Reposted by GerrichFlorent Waltz @florentwaltz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Huge congratulations to all three Nobel Laureates, and especially Peter Hegemann! 👏 His seminal work on the green alga Chlamydomonas 🦠 laid the foundation for optogenetics. Thank you for putting Chlamy in the spotlight! ✨ Proof that groundbreaking discoveries don't always come from animal models! 🔬 023479
Reposted by Gerrichworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10260881707
Reposted by GerrichMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪 14410171
Reposted by GerrichAndrew Urquhart @starships-andrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Another step in the #Starship story - they move via a circular intermediate. Helps explain how these elements horizontally transfer and means that we can modify them into transformation vectors (starmids). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 06236
Reposted by GerrichArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 14/09/2026The NYC map by Christine Marizzi of Genspace is one of my all-time faves #sciart 36514
Reposted by GerrichArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 14/09/2026Attention #sciart people! The ASM agar art contest is open. Deadline is October 21 🧪🧫asm.orgASM Agar Art Contest | Contest DetailsHave you ever seen art created in a petri dish using living, growing microorganisms? That's agar art! ASM's annual Agar Art Contest is a chance for you to use science to show off your creative skills. 210347
Reposted by GerrichDr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 12/09/2026An absolutely incredible development here. This leg would have been unimaginable just a few short years ago. (Original post by @science.org on instagram) 17702241
Reposted by GerrichJL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My lab is hiring two(!) postdocs interested in (1) building trait prediction models capable of resolving complex microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes, and/or (2) building mathematical models of microbial community dynamics www.microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...microbialgamut.com 23644
Reposted by GerrichJohn Helmann @johnhelmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Most cells require carbonic anhydrase and/or bicarbonate import to sustain pools of soluble inorganic carbon (SIC=CO2+HCO3-). Here, we identify proteins required for SIC homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis and identify a mutation that bypasses their requirement. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgPhysiological Roles of Carbonic Anhydrases and an MpsAB-like Bicarbonate Transporter in Bacillus subtilisCarbonic anhydrase (E.C. 4.2.1.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO2 to carbonic acid (H2CO3), which dissociates to bicarbonate (HCO3-) at intracellular pH. Copious amounts of... 0177
Reposted by GerrichMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I bet you money you can't predict the next word as you're reading this title 9688
Reposted by GerrichSteph @stephy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Don’t name your journal ChemSusChem and then get mad when I call it Chemistry and Suspicious Chemists 3376
Reposted by GerrichDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026All the plastic humanity has ever produced is ~10 billion tonnes. Humans emitted ~10 billion tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere in the first three months of 2026. When we appreciate orders of magnitude, we see how intractable the CO₂ problem becomes once we dump it into the atmosphere. 524484
Reposted by GerrichPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A coauthor is someone who can introduce entirely new reasons for why the paper isn't ready 15911
Reposted by GerrichVictor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If we keep on advocating the benefits of Eng Microbes for Env Release with the same arguments that we had for 50 yr, no wonder we will also get the same social backlash. A new narrative is badly needed focused on partnership & stewardship—not just containment & control dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751...dx.doi.orgEnvironmental Release of Genetically Intervened Microorganisms: Towards a New NarrativeFrom control to partnership: Rethinking the environmental release of laboratory-trained microorganisms for bioremediation. 0114
Reposted by GerrichTatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 07/09/2026📣 Please share! We’re recruiting to build predictive models of gene regulation in plants. We’d love to hear from anyone with strong foundations in regulatory genomics or ML and fluency with coding agents. Any career stage; no plant background needed. noborilab.org 1/5noborilab.orgNobori Lab | The Sainsbury LaboratoryDecoding the molecular and cellular basis of plant-microbe interactions. Single-cell and spatial omics of plant immunity. Led by Tatsuya Nobori at TSL, Norwich, UK. 12739
Reposted by GerrichDr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A few years ago, I started growing a yellow/orange lima bean with dark marks called "Hawol". (www.nativeseeds.org/products/pl011) I've been selecting for the seeds with no black marks. The variable number of dark marks makes it hard to know if a given seed really doesn't have the trait. 1111
Reposted by GerrichJan-Willem Veening @veeninglab.com · 03/09/2026Clonal does not mean uniform. #MicroSky Our new review explores how genetically identical bacteria adopt different cell states, and how that diversity shapes survival, cooperation, antibiotic responses and gene transfer. 🧵 doi.org/10.1146/annu...doi.orgDecoding Bistability and Drivers of Phenotypic Variation in BacteriaIn a process known as phenotypic heterogeneity or phenotypic variation, bacteria can produce distinct phenotypes within an isogenic population in response to shifting environmental conditions. Noise i... 13415
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ja, viele Unternehmungen heute bauen auch einfach darauf, das grüner H2 deutlich günstiger wird. Dagegen wetten, würde ich nicht. Vom Weizmann Institute gab es da neulich eine sehr spannende TEA in die Richtung, leider Paywall: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comElectro-microbial production techno-economic viability and environmental implications - Nature BiotechnologyProducing goods, such as foods and fuels, with minimal environmental impacts is urgently needed. Although advances in bioproduction are promising, there is often a noticeable gap in our understanding ... 121
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Noch ein weiterer Punkt dazu: Die meisten Studien die ich zu Plastikrestverwertung mit Mikroben kenne arbeiten mit reinen Monomeren oder Polymeren aus einem Monomer. In der Wirtschaft fallen aber recht komplexe Reste mit vielen Aditiven an, die den Prozess deutlich ineffizienter machen... 000
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ich würde die Ansätze aber nicht gegeneinander ausspielen wollen. Wir wissen noch nicht was in der Zukunft die meisten Fortschritte machen wird und alles was uns hin zu einer Kreislaufwirtschaft führt ist erstmal als positiv zu betrachten. 3/3 020
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Toll wäre es, wenn man Plastikreste in alle Monomere runterbrechen und dann in Verbünden verwerten könnte. Die Gegenrechnungen werden halt sehr kompliziert: Wie aufwendig ist die Plastikrecycling Logistik, wie Effizient die Raten im Prozess... 2/n 220
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Klar, LanzaTech macht das an Standorten wo CO und CO2 in hoher Konzentration anfallen. Stahlwerke, Kohlekraftwerke etc. Energyintensiv sind viele der C1 assimilierenden Verfahren auch, meisten H2 gestützt und grüner H2 ist teuer. 1/n 220
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Groß global ist da LanzaTech dran. Die machen auf CO2 Basis vorallem Ethanol, meine ich. Aber hatten auch mal so eine kleine Kooperation mit Adidas für Plastik. lanzatech.com/putting-recy... 4/4lanzatech.comLanzaTech – Recycling carbon with biology 120
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Viel im Kommen ist gerade ja Gasfermentation in verschiedenen Kompositionen. Oder Formiat als Substrat, das kann man ja auch recht leicht durch Elektrochemie aus CO2 erzeugen. Cupriavidus necator ist da auch viel dabei. Hier würde man direkt das CO2 loswerden und daraus Biomasse oÄ machen. 3/n 130
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Die Frage bei sowas ist natürlich auch immer wie ökonomisch ist das ganze. Wenn es ums Loswerden von Restplastik geht, wäre es ja super wenn man etwas wertvolleres als neues Plastik draus machen könnte. Ich selber arbeite mit einem Kollegen an der Verwertung von Ethylenglykol zu Hochwertigerem. 2/n 120
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ja, klar. Hatte dieses Jahr ne Kollegin aus Aachen getroffen die vier Plastikmonomere extrem gut in Pseudomonas putida in einem Batch verwerten konnte. Wenn man reine Monomere hat, würde ich mal denken, dass man die am besten mit klassischer chem. Katalyse wieder zu Plastik machen kann. 1/n 120
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026C. necator wurde auch wirklich oft umbenannt ... Ralstonia eutropha war bestimmt auch schon der fünfte Name. Den Phylogenetikern sei gedankt. 😶 040
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Cupriavidus necator produziert schon ohne menschliche Einmischung das Plastikmaterial (PHA). Das ist quasi dessen Speicherstoff für Kohlenstoff, wenn andere Nährstoffen (z.B. Stickstoff) fehlen um sonst weiter zu wachsen. Wenn die Kohlenstoffzufuhr aufhört baut C. necator das PHA auch wieder ab. 051
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Ralstonia eutropha ist der alte Name von C. necator. :P Ralstonia findet umgangssprachlich auch noch viel Gebrauch. 130
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I once tried to produce several sesquiterpenoids in a bacterium not really suitable for this product group. Even though the amount of Geosmin produced was tiny, I could detect it very well with my nose. The standard used for quantification was a nightmare though, stored in a box in a box in a box. 010
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Look at what I found in the fridge! Such a nice blue. @contamclub.bsky.social 1101
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I would guess Geosmin (a sesquiterpenoid) ranks high up there. Supposedly smells like fresh earth (petrichor), but as everything it is very dose dependent. It indicates growth of certain microbes and therefore food contamination, AFAIK. Tried to produce it for some time, most putrid smell! 🦠 110
Reposted by GerrichMara Duncan @mcduncanlab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Mushroom season is finally here. Our golden oyster logs petered out last year so it’s been a long mushroom free summer. Got >55 shiitakes 1.25 1153
Reposted by GerrichChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 28/08/20263 new GitHub repositories from me! I put what I'm teaching on GitHub. Module 1: github.com/cxli233/Sect... Module 2: github.com/cxli233/Sect... Module 3: github.com/cxli233/Sect... #Rstats #Datavisgithub.comGitHub - cxli233/Section-301-R-Programming-Intro: R programming foundations for bioinformatics, data science, and data visualizationR programming foundations for bioinformatics, data science, and data visualization - cxli233/Section-301-R-Programming-Intro 14914
Reposted by GerrichDuncan Kountz @dkountz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Strange question: has anyone tried to get a winogradsky column through customs? US customs in particular but experience anywhere is welcomed 001
Reposted by GerrichSimon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The perfect wallet does not exi..... 1151
Reposted by GerrichAnimalcules @bacteriophile.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microskynature.comHigh rates of plasmid cotransformation in E. coli overturn the clonality myth and reveal colony development - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - High rates of plasmid cotransformation in E. coli overturn the clonality myth and reveal colony development 052
Reposted by GerrichTeddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 24/08/2026@bagphos.bsky.social Well, here it is... 04111
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Congratulations! Hope you will have a great two years! 🎉🦠 010
Reposted by GerrichPlasmid Society @plasmidsociety.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The leading region of many plasmids is adapted for translational efficiency doi.org/10.1093/nar/...doi.orgThe leading region of many plasmids is adapted for translational efficiencyAbstract. To successfully transfer, conjugative plasmids must overcome a recipient cell’s defence mechanisms. The leading region of many plasmids—the first 082
Reposted by Gerrichlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/08/2026let's all take a moment to thank the EU for being the only slightly serious governing body in the west 405065689
Reposted by GerrichRalf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Professorship Functional Plant Biology. Oldenburg, Germany. #plantscijob #plantscijobs #plantsciencejob www.academics.de/jobs/profess...academics.deProfessur für Funktionelle Pflanzenbiologie (W3) - Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgCarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg bietet Stelle als Professur für Funktionelle Pflanzenbiologie (W3) in Oldenburg - jetzt bewerben! 077
Reposted by GerrichKWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026📣 We are hiring for an exciting, high impact-role in France: Group Lead Wheat Research & Pre-breeding 👇 #PlantSciJobs #AgSciJobs jobs.kws.com/job/Mons-en-...jobs.kws.com 087
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Oh , da bin ich aber gespannt! Finde sowohl Lupinen- als auch Kaffee-Kaffee super. Die Mischung klingt da auch gut um einfach ein wenig das Koffein zu reduzieren. 120
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026How is unemployment taken into account here? Do countries with more people employed, but some employed with less than average working hours per week, get a lower number even though in total there are more working hours per person? 000
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026@dirkhagemann.substack.com Is this what you are up to in your free time? 110
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Germany is under a dry spell the likes of I haven't seen yet. I took some photos today (of the and near the Elbe by Magdeburg), trying to recreate the same viewing point I chose just two years ago. 010
Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I am on a flat hike and found this water canister and some young trees (Salix alba?). It's a great idea to allow for community watering in these dry times! 000
Reposted by GerrichBen Long @botbml.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Bottom-up reconstruction of synthetic pyrenoids provides insights into the mechanisms and evolution of carbon concentration by EPYC1 proteins Cool paper! Title says 'carbon concentrating' but I would emphasise 'CO2' or 'inorganic carbon' concentrating. The abstract seems ambivalent but I say 'CO2'.nature.comBottom-up reconstruction of synthetic pyrenoids provides insights into the mechanisms and evolution of carbon concentration by EPYC1 proteins - Nature PlantsThis study shows that the structural protein essential pyrenoid component 1 (EPYC1) and the enzyme Rubisco are sufficient to assemble into pyrenoid-like structures that are functionally active and sho... 0114