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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🤯 Manual MAG refinement? Still doing it by hand?? We’ve been there... You could just leave those messy, ill-assigned contigs/scaffolds in your data for NCBI to pick up during your submission… …OR you could add itBins, our new automated MAG refiner by @jmk-ude.bsky.social, to your pipeline!! 🔥

Figure 1 shows the conceptual workflow of the algorithm. It first loads the configuration file and the input data of one or multiple binned metagenomes, yet evaluates each bin individually. It then iteratively processes each candidate bin in the input, going through the refinement tasks, potentially multiple times. The refinement either stops when the last step or a preset stop task have been reached or an unrecoverable error has been encountered. The algorithm tasks can be configured individually.

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I mean look at this baby! Right out from 115m depth! 🔥🔥

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We’re out and about yet again, this time in the vulcanic Eifel region drilling with Jens Kallmeyer @gfz.bsky.social 🌋

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Near-zero temperatures, but field sampling is still a-go for the Probst lab 😎 @geomicrosoares.bsky.social @feriel.bsky.social @pengyaoz.bsky.social are out in Regensburg! @unidue.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

They made up the Data Reuse Core Team along with @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social @folker.bsky.social and had the support of the Data Reuse Consortium, composed of 167 scientists globally who were pivotal in driving this effort forward! Thank you all! 🧬 @unidue.bsky.social

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We tracked nucleotide diversity in MAGs across different mining stages, which suggested widespread mutational pressure under long-term environmental stress!

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We leveraged #metagenomics & #metatranscriptomics data to estimate microdiversity in groundwater at different stages of U mining. We show that U in-situ leaching drives significant alterations in 🦠 community composition, oxidative stress, biogeochemical cycling, and overexpression of 🧬 repair genes

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

We’re happy to announce Dr. Lennard Stach!! 🥳🥳 Well done Lennard for a brilliant defense and thesis!! We will miss you! Finally, thank you @leeselab.bsky.social for sitting in the thesis committee! 🫶

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Our @umweltstiftung.bsky.social fellow Linda Labecka presented her work at the most recent DBU conference! She works closely with the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (@unidue.bsky.social & University Medicine Essen) and Universitätsklinikum Bonn (@unibonn.bsky.social)! 🧬💻

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Here's our latest group photo! Our lovely team keeps growing, as does our enthusiasm for doing great science together! 🦠🧬

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Super happy to be hosting Prof. Richard Allen White III AKA @raw937.bsky.social from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte at @unidue.bsky.social for 3 surprisingly sunny weeks!! Great to have you around Rick!! 🦠🧬

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

We’re kicking off our Archean Park ERC project at @uni-muenster.de with @alexjprobst.bsky.social Jens Kallmeyer, Ivan Berg and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs & respective groups! Thanks very much to @donatogiovannelli.bsky.social and Prof. William Martin for giving invited talks to get us started!

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The Probst Lab @probstlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

We are grateful for the privilege of hosting Sigrid Neuhauser @sigridneuhauser.bsky.social today. She delivered a fascinating talk about her work on Phytomyxids. As part of the university network AURORA she currently visits the ProbstLab to foster scientific cooperations. 🥬🧬🥦

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