Sheila Roitman
@sheilaroitman.bsky.social
Moving from Sci-Fi to Science 🔬📚🪴🤿🏕️🇦🇷 🇮🇱
Post-doc at WeigelWorld 🇩🇪, Plants & microbes
Past: PhD at Beja Lab, Marine microbiology
Post-doc at WeigelWorld 🇩🇪, Plants & microbes
Past: PhD at Beja Lab, Marine microbiology
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2 days left to apply for a fully funded MIBTP Phd project with me at the School of Life Sciences @warwicklifesci.bsky.social at Warwick. We will do viral functional metagenomics and other cool techniques.
Check out the details and apply in the link below
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Check out the details and apply in the link below
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
2 days left to apply for a fully funded MIBTP Phd project with me at the School of Life Sciences @warwicklifesci.bsky.social at Warwick. We will do viral functional metagenomics and other cool techniques.
Check out the details and apply in the link below
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Check out the details and apply in the link below
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
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🚨🚨 preprint alert! 🚨🚨
I wish to introduce CARDIB, not the singer, but the protein.
CARDIB=CARD Inhibitory Binding protein.
In our new work we discover this antiviral protein that is found in all Anthozoa (sea anemones and corals 🪸) but not in other animals.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚨🚨 preprint alert! 🚨🚨
I wish to introduce CARDIB, not the singer, but the protein.
CARDIB=CARD Inhibitory Binding protein.
In our new work we discover this antiviral protein that is found in all Anthozoa (sea anemones and corals 🪸) but not in other animals.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An ancient anthozoan protein reveals an alternative evolutionary path of antiviral signaling
How antiviral immunity first arose in animals is a central question in evolutionary biology. Using the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, we identify CARDIB, a previously uncharacterized gene located...
www.biorxiv.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
1/5
🚨🚨 preprint alert! 🚨🚨
I wish to introduce CARDIB, not the singer, but the protein.
CARDIB=CARD Inhibitory Binding protein.
In our new work we discover this antiviral protein that is found in all Anthozoa (sea anemones and corals 🪸) but not in other animals.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚨🚨 preprint alert! 🚨🚨
I wish to introduce CARDIB, not the singer, but the protein.
CARDIB=CARD Inhibitory Binding protein.
In our new work we discover this antiviral protein that is found in all Anthozoa (sea anemones and corals 🪸) but not in other animals.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Today's dive site, to ~2,200m. We will be streaming 9am-3pm Central. At www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Today's dive site, to ~2,200m. We will be streaming 9am-3pm Central. At www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
@honour.bsky.social casually having a snack while presenting her work on Ralstonia wars. As nonchalant as it gets 😎
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@honour.bsky.social casually having a snack while presenting her work on Ralstonia wars. As nonchalant as it gets 😎
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Nature research paper: Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis - Nature
Viral NblA accelerates the cyanophage infection cycle, directs degradation of the host phycobilisome and other proteins, and reduces host photosynthetic light-harvesting efficiency.
go.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Nature research paper: Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
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Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
the sun is shining through the clouds in the sky above the ocean
ALT: the sun is shining through the clouds in the sky above the ocean
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
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Call for Applications for the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship-2026-27 azrielifoundation.org/azrieli-fell...
Call for Applications for the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship-2026-27 - The Azrieli Foundation
azrielifoundation.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Call for Applications for the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship-2026-27 azrielifoundation.org/azrieli-fell...
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@prczhaoyansong.bsky.social’s deep dive into the dark matter of compost communities is now out 🎉 Genomic islands hijack jumbo phages—whose capsids enable transfer of large tracts of DNA—shedding new light on the scale & scope of phage-mediated gene flow 😎
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Jumbo phage–mediated transduction of genomic islands | PNAS
Bacteria acquire new genes by horizontal gene transfer, typically mediated by mobile
genetic elements (MGEs). While plasmids, bacteriophages, and c...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@prczhaoyansong.bsky.social’s deep dive into the dark matter of compost communities is now out 🎉 Genomic islands hijack jumbo phages—whose capsids enable transfer of large tracts of DNA—shedding new light on the scale & scope of phage-mediated gene flow 😎
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
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1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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q.e.d Science
Critical Thinking AI for constructive criticism and science evaluation
qedscience.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology
As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...
www.fz-juelich.de
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.
@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
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Looking forward to attending and presenting on
"coral bacterial pangenomes in the Anthropocene: at this conference in beautiful Valencia, Spain www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025 Join us! 🧪🪸🦠🧬🖥️
"coral bacterial pangenomes in the Anthropocene: at this conference in beautiful Valencia, Spain www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025 Join us! 🧪🪸🦠🧬🖥️
PANGENOME2025
The biology of prokaryotic cells is directly dependent on the differential gene pools that characterize each cell or strain. This has been a fundamental aspect of epidemiology for delimiting outbreaks...
www.alocongress.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Looking forward to attending and presenting on
"coral bacterial pangenomes in the Anthropocene: at this conference in beautiful Valencia, Spain www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025 Join us! 🧪🪸🦠🧬🖥️
"coral bacterial pangenomes in the Anthropocene: at this conference in beautiful Valencia, Spain www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025 Join us! 🧪🪸🦠🧬🖥️
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v2. Evidence for the acquisition of a proteorhodopsin-like rhodopsin by a chrysophyte-infecting giant virus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
v2. Evidence for the acquisition of a proteorhodopsin-like rhodopsin by a chrysophyte-infecting giant virus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New tool for clustering bacterial genomes: PanGene-O-Meter, provides a higher level of granularity than ANI when classifying bacterial isolates of the same species. Work of the talented @haimashkenazy.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New tool for clustering bacterial genomes: PanGene-O-Meter, provides a higher level of granularity than ANI when classifying bacterial isolates of the same species. Work of the talented @haimashkenazy.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How diverse are the individual strains within your species?
How broad is their Pangenome?
How will you choose representatives from the whole collection?
Look no further! PanGene-O-Meter is here for you!
From @haimashkenazy.bsky.social @plantevolution.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How broad is their Pangenome?
How will you choose representatives from the whole collection?
Look no further! PanGene-O-Meter is here for you!
From @haimashkenazy.bsky.social @plantevolution.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PanGene-O-Meter: Intra-Species Diversity Based on Gene-Content
Bacterial genome evolution is shaped to a great extent by horizontal gene transfer, detectable as genes with a presence-absence pattern of variation that does not follow phylogenetic relationships acr...
www.biorxiv.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
How diverse are the individual strains within your species?
How broad is their Pangenome?
How will you choose representatives from the whole collection?
Look no further! PanGene-O-Meter is here for you!
From @haimashkenazy.bsky.social @plantevolution.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How broad is their Pangenome?
How will you choose representatives from the whole collection?
Look no further! PanGene-O-Meter is here for you!
From @haimashkenazy.bsky.social @plantevolution.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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קם פרויקט להעברת תרכובות הזנה לתינוקות (תמ״ל) בעזה, בהובלת ד״ר דייויד חסאן, והאיגוד האירופי לרפואת ילדים, שהצליח כבר להעביר אלפי בקבוקי פורמולה לעזה אחרי בירוקרטיה לא פשוטה, וגם בהובלת אנשי רפואה ישראלים.
להלן הלינק לתרומות:
www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/eap
אשמח אם תשתפו הלאה.
להלן הלינק לתרומות:
www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/eap
אשמח אם תשתפו הלאה.
EAP | The Gaza Children
Support our emergency appeal with EAP to provide life-saving baby formula to newborns and young children in Gaza. Your donation helps deliver critical nutrition to those suffering from severe hunger a...
www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org
August 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
קם פרויקט להעברת תרכובות הזנה לתינוקות (תמ״ל) בעזה, בהובלת ד״ר דייויד חסאן, והאיגוד האירופי לרפואת ילדים, שהצליח כבר להעביר אלפי בקבוקי פורמולה לעזה אחרי בירוקרטיה לא פשוטה, וגם בהובלת אנשי רפואה ישראלים.
להלן הלינק לתרומות:
www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/eap
אשמח אם תשתפו הלאה.
להלן הלינק לתרומות:
www.thechildrensvillagegaza.org/eap
אשמח אם תשתפו הלאה.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Please consider donating to Standing Together, a non-profit movement of Israeli Jewish and Palestinian people for a better future built from within.
causematch.com/standing_tog...
causematch.com/standing_tog...
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Ilay David, brother of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, who was seen in a video published by Hamas on Saturday, said there is "immediate danger" to his brother's life, and that he will die within days if he does not receive food and medicine.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Hostage Evyatar David's brother: Video released by Hamas 'broke' our father
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www.haaretz.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Ilay David, brother of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, who was seen in a video published by Hamas on Saturday, said there is "immediate danger" to his brother's life, and that he will die within days if he does not receive food and medicine.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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our new paper on pelagic #Asgard archaea that use #rhodopsins with carotenoid antennas to harvest light energy in the oceans.
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
our new paper on pelagic #Asgard archaea that use #rhodopsins with carotenoid antennas to harvest light energy in the oceans.
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
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At Tübingen's art museum, having a flashback to one of my favorite #TCTeAC talks, cell-inspired home design and experiment-based architecture. By Yael Allweil from @technion.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
At Tübingen's art museum, having a flashback to one of my favorite #TCTeAC talks, cell-inspired home design and experiment-based architecture. By Yael Allweil from @technion.bsky.social
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"In Gaza, the UN system & its related organizations are there. They have the resources and plans. The UN presented a plan on May 16, for extremely rigorous distribution, including monitoring to prevent the food from getting into the hands of Hamas," says Alex de Waal
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'Pasta won't help. Gaza is on the brink of an exponential surge in starvation deaths'
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www.haaretz.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"In Gaza, the UN system & its related organizations are there. They have the resources and plans. The UN presented a plan on May 16, for extremely rigorous distribution, including monitoring to prevent the food from getting into the hands of Hamas," says Alex de Waal
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...