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Alejandro Rodrรญguez-Gijรณn

@alejandrorgijon.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher at the @mncn_csic | Microbial Ecology & Evolution ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงฌ | Marvel, whales, Eurovision & chocolate | #FirstGen | He/Him/ร‰l ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ https://alejandrorgijon.github.io/

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A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park Wetlands are ecosystems of environmental importance due to their role as biodiversity shelters. However, the intense anthropization of the landscape have propelled a decline in water quality and quant...

I am glad to share our newest preprint "A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park" preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php... via @preprints.arphahub.com with @gecko1990.bsky.social, @themlab.bsky.social, @vicloma1.bsky.social and Salvador Sรกnchez-Carrillo.

13.10.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Carbon source diversity shapes bacterial interspecies interactions academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

09.10.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community - Nature Communications Here the authors leverage a crossfeeding, engineered microbial community to demonstrate that strain abundance cycles are robust across environmental conditions. They pair this with a nonlinear dynamic model to elucidate population cycles.

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community

@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social

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

07.10.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you Adriร  ๐Ÿฅฐ

07.10.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Redirecting

Started off as a reading group and led to a nice mini-review of microbiome evolution in natural communities. Complete credit to Abby for leading this fun collab! #mevosky

Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics
doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...

14.08.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I'd like to thank all the great researchers involved in this MS (A. Pacheco-Valenciana, L. M. Rodriguez-R., F. Milke, @jennahed.bsky.social, @mesohaline.bsky.social, @microjustyna.bsky.social and G. Wienhausen), and particularly @sarilog.bsky.social for her huge support throughout my PhD studies ๐Ÿฉต

06.10.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here, we explore the relationship between genome streamlining and the prevalence and abundance of freshwater prokaryotes. We also investigate their co-occurrence across global freshwater metagenome, and its potential link to metabolic interdependencies and streamlining. ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿฆ 

06.10.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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...

06.10.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Endemism shapes viral ecology and evolution in globally distributed hydrothermal vent ecosystems - Nature Communications Viruses are pivotal players in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, shaping microbiomes by preying on key hosts. Through a global-scale analysis of vent viruses and their interactions, this study reveals that...

Excited to share our lab's latest work led by PhD student
@maggielangwig.bsky.social
describing the ecology and evolution of viruses in globally distributed hydrothermal vents.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

05.05.2025 06:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Sven Iburg

The wonderfully talented post-doc Sven Iburg, who was working with me in the last two years is seeking a new positon, pref BENELUX area. Let me know if you have any openings or suggestions! He is a true alrounder, really good both in the lab and with bioinformatics. meg.irsa.cnr.it/index.php/pe...

22.04.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Opportunitรฉs de carriรจreย : Postdoctoral researcher in bacterial genomics (22209)

Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu

28.04.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'm really happy to share that I recently started a postdoctoral position in the group of @gecko1990.bsky.social at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social!
โฌ‡๏ธ And keep an eye open, we are offering a JAE-intro position to work on river metagenomics! โฌ‡๏ธ

10.04.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

25.03.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Congratulations ๐ŸŽ‰ Kop et al : High diversity of nitrifying bacteria and archaea in biofilms from a subsea tunnel #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

01.04.2025 04:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Global Metagenomics Reveals Hidden Protist Diversity Protists, defined as unicellular eukaryotes distinct from animals, plants, and fungi, are a polyphyletic group that predominates the eukaryotic tree of life, exhibiting significant phylogenetic divers...

On hidden protist diversity (unfortunately the data is not available yet) #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

28.03.2025 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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M2 internship 2025-2026: Investigating Microbial Dormancy responses to stress cycles in the cryosphere Supervisors: James A. BRADLEY (james.bradley@mio.osupytheas.fr) and Rey MOUROT (rey.mourot@mio.osupytheas.fr)

๐Ÿ“ข 6-month paid Masters internship available with me and @reymourot.bsky.social
Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere โ„๏ธ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒก๏ธ
Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠโ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
#ERC_SIESTA
Apply by 15 April
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Link ๐Ÿ‘‡
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851

27.03.2025 09:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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

โฌ‡๏ธ We examine the answer to these questions in our new pre-print โฌ‡๏ธ

26.03.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments.

Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.

#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky

25.03.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Research Associate in Microbe-Microbe Interactions :Manchester

๐Ÿšจ We are hiring for a 3-yr PDRA ๐Ÿšจ The Whelan lab is seeking a microbiologist interested in microbe-pathogen competition and use of a Drosophila melanogaster chronic infection model to investigate the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. For more info check out whelanlab.co.uk & apply at the link below:

27.01.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Very proud that these just appeared in bioRxiv:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (reports 71 new SAR11 isolates, proposes names for 24 SAR11 genera).

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (investigates the pangenome and metabolic determinants of habitat specificity in SAR11).

Wishing you a great 2025!

25.12.2024 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Beyond genomics in Patescibacteria: A trove of unexplored biology packed into ultrasmall bacteria | PNAS Patescibacteria, also known as the Candidate Phyla Radiation, are a diverse clade of largely uncultivated, small bacteria that comprise a significa...

The enigmatic, ultrasmall and largely uncultivated Candidate Phyla Radiation bacteria represent a treasure trove of potential discoveries, argues this recent Perspective in PNAS๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‡ from the Mougous Lab www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

18.12.2024 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We are very happy to announce a free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg to discuss integrated microbial 'omics and learn applications of anvi'o.

More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20...

Please apply and/or circulate ๐Ÿ˜‡

16.12.2024 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Microbial functional diversity and redundancy: moving forward Abstract. Microbial functional ecology is expanding as we can now measure the traits of wild microbes that affect ecosystem functioning. Here, we review te

Hello there ๐Ÿ––
I'm thrilled to share our piece on *Microbial Functional Diversity and Redundancy* ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงฌ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ”„๐Ÿ“ƒ
in #FEMSMicrobiologyReviews

Thanks @ramalok.bsky.social P. Galand @femsmicro.bsky.social

More trait approaches to know how and where will microbes guide Earthโ€™s biomes on a changing planet โ‰๏ธ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒโคต๏ธ

19.12.2024 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.

PhD opportunity with Malin Olofsson! Can recommend๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Adaptation strategies in filamentous cyanobacteria

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

19.12.2024 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New paper out from studies of metagenomes from Tramway Ridge in Antarctica I am a co-author on a new paper that just came out. Nutritional niches of potentially endemic, facultatively anaerobic heterotrophs from an isolated Antarctic terrestrial hydrothermal refugium elucโ€ฆ

New paper out on which I am a co author on studies of metagenomes from Tramway Ridge in Antarctica phylogenomics.me/2024/12/19/n...

19.12.2024 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Jenni! ๐Ÿฅฐ

15.12.2024 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much Sarahi! Now we can make science and Marvel movies together! ๐Ÿ’™

14.12.2024 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterday was epic! The first member of my research group @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social successfully defended his PhD thesis. My heartfelt congratulations, Alejandro!!! May the future bring a lot more reasons to celebrate with super heroe/villain costumes ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ

14.12.2024 05:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sharing the final version of our article!

Guidelines proposed and revised by members of our Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium to have inclusive hiring processes. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
See full version: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

08.12.2024 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Podemos solicitar juntos este contrato predoctoral si quieres hacer la tesis en Ecologรญa y Evoluciรณn de la Resistencia a los Antibiรณticos.
www.cnb.csic.es/index.php/es...
Mรกs info en ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ‘‡

04.12.2024 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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