Environmental microbiology connects climate change, the bioeconomy, and One Health—but not in the way most people think. Microbes control carbon, enable sustainable technologies, and shape health across ecosystems. Brian Badgley, Ph.D., explains why that matters now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXq...
Congrats to Emiley @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social on being selected as a fellow for the American Academy of Microbiology's Class of 2026. Full story: go.lbl.gov/Eloe-Fadrosh_AAM
More on our Metagenome Program: https://jgi.doe.gov/science-programs/metagenome-program
@asm.org @microbiomedata.org
From leading R&D in biotech to working for NASA, Veronica Garcia, Ph.D., Scientific Director of the ASM AEM unit, shares her love for microbes and how the AEM unit will advance science-driven solutions in climate change, water systems & food production. asm.org/podcasts/mtm...
The American Academy of Microbiology proudly announces the election of 63 fellows to the Class of 2026. Over the past 50 years, the Academy has elected +2,700 distinguished scientists. This year, the new fellows hail from 14 countries. Read press release: asm.social/2OC
#ASLO is honored to announce Dr. Debbie Lindell as the recipient of the 2026 Hutchinson Award for pioneering contributions to understanding how viruses shape marine microbial ecology, revealing host–virus interactions from single cells to entire ocean basins.
Read more: www.aslo.org/aslo-honors-...
Phage infection fronts trigger early sporulation and viral entrapment in bacterial populations
#Bacillussubtilis
#ISMEJournal by Andreea Măgălie et al from @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and @jaytlennon.bsky.social
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For #IDWGS, read our interviews with some of Biology Open's #WomeninSTEM first authors.
First up, Anna Lennon is a PhD student at Indiana University, USA, in @jaytlennon.bsky.social’s lab, investigating the evolution of division of the labour system engaged in dormancy. doi.org/10.1242/bio....
The NCKRI National Seed Grant Program is designed to enable investigators to initiate new cave and karst research, and incentivize new principal investigators to enter the field: www.nmt.edu/research/org...
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New work with @ckarakoc.bsky.social and @shoestrapped.bsky.social in @pnas.org
Evolutionary bioenergetics of sporulation
"energetic cost of sporulation in units of ATP by integrating time-resolved genome, transcriptome, and proteome profiles"
#Bsubtilis #MicroSky
#PNAS by @ckarakoc.bsky.social @shoestrapped.bsky.social @jaytlennon.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Want to ride the front of the wave of all-things-microbiology; field work, cultivation, microscopy, molecular, bioinformatics and AI tools? Me too!
Please join us @mblscience.bsky.social for the 2026 Summer Microbial Diversity Course!
Applications due soon.
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Happy to share my solo-authored Perspective "An Interpretation, Survey, and Outlook of Microbial Macroecology"! Making time these last few months to take stock of the patterns us microbial ecologists examine + models we invoke has been invaluable. Feedback welcome!
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Final week to apply for SFI’s 2026 immersive, summer programs in complexity science:
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
CSSS and GWCSS : www.santafe.edu/engage/learn...
Journalism Fellowship: santafe.edu/journalism-f...
Another product from Dr. Ying-Chih 'Ella' Chuang's time in my lab - bacteria that excrete purines are better equipped to tolerate inhibitory effects of purines, suggesting a physiological basis behind some cross-feeding interactions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Final call to submit your science! General abstract submission for ASM Microbe 2026 closes Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. This is your last chance to present your research at the meeting. Submit now: asm.social/2Mc
We are also accepting poster abstracts to Sustainability Themes:
- Microbes and Climate
- Water Microbiomes
- Microbial Life on Land
- Bioenergy and Beyond
- Feeding the World
-General topics: Ecology, Evolution, Biodiversity; Biogeosciences; Synthetic Biology and Engineering
- Mining “Microbial Dark Matter” with AI
- Eco-evo Dynamics of Phages and HGT
- Coexistence in Microbial Communities
- Long-term Dynamics of Microbiomes
- Traits and Resilience in a Changing Climate
- Policy to Power the Microbes of Future
- Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Agricultural Microbiomes
ALERT: Abstract submission deadline is tomorrow (21 January) for the ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting within ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington, D.C. (4-7 June). @asm.org
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🧵 for more information including themes for Contributed Abstracts for In-Depth Sessions:
Abstracts are due on Wednesday y'all.
Lots of cool phage work at this year's meeting. Submit your abstracts soon and come hang out with us! asm.org/events/asm-m...
🚨 Reminder 🚨 Abstract deadline for ASM Microbe meetings, including the Applied and Environmental Microbiology Meeting, is *Jan 21* ! 👇👇
Join us in DC to share your latest research and hear about new discoveries on microbes in water, on land, and every place in between !
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A new platform for scientific collaboration is here. The ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology (AEM) Scientific Unit unites experts in the microbial sciences to translate discovery into solutions for climate resilience, food security, & sustainability. asm.social/2LI
Final call for the ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting at #ASMicrobe 2026. General abstract submission closes Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. Share research on microbes across natural, engineered & industrial systems. Submit now: asm.social/2LW
Was totally blown away by this paper when it came out!
Recently though, I came across a follow up study, claiming that measure of electrochemical potential is confounded:
"spores lacking proteinaceous coat exhibited memory but did not accumulate thioflavin-T"
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It's time to apply for PAID summer internships @umflbs.bsky.social ! Note that our internships are open to all and incl field & lab science as well as data science, marketing, environmental law, journalism, & education. Spread the word! attn @umontana.bsky.social
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"By 2030, our goal is for microbial metrics to stand alongside those of charismatic megafauna in every major habitat monitoring and restoration plan, signalling a profound shift in how biodiversity is measured, valued and protected"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@noc.ac.uk
⚠️New format for ASM Microbe this June in Washington, DC⚠️
Applied and Environmental Microbiology is a new scientific unit @asm.org that will emphasize sustainability goals with a focus on foundations of basic science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6T...
Fascinated to learn that we are still discovering new species at the highest rate ever. Mapping Earth's biodiversity is far from over, and while we learn more and more about it, let's protect what we do know as well as we can!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Share your research to the Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting at ASM Microbe 2026.
Early Abstract Deadline: Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET.
asm.social/2HP
