Tristan Caro

Some scenic photos of America from the 1970s are here bsky.app/profile/kend...

Assistant Professor: Population and Disease Dynamics of Cereal Pathogens The Department of Botany & Plant Pathology invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure track Assistant Professor: Population and Disease Dynamics of Cereal Pathogens position.We a...

Come join me at Oregon State! We’re hiring a new assistant professor in population and disease dynamics of cereal pathogens. Our department is dynamic and fun, our building is newly renovated, and Oregon is wonderful! jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/171...

Ouch.

“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”

Investigating the Atmospheric Microbial Ecosystem Through Theory, Bioenergetics, and Numerical Modeling: A Breath of Fresh Air for Aeromicrobiology Aerobiology research is hindered by several technical challenges facing experimental studies, sampling, and monitoring strategies Theoretical approaches and numerical modeling tools provide power...

Does the atmosphere harbour a resident, growing microbial ecosystem? ⛅

Here in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social we outline how theoretical tools 📝 & modelling 💻 can bring us closer to the answer

Congrats lead author @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social

🧵 thread 👇

tinyurl.com/7pdfm7uw

My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

Thanks for sharing @instaar.bsky.social ! 👋

Figure 3 from the preprint https://doi.org/10.31223/X59T74 showing microbial strategies for biomining and bioremediation across space and Earth applications. See the article for a full caption.

🪐🌎 "A search for life in the universe advances life on Earth" preprint doi.org/10.31223/X59...

@cubouldearth.bsky.social alum @tacaro.bsky.social (Postdoc Caltech) is a co-author, helping show how astrobiology research improves life on earth through sustainability technology, remediation, & biotech

New in #AppEnvMicro: Best et al. describe the diverse microbial communities found in historic mine wastes. These microbes could represent important resources for bioremediation and other biotech applications, including the recovery of valuable elements. @asm.org

doi.org/10.1128/aem....

would be curious as to how!

Come join EEB at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Evolutionary Genomics, Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2026
apply.interfolio.com/170735
functional and evolutionary genomics in any system 🌱, 🦠, or 🦌 (including 👫)

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

ATP synthesis driven by atmospheric hydrogen concentrations | PNAS All cells require a continuous supply of the universal energy currency, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), to drive countless cellular reactions. The un...

Our article showing energy production from air alone is in PNAS today. This paper provides an ultimate biochemical proof that microbes can survive simply by 'making' energy from air (making two ATP per molecule atmospheric H2 consumed) and has biotech applications. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department is open for applications!

We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.

Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!

aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702

Huh, Bsky says I can't DM you for some reason -- my email is tcaro@caltech.edu

Hey Mark! I'd be happy to participate if you'd have me.

very cool. i am jealous! would be awesome to photograph environmental samples to get people acquainted with the physical textures microbes inhabit!

Everyone working in a STEM field should read this - ‘writing is thinking’
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

what lens is that??

Are any of my followers aware of microbes that code for aerobic metabolism but can not grow aerobically?

That is are there physiologically obligate anaerobes that contain genetic machinery for oxidative metabolism?

#microsky

Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position.

Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/

#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation

Cluster hire in ecosystem ecology at UGA! Come join us! 🌎🌱

Yes! @fontasticmicro.bsky.social

I'm excited to share this perspective piece co-written with some of my ECR colleagues. We argue that astrobiology research is fundamental to efforts to improve life on Earth. We highlight how astrobio informs sustainability tech, remediation, and biotech. Excited to discuss!

doi.org/10.31223/X59...

Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation - Nature Reviews Genetics In this Review, Ascensao and Desai discuss how methodological advances in genotype and phenotype manipulation are transforming experimental evolution approaches and providing new insights into the und...

Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

AlphaFold - A practical guide AlphaFold - A practical guide

Recently I learnt that EMBL-EBI has a free online course about AlphaFold — how it works, strengths and limitations, how to use it — and it's very good!

There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...

Columbia Morningside Campus and NYC from northwest corner building. Credit: Eileen Barroso, Columbia University

📣 Job Alert! Columbia Climate School seeks an exceptional leader for our Global Impact Lab, working closely with faculty, researchers, students, and partners to support the design and co-creation of high-impact climate initiatives. ➡️ Learn more/apply/share: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/4fc32aa...

Fascinating ... and a hopeful sign

and we persist, holding on for dear-life to avoid falling out of academia's one-way door!

Class of 2025: five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cuts Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future.

Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future

go.nature.com/45asSNK

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#PlantSciJobs #Herbarium