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Alex Chase 🧬🌋🌊 @microbomics.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I wrote a short Inside the Paper about how the project actually came together (inc the parts that definitely did not go according to plan 😜). This was a massive undertaking (and learning experience!) that was only possible because of my exceptional co-authors. www.microbomics.com/mp-dispatche...

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Alex Chase 🧬🌋🌊 @microbomics.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New paper out today in ES&T! 🎉 This one started with me sitting in a seminar about gas transport thinking: okay, but what about the microbes? A few years, some confusing metagenomes, unexpected methanotrophs, and a crash course in stable-isotope geochemistry later... pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic...

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A Diffusion-Driven CH4–O2 Boundary Structures Methane Oxidation and Carbon Transformation in Upland Soils

Abstract. Although extensive work has characterized high-affinity atmospheric methane oxidation in upland soils and sustained oxidation in chronically meth

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Motahare Haghighatjoo @motahare996.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Headed to #ASMMicrobe2026! I’ll be presenting my work on methanotrophs, methane leaks, and soil microbial responses to transient methane exposure. 🎤 Rapid Fire Talk – June 6, 3:00 PM 📌 Poster AEM-SAT-704 Looking forward to meeting people working on microbial ecology. Come say hi if you’re around!

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Motahare Haghighatjoo @motahare996.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

It’s been four days since I last heard from my family. Due to the internet and phone shutdown in Iran, there’s no way to contact them or get an update. Trying to get through my days as best I can—working hard just to distract myself. I’m sharing this because it’s been so hard to carry it quietly.

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Alex Chase 🧬🌋🌊 @microbomics.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🌊🌊🌊 Our PNAS paper on octocoral diterpene evolution is out - a huge interdisciplinary effort led by @immo-burkhardt.bsky.social and the first publication from our @noaa.gov grant on the biopharmaceutical potential of the CCE🪸🤿🧬 www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

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Diversification of diterpene biosynthesis occurred early in octocoral evolution | PNAS

Octocorals are the major source of marine-derived bioactive terpenoids. However, the vast majority of explored chemistry is known from shallow-wate...

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