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BGC_Argo @bgc-argo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🌊 25 years of Argo and ocean observation records! ▸ 50,000 km: the longest journey ▸ 6,000 m: the greatest depth reached ▸ 16 years: the longest operational lifetime ▸ 3 years: the longest continuous mission beneath sea ice Challenge: can you guess which float achieved each records?!

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

New study by Alexander Henoch (@ahenoch.bsky.social), a PhD student in our group @hifmb.de and @awi.de, shows what it takes to bring gene synteny into microbial pangenomes, and what we learn about the variability landscape of genomes when we do that. See the pre-print here: doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The NSF GRFP is now out! There are 2,599 awardees, which is the most ever—and a big shift from last year which initially halved awardees (1,000 awardees + an additional 500). I've thrown together a plot to break down the changes by field. www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

Plot showing GRFP awards by directorate shows a big dip last year and major increases for engineering and biology (though this only brings it back to parity with 2024).

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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

What's NCAR? and 8 ways it has helped you www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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Amy D Willis @amydwillis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I am delighted to share that the radEmu manuscript was accepted today to Biometrika 🥳 Sending gratitude to our users and reviewers for their enthusiasm and support!! Huge congrats to @davidandacat.bsky.social and Sarah Teichman on all their hard work and brilliance 😻❗ 1/

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

So proud to see the 20th anniversary #ArcticReportCard released today! ❄️ This is one of the most dynamic and timely products out of NOAA. Congrats to all the editors and authors!! Full Report here (arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...) youtu.be/t2PF6uk3tqA

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NOAA Arctic Report Card 2025

YouTube video by NOAAPMEL

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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Attention students and recent grads! opportunity for #oceanscience interns to sail aboard #EVNautilus next year in a paid position for 3-5 weeks. Whether you’re studying #marinebiology, #geology, or any other type of #oceanography. Learn more and apply by Jan 4 at NautilusLive.org

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Nautilus Live | Ocean Exploration Trust

Explore the ocean with us! We seek out new discoveries while conducting scientific exploration of the seafloor and stream live to the world aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus.

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

What would a marine microbiome observing system meant to last decades look like? 🌊🦠 We explored this at the recent MMOFF Workshop, which brought together diverse partners to envision the future of marine microbiome observations. merenlab.org/workshops/MM...

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Marine Microbial Observatories for the Future: From Samples to Data to Legacy Using Integrated 'Omics Strategies

A workshop for the future

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I am happy to share that our data descriptor on the Hawaiʻi Diel Sampling is now published! 🌊🦠https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-06166-3 Every 1.5 hours for 48 hours, we collected ocean microbes from within and adjacent to Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi and produced a multi-omics dataset.

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A high-resolution diel survey of surface ocean metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, and transfer RNA transcripts - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A high-resolution diel survey of surface ocean metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, and transfer RNA transcripts

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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🔊 APPLY NOW for our #MarMic #MSc/#PhD program! Come to #Bremen and take an interdisciplinary approach to #marine #microbiology, #molecularbiology, #biochemistry, #evolution and more. ⏳ Open until Feb 28 2026 ➡ marmic.mpg.de #graduatestudents #marinescience #sciencecareer #IMPRS @maxplanck.de

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Charlotte Hadley (she/her) @lottiemorecharlie.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Merry December folks! Wanna know your most used and co-dependent geoms this past year?! I've built "Spotify Wrapped" for {ggplot2} that produces you an interactive story and analytical tools for your geom usage! #rstats Build your own report by following the docs: gpcds.com/ggplot2wrapp...

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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 19/11/2025

A few py2Dmol updates 🧬 py2dmol.solab.org Integration with AlphaFoldDB (will auto fetch results). Drag and drop results from AF3-server or ColabFold for interactive experience! (1/4)

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions. Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting: merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...

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ECR connection: Meet Meren when you need to

A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network

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Mike McCormick @geomikerobe.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!

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Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A wonderful collaboration between my lab and Andy Ellington and Edward Marcotte here at UT. We obtained lots of thermal stable plastic degrading enzymes from the deep sea (Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California)

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Plastic degradation by enzymes from uncultured deep sea microorganisms

Abstract. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-hydrolyzing enzymes (PETases) are a recently discovered enzyme class capable of plastic degradation. PETases are

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A big thank you to @amydwillis.bsky.social and @titus.idyll.org for all your hard work and leadership. It is incredible the education, resources, network, and memories the STAMPS course has provided. There is nothing else like it and it will be missed. Team villagers >> team werewolves 💗🐺

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Kudos to the @seattletimes.com for spelling with diacritical marks used in the Hawaiian language, the ʻokina and the kahakō. A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide.

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Why we're using this spelling of Hawaiʻi

You may notice a change in how we spell Hawaiʻi and other Native Hawaiian words at The Seattle Times. Here's why.

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Amy D Willis @amydwillis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Are you looking for a #tenuretrack or #openrank job in #biostatistics or #statistics? @fredhutch.org is hiring! Seattle is a wonderful place to grow your career; the bio/stat & science scene here is world-class; and you will work w/ amazing UW Biostat students. Apply! apply.interfolio.com/176402

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I'm delighted our paper is out: doi.org/10.1093/isme... With new SAR11 isolate genomes and time-series metagenomes, we reveal coastal and offshore SAR11 ecotypes, identify associated metabolic traits, and pinpoint selective gene sweeps as a likely evolutionary driver to niche partitioning. 🌊🦠

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Habitat-specificity in SAR11 is associated with a few genes under high selection

Abstract. The order Pelagibacterales (SAR11) is the most abundant group of heterotrophic bacteria in the global surface ocean, where individual sublineages

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Michael Manhart @michaelmanhart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share! Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr... Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

So much said in one (not so little) word 😆🙏

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Anyone else read 50 μm on this traffic sign? 🔬 #microsky

Traffic sign for merging in 50 meters with a Greek μ for meters, followed by an English m for meters, resulting in 50 μ m.

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Applications are open for SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships If you’ve recently earned a Ph.D. in any scientific field and want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research, consider applying. Deadline: October 1, 2025 Apply here: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

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Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) @microbialplanet.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📣 New C-CoMP Pub. Alert! Interested in marine microbial metabolites 🌊🦠? If so, check out this new pub., led by Bryndan Durham & Winn Johnson, that emerged from C-CoMP's Labile DOM workshop: An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem. tinyurl.com/54bu2xm7

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An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem

The ocean microbe-metabolite network involves thousands of individual metabolites that encompass a breadth of chemical diversity and biological functions. These microbial metabolites mediate biogeoch....

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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪

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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Daan Speth @daanspeth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

A short preprint describing the GlobDB is now on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2506.11896 If you find the resource useful, please also check globdb.org for info on how to cite the underlying resources and tools.

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 26/06/2025

Is this the mechanism by which excess substrate inhibits growth in oligotrophs? Very important and cool work by @ahoiching.bsky.social @jcamthrash.bsky.social and others

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Rogier Braakman @rogierbraakman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

‼️I'm looking for a postdoc‼️ Come join effort in using metagenomes to quantify microbial catabolic potential and carbon substrate availability at the ecosystem level. We seek to understand evolutionary forces shaping the carbon cycle. Part of ccomp-stc.org careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

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Postdoctoral Associate

MIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Our latest on the microbiology of SAR116, led by the indefatigable Jordan Coelho: Culture-supported ecophysiology of the SAR116 clade demonstrates metabolic and spatial niche partitioning academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Check out our new publication 🎉: doi.org/10.1002/lno.... We used time-series analyses to identify trends in biogeochemistry and phytoplankton communities across estuarine waters within Kāneʻohe Bay of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. 🏝️

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Seasonal and spatial transitions in phytoplankton assemblages spanning estuarine to open ocean waters of the tropical Pacific

Islands in the tropical Pacific supply elevated nutrients to nearshore waters that enhance phytoplankton biomass and create hotspots of productivity in otherwise nutrient-poor oceans. Despite the imp...

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

After a lot of hard work, the Global Ocean Observing System #GOOS Bio-Eco panel has released their Essential Ocean Variable spec sheets for expert review. If you're doing work with anything biological in the ocean, take a look at goosocean.org/news/call-fo... and give us your expert opinion! #IOOS

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Call for Expert Input: Consultation on Biology and Ecosystems Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) – Global Ocean Observing System

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Amy D Willis @amydwillis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Please, #microbiome and #sequencing data are NOT zero-inflated. Let's stop repeating this nonsense. Zero-inflated compared to what?? Those zeroes carry important information about abundance and sequencing depth, and are not "inflated" in any sense. 1/6

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Congrats and thank you @floriantrigodet.bsky.social, for sharing these important and sometimes surprising considerations for your long-read assemblies! 👏👏

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Excited to have my work featured and to be able to work with so many amazing scientists within CCoMP 💗🌊🦠

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

One of the best experiences of my PhD :)

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Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) @microbialplanet.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

📣 SAR11 Alert 🚨👇 Check out these two new pre-prints from @merenbey.bsky.social, @sjtucker.bsky.social, and colleagues about SAR11 🦠🌊!

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Very proud that these just appeared in bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (reports 71 new SAR11 isolates, proposes names for 24 SAR11 genera). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (investigates the pangenome and metabolic determinants of habitat specificity in SAR11). Wishing you a great 2025!

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