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Curtis Suttle

@virosphere.bsky.social
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Purveyor of the Virosphere. Professor Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, Botany, and the Inst for the Oceans & Fisheries - UBC www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/curtissuttle

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Jim Sun, PhD @sunlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join the team @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca to study TB pathogenesis and host-directed therapy! Please help disseminate amongst your network. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics
Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics Department Research I Sun I Department of Microbiology...
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
How to preserve microbial diversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Grounding microbial conservation in ecological principles - Nature Microbiology
Nature Microbiology - Grounding microbial conservation in ecological principles
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Save the date for my most favorite get together! We are delighted to announce that the 13th Aquatic Virus Workshop (AVW13) will be held from 6 to 11 June 2027, hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Website coming soon!
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It is great to see Curtis joining UBC to bolster our microbial prowess!
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Rachael Bay @rachaelabay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My department, Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis is hiring a plant evolution position! I am biased, but it's a great department 😃 apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Professor in Bacteriophage Biology & Evolution at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Closing date 1 October, with an expected start date no earlier than January 1, 2027, and a salary within the range of $200,000 to $270,000 per year. For details: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
As head of the @ubcmedicine.bsky.social Dept of Medical Genetics, I am delighted to share that in collaboration with @bcchresearch.bsky.social we are recruiting a tenure track Assistant Professor clinician scientist: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo... There's 0.4FTE clinical attached!
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Department Department of Medical Genetics | Faculty of Medicine | Provost and VP Academic (Jehannine Austin) Posti...
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James Dinneen @jamesdinneen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hello friends. I'm starting a new job today reporting for @nature.com on all things climate and Earth science, energy, and beyond.🌍Please get in touch if you're a researcher/gov staffer/startup with results/projects that deserve attention--or are facing problems we should know about. Contact in bio.
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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · 01/07/2026
🧑‍🔬 The Scientist | The Science 🔬 Shannon McClish, Oceanography In this series we are showcasing some of the incredible graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the EOAS department, along with a taste of what they're working on right now.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A nicely written story of polar Giant Viruses (GV) and their virophages. Often overlooked is that the first GV was isolated from the sea www.int-res.com/journals/ame..., and was later reclassified as CroV doi.org/10.1073/pnas... along with its virophage Mavirus www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026! This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution. To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca @sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Sign up for one (or both) of our NEW Micro-certificate courses: Introduction to the Sustainable Blue Economy and Communicating Ocean Science. Both start in May. Not sure? Attend our online Info Session on April 8 @ 12 noon. oceans.ubc.ca/non-credit-c...
Sign up for one (or both) of our NEW Micro-certificate courses: Introduction to the Sustainable Blue Economy and Communicating Ocean Science. Both start in May. Not sure? Attend our online Info Session on April 8 @ 12 noon. 
https://oceans.ubc.ca/non-credit-courses/extended-learning/
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S Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Insightful summary of an extraordinary person being extraordinarily fired: "you don't silence a woman of color who raised concerns about racism by silencing her...The fingerprints are distributed perfectly across the system." www.linkedin.com/pulse/uclas-...
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UCLA's Most Decorated Ecologist Just Got Fired : Here's the sequence
In January of 2025, at the ICTP ICTS winter school at NCBS, Priyanga Amarasekare offered to take me and a few other students out for my birthday. She didn't have to do that.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Vancouver is ranked as the happiest city in North America happy-city-index.com/institute. OK, only 39th in the World, but happier than our grumpy neighbours to the South. Maybe we are happy because of Kits Pool?
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 24/03/2026
Live from the ISS: UBC alumna and NASA astronaut Dr. Jessica Meir will answer student questions in a special on-campus event March 26. Media are invited to attend. Read more: news.ubc.ca/advisory/ubc...
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UBC alumna and astronaut Jessica Meir to speak live from the space station
UBC alumna and NASA astronaut Dr. Jessica Meir will connect live from the ISS to answer student questions in a special event at UBC on March 26. Media are invited to attend the session in person.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Welcome Ramon!
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I learned the very sad news today that Markus Weinbauer passed away. Markus shaped our views of marine viral ecology. The pic shows the lab in the early days @utmsi.bsky.social. Full marks if you recognize Markus, Steve Wilhelm @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social, Amy Chan, Feng Chen, Steve Short & me.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thanks for the shout out and congrats to my colleagues! Torella & Morita first recognized the abundance of viruses in seawater journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/..., and work led by @jedfuhrman.bsky.social and Gunnar Bratbak at Bergen primed the modern era.
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
#ProtistsOnSky no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
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Carolina Tropini (TropiniLab@UBC) @ctropini.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Excited to share our latest publication, led by Dr. Ellie McCallum and Juan Burckhardt! bit.ly/4kfzQaf You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Glowing bacterial sensors detect gut illness in mice before symptoms emerge
UBC researchers have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of illness.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/01/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s message is this unspoken antithesis of Carney as the future and Trump as the past. Trump surely went to Davos to remind the world who controls the puck. But his notorious lack of attention span keeps him unable to see that the game is changing, writes Chris Cannon.
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To Grasp the Power of Carney’s Davos Speech, Let’s Break It Down | The Tyee
The full text, annotated for meaning and impact.
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UBC Science @science.ubc.ca · 26/01/2026
Dean of Science and UBC chemist Dr. Mark MacLachlan has a science themed crossword in the New York Times. "This puzzle’s theme idea came to me when I got one of those pesky error messages on my computer," Dr. MacLachlan said. @chem.ubc.ca www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/c...
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Alert! Alert!
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Science in Vancouver @scienceinvancouver.com · 23/01/2026
Are you hiring in academia, healthcare, biotech, or industry? Share your open role on the Science in Vancouver Job Board! 🧪 Free to post 🥼 Built for the Vancouver life science community We help great science find great people. Submit your job today: bit.ly/49FdATy
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Great Speech - well worth taking the time to read
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Viruses transform microbes, populations, & ecosystems. In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea. a 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Seasonal enhancement of the viral shunt catalyzes a subsurface oxygen maximum in the Sargasso Sea"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67002-1
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Corina Brussaard @brussaard7.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Postdoc position available, on Arctic phytoplankton mortality and viral ecology -- Check it out! workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
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NIOZ - Postdoc position: Mortality and virus-host interactions of phytoplankton in Arctic winters under warming
The Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB) of NIOZ is looking for a talented and dedicated Postdoctoral scientist to join our research on marine virus ecology. You will be part of
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Are you a healthcare worker potentially interested in relocating to Canada? Check out the Healthcare infusion, a volunteer-driven national movement connecting doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals with the people and places that need them most engageq.notion.site/infusionhosts
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Canada’s Healthcare Infusions | Notion
Across Canada, communities are struggling to keep their hospitals and clinics fully staffed.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
15 January is the deadline to file a brief Expression of Interest to be nominated for a Canada Impact Chair @UBC. Only candidates working and residing outside of Canada are eligible to apply, including expatriate Canadians. More info and the EOI portal are at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
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Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program
The University of British Columbia is inviting expressions of interest from top-tier, internationally based researchers as
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Canada Impact Chair program has been announced for research leaders www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl.... The Chairs provide up to $12M in funding. If you think UBC might be the place to continue your career, please let us know by submitting an expression of interest at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
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PLOS @plos.org · 13/11/2025
Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people. Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Promotional image for PLOS Ecosystems featuring a clear river bordered by lush foliage, inviting submissions to become part of a global community of scholars. The text emphasizes the commitment to accessible and widely disseminated rigorous research.
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ubcphas.bsky.social @ubcphas.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The Department of Physics & Astronomy invites young scientists and their families to our free science show on Sunday November 30, 2025 on UBC campus! Come explore science with us as we 'Expand our Senses and movements with Tech!' phas.ubc.ca/2025-faraday... @triumflab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
When you peak inside an oyster, it's remarkable what one finds. Rather than "The world is my oyster" sensu William Shakespeare, it should be changed to "The world is an oyster", as a metaphor of the vast diversity of life residing within these humble molluscs; there are magnificent microbes within.
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UBC Microbiology and Immunology @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent with global warming, but could they in turn exacerbate climate change? In a new study, Steven Hallam's team reports that spurts of intense ocean warming can impact microbial community structure and carbon cycling: mbim.ubc.ca/news/marine-...
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Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below. #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
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The social lives of viruses | Asher Leeks | TEDxNewEngland
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Come join us at UBC!
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Another casualty of the time, after nearly four decades, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is shutting down www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtm....
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ARCUS Final ARCUS Community Call
YouTube video by Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
As the government finalizes its plan to transition away from open-net pen #salmon farming in B.C., it is crucial that decision-makers have a clear pathway to receive robust #science advice - Dr. Gideon Mordecai vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
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Opinion: DFO’s flawed science leaves wild salmon vulnerable to disease
As government finalizes plan to transition away from open-net pen salmon farming in B.C., decision-makers must receive robust science advice
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Michael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
In as much as a third of flu infections, parasitic "cheating" viruses 🦠 come to outnumber normal viruses - which helps limit the severity of infections 🧪 That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
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Some viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health
Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems these cheats may outnumber normal viruses in a third of influenza cases, red...
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
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NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca
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Table of Contents — August 19, 2025, 122 (33) | PNAS
View the Table of Contents for Volume 122, Issue 33
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Wilhelm Lab at the University of Tennessee @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Come join us at UBC, and flex your pedagogical vision!
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Coffee and snacks! 😲
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Congratulations! What a great group of researchers!
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great opportunity to sharpen your climate chops, and get free pizza!
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UBC Microbiology and Immunology @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position. Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/ #IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
@kevinzhong2006.bsky.social shows that Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 has the genetic potential to produce aerolysin-like toxins journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... that could be involved in SSWD that killed billions of seastars www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
We cannot definitively say that it was the cause, but we can show its association with a mass mortality event. This week we will collect more samples to see if it is associated with an ongoing mortality event.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Join a fantastic educational leadership team in @science.ubc.ca. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement, a joint appointment in @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social and the Michael Smith Laboratories. See full details academicjobsonline.org/ajo/events/3...
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