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Magda(lena) Wutkowska

@wutkowska.bsky.social
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interested in all things microbial 🦠🧬, especially microbes responding to climate change incl. methanotrophs; after hours into arts and art&science

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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A genomic catalog of Earth’s bacterial and archaeal symbionts #symbiosis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A genomic catalog of Earth’s bacterial and archaeal symbionts - Nature Biotechnology
Symbiotic relationships of microorganisms are predicted and cataloged with a machine learning tool.
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #omics analyses of #Marine #Microbial #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 31, start first quarter 2027! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
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u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.
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Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Open position! Postdoc project on snow modelling and Arctic ecosystems ❄️🌿🌡️💧 3-yr position with assistant prof @niittynen.bsky.social at @oulu.fi ! See the link and apply by 15.10.2026 oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in snow and microclimate processes of cold-climate ecosystems
We are now looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in snow and microclimate processes of cold-climate ecosystems for a 3-year fixed-term position to join us in the Faculty of Technology, Water, Energy a
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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Join us at the "2027 Applied and Environmental GRC: Mechanistic Microbiology for a Complex World" July 18-23, 2027 and GRS "Mechanistic Microbiology Beyond the Model Organism" July 17-18. Applications are open! @thuls.bsky.social and I put together an awesome schedule! www.grc.org/applied-and-...
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2027 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Conference GRC
The 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology will be held in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 08/09/2026
We are happy to support an NSF PRFB application that makes use of AI to advance microbial cultivation for biotechnological purposes. Deadline=Sept 29th. More here: uncultured.carinilab.com/p/were-looki...
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We're Looking to Sponsor Postdoc Fellows in AI-Driven Microbial Cultivation
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
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Ian Marshall @ianpgm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Two PhD positions with me at Aarhus University in Denmark are now open for applicants: phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican... Deadline November 1. Thanks @carlsbergfondet.dk!
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Anaerobic growth of aerobic methane-oxidising bacteria
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Ursula E @ursenz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Nepal's🇳🇵 foreign minister is calling for a "global effort" to tackle climate change, saying his country is among the worst-hit by rising temp. So far 675 people have died +2,400 people missing after the glacier collapse in Nepal alone… #globalglacierchange #glaciology #climatechange #glaciers
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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
‼️Job alert‼️ @voltcenter.bsky.social is looking for a #postdoc to conduct cutting-edge, hypothesis-driven research within the scientific area of VOLT, focusing on process understanding related to VOC exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. You can propose a research plan employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
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Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the Center for Volatile Interactions
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Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Excited to share that I've been awarded a 5-year NIH MIRA (R35) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences! The lab is growing! We're recruiting postdocs and research techs interested in microbial ecology, quantitative microscopy, microfluidics, and molecular biology. Please share!
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Jürgen Strassert @strassert.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New preprint: We studied the population dynamics of Arctic #phytoplankton and #mycoplankton and found evidence for chytrid-mediated diatom bloom termination. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Congrats @paulinethome.bsky.social #protists #protistsonsky #algae #diatoms #chytrids
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Beate Kraft @beatekraft.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Happy to see Elisa Hernández Magaña's paper out in ISME Commun tinyurl.com/42xzvdzs We show that dark oxygen production is a common trait among AOA and also occurs in AOB. Many thanks to our coauthors Don Canfield, Alyson Santoro and Muzi Li and @villumfonden.bsky.social for supporting this work.
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Oxygen production via nitric oxide dismutation in diverse ammonia oxidizers
Abstract. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are widespread and highly abundant in nature. Despite their typical aerobic metabolism, they thrive in ecosystems
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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Isolation of Allocrenothrix methanica reveals distinct ecophysiologies of filamentous methanotrophs and adaptations to O2 limitation academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Isolation of Allocrenothrix methanica reveals distinct ecophysiologies of filamentous methanotrophs and adaptations to O2 limitation
Abstract. Ferdinand Cohn observed abundant filamentous bacteria in drinking water wells in 1870 that he named Crenothrix polyspora. Subsequent research has
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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New cool paper on previously unexplored metabolism in 🦠Methylobacter🦠 under oxygen-limited conditions that involve extracellular electron transfer: 'Electrogenic CH₄ oxidation on a bioanode: putative extracellular electron transport system in Methylobacter sp.' academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
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Electrogenic CH₄ oxidation on a bioanode: putative extracellular electron transport system in Methylobacter sp.
Abstract. Aerobic methanotrophs are frequently detected in oxygen-limited, stratified coastal environments. Known adaptations, including high-affinity term
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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
So much science done to understand methane and efforts to reduce its emissions are summarised and packed into this fantastic video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWHf...
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The easiest climate change win ever
YouTube video by Simon Clark
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Major contribution of anaplerosis to inorganic carbon fixation in the dark ocean www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
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Major contribution of anaplerosis to inorganic carbon fixation in the dark ocean - Nature Geoscience
While most newly formed organic carbon in the dark ocean is derived from chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms, 17% also comes from an alternative pathway called anaplerosis that is related to the tric...
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Antti J Rissanen @anttijrissanen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Methane eaters cannot speed up enough www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Methane eaters cannot speed up enough - Nature Climate Change
Global warming boosts freshwater methane production. Now, a study shows that methane oxidizing bacteria cannot increase their methane consumption rates enough in response to warming-induced enhancemen...
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Antti J Rissanen @anttijrissanen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A fixed methane filter maximizes freshwater emissions under warming www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A fixed methane filter maximizes freshwater emissions under warming - Nature Climate Change
How the balance of microbial methane production and oxidation in freshwater systems will change with warming is unclear. This study uses natural warming experiments to demonstrate that methane emissio...
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Extracellular electron transfer in cable bacteria enables growth rates comparable to aerobic respiration www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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Archaea Biology Vienna @archaea-vienna.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Do biofilms give an ecological advantage? Yes! A fantastic follow-up to our previous biofilm work in ammonia-oxidizing archaea: "Biofilm Lifestyle Drives Ecophysiological Niche Expansion in an Archaeal Soil Nitrifier" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Congratulations to all authors! #archaea
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Evgenii Protasov @evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Many seek "silver bullet" #methane solutions, but as authors state: "the most direct way to reduce methane emissions from #ruminants is to decrease the population size of ruminants". Dietary change for humans, not supplements for cows... #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health - npj Sustainable Agriculture
npj Sustainable Agriculture - Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Don’t reach for ChatGPT Images or Nano Banana as your first option when creating scientific images There are multiple free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations. #plantscience @stephenturner.us blog.stephenturner.us/p/free-open-...
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Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations
Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics
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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Surprisingly little info on the BrowserGate by LinkedIn here browsergate.eu/executive-su.... Here are a few things to do to take action against: browsergate.eu/take-action/
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Reinier Egas @raegas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Grab a coffee and enjoy reading up on CO metabolism in methanotrophs! Freshwater ANME (own work): www.nature.com/articles/s41... Marine ANME (@Orphan lab): www.nature.com/articles/s41... Big thanks to our collaborators at QUT! @sjmcilroy.bsky.social (Heyu/Andy/Gene!) @cuwelte.bsky.social
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Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic methanotrophic archaea - Nature Communications
Anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea mitigate methane emissions in anoxic environments. Here, Egas et al. show that these microbes can also oxidize carbon monoxide, prompting re-evaluation of their cla...
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Reinier Egas @raegas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Preprint out! Anaerobic methanotrophs are key methane oxidizers, but their activity/adaptation under acidic conditions remains unclear. We show that a freshwater ANME adapts to pH stress via shifts in lipid composition and remains metabolically active down to pH 5.65. Expanding the niche of ANME.
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FEMS Journals @femsjournals.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If your research explores community dynamics, ecological interactions, biogeochemical processes, or ecosystem-level implications, FEMS Microbiology Ecology may provide the right platform to reach a global environmental microbiology audience. Learn more: buff.ly/m4FoTih
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FEMS @femsmicro.org · 25/03/2026
Do you love microbiology and science communication? FEMS is recruiting a volunteer co‑host for the FEMS Webinar Series and the Microbes & Us podcast, an opportunity to become a public-facing voice for the global microbiology community. Apply by 30 March: buff.ly/eOZpm2g
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🔊SAVE THE DATE for our 6th SORTEE conference: 13-14th Oct 2026! Registration & content submission (unconferences, hackathons, workshops) will open soon. Keep an👁️on sortee.org/upcoming/ #SORTEE2026 To join the mailing list for conference updates, click: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Homeworld Collective @homeworld.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📣 Methane causes ~30% of global warming, & despite emissions reductions, a major gap will remain by 2050. #BiologicalMethaneRemoval is one of the most promising ways to close that gap. With @sparkclimate.bsky.social, we convened 30 experts, resulting in 22 problem statements. 🔗 bit.ly/3PdO1RL
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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This looks absolutely great. For those of us interested in pangenomes, I am sure this will be a super place to get data and the interface is very clean (plotly). Congrats to the authors (I don't know if they are on bsky): pangbank.genoscope.cns.fr
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Emil Ruff @emilruff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Come work with us on #darkoxygen as part of the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. It is an amazing opportunity to get up to 3 years of funding. Deadlines are March 1. and November 1. Happy to discuss your ideas! Details here: zintellect.com/Opportunity/... @mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
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Zintellect - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - ICAR - OxyMoRon: Understanding dioxygen production and consumption in apparently anoxic environments - 0042-NPP-MAR26-ABProg-Astrobi...
About the NASA Postdoctoral Program The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ong
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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Come work with us! 🧪🌐🧑‍💻🌿🐸❄️ I am hireing a #postdoc in Climate Change Ecology to work on Ecological Synthesis and support the upcoming #IPCC report as a Chapter Scientist (CH14: terrestrial, freshwater and cryopspheric biodiversity, ecosystems, and services. #IPCC #AR7 @ipcc.bsky.social
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I’m looking for two postdoctoral scientists in experimental evolution to join my team from April 2026 (or soon after). Please share! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Two postdoctoral positions (3-year) in Experimental Evolution of Methanogenic Microbiomes in Bioelectrochemical Systems
Application deadline: 4 March 2026 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
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Roey Angel @roeyangel.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Now published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Communications: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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Cultivation and genomic characterization of novel methanogens from arid desert biocrust
Abstract. Methanogens are strictly anaerobic archaea capable of energy conservation by methane production, yet their presence in oxic and arid environments
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Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Black field with a macro image of a bright orange lichen Xanthoria in one of the corner. Little diagrams showing a structure of a lichen thallus with different layers in grey and green, a phylogenetic tree, and an alphafold generated structure of a protein. White text says "PhD position in Stockholm University / SciLifeLab. 
Lichen Biology, Symbiosis, Microbial Ecology & Evolution,Meta-omics
Fully funded for 4 years. Start Apr-Sep 2026. Deadline for application: Feb 1st."
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this. Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
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J. Makoto Tsuji @j-mako-tsuji.eurosky.social · 19/12/2025
A quick microbio present before the holidays 🎁 >150 years after their first description, filamentous "Crenothrix bacteria" are now in stable laboratory culture! In our pre-print, we probe the unique physiology & ecology of the "lacustrine" group of these enigmatic methane-oxidizing microbes... 1/2
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Isolation of Crenothrix bacteria reveals the distinct ecophysiologies of filamentous methanotrophs and adaptations to redox stress
At the dawn of modern microbiology, Cohn observed abundant filamentous bacteria in drinking water wells that he named Crenothrix polyspora. Subsequent research has revealed the methanotrophic metaboli...
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Anne Daebeler @anne-daebeler.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨 New paper out: Ecogenomics of Methylobacter 🦠 - three different MMOs to oxidize CH4 in single species - machinery for nitrogen, sulfur, iron, and hydrogen metabolisms - adaptations to low O2 conditions ... led by @wutkowska.bsky.social tinyurl.com/pmntwuk6 #MicrobeSky #pangenome
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Uncovering hidden phylo: and ecogenomic diversity of the widespread methanotrophic genus Methylobacter
Abstract. The globally distributed genus Methylobacter plays a crucial role in mitigating methane emissions from diverse ecosystems, including freshwater a
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️
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Ramita Khanongnuch @ramitak.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
A new #methanotroph species has been described: #Methylobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from a coal mine biofilm. I'm happy to have contributed to this work! www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Methylobacter arcticus sp. nov. isolated from a coal mine biofilm in the high Arctic Svalbard
An aerobic methanotroph was isolated from a biofilm of coal mine Gruve 7 (Svalbard) and designated strain G7T. Cells of strain G7T were Gram-stain-negative, pink-pigmented and motile rods. Strain G7T ...
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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️ You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more! 👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/... Read and share ‼️ #sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
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Anne Daebeler @anne-daebeler.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
📢 Extra, extra: our collaborative study on trace gas oxidizers in a warmer soil is out as a preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Big thanks to @thanh0109.bsky.social @bobpmleung.bsky.social @wutkowska.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @mathildebio.bsky.social @greening.bsky.social ...
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Soil trace gas oxidizers divergently respond to short- and long-term warming
The upland soil microbiome is dominated by aerobic bacteria that oxidize atmospheric trace gases, including CO, H2, and CH4. As a result, soils are the largest biological sink for these climate-active...
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Anne Daebeler @anne-daebeler.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🚨 Come and work with us 🦠🧪🖥️ Postdoc position with lots of freedom available in my group - 1.5 years with options to extend - work on ecogenomics and physiology of N/CH4-cyclers - remote work possible 🤓 more info here: isme-microbes.org/postdoc-ecog... #microbesky
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Postdoc in ecogenomics and physiology of nitrifiers/methane-cyclers – ISME
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Riikka Rinnan @riikkarinnan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Possibly the coolest PhD job available at the moment! ❄️❄️❄️Microbial VOC Exchange in Arctic Glacier Ecosystems❄️ ❄️❄️ 🌇Copenhagen, Denmark The supervisor team includes @alexanesio.bsky.social, Anders Priemé & @riikkarinnan.bsky.social employment.ku.dk/phd?show=165... Deadline 15 November 2025.
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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social A PhD position is available in my lab to work on: Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria. Please RT Deadline: 12.11.25 More infos 👇 shorturl.at/rAKAT
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FEMS @femsmicro.org · 22/10/2025
Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists. Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe. Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
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Beate Kraft @beatekraft.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
📣Postdoc opportunity @nordcee.bsky.social , University of Southern Denmark! 📣 Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones! Please share widely! Deadline: 17 November More information can be found here: tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
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Postdoc on microbial oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones
Application deadline: 17 November 2025 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA 📢 PLEASE RT 🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation ☀️ Marseille, France ‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
and guess what, Methylobacter again!
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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Still some time to join!
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