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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Our new paper co-led with the Liang group (Xiamen University) just out in "Research". What if there is a transcription factor regulating the biochemical composition (silicon/chitin) of the #diatom cell wall? @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social spj.science.org/doi/abs/10.3...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are moving! Beginning October 7, authors wishing to submit, resubmit, or check on a paper in review will be directed by Wiley to the new Journal of Phycology homepage ⬇️ academic.oup.com/jphycology

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our new co-led work @natcomms.nature.com shows that abrupt pH-shifts to estimate the response of #diatoms to ocean acidification lead to different evolutionary outcomes with consequences for diatom productivity and biogeochemical cycles. @ueaenv.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our new work led by Xu Zhang (Xin Lin's lab) suggests marine heatwaves cause DNA damage. Reduction of 6mA methylation coincides with TE-associated deletions, suggesting that 6mA loss may be linked to localized genomic instability in Phaeodactylum. aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Dr Otte cutting the diatom cake. Congrats 🎉 and good luck for your PostDoc work in Copenhagen! 🦠🎂😎

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Seen on the Great Wall of China: Spotted Lanternfly

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our new paper just out @natmicrobiol.nature.com led by Yumary Vasquez & Frederik Schulz @jgi.doe.gov @norwichmicro.bsky.social Genomic catalogue of giant #viruses reveals expanded diversity and functional potential www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hiking in the Himalayas at ca. 4000m altitude.

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Chengdu, the birthplace of Mapo Tofu

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Red panda in Chengdu. The panda city

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

W3 Professorship (tenured) @geomarkiel.bsky.social (GEOMAR, Germany) in Marine Experimental Benthic Ecology www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Congrats 🎉 Dr Yixuan Li on passing the VIVA! Well done. Thanks to Mariella Ferrante and Carol Robinson for being the external and internal examiners, respectively! @ueaenv.bsky.social #PhD #ECR

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

@psaalgae.bsky.social Great news to share from our managing editor Kirsten Muller: New IMPACT FACTOR of ‘Journal of Phycology’ is…….4.3

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

And our very own @antoniaotte1.bsky.social at #PSA2026 @ueaenv.bsky.social Diatom evolution based on DNA repair and mitotic recombination.

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

And here we go. Chris kicking off #PSA2026 in Juneau.

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Early start over the north #Norfolk coast on my way to the PSA meeting in Juneau. @psaalgae.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Our new paper co-led with BGI and IOCAS (Qingdao) just out @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social The genetic repertoire of deep-sea #microbiome: from sequence to structure and function. @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Excited to share our new preprint co-led with Hwan Su Yoon and Hocheol Kim. The genomic basis of evolutionary stasis in the 500-million-year-old red #seaweed genus Ahnfeltia. A living fossil in coastal oceans. @ueaenv.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Visited a kelp (Saccharina japonica) farm north of Qingdao.

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Great time visiting Wuhan and my diatom friends there to prepare for the next Molecular Life of Diatoms (MLD) conference led by Hanhua Hu at IHB CAS. @ueaenv.bsky.social #MLD9

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Peak 🍒 season this week (fruit harvest) in Qingdao. They are small but tasty. Early compared to Europe.

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Our clownfish were busy last night. 👏Hope some of the offspring will make it. 😊

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

On my way to give a public presentation at @hhu.de Thanks for the invite 😊 www.polarscience.de/flyer

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Submit your environmental metagenomics data to our new collection at 'Scientific Data'. Essential #data from #terrestrial and #marine ecosystems, as well as environments relevant to human #health such as water quality and #agriculture are welcome. Deadline: Dec. 2026 www.nature.com/collections/...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Our new #MOSAiC paper led by Oliver Mueller just out @commsearth.nature.com Arctic sea-ice ridges are biomass hotspots harboring diverse microbial communities @ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s432...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A new sign has arrived in our neighbourhood. #Norwich

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Award winning poster by our very own Yixuan Li 🎉👏 #CMINorwich2026 @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social A molecular toolkit (e.g. CRISPR/Cas based genome editing) for the marine picoeukaryote Micromonas commoda.

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Just out @natcomms.nature.com Our new paper led by @karaslab.bsky.social with our help (Thalassiosira pseudonana). Breaking the cell wall for efficient DNA delivery to #diatoms www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Our new preprint co-led with colleagues from #IOCAS and #BGI The genetic repertoire of the deep sea: from sequence to structure and function @ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Most dystopian landscape in Germany during blue-hour cycling

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Just out - an update on our paper from 2015: Evolution of Microalgae and Their Adaptations in Different Marine Ecosystems #ocean #algae #microbiomes Led by @antoniaotte1.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/9780...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Our new paper just out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Venturing into the deep sea: #microbiomes and their feedbacks play a significant role in shaping habitat-scale spatial heterogeneity of #cold-seep carbonates. @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/isme...

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Our consensus statement led by @jgi.doe.gov on standards for technical reporting in #environmental and host-associated #microbiome studies #STREAMS @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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