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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 8d

In a Consensus Statement in Nature Microbiology, a consortium of #microbiome scientists discusses current sequencing data sharing policies and proposes the use of a Data Reuse Information tag to promote equitable and collaborative data sharing. go.nature.com/4o1Gl1f 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows the summary results from a survey of 306 scientists on data reuse.

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 12d

A roadmap for equitable reuse of #public #microbiome #data

#bioinformatics @scinews.bsky.social @esci.eu
@chronicle.com @superbugs.bsky.social @scienseed.com
#SciComm @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @femsmicro.org @isme-microbes.bsky.social @asm.org @alexjprobst.bsky.social

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A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data - Nature Microbiology

In this Consensus Statement, a consortium of microbiome scientists discuss current sequencing data sharing policies and propose the use of a Data Reuse Information (DRI) tag to promote equitable and collaborative data sharing.

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Tijana Martinovic @tijanamartin.bsky.social · 15d

After hearing this talk, climbing mountains to sample soil does not seem so bad anymore! Things we do for science 😊 great talk Savvas!
#mbkceesme2025 @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social

Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 15d

#mbkceesme2025 🇬🇷

Savvas Paragkamian is talking about microbiome in the deepest cave of Greece: Gourgouthakes

@mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social

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Benjamin Coltman @bcoltman.bsky.social · 15d

It’s great to be at #mbkceesme2025 so far, hearing about all things microbial! It’s always rewarding to present one’s work and hear the community’s feedback. Thanks for the support @isme-microbes.bsky.social

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 18d

#SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology #symbiosis @microbiomevif.bsky.social @superbugs.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social belit.bsky.social #phylosymbiosis #holobiont @marinemicrobiome.bsky.social

Host-Microbe Interactions - International MSc Program @hosmic.bsky.social · 18d

Oluwatobi's thesis: Analysis of the effects of microbial inputs on #soil #microbial #communities due to #pig #manure #fertilisation

Nadya'w thesis: Biogeographical analysis of the #microbiome of the #invasive skeleton #shrimp #Caprella scaura along the southern #coast of #Spain

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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 22d

We’re only a few days away from the Joint International Conference of MikroBioKosmos & CEESME 2025
#mbkceesme2025
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@femsmicro.org @isme-microbes.bsky.social @febspress.bsky.social @embo.org

Welcome - Mikrobiokosmos & CEESME Conference

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 24d

All these institutions. Every science academy etc should include in their bylaws the “exit” criteria, too …

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25d

'Ejection seat' by Cornelia Konrads, contemporary German artist, known for her land art and site-specific art installations #womensart #Saturday

Photo of an outdoor installation in the form of a giant wooden catapult as if about to project a seat in a park

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 24d

After 80+ years of cultivating brutal capitalism in all aspects of life …

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Daniel Machado @dan1elmachado.bsky.social · 24d

Distilled water is the perfect low-calorie high-energy isotonic drink 🥇💪

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 24d

Another incident that makes me feel that europe smells like the last part of the 1920s …

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25d

Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.

This is getting very dark, very quick.

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Helen Price @helenpprice.bsky.social · 25d

A reminder that Elon Musk is still a Fellow of the Royal Society. Surely THIS is the point at which he is expelled @royalsociety.org

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 25d

Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.

"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Sep 8

@thephdplace.bsky.social
#AcademicJobs #AcademicJob #phdlife #highereducation #postdocjobs #postdocposition #postdoclife #research #studyabroad
@phdvoice.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @insidehighered.com

Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎙️ Job Announcement: Penn State is seeking an ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in MICROBIOLOGY (any subdiscipline) in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Learn more and Join the Microbiome Jubilee: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Assistant Professor in Microbiology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Sep 6

Even night cannot stop a good poster session!!! #thenewmicrobiology2025 @embo.org @embopress.org @embl.org @febspress.bsky.social #spetses

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Trends in Marine Host-Microbe Symbioses @tmhms.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌊 We’re delighted to announce a dedicated #ISMEsession on October 24th, featuring ISME prizes for the best oral and poster presentations.

We’re also hosting mentoring sessions designed for PhD students and ECRs, a fantastic chance to connect and grow within our community!
@isme-microbes.bsky.social

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Host-Microbe Interactions - International MSc Program @hosmic.bsky.social · Aug 31

This year we were pleasantly surprised by the quality of our 35 applicants. We selected 14 of them (max positions is 15) and we can’t wait to meet our new students and start collaborating with them in the 2025-6 academic year! #msc

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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · Aug 31

Starting ticking the final tick boxes before #mbkceesme20025 kickoff !!!

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@scinews.bsky.social @esci.eu @chronicle.com @superbugs.bsky.social @scienseed.com #SciComm #ArchaeaSky
#ProtistsOnSky #MicrobesOnSky #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky

Welcome - 11th Conference of Mikrobiokosmos

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Aug 25

@mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social #SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology #symbiosis @microbiomevif.bsky.social @superbugs.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social #holobiont @scinews.bsky.social @esci.eu @chronicle.com @superbugs.bsky.social #SciComm

Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · Aug 25

Seaweed aquaculture eyes holobiont optimization. More evidence that breeding programs are starting to get on top of it.

Host-Microbiome Ecology in a Seaweed Holobiont: Current Understanding, Technological Advancements, and Manipulation Approaches

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Aug 20

#Biodiversity -friendly landscapes: A paradox for conservation?
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Biodiversity-friendly landscapes: A paradox for conservation?

Biodiversity-friendly landscapes help prevent species loss in farmland by inhibiting more than facilitating global change winners.

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Aug 20

How getting #tenure changes researchers’ #publication habits - and #citations
#AcademicJob #phdlife #postdoclife #research @phdvoice.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social @insidehighered.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How getting tenure changes researchers’ publication habits — and citations

Paper output varies between disciplines, as does the trend after tenure is achieved.

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Aug 20

Geographical #diversity of peer reviewers shapes author success
@scinews.bsky.social #peerreview #science @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @esci.eu @chronicle.com @superbugs.bsky.social sky.social #SciComm
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Geographical diversity of peer reviewers shapes author success | PNAS

Scientific institutions like funding agencies and journals rely on peer reviewers to select among competing submissions. How does the geographical ...

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Aug 16

@femsmicro.org @isme-microbes.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @scinews.bsky.social @esci.eu @chronicle.com @superbugs.bsky.social

ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Aug 15

Saddened to learn of the passing of Moselio "Elio" Schaechter—Distinguished Professor at Tufts, SDSU and UCSD—humanist and visionary leader in the fields of microbiology and scientific communication—mentor, friend, and inspiration to me and so many others

Small Things Considered
Big Things Achieved