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Dr. Or M. Bialik<p>I got an <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenPosition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPosition</span></a> (fully funded) for a PhD student/postdoc in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biogeochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biogeochemistry</span></a>. As part of the MARBEDS project, we are looking for someone to study <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/seafloor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seafloor</span></a> fluxes and their interactions with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> communities in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> hotspots. </p><p>Contact me if you would like more details. </p><p>(Was hoping to post this in June, but getting the ducks in a row took a while)</p>
Dr. Or M. Bialik<p>Life does not end at the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sediment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sediment</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a>-interface, it keep going down and down and down (less so on land). There is a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> continuum, and some of those <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/subsurface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subsurface</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> communities can be rather diverse.<br><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq0645" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adq0645</span></a></p>
Protein Report<p>Are you keeping up with developments in the protein industries? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheProteinDigest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheProteinDigest</span></a> has you covered. Subscribe to receive news, events, jobs, and more delivered to your inbox. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.</p><p><a href="https://www.proteinreport.org/#newsletter-homepage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">proteinreport.org/#newsletter-</span><span class="invisible">homepage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foodtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biotech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dairy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eggs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seafood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ingredients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ingredients</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plantbased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantbased</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cellculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cellculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Scientists Peered Into A Secret Antarctic Lake Hidden Beneath The Ice — And Uncovered A Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem<br>--<br><a href="https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/scientists-peered-beneath-a-frozen-antarctic-lake-and-uncovered-a-never-before-seen-ecosystem" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/planet-earth/a</span><span class="invisible">ntarctica/scientists-peered-beneath-a-frozen-antarctic-lake-and-uncovered-a-never-before-seen-ecosystem</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01842-5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-018</span><span class="invisible">42-5</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/radar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radar</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPR</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/groundpenetratingradar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundpenetratingradar</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LakeEnigma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeEnigma</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/microorganisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microorganisms</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/imagery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imagery</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/microbialmats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbialmats</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Patescibacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patescibacteria</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremophiles</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>: Venezuela loses its last <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glacier</span></a> as it shrinks down to an ice field<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/venezuela-loses-its-last-glacier-as-it-shrinks-down-to-an-ice-field" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/may/08/venezuela-loses-its-last-glacier-as-it-shrinks-down-to-an-ice-field</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> is a mirror of what will continue to happen from north to south, first in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Colombia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colombia</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a>, then in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bolivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolivia</span></a>, as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> continue to retreat from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Andes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Andes</span></a>... The loss of La Corona marks the loss of the many <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/EcosystemServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcosystemServices</span></a> that glaciers provide, from unique <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> habitats to environments of significant cultural value"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Unraveling the Mysteries of Carbon and Nitrogen in the Bay of Bengal<br><a href="https://www.oceanblogs.org/so305-biocat-iioe2/2024/04/28/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-carbon-and-nitrogen-in-the-bay-of-bengal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oceanblogs.org/so305-biocat-ii</span><span class="invisible">oe2/2024/04/28/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-carbon-and-nitrogen-in-the-bay-of-bengal/</span></a></p><p>"In the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> minimum zone, where oxygen levels are depleted, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/nitrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nitrogen</span></a> cycling takes on added complexity. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbial</span></a> communities adapt to low-oxygen conditions, driving unique biogeochemical processes with far-reaching implications for marine ecosystems and global nutrient cycles."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Hidden <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biosphere</span></a> discovered beneath world's driest hot desert<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-04-hidden-biosphere-beneath-world-driest.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-04-hidden-b</span><span class="invisible">iosphere-beneath-world-driest.html</span></a> </p><p>Persistent <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> communities in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/hyperarid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyperarid</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/subsurface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subsurface</span></a> habitats of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Atacama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atacama</span></a> Desert <a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/4/pgae123/7646996" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/3/4/pgae123/7646996</span></a> </p><p>"In the upper 80 cm of playa sediments, microbial communities were dominated by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Firmicutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firmicutes</span></a>. Below 200 cm, a different microbial community was discovered, dominated by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Actinobacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Actinobacteria</span></a>... this community might have colonized the soil 19,000 years ago, before being buried by playa deposits"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Extremely Slow Growth in the Seabed <a href="https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2024/04/extremely-slow-growth-in-the-seabed.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schaechter.asmblog.org/schaech</span><span class="invisible">ter/2024/04/extremely-slow-growth-in-the-seabed.html</span></a></p><p>Slow <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbial</span></a> Life in the Seabed <a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015535" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">annualreviews.org/content/jour</span><span class="invisible">nals/10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015535</span></a></p><p>"Those <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> found kilometers below the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seafloor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seafloor</span></a> will have been there 100 million years or more. The deeper they are, the less residual organic matter will be available for their growth and maintenance metabolism. Estimates are that a typical doubling time in these environments is in the order of 1000 years."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Discovery of the first <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fractal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fractal</span></a> molecule in nature<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-fractal-molecule-nature.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-04-discover</span><span class="invisible">y-fractal-molecule-nature.html</span></a></p><p>Emergence of fractal geometries in the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of a metabolic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/enzyme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enzyme</span></a>: Franziska Sendker et al. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07287-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-07287-2</span></a></p><p>"They discovered a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> enzyme—citrate synthase from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cyanobacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyanobacteria</span></a>—that spontaneously assembles into a pattern known as the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SierpinskiTriangle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SierpinskiTriangle</span></a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ElectronMicroscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronMicroscopy</span></a> and evolutionary <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biochemistry</span></a> studies indicate that this fractal may represent an evolutionary accident."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The Unexplored <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbial</span></a> Life in Subterranean Estuaries <a href="https://eos.org/editor-highlights/the-unexplored-microbial-life-in-subterranean-estuaries" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/editor-highlights/the-</span><span class="invisible">unexplored-microbial-life-in-subterranean-estuaries</span></a></p><p>Microbial Assemblages and Metabolic Activity in Organic-Rich <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SubterraneanEstuaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SubterraneanEstuaries</span></a>: Impact of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> Changes <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JG007660" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/10.1029/2023JG007660</span></a></p><p>"Subterranean estuaries, where terrestrial <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> and seawater intermix, are vital zones of coastal <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> ecosystems... these zones are poorly studied, despite facing escalating threats by future global changes."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Even inactive <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> 'smokers' are densely colonized by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> communities <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-03-inactive-deep-sea-smokers-densely.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-03-inactive</span><span class="invisible">-deep-sea-smokers-densely.html</span></a></p><p>Inactive <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/hydrothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrothermal</span></a> vent microbial communities are important contributors to deep <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> primary productivity: Amanda Achberger et al. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01599-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41564-024</span><span class="invisible">-01599-9</span></a> </p><p>"When the flow of mineral-rich fluids dries up, the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BlackSmokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackSmokers</span></a> become inactive. Larger organisms migrate away to the next vent, but the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> have ways to adapt to the new conditions."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> found to increase the diversity of active soil <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-02-global-diversity-soil-bacteria.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-02-global-d</span><span class="invisible">iversity-soil-bacteria.html</span></a></p><p>Soil warming increases the number of growing bacterial taxa but not their growth rates <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk6295" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adk6295</span></a></p><p>"more than 50 years of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/warming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warming</span></a> increased <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> growth. Remarkably, the growth rates of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> in warmer soils were indistinguishable to those at normal temp. The pivotal difference: Warmer <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/soils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soils</span></a> harbored a more varied array of active microbial taxa."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Subglacial Microbial Life on Earth and Beyond <a href="https://asm.org/Articles/2024/February/Subglacial-Microbial-Life-on-Earth-and-Beyond" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asm.org/Articles/2024/February</span><span class="invisible">/Subglacial-Microbial-Life-on-Earth-and-Beyond</span></a></p><p>"Jill Mikucki, Ph.D. studies one such analog site: Blood Falls in the McMurdo <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DryValleys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DryValleys</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a>. There, a briny, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/subglacial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subglacial</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> leaks iron-containing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/brine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brine</span></a> to the surface... Mikucki has been working on subglacial environments for over 2 decades but is still stunned by some of her team's discoveries... the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> cells grow very slowly under the ice, possibly taking a year or more to divide."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Searching for life where it shouldn't exist <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-09-qa-life-shouldnt.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-09-qa-life-</span><span class="invisible">shouldnt.html</span></a></p><p>"Jennifer Macalady is a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbiologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiologist</span></a> who studies biological interactions between the limited resources that were available on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/EarlyEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyEarth</span></a>: water, atmospheric gases and rocks. Her research takes her to some of the most hostile places for life on Earth, in search of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biofilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biofilms</span></a> that can survive there. Her most recent <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/expedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>expedition</span></a> was to three lakes within Italy's <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Frasassi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frasassi</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cave</span></a> system"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Researchers identify a decline in microbial genetic richness in the western Arctic Ocean <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-02-decline-microbial-genetic-richness-western.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-02-decline-</span><span class="invisible">microbial-genetic-richness-western.html</span></a></p><p>A multiyear time series (2004–2012) of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> community dynamics in a changing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> Ocean <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ismecommun/article/4/1/ycad004/7512908" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/ismecommun/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/4/1/ycad004/7512908</span></a> by Susanne Kraemer et al. </p><p>"The Arctic region is experiencing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> at a much faster rate than the rest of the world... And that change is being experienced all the way down to the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> level."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Exploring the unseen: <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbial</span></a> wonders in Earth's saltiest waters <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-02-exploring-unseen-microbial-earth-saltiest.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-02-explorin</span><span class="invisible">g-unseen-microbial-earth-saltiest.html</span></a></p><p>Unravelling <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biosynthesis</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biodegradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodegradation</span></a> potentials of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/MicrobialDarkMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrobialDarkMatters</span></a> in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/hypersaline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypersaline</span></a> lakes <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666498423001242" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S2666498423001242</span></a></p><p>"This research not only expands our knowledge of life in extreme conditions but also opens exciting possibilities for new technologies and medical breakthroughs, leveraging the untapped resources of these unique microbial communities."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Minimalist or maximalist? The life of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> a mile underground <a href="https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/11/minimalist-or-maximalist-the-life-of-a-microbe-a-mile-underground/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.northwestern.edu/stories/</span><span class="invisible">2023/11/minimalist-or-maximalist-the-life-of-a-microbe-a-mile-underground/</span></a></p><p>A metagenomic view of novel <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> and metabolic diversity found within the deep terrestrial biosphere <a href="https://ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.16543" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wil</span><span class="invisible">ey.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.16543</span></a></p><p>"For the past 10 years, Osburn &amp; her students have regularly visited the former mine to collect geochemical &amp; microbial samples. Now called the Sanford Underground Research Facility, the deep underground laboratory hosts a number of experiments across a range of disciplines"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>With only the pawprints, researchers study elusive bobcat <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-01-pawprints-elusive-bobcat.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-01-pawprint</span><span class="invisible">s-elusive-bobcat.html</span></a></p><p>A novel eDNA approach for rare species monitoring: Application of long-read shotgun <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sequencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sequencing</span></a> to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Lynx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lynx</span></a> rufus soil pawprints <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320723004160" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0006320723004160</span></a> by Samantha Koda et al.</p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> recovered from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bobcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bobcat</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pawprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pawprints</span></a> can be used to determine the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>' ancestral background and even identify their unique <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> community. All from the errant DNA left behind long after the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> has left the area."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>New research on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> expands the known limits for life on Earth and beyond <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-01-microbes-limits-life-earth.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-01-microbes</span><span class="invisible">-limits-life-earth.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SingleCellAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleCellAnalysis</span></a> in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/hypersaline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypersaline</span></a> brines predicts a water-activity limit of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> anabolic activity <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj3594" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adj3594</span></a></p><p>"the research shows how increasing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/salinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salinity</span></a> changes microbial community composition, rates of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/metabolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metabolism</span></a>. These can impact nutrient cycling, as well as the lives of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crustaceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crustaceans</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a>, which are essential food sources for migratory <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>, other <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>"</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Rare <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> with examples of world’s earliest f#ossils provides window into early life on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a><br>A system of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lagoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lagoons</span></a> has been discovered in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a> hosting a rare range of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/microbial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbial</span></a> communities previously unknown. The microbes form giant mounds of rock as they grow — like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corals</span></a> building a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/reef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reef</span></a> mm by mm. "The communities could also provide scientists with an unprecedented look at how life may have arisen on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a>, which resembled Earth billions of years ago." <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/americas/stromatolites-argentina-discovery-lagoons-ecosystem-scn/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/12/16/americas/st</span><span class="invisible">romatolites-argentina-discovery-lagoons-ecosystem-scn/index.html</span></a></p>