/opport... 067
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025something I've learned starting a lab and advertising RA positions -- so many talented, motivated, educated young scientists out there looking for work 010
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025FYI -- www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientis...rockefeller.eduFaculty recruitment - Our Scientists 010
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Congrats to Albert (2nd pic) on a great poster culminating a summer of thoughtful work. Only 2 weeks left! 010
Reposted by Avi FlamholzDanny Colligan @dannycolligan.bsky.social · 25/07/2025In my review of Spears and Geruso's book "After the Spike" for Jacobin, I attempt to confront what I consider the core of their argument, which is why declining global population would be undesirable, and I find their arguments unpersuasive. jacobin.com/2025/07/demo...jacobin.comWhy Should We Worry About Declining Birth Rates?Declining birth rates around the world may pose new challenges for humanity. A new book on the topic by Elon Musk–funded economists indulges in questionable philosophy and sci-fi speculation that fail... 186
Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 23/07/2025calibration of calorimetry to chemical oxidant demand seems pretty useful and significant www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comChemical Oxygen Demand Can Be Converted to Gross Energy for Food Items Using a Linear Regression ModelHuman and microbial metabolism are distinct disciplines. Terminology, metrics, and methodologies have been developed separately. Therefore, combining … 020
