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Ramunas Stepanauskas

@rstepanauskas.bsky.social

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Microbial molecular ecologist with a soft spot for cell individuality

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m excited to share our effort to obtain one of the first estimates of the net rate, in physical time, of lateral gene transfer (LGT) – nature’s own genetic engineering - across a complex, global microbiome:
doi.org/10.1093/isme...

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Mar 1

I'm proud of our little town this morning.

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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · Dec 11

📣 Registration and abstract submission has just opened for the 2025 Norwich #SingleCell and #Spatial Symposium!

We're excited to announce our four Keynote Speakers discussing the latest research, technologies, and applications across the field.

Register here ➡️ www.earlham.ac.uk/events/norwi...

Keynote speakers at the 2025 Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium: Pascal Barbry from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, CNRS. Tanya Foley from the Institut Pasteur. Muzlifah Haniffa from Wellcome Sanger Institute, and Ramunas Stepanauskas from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Sep 11

Please consider submitting your abstract to the Microbial Processes of the Dark Ocean session at the upcoming ASLO meeting: www.aslo.org/charlotte-20...

Session List - ASLO

Session List Only one abstract is permitted per presenting author with exceptions made for second submissions to an assigned education or tribute session. Jump to: Amplifying Voices | Education & Poli...

www.aslo.org

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Aug 28

NSF BIO and OCE postdoc fellowships:
new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Jul 15

I hope this in-depth comparison of single amplified genomes (SAGs) and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) will help inform data interpretation and experimental design in a broad range of research projects: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · Apr 11

endosymbiont fans take note 👇

a new member in the club: the nitroplast

#MicroSky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Nitrogen-fixing organelle in a marine alga

Symbiotic interactions were key to the evolution of chloroplast and mitochondria organelles, which mediate carbon and energy metabolism in eukaryotes. Biological nitrogen fixation, the reduction of ab...

www.science.org

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Julia M. Brown @viraljules.bsky.social · Mar 26

Just looked up whether the plural of phage is phage or phages, and found this gem of an article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Phage or phages

Published in Bacteriophage (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011)

www.tandfonline.com

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Mar 8

This is what Gemini AI has to say about microbial single cell genomics😀:

A scientist peered with a grin,
At a drop, a lone microbe within.
No culturing woes,
Just DNA she exposed,
A whole genome - a humankind's win!

Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Mar 7

2024 Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology:
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Jan 9

Kevin Guay is adding 200 TB to Bigelow Laboratory's HPC data storage, which is very much appreciate by the SCGC team! Just keep this in perspective: that's how much microbial genomic data is stored and used in each cup of ocean water!

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Dec 8

The best part: Funds are available to fully reimburse student and postdoc registration fees!

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Julia M. Brown @viraljules.bsky.social · Dec 8

psst... it's Friday afternoon and I know y'all are packing up, but...

Application is open for the the Bioinformatics of Microbial Single Cells workshop at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences happening in Maine next April! Check it out and apply: bigelowlab.github.io/scgc-bioinfo...

SCGC Bioinformatics Workshop

A workshop hosted by the Single Cell Genomics Center and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

bigelowlab.github.io

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Dec 5

Engineering artificial photosynthesis based on rhodopsin for CO2 fixation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Engineering artificial photosynthesis based on rhodopsin for CO2 fixation - Nature Communications

Microbial rhodopsins are major contributors to global light harvesting on Earth, but their role in carbon fixation is unclear. Here, the authors construct an artificial photosynthesis system by combin...

www.nature.com

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Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social · Nov 19

I'm migrating away from Twitter/X, hope Blue Sky finds a way to remain a useful and responsible platform.