We're out at sea with C-COMP @microbialplanet.bsky.social and the AUV Clio. Clio's social media account has migrated from the other place to the blue place @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social , follow for mild sarcastic pseudo-first robot humor
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We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.

If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

🌊 ↪️↩️ Deep ocean currents play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life across the South Pacific Ocean, according to a groundbreaking study led by @jcvi.org and Scripps Oceanography scientists. More on the study published by @science.org. ⬇️

I know folks are using orbitraps to look at isotopes for geochemical applications with sulfur molecules. Also just had another geochemist colleague visiting to learn protein extraction to get at N isotopic signatures. I’ve always wanted to go next door and to use the AMS for C14 in peptides.

New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Excited to give a virtual seminar in the NASA LIFE RCN series next Tuesday June 10th, at 8am PST/11am EST.

I'll be talking about the Chitin Raft Hypothesis and the rise of planktonic marine cyanobacteria.

🧪🦠⚒️🌐 #Paleobio #MEvoSky #MicroSky

www.lifercn.org/events/2025-...

One visible impact of the illegal firing of NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) employees -

no 2025 data updates for water quality in W Lake Erie, meaning no public info on the harmful algal blooms.

We detected toxins in April, but we lost the folks who organize & report this data

🌊 Pre-registration is open for GEOTRACES Summer School 2025!

📅 17–21 Nov | 📍 Cape Town
🎓 Training in marine biogeochemistry of trace elements & isotopes for 36 students.

Apply by 30 June 2025 👉 geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org

#MarineScience #Biogeochemistry #SummerSchool
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Thanks for the plug Ben! Coming out on streaming in a few days too. Hope fellow chemists enjoy the cover art too.

Is the Zinc Hypothesis true? (Zn control of marine primary production). Apparently yes: by multiple independent lines of evidence, including zinc stress protein biomarkers, in the low pCO2 waters of a coastal Antarctica bloom. Thesis work by Riss Kell and many wonderful collabs. In Open review BG. 🌊

The Scottish have won the AI Wars.

We appreciate and understand the sentiment Ron. The ocean protein portal will not be blocking foreign IPs.

Super glad to share two new papers about how nutrient gradients impact alkaline phosphatase in the ocean. This was "that project" which followed from PhD to Postdoc to Assist. Prof, motivated by awesome collaborators! egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20... egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

"John Raven, FRS, FRSE: a truly great innovator in plant physiology, photosynthesis and much more" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.

Rapid Zinc uptake rates in Antarctica with a new stable isotope method, by former student Riss. If you know how easy it is to contaminate for zinc you’ll appreciate this study.

Well, hopefully not the about worst... We modeled how correlations work for environmental responsive transcripts and proteins because the starting inventory of both is small so the dynamic range is large, and why in log2 space many gene products don't correlate because of large protein inventories.

Ha, at least when they ask if you work on toxic chemicals you can say yes. I try to start a discussion about metal micronutrients…

Sunset on a chilly walk in Woods Hole

We have them too, as well as photovoltaics. Guilt free hot water.

We are very happy to announce a free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg to discuss integrated microbial 'omics and learn applications of anvi'o.

More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20...

Please apply and/or circulate 😇

Love the photo!

Ha! Maybe this will inspire me to finish a thesis paper too…