iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Olivia Schakel

@ofsheff.bsky.social

13 followers 9 following 1 posts

PhD student Microbiology at Indiana University. Feeding the world starts in its soil!

Posts Replies Media

Reposted by Olivia Schakel

Jake McKinlay @jakemckinlay.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Cross-feeding/protection between microbes can promote gene loss, but not always. In this COMICR review, @ofsheff.bsky.social, Ella Chuang, and I discuss the constraints on adaptive gene loss during metabolic interactions. Access for free until Aug 15: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nKlj4tPFp...

174

Reposted by Olivia Schakel

Jake McKinlay @jakemckinlay.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This project always needed the right person: Congrats to Dr. @ofsheff.bsky.social for taking it on and seeing it through. Thanks also to our excellent collaborator and co-corresponding author Prof. Sima Setayeshgar.

031

Reposted by Olivia Schakel

Jake McKinlay @jakemckinlay.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Congrats to Dr. Olivia Schakel @ofsheff.bsky.social on a successful PhD defense last Friday! Read about Olivia's work at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

141

Reposted by Olivia Schakel

Jake McKinlay @jakemckinlay.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

A Bacterium in Bangladesh is available today at Lulu.com! 20%-off launch sale until March 31. 42 pages of microbial adventure + 20-page appendix. Normal price: $30 USD, $43 CAD, $29 EUR, $46 AUD www.lulu.com/shop/james-m... Low-cost PDF available for educational use on request.

021

Olivia Schakel @ofsheff.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

First First-Author Paper Alert! Thrilled to share our work on R. palustris & V. natriegens! Loss-of-function nitrogenase mutants thrive when separated from their competitive ancestor-showing how microbial interactions can shape biodiversity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

010