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LaRoche Lab

@LaRocheLab
 1355 Oxford Street PO BOX 1500
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Joined July 2019
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Eric Raes@EricJRaes17 Jul 2024
Excited to share our new paper! A collaborative synthesis of global microbial time series data. Sustained, long term monitoring is needed to track the pulse & health of our oceans🌊@DalhousieU @uwaoceans @awi @PlymouthMarine @CSIRO @ICMCSIC @USC @minderoo aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley…
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Excited to have been awarded a Gray-Doolittle Award for Research Excellence from the @DalhousieU Institute for Comparative Genomics (@ICG_Dalhousie)! 🦠🌊 🏆icgenomics.ca/congratulation… 📢 ofi.ca/news/researchers-are-… 📰:science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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Join us Monday Feb 5, 2024 at 7:30pm (Atlantic Time) in-person or virtual for our next Free Public Lecture! nsis1862.ca/public-lectures/ @NS_MNH,@DiscoveryCntr,@SMUScience,@smuhalifax ,@DalhousieU, @planetary_tech, @WillB_atSea
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We are excited to announce our panelists for this coming Monday's special Careers in Science Panel Discussion! This special NSIS event is designed for students. See poster for advance question submission for Q&As! More details: nsis1862.ca/public-lectures/
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This Jan 15th join us for a special panel discussion on Careers in Science. This event is designed for students. Scientists on the panel will cover various career fields including engineering, conservation biology, chemistry, pharmaceutical consulting, and health care.
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This PhD project will improve projections of nitrogen fixation using machine learning and modelling. Please RT and share with folks that might be interested 🦠🌊
Fanny Monteiro (@OceanFMonteiro) profile pictureFanny Monteiro@OceanFMonteiro16 Nov 2023
Exciting PhD opportunity combining ocean biogeochemical modelling and machine learning @BristolUni, @NOCsouthampton and the University of Liverpool to work with @OceanFMonteiro, @sanchez_baracal, @microbidart and Dr Chris Follet.
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Final PhD chapter published @FEMSmicro🦠Canadian Arctic diazotroph diversity. Biogeography + potential Arctic endemism assessed via 5-yr temperate NW Atlantic time series and via global datasets. @geotraces @DFO_MAR @OceanFrontier @DalScience @NSERC_CRSNG academic.oup.com/femsec/adva…
Marine nitrogen-fixers in the Canadian Arctic Gateway are dominated by biogeographically distinct...

Marine nitrogen-fixers in the Canadian Arctic Gateway are dominated by biogeographically distinct...

Although marine diazotrophs occur globally, significantly less is known about their ecology and biodiversity within the Arctic Ocean; this study in the Can

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They are tiny, but microorganisms play a vital role in our ecosystems. 🌊 Researchers from @DalhousieU are exploring one of these nitrogen-fixing microbes to better understand their distribution in the Northwest #AtlanticOcean. Read more ⬇ @B_Robicheau ofi.ca/news/researchers-are-…
Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia

ALT Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Thanks @OceanFrontier for featuring our research on UCYN-A in the Bedford Basin in their latest NEWS article! 🦠🌊 NEWS Article: ofi.ca/news/researchers-are-… Original Article: science.org/doi/full/10.1126… @LaRocheLab
Researchers are uncovering microbial ecology in the Bedford Basin

Researchers are uncovering microbial ecology in the Bedford Basin

They might be tiny, but microorganisms play a vital role in our ecosystems.

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Ocean Frontier Institute (@OceanFrontier) profile pictureOcean Frontier Institute@OceanFrontier14 Nov 2023
They are tiny, but microorganisms play a vital role in our ecosystems. 🌊 Researchers from @DalhousieU are exploring one of these nitrogen-fixing microbes to better understand their distribution in the Northwest #AtlanticOcean. Read more ⬇ @B_Robicheau ofi.ca/news/researchers-are-…
Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia

ALT Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Second thesis chapter now available @ScienceAdvances!!📖. Featuring the ever intriguing algal symbiont UCYN-A🦠. Read more about this nitrogen-fixer's microdiversity and coastal behaviour in the NW Atlantic 🌊 here: science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
Microevolutionary patterns in ecotypes of the symbiotic cyanobacterium UCYN-A revealed from a...

Microevolutionary patterns in ecotypes of the symbiotic cyanobacterium UCYN-A revealed from a...

A high-resolution time series reveals microevolutionary patterns and coastal dynamics for the marine nitrogen-fixer UCYN-A.

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IUI-Eilat@iui_eilat14 Mar 2023
➡️A new study by Landou et al. shows how photic and aphotic N2 fixation contributes to water column productivity in oligotrophic waters🌊 ➡️Understanding diazotrophy and its role in production is key for understanding the oceanic system ➡️Read more: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley…
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STAMPS @ MBL is back in 2023! Jul 19-29 in Woods Hole ☀️🏖️💻 STAMPS has trained thousands of microbial ecologists (of all stripes!) in the bioinformatic and statistical analysis of microbiome data 🌟🧠🦠 Join us for #STAMPS2023 and be one of them! 😻🥳📈
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Join us Monday Feb 6, 2023 at 7:30pm in-person or virtual for our next Free Public Lecture!🌱 nsis1862.ca/public-lectures/ @NS_Museum, @NS_MNH, @DiscoveryCntr, @DalScience, @MSVU_Halifax, @smuhalifax
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4 positions now open in this ✨brand new dedicated marine genomics lab ✨ No marine experience necessary. Deadlines 27 Oct and 10 Nov. Please RT Links below 👇
Dr. Kate Quigley (@la__cientifica) profile pictureDr. Kate Quigley@la__cientifica4 Aug 2022
Sneak peak at the new home of the @minderoo and @uwaoceans #OceanOmics facility. Beautiful sequencers and labs. Watch this space! 🌊👩🏽‍🔬👨🏼‍🔬👩‍💻👨🏾‍💻
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Are you a researcher in 🇨🇦 interested in participating in a global-scale marine microbial biogeochemistry program @biogeoscapes to transform our understanding of ocean metabolism and nutrient cycles on a changing planet? Reach out to me!
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Jackie Zorz@jkzorz19 Oct 2022
Our method, SituSeq, for portable and offline analysis of Nanopore 16S rRNA amplicons is out as a preprint. We used it last field season to analyze deep sea sediments while on the Atlantic⛵️ and have compared results b/w @Nanopore and Illumina platforms biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
SituSeq: An offline protocol for rapid and remote Nanopore amplicon sequence analysis

SituSeq: An offline protocol for rapid and remote Nanopore amplicon sequence analysis

Microbiome analysis through 16S rRNA gene sequencing is a crucial tool for understanding the microbial ecology of any habitat or ecosystem. However, workflows require large equipment, stable intern...

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Eric Raes@EricJRaes13 Sep 2022
Excited to share our research! Weekly samples at 4 depths & 4 years show strong bacterial seasonality & SUP05 Ecotypes #TimeSeries nature.com/articles/s41598-0… @LaRocheLab @B_Robicheau @dhwanikdesai @jkzorz @biodianah @OceanFrontier @DalScience @DFO_Science @MEOPAR_NCE @NSERC_CRSNG
Seasonal bacterial niche structures and chemolithoautotrophic ecotypes in a North Atlantic fjord

Seasonal bacterial niche structures and chemolithoautotrophic ecotypes in a North Atlantic fjord

Scientific Reports - Seasonal bacterial niche structures and chemolithoautotrophic ecotypes in a North Atlantic fjord

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Jackie Zorz@jkzorz18 Aug 2022
Last year we did some 16S rRNA sequencing at sea, and today I'll be presenting a poster on our remote and offline sequencing protocol using the @nanopore minION (poster 280). #isme18
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Non stop excitmement during Non cyanobacterial diazotroph cruise #km2206 #northpacific @kendraturk @smith8272 @Mar__Benavides @BridgesOcean
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Some microorganisms and marine aggregates we saw onboard #RVCelticExplorer during #nwabcp expedition. Having a #planktoscope was such a treat! Watch loayjabre.com/projectplankto… for blogs and more photos soon. Next: Exploring the micro-world in classrooms and with community members!
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