The whos and hows of the microbial world interacting with the macrobial world! Microbial ecology, microbiology, bioinformatics.
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Dr Ashwana Fricker (she/her) retweeted
Out now! Host genetics influence gut microbiome structure. A-blood-type-linked carbs secreted to mucus fuel gut microbes. Kudos to the amazing teamwork of @HermieHarm2388,D. Zhernakova, @DaomingWang1 @_LeiLiu @GroMicrobiome @UMCGgenetica @researchumcg 🙌 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Fantastic paper by David Sannino and the @AngertLab untangling the biology of giant bacteria residing in the guts of fish
Truly massive bacteria—one million times the volume of E. coli—live inside the unicornfish. Explore its genome and uncover the secrets behind the gargantuan size of this bacterial behemoth. In PNAS: ow.ly/sxsA50QkK1M
ALT Epulopiscium sp. type B (Candidatus Epulopiscium viviparus) is a giant bacterial species one million times the volume of E. coli and requires special metabolic adaptations to maintain its large size. CREDIT: Esther Angert
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Department of Elementary Education at Cal State Northridge (CSUN @csunorthridge) is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in STEM/STE(A)M Education at the rank of Assistant Professor. careers.pageuppeople.com/873… #ngss #learningsciences #cuela #californiascienceproject
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Mechanism of 2’-Fucosyllactose degradation by Human-Associated Akkermansia biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
New preprint out of the lab. This one was a long time coming but well worth the wait!
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We are excited to share that @CSUNBIO is advertising for 2 (!!) marine biology/ecology Asst Professors! You'll get to teach awesome unique field courses, connect with a thriving research program, & work with amazing students. Please share widely! careers.pageuppeople.com/873…
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Microbial communities living around vents on the ocean floor are neighbors to an intense geochemical event, with unique metabolisms to show for it. Learn more in #GenomeInsider: jointgeno.me/s04e02
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‼️Coming soon‼️
We will be advertising for TWO marine biologist/ecologist tenure-track positions in the CSUN biology department. I will post the ad here when it is published in the coming months. #jobs 🌊🐙🦀🐠 – at Los Angeles, CA
Dr Ashwana Fricker (she/her) retweeted
Finally out! This work describing a genetic system for a very important and cool gut commensal has been a labor of love. Massive amounts of work by @lauren282012, Per Malkus & @ValdiviaLab. Special thanks to @barton_lab and Lawrence David’s for being most excellent collaborators.
📢Out now in @NatureMicrobiol:
A genetic system for Akkermansia muciniphila reveals a role for mucin foraging in gut colonization and host sterol biosynthesis gene expression
By Lauren Davey, Raphael Valdivia & colleagues.
@valdi001, @lauren282012
nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
Dr Ashwana Fricker (she/her) retweeted
Pretty incredible to see almost 330 of you folks in the first week of our existence!! Glad to see this kind of support for building a networking of Queer and Trans microbiologists...something we desperately need!
So we have to ask: What would you like to see our network do?
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Permafrost is different from other soils. Microbes survive at sub-zero temps for millennia. What controls the microbial biogeography and distribution of genes ? What are the strongest selective pressures shaping communities? Read our paper in @ISMEJournal nature.com/articles/s41396-0…
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Interindividual Diversity of Human Gut Mucin-Degrading Microbial Consortia biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Professor Stephen Zinder presents a capstone lecture on his scientific career, which he presents as an E.coli-like run and tumble towards the truth. Thank you Steve for being a national treasure! @Cornell @CornellCALS @CornellMicrobio
Dr Ashwana Fricker (she/her) retweeted
Opportunity for $10,000 awards for Black undergrad & grad students and postdocs for an 800 word essay from @CellPressNews! cell.com/diversity/awards Love seeing @MSEJAllen as an advisor for this.
Dr Ashwana Fricker (she/her) retweeted
Reconstruction of ancient microbial genomes from the human gut @Nature
This is so cool! #ancientDNA & #microbiome combined. Genomes from 1000 - 2000 years ago
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Interested in how paleovegetation and permafrost microbes across the Arctic are related? Come to my talk Fri @ 2pm (AS16.2). Too cold for you? Learn about survival strategies in desert biocrust communities at my poster on Tues (PS26.337) #ISME18
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New paper out of the lab continuing to show how cool Akkermansia are!
Utilization Efficiency of Human Milk Oligosaccharides by Human-Associated Akkermansia Is Strain Dependent | Applied and Environmental Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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The @JoePetersLab @Cornell Ithaca NY is growing our research family! We are hiring a Technician. Please retweet, please apply...tiny.cc/Technician_29002
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Our Editor are committed to mentoring young microbiologists. If you are a postdoctoral fellow with 2+ years of experience, please apply to review for Spectrum. journals.asm.org/journal/spe…
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We are looking to fill a postdoc position in my lab to work on Akkermansia. Please spread the word!
Postdoctoral Research Assistant careers.pageuppeople.com/873…