Curtis Suttle
@virosphere.bsky.social
Purveyor of the Virosphere.
Professor Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, Botany, and the Inst for the Oceans & Fisheries - UBC
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/curtissuttle
Professor Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, Botany, and the Inst for the Oceans & Fisheries - UBC
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/curtissuttle
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#ProtistsOnSky
no 'swimming' by ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
no 'swimming' by ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
#ProtistsOnSky
no 'swimming' by ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
no 'swimming' by ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
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Excited to share our latest publication, led by Dr. Ellie McCallum and Juan Burckhardt!
bit.ly/4kfzQaf
You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
bit.ly/4kfzQaf
You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Glowing bacterial sensors detect gut illness in mice before symptoms emerge
UBC researchers have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of illness.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Excited to share our latest publication, led by Dr. Ellie McCallum and Juan Burckhardt!
bit.ly/4kfzQaf
You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
bit.ly/4kfzQaf
You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Prime Minister Mark Carneyโs message is this unspoken antithesis of Carney as the future and Trump as the past.
Trump surely went to Davos to remind the world who controls the puck. But his notorious lack of attention span keeps him unable to see that the game is changing, writes Chris Cannon.
Trump surely went to Davos to remind the world who controls the puck. But his notorious lack of attention span keeps him unable to see that the game is changing, writes Chris Cannon.
To Grasp the Power of Carneyโs Davos Speech, Letโs Break It Down | The Tyee
The full text, annotated for meaning and impact.
thetyee.ca
January 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carneyโs message is this unspoken antithesis of Carney as the future and Trump as the past.
Trump surely went to Davos to remind the world who controls the puck. But his notorious lack of attention span keeps him unable to see that the game is changing, writes Chris Cannon.
Trump surely went to Davos to remind the world who controls the puck. But his notorious lack of attention span keeps him unable to see that the game is changing, writes Chris Cannon.
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Dean of Science and UBC chemist Dr. Mark MacLachlan has a science themed crossword in the New York Times. "This puzzleโs theme idea came to me when I got one of those pesky error messages on my computer," Dr. MacLachlan said. @chem.ubc.ca
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/c...
Alert! Alert!
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Dean of Science and UBC chemist Dr. Mark MacLachlan has a science themed crossword in the New York Times. "This puzzleโs theme idea came to me when I got one of those pesky error messages on my computer," Dr. MacLachlan said. @chem.ubc.ca
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/c...
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Are you hiring in academia, healthcare, biotech, or industry? Share your open role on the Science in Vancouver Job Board!
๐งช Free to post
๐ฅผ Built for the Vancouver life science community
We help great science find great people. Submit your job today: https://bit.ly/49FdATy
๐งช Free to post
๐ฅผ Built for the Vancouver life science community
We help great science find great people. Submit your job today: https://bit.ly/49FdATy
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Are you hiring in academia, healthcare, biotech, or industry? Share your open role on the Science in Vancouver Job Board!
๐งช Free to post
๐ฅผ Built for the Vancouver life science community
We help great science find great people. Submit your job today: https://bit.ly/49FdATy
๐งช Free to post
๐ฅผ Built for the Vancouver life science community
We help great science find great people. Submit your job today: https://bit.ly/49FdATy
Great Speech - well worth taking the time to read
If weโre not at the table, weโre on the menu.
In Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected a world of national โfortresses.โ Shared resilience, he argued, is cheaperโand stronger. His pitch: a third path led by coordinated middle powers. https://thewalrus.ca/carney-speech-world-economic-forum/
In Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected a world of national โfortresses.โ Shared resilience, he argued, is cheaperโand stronger. His pitch: a third path led by coordinated middle powers. https://thewalrus.ca/carney-speech-world-economic-forum/
January 22, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Great Speech - well worth taking the time to read
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Viruses transform microbes, populations, & ecosystems.
In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Viruses transform microbes, populations, & ecosystems.
In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea.
a ๐งต
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea.
a ๐งต
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Postdoc position available, on Arctic phytoplankton mortality and viral ecology -- Check it out!
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NIOZ - Postdoc position: Mortality and virus-host interactions of phytoplankton in Arctic winters under warming
The Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB) of NIOZ is looking for a talented and dedicated Postdoctoral scientist to join our research on marine virus ecology. You will be part of
workingat.nioz.nl
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Postdoc position available, on Arctic phytoplankton mortality and viral ecology -- Check it out!
workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
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Are you a healthcare worker potentially interested in relocating to Canada? Check out the Healthcare infusion, a volunteer-driven national movement connecting doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals with the people and places that need them most engageq.notion.site/infusionhosts
Canadaโs Healthcare Infusions | Notion
Across Canada, communities are struggling to keep their hospitals and clinics fully staffed.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Are you a healthcare worker potentially interested in relocating to Canada? Check out the Healthcare infusion, a volunteer-driven national movement connecting doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals with the people and places that need them most engageq.notion.site/infusionhosts
15 January is the deadline to file a brief Expression of Interest to be nominated for a Canada Impact Chair @UBC. Only candidates working and residing outside of Canada are eligible to apply, including expatriate Canadians. More info and the EOI portal are at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
15 January is the deadline to file a brief Expression of Interest to be nominated for a Canada Impact Chair @UBC. Only candidates working and residing outside of Canada are eligible to apply, including expatriate Canadians. More info and the EOI portal are at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
The Canada Impact Chair program has been announced for research leaders www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl.... The Chairs provide up to $12M in funding. If you think UBC might be the place to continue your career, please let us know by submitting an expression of interest at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
December 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Canada Impact Chair program has been announced for research leaders www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl.... The Chairs provide up to $12M in funding. If you think UBC might be the place to continue your career, please let us know by submitting an expression of interest at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
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Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
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The Department of Physics & Astronomy invites young scientists and their families to our free science show on Sunday November 30, 2025 on UBC campus! Come explore science with us as we 'Expand our Senses and movements with Tech!' phas.ubc.ca/2025-faraday... @triumflab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Department of Physics & Astronomy invites young scientists and their families to our free science show on Sunday November 30, 2025 on UBC campus! Come explore science with us as we 'Expand our Senses and movements with Tech!' phas.ubc.ca/2025-faraday... @triumflab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.
When you peak inside an oyster, it's remarkable what one finds. Rather than "The world is my oyster" sensu William Shakespeare, it should be changed to "The world is an oyster", as a metaphor of the vast diversity of life residing within these humble molluscs; there are magnificent microbes within.
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When you peak inside an oyster, it's remarkable what one finds. Rather than "The world is my oyster" sensu William Shakespeare, it should be changed to "The world is an oyster", as a metaphor of the vast diversity of life residing within these humble molluscs; there are magnificent microbes within.
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Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent with global warming, but could they in turn exacerbate climate change? In a new study, Steven Hallam's team reports that spurts of intense ocean warming can impact microbial community structure and carbon cycling: mbim.ubc.ca/news/marine-...
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent with global warming, but could they in turn exacerbate climate change? In a new study, Steven Hallam's team reports that spurts of intense ocean warming can impact microbial community structure and carbon cycling: mbim.ubc.ca/news/marine-...
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I gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below.
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky ๐งช
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky ๐งช
The social lives of viruses | Asher Leeks | TEDxNewEngland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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October 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below.
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky ๐งช
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky ๐งช
Come join us at UBC!
The Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver seeks an emerging research leader for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair position in Medical Physics. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/307... @science.ubc.ca @ubcmedicine.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Come join us at UBC!
Another casualty of the time, after nearly four decades, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is shutting down www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtm....
ARCUS Final ARCUS Community Call
YouTube video by Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
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October 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Another casualty of the time, after nearly four decades, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is shutting down www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtm....
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As the government finalizes its plan to transition away from open-net pen #salmon farming in B.C., it is crucial that decision-makers have a clear pathway to receive robust #science advice - Dr. Gideon Mordecai vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
Opinion: DFOโs flawed science leaves wild salmon vulnerable to disease
As government finalizes plan to transition away from open-net pen salmon farming in B.C., decision-makers must receive robust science advice
vancouversun.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As the government finalizes its plan to transition away from open-net pen #salmon farming in B.C., it is crucial that decision-makers have a clear pathway to receive robust #science advice - Dr. Gideon Mordecai vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
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In as much as a third of flu infections, parasitic "cheating" viruses ๐ฆ come to outnumber normal viruses - which helps limit the severity of infections ๐งช
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
Some viruses like to cheat โ and that may be good for our health
Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems these cheats may outnumber normal viruses in a third of influenza cases, red...
www.newscientist.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In as much as a third of flu infections, parasitic "cheating" viruses ๐ฆ come to outnumber normal viruses - which helps limit the severity of infections ๐งช
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
September 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca
Table of Contents โ August 19, 2025, 122 (33) | PNAS
View the Table of Contents for Volume 122, Issue 33
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September 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca
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Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.
Come join us at UBC, and flex your pedagogical vision!
@science.ubc.ca is hiring a Black scholar for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor of Teaching! Seeking applicants in data, computer, computational, environmental sciences, or stats.
โDeadline: Oct 15, 2025โ
๐Details: tinyurl.com/4xxt5nww
@cs.ubc.ca @ubcoceans.bsky.social
โDeadline: Oct 15, 2025โ
๐Details: tinyurl.com/4xxt5nww
@cs.ubc.ca @ubcoceans.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Come join us at UBC, and flex your pedagogical vision!