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Thomas Mock

@thomasmock.bsky.social

Ocean Microbiome | Evolution | Algae | Diatoms | Genomics | Genetics | Biology | Ecology | Biotechnology | Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Phycology https://mocklab.com/ https://www.omicroncr.co.uk/

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Life cycle of Cyanidiophyceae.

Life cycle of Cyanidiophyceae.

Fascinating single-cell red algae: models for evolution and adaptation

#TansleyReview by Berger et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#plantscience

20.02.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Just out @natcomms.nature.com Our new paper led by @karaslab.bsky.social with our help (Thalassiosira pseudonana).

Breaking the cell wall for efficient DNA delivery to #diatoms

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

19.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats! πŸŽ‰

19.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winter has returned to #Norwich

15.02.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our new preprint co-led with colleagues from #IOCAS and #BGI

The genetic repertoire of the deep sea: from sequence to
structure and function

@ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

06.02.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sad news

22.01.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Game-changing international ocean treaty comes into force Almost two decades in the making, an international agreement to protect and sustainably use marine life in international waters and the international seabed is due to come into force on Saturday, mark...

Some times we have good news: today enters into force the High Seas Treaty, known as the #Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
Hope for the #ocean
#OceanOptimism
#MarineEcology
#MarinePolicy
news.un.org/en/story/202...

17.01.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

I am glad you like them. Of course, share them across your other social channels. 😊

05.01.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning at the campus of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

05.01.2026 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning #Norwich and a happy 2026!

03.01.2026 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Most dystopian landscape in Germany during blue-hour cycling

24.12.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just out - an update on our paper from 2015:

Evolution of Microalgae and Their Adaptations in Different Marine Ecosystems #ocean #algae #microbiomes

Led by @antoniaotte1.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/9780...

15.12.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our new paper just out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Venturing into the deep sea: #microbiomes and their feedbacks play a significant role in shaping habitat-scale spatial heterogeneity of #cold-seep carbonates. @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/isme...

11.12.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On my way home

08.12.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our consensus statement led by @jgi.doe.gov on standards for technical reporting in #environmental and host-associated #microbiome studies #STREAMS @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

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

02.12.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scenic drive along the Laoshan mountains

30.11.2025 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At OUC campus in November

22.11.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A double helix in front of @viblifesciences.bsky.social

04.11.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the invite! See you tomorrow.

03.11.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From microbial diversity to function; evaluating dimensionality reduction methods Artificial Intelligence (AI), and more specifically Machine Learning (ML), have become an increasingly prevalent tool in microbial oceanography. The high dimensionality of microbial diversity data fro...

Our new preprint led by Emelia J. Chamberlain:

From microbial diversity to function: evaluating dimensionality reduction methods

#MOSAiC #Arctic #Ocean #microbiomes @norwichmicro.bsky.social

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

02.11.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck 🀞

31.10.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Genotype and culture condition effects on single-cell diatom microbiomes: enhanced detection of low-abundance taxa with CRISPR-Cas9 Abstract. Primary production in aquatic systems is governed by interactions between microalgae and their associated bacteria. Most of our knowledge about a

Our new methods paper led by AWI colleagues with the support of #OmicronCr. CRISPR-Cas for single-cell diatom microbiome research. @isme-microbes.bsky.social
@norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

31.10.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seen today on our campus @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

24.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New issue of Journal of Phycology is out with our paper highlighted on the cover. πŸ˜€ Congrats to all authors and especially Longji Deng πŸ‘ @ueaenv.bsky.social

First genetic transformation system in a heterotrophic #diatom

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15298817...

23.10.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fully funded #PhD Studentship in my lab! Get in touch πŸ˜€

The role of light-driven proton pumps in sustaining oceanic primary production #microbial #rhodopsins #diatom #ocean
@ueaenv.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

08.10.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our latest #preprint led by Yumary M. Vasquez & Frederik Schulz @jgi.doe.gov

The largest database of giant #virus MAGs (GVMAGs V2) with >18,000 genomes from #marine, freshwater, anthropogenic and terrestrial environments.

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

02.10.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats all! Exciting times ahead! Good luck everyone! πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘πŸ‘

30.09.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Welcome, MarMic Class of 2030

Congrats everyone including @paulgmock.bsky.social Good luck at @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social You are in good hands

www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Welcome-M...

30.09.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) - Nature Ecology & Evolution Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo zooms in and out on cyanobacteria.

New Species Spotlight πŸ‘‡

Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo zooms in and out on cyanobacteria

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

Free to read: rdcu.be/eHZSN

24.09.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A genomic view of Earth’s biomes - Nature Reviews Genetics Genome-wide approaches have uncovered the vast microbial and viral diversity across ecosystems. This Review explores advances in metagenomics, single-cell sequencing and functional profiling to elucid...

Sequencing methods 🧬 have come a long way from census counts πŸ”’ to assembling genomes and understanding the functions πŸ§ͺ of bacteria and viruses.

New review by @jgi.doe.gov's Gitta SzabΓ³, @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social, Tanja Woyke with @jeffinerca.bsky.social

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

22.09.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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