Benoît Paix

Host Evolutionary History Drives Prokaryotic Diversity in the Globally Distributed Sponge Family Petrosiidae Sponge microbial communities play a crucial role in marine ecosystem functioning and serve as a rich source of bioactive compounds. While host identity is recognised as a major determinant of microbi...

First large-scale study of phylosymbiosis in sponges at the family level, with Niels van der Windt and Nicole de Voogd @naturalis.bsky.social
Sponge phylogeny plays a significant role in structuring microbiomes, even at finer taxonomic resolutions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD available in my group to work on polar nitrogen fixation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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We just launched the Kickstarter campaign of MicroMates, a card game that brings the hidden world of microorganisms to life in a fun, colorful, and scientifically inspired way. Please back us up and spread the word! micromates.se

A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊

go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
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Thread of Starter Packs to network for PhD and postdoc positions in Biology (or adjacent fields)! 🧵

First up: Starter Pack for students looking for PhD positions! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi

Organic metabolite uptake by diazotrophs in the North Pacific Ocean Abstract. Dinitrogen (N₂) fixation by diazotrophs supports ocean productivity. Diazotrophs include photoautotrophic cyanobacteria, non-cyanobacterial diazo

Organic metabolite uptake by diazotrophs in the North Pacific Ocean academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Organic metabolite uptake by Diazotrophs in the North Pacific Ocean Abstract. Dinitrogen (N₂) fixation by diazotrophs supports ocean productivity. Diazotrophs include photoautotrophic cyanobacteria, non-cyanobacterial diazo

check out our new publication on DOM uptake by diazotrophs (and that is both autotrophic and heterotrophic ones!) academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

@mioceanologie.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @ucscscience.bsky.social

Bye, bye #AquaEcOmics 👋🏻 What a well organized event! Extraordinary venue lots of fruitful discussions! Icing on the cake: Lauren Rodriguez taking home the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award for the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team! 🤩 @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #eDNA

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics recognises student talent at the AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian The 2025 AquaEcOmics meeting was held in Evian, France from 17 to 20 March 2025.Described as "a meeting to explore aquatic ecosystems biodiversity, functioning and monitoring with eDNA and multi-...

Congratulations to Teun Everts (@teuneverts.bsky.social) and Thomas Reinhart for winning the Best Student Presentation awards at the #AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian, France!

mbmg.pensoft.net/news/806

@aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

World map showing origin of the data

Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature!

Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲

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

Congratulations Lauren Rodriguez! 🐳 Our #eWHALE #Phd student from @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social won the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award at the #AquaEcOmics conference for presenting #eDNA sampling optimization results! 👏🏻 @bettinathal.bsky.social

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

Jeez. French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

@kamilhupalo.bsky.social introducing the „fish smoothie approach“ for detecting fish parasites! #AquaEcOmics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

AquaEcOmics first day: awesome talk from karoline Faust! Microbetag looks great.
#Aquaecomics #microbialNetwork

Great talk from Valérie Langlois on eDNA standards and iTrackDNA activities. #Aquaecomics

Good start with an ice breaker 😉
#aquaecomics meeting!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #eDNA #metagenomics #metabolomics

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In three days we'll be meeting in Evian 🙂
#aquaecomics meeting is coming!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #eDNA #metagenomics #metabolomics

Excited to announce the preliminary program for the upcoming AquaEcOmics symposium. Registration closes on the 31th of January so it is not yet too late to secure your attendance. https://aquaecomics.symposium.inrae.fr/
#aquaecomics2025 #eDNA #omics […]

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Défendre la science avec mes formidables collègues français. Merci USMB-INRAE-CARRTEL pour votre hospitalité et votre soutien! @inrae-france.bsky.social @rosaliebruel.bsky.social @herverogissart.bsky.social @jean-guillard.bsky.social @cyanophage.bsky.social @allanraffard.bsky.social

🎉Exciting news! I’m extremely honored and happy to have been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for my project CONSUMALG!

At the @sbroscoff.bsky.social I’ll be studying how bacteria degrade marine macroalgae 🌊🦠🍃

I can’t wait to start this journey! #MSCA #CONSUMALG

⚠️⚠️⚠️ New permanent job opportunity in Microbial Oceanography @noc.ac.uk

careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Looking for people bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, focus in the #ERC project EXPAND noc.ac.uk/projects/exp...

@usocb.bsky.social @aslo.org @ismeoffice.bsky.social

Adaptive strategies of Caribbean sponge holobionts beyond the mesophotic zone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635867v1

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L'@umrcarrtel.bsky.social organise sa prochaine école d'été !

🔍 Summer school “Biomarkers for lakes ecological monitoring”
📍 Thonon-les-Bains
📅 23-27 Juin 2025

➡️ Infos et inscription (jusqu'au 28.02.2025) : tinyurl.com/s8na3w82

Proficiency testing and cross-laboratory method comparison to support standardisation of diatom DNA metabarcoding for freshwater biomonitoring DNA metabarcoding of benthic diatoms has been successfully applied for biomonitoring at the national scale and can now be considered technically ready for routine application. However, protocols and…

🧬 DNA metabarcoding of diatoms is ready for biomonitoring, but varying protocols hinder comparability. #DNAquaIMG ( #BiodivMon) shows successful protocol transfer across labs, proposing a strategy ensuring distinct protocols meet minimum standards.

Invasive macroalgae shape chemical and microbial waterscapes on coral reefs - Communications Biology A field study demonstrates that macroalgae generate complex chemical and microbial waterscapes, which could play essential roles in the function and resilience of coral reefs

What a way to start the year 😌 ! My 2nd PhD chapter is now out in @commsbio.bsky.social !
We show that macroalgae generate complex chemical and microbial waterscapes.

You like #coralreefs🪸, #fieldstudies🤿 and #multiomics🧪 !? That's for you ➡️ nature.com/articles/s42...

#openaccess #moorea

Really happy of our new paper
Proficiency testing and cross-laboratory method comparison to support standardisation of diatom DNA metabarcoding for freshwater biomonitoring
By Valentin Vasselon, Sinzi Rivera and Benoît Paix et al […]

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This article provides valuable results to these two questions, thanks to great efforts performed through inter-calibration and method-comparison exercises featuring contributions from 17 labs across 14 countries.

Proficiency testing and cross-laboratory method comparison to support standardisation of diatom DNA metabarcoding for freshwater biomonitoring DNA metabarcoding of benthic diatoms has been successfully applied for biomonitoring at the national scale and can now be considered technically ready for routine application. However, protocols and m...

Are diatom DNA metabarcoding protocols reproducible?
How much variability between protocols affects quality assessment?
📖 I'm excited to share our new article with colleagues from #DNAqua-Net #DNAquaIMG published in MBMG!
👉 mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1332...

#DNAmetabarcoding #Diatoms #Biomonitoring

Thanks Pieter and congratulations to your team for this great webinar !