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Cecilia G. Flocco
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Bioresources | Cleantech | Cultural Heritage | #SciPol & Diplomacy @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social Director @femsmicro.org Board (frm) Prof. Industrial Microb.& Biotech. Univ. BuenosAires / Inst.Antartico Argentino 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliagflocco
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Cecilia G. Flocco @ceciliaflocco.bsky.social · Sep 23
Now it is official:
I have been elected to the Board of Directors of FEMS, the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, for the 2025-2027 term. I am deeply grateful to FEMS community for their trust.
I congrat. Evelyn Doyle & Michael Sauer -I look forward to joining forces.
#Microsky
Picture: Evelyn Doyle, Michael Sauer, Antonio Ventosa FEMS President, Cecilia Flocco FEMS Council Elects 3 New Board Members for 2025-2027 https://fems-microbiology.org/fems-council-elects-3-new-board-members-for-2025-2027/
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Cecilia G. Flocco @ceciliaflocco.bsky.social · 4d
Canada Post features nature´s recyclers 🇨🇦📯

"Stamps highlight beauty and importance of hashtag #fungi in Canadian #ecosystems"

🔗 www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-c...
#microsky #biodiversity
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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 6d
luckily, there are alternatives to PubMed, see libguides.exeter.ac.uk/c.php?g=7252...
LibGuides: Alternatives to United States NLM Resources: Databases which use PubMed
LibGuides: Alternatives to United States NLM Resources: Databases which use PubMed
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Cecilia G. Flocco @ceciliaflocco.bsky.social · 5d
Warm Autumn palette on Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd 🍂🍁
www.sciencecampus-bs.de/en/
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
@tu-braunschweig.de
@fraunhofer.bsky.social
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Rhys White @rhystwhite.bsky.social · 10d
🚨New paper out!

Why does Staphylococcus aureus ST1 dominate in BOTH people🧑‍⚕️ & cows🐄 in New Zealand… but rarely elsewhere?

Our latest comparative genomics study unpacks this mystery👇

📄 doi.org/10.1128/msph...

@asm.org

#AMR #Genomics #OneHealth

🖥️🧬💻
#AcademicSky
#MicroSky
🧪🧫🦠
Comparative genomics of endemic Staphylococcus aureus ST1 in New Zealand | mSphere
This study presents a comprehensive genomic analysis of S. aureus ST1, a lineage that is unusually dominant in both bovine and human populations in New Zealand. Leveraging New Zealand’s geographical i...
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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 12d
And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.

Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 10d
#MicroSky
𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘪 vs 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴

what a cool story! thx ákos for the shoutout 🙏
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 10d
Here is the published version of Manca's #NNF_INTERACT project in #ISMEcommunications from Scott Jarmusch and @neftalyl.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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Cecilia G. Flocco @ceciliaflocco.bsky.social · 9d
#hpbio
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Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 10d
Cutter's 1878 patented "Box for Vaccine Matter".
For carrying and protecting smallpox scabs, which were to be used for vaccinations.
#MicroSky

images from my collection
Top view of a Cutter's Box for Vaccine Material Bottom view of a Cutter's Box for Vaccine Material Cutter's Box for Vaccine Material measures approximately 7/8 inches , 2.2 cm, in diameter Inside of a Cutter's Box for Vaccine Material
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Erich M. Schwarz @erichmschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 1
After 10 years of work, a complete telomere-to-telomere gap-free genome for C. elegans finally exists: it has 106 Mb rather than the textbook 100.3 Mb, and up to 366 additional genes.
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/8...
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Nadine Ziemert @nadineziemert.bsky.social · 12d
Happy to share our newest preprint. PhyloNaP as a user friendly database of phylogeny for enzymes involved in natural product production and as public repository for well curated phylogenetic trees. Happy Tree Building!!!
#phylogeny #secmet #bioinformatics

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PhyloNaP: a user-friendly database of Phylogeny for Natural Product-producing enzymes
Phylogenetic analysis is widely used to predict enzyme function, yet building annotated and reusable trees is labor-intensive and requires extensive knowledge about the specific enzymes. Existing reso...
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Cecilia G. Flocco @ceciliaflocco.bsky.social · 11d
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#privacy #vpn #cybersecurity
Anything but safe: Using VPN can bear immense risks – DW – 09/20/2025
A new study reveals that virtual private network (VPN) connections provide less safety than widely believed. The findings are alarming, especially for users in authoritarian states.
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Emmanuele Severi @emmseveri.bsky.social · 13d
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#microsky #phagesky #synbio
Non-model bacteria as platforms for endogenous gene expression in synthetic biology - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Microbial synthetic biology might greatly benefit from the application of non-model organisms, which have been evolutionarily optimized for the production of specific proteins and metabolites. This Review discusses the design and application of endogenous production in non-model organisms.
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Cecilia G. Flocco @ceciliaflocco.bsky.social · 13d
⬇️point of view matters
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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 15d
A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.

The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.

From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
An array of 9 purple discs on a blue background. Figure from Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt.
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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 16d
🖥️ New design for #SILVA

#SILVA 🧬 joined @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social 🧫 and the @dsmzd3.bsky.social in 2023. This is now also visible on the redesigned website 🖌️, which has been restructured reorganized in a first step towards an improved and modernized #SILVA!

Try it out at www.arb-silva.de
Screenshot of the new SILVA website
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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
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FEMS @femsmicro.org · 22d
Happy International Microorganism Day! 🎉

Today, we are celebrating the tiny powerhouses that have a massive impact on our world. From the bacteria in our gut to the fungi that give us antibiotics, these incredible organisms are essential to life.

Let's make some noise for the microscopic!
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 24d
📢 PLEASE RT!
❄️ M2 Masters Internship: Metagenomic analysis of microbial cold adaptation in the cryosphere
🧬 Compile & curate ice nucleation & cold-adaptation protein database
🖥️ Build HMM profiles
🦠 Analyze existing metagenomic data using HMMs

☀️ Marseille, France
Apply by 15 Oct
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 24d
Based on feedback from applicants, reviewers and broader research community, the ERC Scientific Council decided to make changes in the 2026–27 calls for proposal for research funding.

More details from the ERC President 👉 europa.eu/!hP3WWF

What’s your take on this? Tell us! 👇
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Sep 9
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: glass square bottles were a common type of storage and transport vessels in the #Roman Empire. The square shape makes packing easier and saves space.
The bottles were used to store/transport spices, medicines, balms,...🧵1/2

🏺#archaeology
Three glass bottles with square bodies, short necks and one handle, each in translucent bluish-green with weathered surfaces and encrusted patches, displayed against a dark background.
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Physalia-courses@Online @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 29d
😍 The next edition of our #eDNA #Metabarcoding course with @dominikbuchner.bsky.social @leeselab.bsky.social @tillmacher.bsky.social is now official!
🗓️Save the dates: Feb 23-26!
More time for hands-on work with BolDigger, TaxonTable & Apscape

www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Eukaryotic metabarcoding
23-27 February 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
www.physalia-courses.org
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Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · Sep 8
🚨NOTICE TO OUR USERS🚨

The Genome Portal will be replaced with the Data Portal application sometime next month.

Portal users can book a session with our team for technical help, feedback or a guided walk-through of the new Data Portal. 🖥️🧬

More information: jgi.doe.gov/analyze-data...
JGI Portals | Joint Genome Institute
Our data platforms are a key resource for the broader scientific community and require constant developments to meet the ever-changing demands of our users.NOTICEThe JGI Genome Portal is reaching its ...
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The Night Science Podcast @nightsciencepod.bsky.social · Sep 8
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast!
We talk with the leaders of Google's AI Co-Scientist project, Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, about how their system evolved parts of human hypothesis generation while also diverging in fascinating ways.
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ASM @asm.org · Sep 8
The 2025 Agar Art Contest opens soon! This year’s theme is “Microbes Make the World Go Round." Show us the vital role microbes play in our daily lives through the medium of agar. Submissions are open Sept.12-Oct. 26. See contest details: asm.org/events/asm-a...
agar art logo with color palette with microbes
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Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · Sep 8
More on the ancient foundation of animal development. Coyle & King illustrate how core regulatory modules were present in our pre-animal ancestors. The key was not invention, but recycling & new protein interactions. #CellBiology #multicellularity #protistsOnSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · Sep 1
👉 Join the #NFDI4Microbiota Conference 🦠 and learn how to identify strain designations in literature and sequence metadata by leveraging the #StrainInfo API 🖥️🧬 and libraries in #Workshop7.
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NFDI4Microbiota @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social · Aug 31
Deadline extended! You can now register for the NFDI4Microbiota Conference until 11 September. 📅 30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025 | 📍 Cologne💡 Free participation, hands-on workshops, poster submissions, and networking for wet-lab scientists and bioinformaticians. Register here: events.hifis.net/eve...
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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · Sep 1
"Evans and colleagues studied more than 16 million papers, revealing that flat, or egalitarian, teams consistently spark more disruptive breakthroughs than tall, hierarchical ones." 🧪 #philsci undark.org/2025/07/31/o...
Metascience Is More Important Now Than Ever
Opinion | A growing research field known as ‘the science of science’ will be essential for navigating an uncertain future.
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