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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you to all co-authors for great work: Peter Bing Svendsen, Mille Rask Sander, Cecille Jasmin Elizabeth Hobbs, Philip Staffeldt, Jette Melchiorsen, Sarah Kirstein, Yuyan Liu, Paul Kempen, @bentzontilia.bsky.social and @lonegram.bsky.social.

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Sep 1

The other new species is P. bryozoorum from the estuary of Roskilde fjord, which we find repeatedly in association with bryozoans. It has the smallest Phaeobacter genome published yet, so perhaps this is a feature of a symbiotic relationship? 2/2

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Sep 1

New Phaeobacter species are now out! 🦠🔬 We found two new species - I am especially fascinated by the really, really long cells P. cretensis makes, something we have never seen in Phaeobacter before! Please comment your thoughts about why that is 🤔 1/2
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

A scanning electron microcrograph of a cluster of bacteria forming a rosette. 12 bacterial cells form the rosette on a surface with a scale-bar showing that the cells are around 1 micrometer in length.

A scanning electron microcrograph of a bacterial cell. One long rod-shaped bacterial cell is shown with a scale-bar showing that the cell is around 10 micrometer in length and 1 micrometer in width.

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Preparing to apply to PhDs in the US as an international student is… confusing. 😵‍💫

If anybody wants to share their academic CV or take a look at mine, let me know!

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hi Zoë, just wanted to say that your posts are where I go when I am feeling a bit down about this whole academia thing. Thank you for continuing to be here!

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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · Aug 2

There's this trope that you have to be so into your PhD topic that you live and breathe it and can't possibly stop thinking about it, so here's your regular reminder that passion is good, but burnout isn't. It's okay and recommended to take breaks, enjoy the weekend, and treat a PhD like a job.

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come work with us! If you work with ocean acidification and are interested in living in Iceland (Reykjavík area), please consider applying! Shoot me a message if you have any questions about life in Iceland, relocating or similar.
www.researchgate.net/job/1025279_...

EXPERT ON THE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS at Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Hafnarfjörður, ICELAND

Aug 14, 2025 | The Marine Research Institute is looking for an ambitious individual for a temporary specialist position for 2 years. The position involves... | NEW JOB

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Misan @skvyrr.bsky.social · May 16

The goal to make EU ban conversion therapy is growing ever nearer. Last day to vote and we're almost there.

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

eci.ec.europa.eu

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 4

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

thebullshitmachines.com

INTRODUCTION

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Feb 8

I (and other people in our lab) still use QIIME 2 very happily - the team behind have been staying quite well up to date with implementing plugins of new tools as they come out, etc. But I do get the sense (at conferences etc.) that lots of people are moving away from amplicon.

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Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social · Feb 2

Huge thanks to my sister for helping put these together.

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Chris Greening @greening.bsky.social · Nov 26

You hear about our successes a lot on here, but I don't talk enough about the rejections. As of today, 10 out of the 12 grants members of our lab put in this year didn't get up. Most grants were led by early-career researchers in/with our team as a way for them to lead independent programs. 1/3

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Peter Girguis @pgirguis.bsky.social · Nov 19

Metabolomics folks / mass spectrometrists, are you looking for a cool postdoc opportunity? Dr. Anitra Ingalls @ the Univ. of Washington is hiring a postdoc to work with an international team (including yours truly) on the metabolites of marine critters. Come work with us!
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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hey, science followers! I need some help locating an outside source for a story about photosynthesis in near total darkness.

Are you someone who studies photosynthesis, phytoplankton, and their relationship with light? reply here or shoot me an email (aelbein at gmail)

Thanks!

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Nov 12

Readvertising this for the new protist lovers out there. Use #protistsonsky

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Jul 31

Also very honored that this was selected as Editor's pick!

Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Jul 31

New article out in mSystems! 🎉📜 I am so proud of this one and the data we obtained, linking microalgal microbiome compositions to potential functionality and to specific hosts🦠
Thank you to co-authors Eva Sonnenschein, Paul Kempen, Mikkel Bentzon-Tilia and Lone Gram
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Impact of host species on assembly, composition, and functional profiles of phycosphere microbiomes | mSystems

As the main primary producers of the oceans, microalgae serve as cornerstones of the ecosystems they are part of. Additionally, they are increasingly used for biotechnological purposes such as the pro...

journals.asm.org

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Amy D Willis @amydwillis.bsky.social · Apr 24

ICYMI, my EMBL seminar was recorded 🙏

It's not a research talk -- it's a mini course on different statistical paradigms and choosing what to estimate in HTS microbiome study.

Check it out! (If you like, no pressure, srsly ❤️)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvT3...

Statistical thinking for microbial ecology

Most microbial ecologists understand the importance of rigorous statistical analysis for conducting a replicable study. However, formal courses in the statis...

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Bridgette Clarkston @bridgette.bsky.social · Mar 18

Student creative algae / seaweed projects taking shape! Tasked with teaching, inspiring others as a way to share what they’ve learned about algae beyond the classroom. Best part of the semester! 🧪🦑

A guess-who style card game featuring seaweeds.

Two long white skirts spread out in the sunshine with cyanotype paint on their edges.

A cyanotype-printed fabric with seaweeds printed in white on the blue backgrojnd

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thank you!

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you!

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Dr. Line Roager @lineroager.bsky.social · Mar 14

Exactly one week ago, I defended my PhD! I am now officially #PhDone which is why I look so happy here 🎉🦠 I have also been sleeping extremely well since, so to any PhDs in the last phase out there - you can do it, and I promise it will feel amazing on the other side! 💪

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Titus Brown @titus.idyll.org · Feb 20

A COVID-shutdown-inspired bioinformatics project of ours just got published! 🎉

(I mean it's been on biorxiv forever, but.)

Frontiers | Biogeographic distribution of five Antarctic cyanobacteria using large-scale k-mer searching with sourmash branchwater

<p>Cyanobacteria form diverse communities and are important primary producers in Antarctic freshwater environments, but their geographic distribution pattern...

www.frontiersin.org

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Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social · Feb 14

I have travel, room, and board for an art student interested in spending 10 weeks at Friday Harbor Labs this spring. Our awardee could not make it.

Apply here, decision Monday:
fridayharborlabs.wufoo.com/forms/x1c6oi...
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