Elaine Luo

Luo Lab - Microbial Ecology - join The Luo Lab is accepting applications for funded Postdoc and PhD opportunities. Details below. Lab members will have access to state-of-the art wet lab, and computing, and sequencing resources, inclu...

I am excited to share that I received an award from the National Science Foundation!

I'm considering candidates for up to two postdoc positions - reach out by Aug 28th for full consideration.

sites.google.com/uncc.edu/mic...

19.08.2025 01:32 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Luo Lab - Microbial Ecology - join The Luo Lab is accepting applications for funded Postdoc and PhD opportunities. Details below. Lab members will have access to state-of-the art wet lab, and computing, and sequencing resources, inclu...

Funded postdoc + PhD opportunities in marine microbial ecology! Please share with folks that might be interested.

Start date is flexible (fall 2025 to summer 2026)

More about the lab + applying (Postdoc rolling, PhD apps due Oct/Jan):
sites.google.com/uncc.edu/mic...

08.07.2025 14:52 — 👍 12    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations Moin!!! My first PhD student’s first first-authored publication (😂) @moinsheam.bsky.social

Champagne tastes best from thrift store cups 😉

Thank you reviewers and editors at @isme-microbes.bsky.social for your support and feedback ❤️

26.06.2025 00:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Vertical transport and spatiotemporal dynamics of giant viruses in the North Pacific subtropical gyre Abstract. Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, or “giant viruses,” are prevalent in marine environments, infecting diverse eukaryotic lineages and influenc

Lab’s first publication as #newPI @isme-microbes.bsky.social 😃

We observed evidence supporting the viral shuttle hypothesis in giant viruses. We also observed convergent evolution amongst giant viruses and bacteriophages to light-energy and nutrient limitation.

academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

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Grateful for the @hypothesisfund.bsky.social and excited for more cool science!

23.06.2025 23:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs support the survival of marine microalgae in nitrogen-depleted environment - Genome Biology Background Non-cyanobacteria diazotrophs (NCDs) are shown to dominate in surface waters shifting the long-held paradigm of cyanobacteria dominance. This raises fundamental questions on how these putat...

Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs support the survival of marine microalgae in nitrogen-depleted environment genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #jcampubs 🌊

29.05.2025 20:05 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Virus-mediated recycling of chemoautotrophic biomass Aquatic environments absorb ~2.5 gigatonnes of atmospheric carbon each year, more than the carbon stored in the atmosphere, soils, and all biomass combined. Primary producers transform this dissolved ...

Lab's first preprint! #newPI

We show that viruses are active agents that recycle carbon fixed by productive chemoautotrophs, shaping our understanding of carbon cycling in redox-active ecosystems.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@julesdeep.bsky.social @gtrubl.bsky.social @mepjoe.bsky.social

28.05.2025 21:36 — 👍 34    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 1

🙏 We need your help 🙏

The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.

We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:

NIH:
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NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

w/ @noamross.net

19.04.2025 01:25 — 👍 627    🔁 493    💬 17    📌 30

Harvard University Sues Trump Administration (Gift Article) Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.

Harvard sues: a 🎁 link + an important step in responding to ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle American leadership in science & research.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

21.04.2025 21:15 — 👍 24    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Image of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis under the microscope. The dinoflagellate is heart shaped and the chloroplasts are clearly visible around the edges of the cell.

Excited to share our new mSphere paper describing ssRNA viruses associated with Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida in mSphere led by Jean Lim - a 🧵(1/10) 🧪🦠🌊 #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky #USFCMS @asm.org @cmarinescience.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

20.04.2025 15:51 — 👍 101    🔁 32    💬 2    📌 1

Luo Lab, spring 2025!

Hi everyone! New here 😄 excited to connect and learn about/share cool research in aquatic microbial ecology, or just science in general! Here's our lab photo to kick-start another year! #newPI

20.02.2025 01:44 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0