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Monir Moniruzzaman
@giantvirus.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School.
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 17h
Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites

-in #ISMEJournal by Joanna Lepper, @hbrappap.bsky.social and @oliverio.bsky.social

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Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites
Abstract. Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most researc
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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 1d
Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 5d
Come join us at UBC!
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ubcphas.bsky.social @ubcphas.bsky.social · 5d
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
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Harvard Med Cell Biology @harvardcellbio.bsky.social · 6d
Historically, viruses were thought to primarily use host cell's translational machinery. New work from @harvardcellbio.bsky.social faculty Amy Lee reveals that a giant DNA virus encodes its own IF4F initiation complex, suggesting an unexpected evolutionary innovation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Giant DNA viruses encode a hallmark translation initiation complex of eukaryotic life
In contrast to living organisms, viruses were long thought to lack protein synthesis machinery and instead depend on host factors to translate viral transcripts. Here, we discover that giant DNA virus...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19d
In case you wonder which platforms are here to help creators thrive and which are here to tell us to eat shit, here’s the breakdown of likes for crab, 15 hours after posting. Follower count in () for more useful comparison.

TikTok(2k): 139
Instagram (22k): 719
Tumblr (13k): 12k
Bsky (52k): 22k
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19d
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 19d
Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 19d
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
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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Mahwash Jamy @mjamy.bsky.social · Sep 3
Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky
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Pierre Ramond @pierreramond.bsky.social · Sep 3
Hello there 🦋
Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social

Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳

▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

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Monir Moniruzzaman @giantvirus.bsky.social · Sep 2
Birds of Everglades
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Florida 2025. #birds #wildlife #photography #everglades
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Monir Moniruzzaman @giantvirus.bsky.social · Sep 2
Best wishes!

Also, I need to respond to your message - sorry for the delay.
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Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social · Sep 1
Many interesting PhD projects, including ours. Consider applying!
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · Sep 1
🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.

Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, [email protected], PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬

Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Programme, The call for enrollment of students in October 2026 will be open from September 1st to October 20th, 2025
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Mya Breitbart @viromegirl.bsky.social · Aug 1
Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊
Electron micrograph of two phage infecting a host cell side-by-side, with hearts between them
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Monir Moniruzzaman @giantvirus.bsky.social · Aug 28
Hurricane season
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South Florida sky is full of drama this month.
#photography #hurricane #landing #flights #miami #MIA #clouds
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Christine He @christinehe.bsky.social · Aug 27
ONT has a temporary bioinformatics position (8 months) open while I'm on maternity leave. Focus will be on microbial genomics but with opportunities to work on projects across the breadth of genomics!
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Applications Bioinformatician (8 month temporary role)
We are looking for an individual with expertise in bioinformatics and data analysis, specializing in microbial genomics and metagenomics, to join our Applications team as an Applications Bioinformatic...
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Karen Lloyd @karenlloyd.bsky.social · Aug 20
Great new article about the cool stuff we're finding (improbably) alive deep inside Earth's crust! Nice work, @laurapoppick.bsky.social at @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/the-pursuit-...
The Pursuit of Life Where It Seems Unimaginable | Quanta Magazine
A decade ago, Karen Lloyd discovered single-celled microbes living beneath the seafloor. Now she studies how they can survive in Earth’s crust, possibly for hundreds or thousands of years, and push li...
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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Aug 20
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Pangenome biology and evolution in harmful algal-bloom-forming pelagophytes
In prokaryotes, lateral gene transfer (LGT) is a key mechanism leading to intraspecies variability in gene content and the phenomenon of pangenomes. I…
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Monir Moniruzzaman @giantvirus.bsky.social · Aug 19
We’re recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026) to study the ecology & evolution of aquatic giant viruses! Research spans lab experiment, field sampling, & bioinformatics. Background in microbiology/bioinforamtics encouraged.

More info & contact email here: monirlab.com/join/

Please share. Thank you!
Join the Lab | Monir lab
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Aug 11
Do you like coastal/estuarine microbiology, time-series data, and/or metagenomics? Have we got a dataset for you #NSFfunded

Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Aug 11
Marine Viruses and Their Role in Marine Ecosystems and Carbon Cycling www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... #jcampubs
Marine Viruses and Their Role in Marine Ecosystems and Carbon Cycling | Annual Reviews
Marine viral ecology emerged as a distinct discipline approximately 25 years ago. Despite significant progress, direct assessments of viral impacts on carbon flux remain scarce. Here, we integrate rec...
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Monir Moniruzzaman @giantvirus.bsky.social · Aug 8
Superb! Congratulations, @bradweilerdives.bsky.social !!
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Brad Weiler, Ph.D. @bradweilerdives.bsky.social · Aug 7
🚨New Preprint Alert🚨 P. strigosa, a reef-building coral shows tightly regulated transcriptional control over natural diel cycles. #CoralReefs #Symbiosky #bioinformatics #marinemicrobes #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · Aug 5
Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters. @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social @rhizalyssa.bsky.social
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Meaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social · Aug 5
Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
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Karolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social · Jul 26
our paper is online! rdcu.be/exXBX . Who would have thought that some #giantviruses not only have #histones, but even histone variants that make weird #nucleosomes (pdb 9CVT). Fantastic work from Ale Villalta and Chelsea Toner, with Hugo Bisio @molbiolgv.bsky.social and Chantal Abergel
Melbournevirus encodes a shorter H2B-H2A doublet histone variant that forms structurally distinct nucleosome structures
Nature Communications - Melbournevirus encodes a conserved shorter H2B-H2A doublet variant. Here the authors report a cryo-EM structure of a nucleosome-like particle reconstituted with viral H4-H3...
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