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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · 5d

Here's a great new article covering my lab's work (with Chris Mason, Esteban Gazel, Matt Schrenk, Sarah Kreps) on the Microbe-Mineral Atlas in @sciam.bsky.social.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/engi...

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These Microbes Are Eating Mining Waste—And Pulling Out Valuable Metals

Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals

www.scientificamerican.com

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Don Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas) @drdonhaas.bsky.social · 7d

@buzbarstow.bsky.social will be joining us for the third annual STANYS/PRI Institute: Finding Climate Change Solutions From Across the Sciences! #STANYS #scienceteachers
www.stanysconference.org/special-even...

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Aug 30

Another shot of Joe working on a mineral-dissolution assay for the Microbe-Mineral Atlas.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Aug 30

A high-throughput mineral-dissolution assay.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Aug 30

Joseph Lee hard at work on a high-throughput mineral-dissolution assay this afternoon for the Microbe-Mineral Atlas.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Aug 30

Meredith Silberstein (at the whiteboard) leading a discussion of high-throughput screening at the Engineered Living Materials Institute meeting this afternoon.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Aug 20

Joe preparing for the next Microbe-Mineral Atlas sampling trip.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're getting ready for our next Microbe-Mineral Atlas sampling trip, this time out west.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Aug 11

How can we accelerate rock weathering and get metals for sustainable energy technologies? A new paper by Luke Plante compares three mineral-dissolving microbes. Gluconobacter oxydans, the most genetically engineerable, leads by a long way:

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Cross-species comparison of ultramafic rock bio-accelerated weathering performance - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Cross-species comparison of ultramafic rock bio-accelerated weathering performance

doi.org

Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks to Dan Goodwin and @homeworld.bsky.social for having me and Esteban Gazel on their podcast to discuss the Microbe-Mineral Atlas and synthetic biology and sustainability:

🎧Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

🎧Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/7gzl...

Transforming Minerals with Biology: Rare Earth Extraction and Carbon Storage with Buz Barstow and Esteban Gazel

Podcast Episode · The Climate Biotech Podcast · 07/09/2025 · 1h

podcasts.apple.com

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 26

So cool... Monod is such a great example of out of the box thinking in biology.

Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 23

The McClintock Shed next to the Cornell Botanical Gardens, about a 5 minute walk from my lab. Transposons, so important to our work, were discovered here.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 19

The totally magic new Atkinson Hall at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social today.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 19

An ATV used for transport underground in the Empire State Mine.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 19

Kyle at the open pit at the Empire State Mine during the first Microbe-Mineral Atlas sampling trip. Searching for new genes and new microbes for biomining.

I took this with a ruggedized Pentax WG-90. I dropped it in the mud in the mine and it kept on shooting.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 14

Seen in Forest Home, NY.

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Sean Elliott @profsje.bsky.social · Jun 14

Everyone who went to a No Kings or Pride event today: you are my favorite people! Everyone who wanted to but couldn’t because of fear or worry or life or whatever — are also my favorite people. There will be more chances. Be as loud as you can!

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · Jun 14

In case this narrative gets lost in the shuffle: the Boston No Kings/Yaaaas Queens parade was pure JOY. People danced, cheered, and held up signs in support of trans people, immigrants, diversity, and each other

A shot from Boston’s No Kings/Pride parade. So much joy, so many rainbows.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks to Daniel and Dustin from rare earth exchanges for hosting me yesterday to talk about biomining rare earth elements. You can see the conversation here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ysz...

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 12

Inside of Gates Hall yesterday afternoon.

Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 9

We survived our trip underground at the Empire State Mine in Gouverneur, NY looking for genes and microbes that could accelerate mining for the Microbe-Mineral Atlas.

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 9

More photos from our Microbe-Mineral Atlas workshop here:

flic.kr/s/aHBqjChiVE

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Microbe-Mineral Atlas Workshop, June 2025

Explore this photo album by Buz Barstow on Flickr!

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 9

More photos from our trip underground for the Microbe-Mineral Atlas here:

flic.kr/s/aHBqjChqA5

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Empire State Mine Trip, June 2025

Explore this photo album by Buz Barstow on Flickr!

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 4

Ok, here's a slightly better photo:

The Microbe-Mineral Atlas workshop is wrapped up! Thanks to everyone who came!

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Buz Barstow @buzbarstow.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Microbe-Mineral Atlas workshop is wrapped up! Thanks to everyone who came!

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