Alex Probst
@alexjprobst.bsky.social
Professor for Microbiology at Research Alliance Ruhr, Uni-DUE, #ERCSyg awardee, member of CRC RESIST
#microbiome #omics #microscopy #ecophysiology
Free time: Dad, weight training, cs2, nature, bbq, board games, pottery
#microbiome #omics #microscopy #ecophysiology
Free time: Dad, weight training, cs2, nature, bbq, board games, pottery
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Daten sind zum Teilen da: Alexander Probst von der Universität Duisburg-Essen und Kolleg:innen haben ein Konzept für die faire Nachnutzung öffentlicher Mikrobiom-Sequenzdaten entwickelt. Larissa Tetsch hat mehr dazu 👉 www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...
@alexjprobst.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
@alexjprobst.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Daten sind zum Teilen da: Alexander Probst von der Universität Duisburg-Essen und Kolleg:innen haben ein Konzept für die faire Nachnutzung öffentlicher Mikrobiom-Sequenzdaten entwickelt. Larissa Tetsch hat mehr dazu 👉 www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...
@alexjprobst.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
@alexjprobst.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
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Our own @alexjprobst.bsky.social @geomicrosoares.bsky.social and Cristina Moraru have recently authored a @natmicrobiol.nature.com Consensus Statement where they discuss new mechanisms for sequencing data reuse! 🧬💻
Check out their manuscript here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out their manuscript here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data - Nature Microbiology
In this Consensus Statement, a consortium of microbiome scientists discuss current sequencing data sharing policies and propose the use of a Data Reuse Information (DRI) tag to promote equitable and collaborative data sharing.
www.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Our own @alexjprobst.bsky.social @geomicrosoares.bsky.social and Cristina Moraru have recently authored a @natmicrobiol.nature.com Consensus Statement where they discuss new mechanisms for sequencing data reuse! 🧬💻
Check out their manuscript here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out their manuscript here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data is out! Led by @alexjprobst.bsky.social, @lhug.bsky.social, Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and myself -, co-authored by Anke Heyder, and developed in consultation with 167 scientists. tinyurl.com/n6yeanmk
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data - Nature Microbiology
In this Consensus Statement, a consortium of microbiome scientists discuss current sequencing data sharing policies and propose the use of a Data Reuse Information (DRI) tag to promote equitable and collaborative data sharing.
tinyurl.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Our article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data is out! Led by @alexjprobst.bsky.social, @lhug.bsky.social, Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and myself -, co-authored by Anke Heyder, and developed in consultation with 167 scientists. tinyurl.com/n6yeanmk
New article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data, published in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data, published in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
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Exciting collaboration with colleagues from the US and Frederik de Laender - lead by S. Rumschlag and Mike Mahon - on how climate change has lead to alterations in US fish diversity over the last decades. Paper just out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Diverging fish biodiversity trends in cold and warm rivers and streams - Nature
In the past three decades, fish abundance, richness and uniqueness have diverged across cold and warm streams, and the effects on native fish communities of stream warming and increases in introduced fishes have magnified each other.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Exciting collaboration with colleagues from the US and Frederik de Laender - lead by S. Rumschlag and Mike Mahon - on how climate change has lead to alterations in US fish diversity over the last decades. Paper just out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New paper alert with @alexjprobst.bsky.social.
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Clarifying Terminology in Microbial Ecology: A Call for Precision in Scientific Communication
The rapid evolution of microbiology as a field of research has led to the introduction of new terminology and the adaptation of existing terms. However, inconsistencies in the use of these terms, inc...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New paper alert with @alexjprobst.bsky.social.
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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📢 🦠 A new methanotroph from Czech peat! Through an effort led by PhD student in my group Justus Nweze we isolated and describe a new CH4-muncher. Potential for a flexible (annaerobic) metabolisms and cool pH adaptations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
Genomic and physiological characterization of 'Candidatus Methylocystis sumavensis', a novel acid-tolerant methanotroph from peatland
Methanotrophic bacteria in peatlands mitigate emissions of methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas. Yet, the identity, physiology, and adaptive traits of methanotrophs inhabiting acidic peatlands are s...
www.biorxiv.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📢 🦠 A new methanotroph from Czech peat! Through an effort led by PhD student in my group Justus Nweze we isolated and describe a new CH4-muncher. Potential for a flexible (annaerobic) metabolisms and cool pH adaptations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
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The Central Collection of Algal Cultures (CCAC) at @unidue.bsky.social is advertising a 3-year PhD position supervised by the current Curator, Dr. Olga Matantseva!
This PhD will take place in close collaboration with the @jgi.doe.gov. 🦠🧬💻
Apply here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
This PhD will take place in close collaboration with the @jgi.doe.gov. 🦠🧬💻
Apply here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
July 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Central Collection of Algal Cultures (CCAC) at @unidue.bsky.social is advertising a 3-year PhD position supervised by the current Curator, Dr. Olga Matantseva!
This PhD will take place in close collaboration with the @jgi.doe.gov. 🦠🧬💻
Apply here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
This PhD will take place in close collaboration with the @jgi.doe.gov. 🦠🧬💻
Apply here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
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#NatMicroPicks
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature
Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minim...
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#NatMicroPicks
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fresh out of the oven! 🍞
We're happy to see this preprint out, fruit of a recent collaboration with @wei-biogeochem.bsky.social! 🧬💻
Small 🧵 below going through the main points 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We're happy to see this preprint out, fruit of a recent collaboration with @wei-biogeochem.bsky.social! 🧬💻
Small 🧵 below going through the main points 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Uranium mining fuels evolution in deep groundwater microbiomes
Microbial communities in the deep biosphere underpin global biogeochemical cycles, yet their evolutionary responses to extensive anthropogenic disturbances remain unclear. Uranium in-situ leaching (IS...
www.biorxiv.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fresh out of the oven! 🍞
We're happy to see this preprint out, fruit of a recent collaboration with @wei-biogeochem.bsky.social! 🧬💻
Small 🧵 below going through the main points 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We're happy to see this preprint out, fruit of a recent collaboration with @wei-biogeochem.bsky.social! 🧬💻
Small 🧵 below going through the main points 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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15 years later, finally, Science did the right thing at retracted the As life disaster paper! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Retraction
The Research Article “A bacterium that can grow by using arsenic instead of phosphorus” by F. Wolfe-Simon et al. (1) has been the subject of discussion and critique since its online publication in 201...
www.science.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
15 years later, finally, Science did the right thing at retracted the As life disaster paper! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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For more information about the MEB team and the position, please visit:
www.uni-due.de/umb/enzym_ho...
www.uni-due.de/umb/enzym_ho...
www.uni-due.de
April 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
For more information about the MEB team and the position, please visit:
www.uni-due.de/umb/enzym_ho...
www.uni-due.de/umb/enzym_ho...
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Want to know who’s replicating and who’s just hanging out in your enrichment cultures? Our new study led by @soansi.bsky.social shows how @nanoporetech.com long-read sequencing can reveal replication states, shedding light on microbial growth. 🦠🧬
See our latest publication: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
See our latest publication: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Inferring replication states of bacteria and viruses in enrichment cultures via long-read sequencing
Abstract. Most microorganisms cannot be cultured in isolation, necessitating sophisticated methods for studying their (eco)physiology. While numerous appro
doi.org
March 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Want to know who’s replicating and who’s just hanging out in your enrichment cultures? Our new study led by @soansi.bsky.social shows how @nanoporetech.com long-read sequencing can reveal replication states, shedding light on microbial growth. 🦠🧬
See our latest publication: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
See our latest publication: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
I just submitted an article to a journal in under 10 min! I'm stunned that there are eventually submission portals that extract all necessary information (with AI?) from manuscripts when it comes to authors, affiliations, or funding statements. I'm impressed! (journal: Microbiome)
February 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I just submitted an article to a journal in under 10 min! I'm stunned that there are eventually submission portals that extract all necessary information (with AI?) from manuscripts when it comes to authors, affiliations, or funding statements. I'm impressed! (journal: Microbiome)
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🦠 #OilReservoirs harbor unseen microbial worlds! 🌍🔬 @alexjprobst.bsky.social lab study of a pristine reservoir reveals bacteria & fungi breaking down #hydrocarbons—and a global network of shared genes. But the mystery of plasmid distribution pattern remains! 🧬 #Biodegradation
https://buff.ly/4gwdYUJ
https://buff.ly/4gwdYUJ
February 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🦠 #OilReservoirs harbor unseen microbial worlds! 🌍🔬 @alexjprobst.bsky.social lab study of a pristine reservoir reveals bacteria & fungi breaking down #hydrocarbons—and a global network of shared genes. But the mystery of plasmid distribution pattern remains! 🧬 #Biodegradation
https://buff.ly/4gwdYUJ
https://buff.ly/4gwdYUJ
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We’re kicking off our Archean Park ERC project at @uni-muenster.de with @alexjprobst.bsky.social Jens Kallmeyer, Ivan Berg and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs & respective groups! Thanks very much to @donatogiovannelli.bsky.social and Prof. William Martin for giving invited talks to get us started!
January 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We’re kicking off our Archean Park ERC project at @uni-muenster.de with @alexjprobst.bsky.social Jens Kallmeyer, Ivan Berg and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs & respective groups! Thanks very much to @donatogiovannelli.bsky.social and Prof. William Martin for giving invited talks to get us started!
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Time's running out to apply for two PhD positions at the @probstlab.bsky.social ! Come do multi-omics bioinformatics of river microbiomes with us! 🧬💻🧬
Please RT!!
Please RT!!
January 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Time's running out to apply for two PhD positions at the @probstlab.bsky.social ! Come do multi-omics bioinformatics of river microbiomes with us! 🧬💻🧬
Please RT!!
Please RT!!
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Wanted: microbial ecology + bioinformatics enthusiasts for 2 PhD positions (@probstlab.bsky.social)
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/43cjd6es
@alexjprobst.bsky.social
@unidue.bsky.social
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/43cjd6es
@alexjprobst.bsky.social
@unidue.bsky.social
Stellenausschreibung
tinyurl.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Wanted: microbial ecology + bioinformatics enthusiasts for 2 PhD positions (@probstlab.bsky.social)
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/43cjd6es
@alexjprobst.bsky.social
@unidue.bsky.social
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/43cjd6es
@alexjprobst.bsky.social
@unidue.bsky.social
#PhD #position #alert
2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/43cjd6es (supervision Moraru)
Please share!
2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/43cjd6es (supervision Moraru)
Please share!
Stellenausschreibung
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:37 PM
#PhD #position #alert
2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/43cjd6es (supervision Moraru)
Please share!
2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/43cjd6es (supervision Moraru)
Please share!
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We know they are major players in global carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling 🦠
We can clearly see their fingerprints in metagenome data 🧬
And yet, just nobody can get ahold of them in culture 🧪
Join the hunt for the MOST WANTED uncultivated aquatic microbes. By @alexjprobst.bsky.social et al.
We can clearly see their fingerprints in metagenome data 🧬
And yet, just nobody can get ahold of them in culture 🧪
Join the hunt for the MOST WANTED uncultivated aquatic microbes. By @alexjprobst.bsky.social et al.
Looking for a new target microbes for cultivation? Check out our new review on "Earth's most needed uncultivated aquatic prokaryotes"!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 13, 2024 at 11:14 PM
We know they are major players in global carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling 🦠
We can clearly see their fingerprints in metagenome data 🧬
And yet, just nobody can get ahold of them in culture 🧪
Join the hunt for the MOST WANTED uncultivated aquatic microbes. By @alexjprobst.bsky.social et al.
We can clearly see their fingerprints in metagenome data 🧬
And yet, just nobody can get ahold of them in culture 🧪
Join the hunt for the MOST WANTED uncultivated aquatic microbes. By @alexjprobst.bsky.social et al.
Looking for a new target microbes for cultivation? Check out our new review on "Earth's most needed uncultivated aquatic prokaryotes"!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 12, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Looking for a new target microbes for cultivation? Check out our new review on "Earth's most needed uncultivated aquatic prokaryotes"!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grand opening of our new supercomputing cluster @unidue.bsky.social
One of the front images features correlative microscopy by Indra Banas!
One of the front images features correlative microscopy by Indra Banas!
December 7, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Grand opening of our new supercomputing cluster @unidue.bsky.social
One of the front images features correlative microscopy by Indra Banas!
One of the front images features correlative microscopy by Indra Banas!
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Here is a starter pack for anyone interested in environmental genomics: Members, users, and collaborators of the Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov
Still many open slots, if you are working with the JGI and want to be added, DM me.
go.bsky.app/7jENfK9
Still many open slots, if you are working with the JGI and want to be added, DM me.
go.bsky.app/7jENfK9
November 11, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Here is a starter pack for anyone interested in environmental genomics: Members, users, and collaborators of the Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov
Still many open slots, if you are working with the JGI and want to be added, DM me.
go.bsky.app/7jENfK9
Still many open slots, if you are working with the JGI and want to be added, DM me.
go.bsky.app/7jENfK9
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Eröffnung des Research Centers #OneHealth Ruhr durch Ministerpräsident Hendrik Wuest und NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Ina Brandes! 🥳Hier werden die komplexen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen menschlicher Gesundheit und #Umweltgesundheit erforscht. #UARuhr www.uni-due.de/2024-11-04-e...
📸RUB/Katja Marquard
📸RUB/Katja Marquard
November 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Eröffnung des Research Centers #OneHealth Ruhr durch Ministerpräsident Hendrik Wuest und NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Ina Brandes! 🥳Hier werden die komplexen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen menschlicher Gesundheit und #Umweltgesundheit erforscht. #UARuhr www.uni-due.de/2024-11-04-e...
📸RUB/Katja Marquard
📸RUB/Katja Marquard