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The official account of the Vardi Lab | Microbial Interactions in the Ocean | #phytoplankton #hostvirus #infochemical #stressresponse | @WeizmannScience

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Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📣 A new preprint by noashima.bsky.social! 📣 How does ocean warming affect viral infection? Infection of algae by a giant virus is arrested intracellularly under elevated temperature, with the late replication stage blocked. Infection can later resume, revealing a reversible arrest state 🌊
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Reversible inhibition of viral life cycle in response to elevated temperature in a bloom-forming alga
Ocean warming is expected to reshape microbial interactions and community composition, with profound consequences for marine biogeochemical cycles. Host virus dynamics are central to these processes, ...
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BejaLabTechnion @bejalab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A single-cell perspective on host–virus dynamics in the ocean www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Metacaspases contribute to the cellular response to heat stress in a marine diatom Sadeh et al. @vardilab.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Response to heat stress is mediated by reactive oxygen species accumulation that is enhanced in PtMCA-III triple KO mutants.
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Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🌊Paper announcement! 📣 Viral infections rewire the metabolic makeup of their host and thereby create distinct chemical signatures. Can we use metabolic biomarkers to diagnose infections of algal blooms in the ocean? Well, take a look at our new article led by Conny Kuhlisch in @pnas.org >>
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Mapping of the viral shunt across widespread coccolithophore blooms using metabolic biomarkers | PNAS
The viral shunt is a fundamental ecosystem process which diverts the flux of organic carbon fixed through photosynthesis during algal bloom events ...
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Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
📣 We are excited to share our latest paper, led by @taliashaler.bsky.social! We explore the transcriptional basis of #microalgae resistance to #viral_infection and identified a core group of resistance-related genes. >> (1/3) #New_Phytologist #Marine_Biology #Viruses
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Mapping the transcriptional landscape of algal resistance to viral infection reveals a core expression program
Algal blooms and their demise by viruses drive global-scale ecological processes in the ocean. These blooms form the foundation of marine food webs, regulate microbial communities, and shape biogeoc...
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BejaLabTechnion @bejalab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Synergy in viral-bacterial coinfection expedites algal bloom demise www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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BejaLabTechnion @bejalab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Congratulations to Asaf Vardi @vardilab.bsky.social for being elected to EMBO. microbial ecology rock!!! www.embo.org/press-releas...
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Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO
Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Metacaspases mediate thermotolerance of diatoms following marine heat waves www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs
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Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
📣Excited to share our latest review on using single-cell methods to study host-virus interactions in the ocean - led by Amir Fromm (@amirfromm.bsky.social) and Talia Shaler (x.com/ShalerTalia), in collaboration with Frank Aylward (@foaylward.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy) >>
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A single-cell perspective on host–virus dynamics in the ocean
Viral infections of marine microbes greatly impact ecological and biogeochemical processes. Typically, these host–virus interactions are studied at th…
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
A single-cell perspective on host–virus dynamics in the ocean @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion from @vardilab.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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A single-cell perspective on host–virus dynamics in the ocean
Viral infections of marine microbes greatly impact ecological and biogeochemical processes. Typically, these host–virus interactions are studied at the population level using bulk transcriptomics, whi...
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Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
📣A new preprint by Talia Shaler! 📣 How do populations develop resistance to viral infections? We mapped the transcriptomic landscape of algal resistance to lytic viral infection and identified a unique set of resistance-related genes expressed in those cells >> doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Mapping the transcriptional landscape of algal resistance to viral infection reveals a core expression program
### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Simons FoundationSimons Foundation, https://ror.org/01cmst727, 150809
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Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
📣 We are excited to share our latest paper about Cathepsin X, a new algal cell death gene, led by @aviamizrachi.bsky.social and @maisadeh.bsky.social, published in Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/3 >>
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Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress
Phytoplankton are responsible for half of the global photosynthesis and form vast blooms in aquatic ecosystems. Bloom demise fuels marine microbial li…
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