Justyna Hampel, PhD

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Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance

I am extremely happy to share our latest manuscript "Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance". This project started back in 2021-2022 and after a long time, it sees the light today!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hello! Does anyone here have experience with extracting DNA samples from sediments preserved in ethanol? 😬😬😬

A blueprint for contemporary studies of microbiomes - Microbiome This editorial piece co-authored by the Senior Editors at Microbiome aims to highlight current challenges in the field of environmental and host-associated microbiome research. We also take the opport...

Nice set of rules for reporting microbiome data 👇

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The ecological success of freshwater microorganisms is mediated by streamlining and biotic interactions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.644981v1

Does genome streamlining influence the prevalence and abundance of freshwater prokaryotes?
Does metabolic interdependencies influence the co-occurrence of prokaryotes in freshwater ecosytems?

⬇️ We examine the answer to these questions in our new pre-print ⬇️

Playing with a new toy 🔬

First day at work after maternity leave! 🔬🧪👩🏻‍🔬

A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share

Don't let science be hidden

I’m excited to get back to the lab in March 🧬👩🏻‍🔬 but for now I’m enjoying my generous maternity leave in snowy Sweden 👶🩵

Yes please!

Hej Science People! I’m leaving the bad place and I’m hoping to join the science community here! ☺️