H. B. Beryl Rappaport
@hbrappap.bsky.social
PhD Student @ Syracuse University
protists, extremophiles, & science art | she/her | 🔬🏳️🌈
protists, extremophiles, & science art | she/her | 🔬🏳️🌈
Thanks Julia!!
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Thanks Julia!!
Yes samples were kept at ambient temps so likely we are missing out on any thermophiles that can’t encyst at lower temps - hoping at some point to sequence samples preserved in the field in part because of this!
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yes samples were kept at ambient temps so likely we are missing out on any thermophiles that can’t encyst at lower temps - hoping at some point to sequence samples preserved in the field in part because of this!
Awesome, that is good with us :)
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Awesome, that is good with us :)
Yes, that’s the place! Cool, interested in what you’ve found there
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Yes, that’s the place! Cool, interested in what you’ve found there
thanks for these musings!
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
thanks for these musings!
yes we just have multiple filamentous bacteria in the culture, but M. ruber is definitely there and seems to be most abundant based on sequencing!
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
yes we just have multiple filamentous bacteria in the culture, but M. ruber is definitely there and seems to be most abundant based on sequencing!
most likely M. ruber! so interesting, didn’t know that about filamentation! 🍝
& not sure why the file conversions were named that way but the order looks accurate as labeled - Supplemental Movie 1-12
& not sure why the file conversions were named that way but the order looks accurate as labeled - Supplemental Movie 1-12
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
most likely M. ruber! so interesting, didn’t know that about filamentation! 🍝
& not sure why the file conversions were named that way but the order looks accurate as labeled - Supplemental Movie 1-12
& not sure why the file conversions were named that way but the order looks accurate as labeled - Supplemental Movie 1-12
the long thin guys are filamentous bacteria and the clump is moving oddly but I believe it’s just bacterial biofilm
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
the long thin guys are filamentous bacteria and the clump is moving oddly but I believe it’s just bacterial biofilm
Tbd! We need to redo some staining
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Tbd! We need to redo some staining
thermophilic bacteria!
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
thermophilic bacteria!
I believe within their tubes they can withstand higher temps but the worms themselves max out around 55°C, and temps for reproduction and early dev may be lower - their max tolerance is super interesting though! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Thermal Limit for Metazoan Life in Question: In Vivo Heat Tolerance of the Pompeii Worm
The thermal limit for metazoan life, expected to be around 50°C, has been debated since the discovery of the Pompeii worm Alvinella pompejana, which colonizes black smoker chimney walls at deep-sea vents. While indirect evidence predicts body ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I believe within their tubes they can withstand higher temps but the worms themselves max out around 55°C, and temps for reproduction and early dev may be lower - their max tolerance is super interesting though! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
We are looking into this 👀
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
We are looking into this 👀
Yes, these movies can be downloaded from the supp materials here! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes
The study of temperature limits has transformed our knowledge of the boundaries of life but has been largely focused on bacteria and archaea. We isolated a novel geothermal amoeba, Incendiamoeba casca...
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yes, these movies can be downloaded from the supp materials here! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We will have all sequences up on NCBI with publication for you to take a look! Also really interested in their chaperone network!
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We will have all sequences up on NCBI with publication for you to take a look! Also really interested in their chaperone network!
And finally all at SyracuseU - @shaharsu.bsky.social @jessniblo.bsky.social for protein analyses, @rmshepherd.bsky.social for culturing, & @oliverio.bsky.social for leading this effort with me!
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And finally all at SyracuseU - @shaharsu.bsky.social @jessniblo.bsky.social for protein analyses, @rmshepherd.bsky.social for culturing, & @oliverio.bsky.social for leading this effort with me!
@xtremevirusprof.bsky.social @nachopus.bsky.social and team at PSU and Gordon Wolfe at Chico for sampling and extremophile expertise
@lauraakatz.bsky.social and Godwin Ani at Smith for phylogenomics
@lauraakatz.bsky.social and Godwin Ani at Smith for phylogenomics
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@xtremevirusprof.bsky.social @nachopus.bsky.social and team at PSU and Gordon Wolfe at Chico for sampling and extremophile expertise
@lauraakatz.bsky.social and Godwin Ani at Smith for phylogenomics
@lauraakatz.bsky.social and Godwin Ani at Smith for phylogenomics
@fmschu.bsky.social New Lineages of Life group at JGI with Tomas Tyml for culturing, seq prep, & biogeography, and Kurt LaButti also at LBNL for bioinformatics
@fmikus.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social at Geneva and @gautamdey.bsky.social at EMBL for beautiful U-ExM
@fmikus.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social at Geneva and @gautamdey.bsky.social at EMBL for beautiful U-ExM
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@fmschu.bsky.social New Lineages of Life group at JGI with Tomas Tyml for culturing, seq prep, & biogeography, and Kurt LaButti also at LBNL for bioinformatics
@fmikus.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social at Geneva and @gautamdey.bsky.social at EMBL for beautiful U-ExM
@fmikus.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social at Geneva and @gautamdey.bsky.social at EMBL for beautiful U-ExM
So grateful to all collaborators on this huge effort!
@mullinslab.bsky.social at UCSF with Natalie Petek, @samjlord.bsky.social, and @skruberk.bsky.social now at Gonzaga with Ethan MacVicar for microscopy & motility analyses
@mullinslab.bsky.social at UCSF with Natalie Petek, @samjlord.bsky.social, and @skruberk.bsky.social now at Gonzaga with Ethan MacVicar for microscopy & motility analyses
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So grateful to all collaborators on this huge effort!
@mullinslab.bsky.social at UCSF with Natalie Petek, @samjlord.bsky.social, and @skruberk.bsky.social now at Gonzaga with Ethan MacVicar for microscopy & motility analyses
@mullinslab.bsky.social at UCSF with Natalie Petek, @samjlord.bsky.social, and @skruberk.bsky.social now at Gonzaga with Ethan MacVicar for microscopy & motility analyses