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Elaine Luo
@oceanmicrobes.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Microbial ecology 🚢 oceanography 🌊 viruses 🦠 metagenomics 🧬 first-gen 🎓 https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/microbial-ecology-lab
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Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social · Aug 19
I am excited to share that I received an award from the National Science Foundation!

I'm considering candidates for up to two postdoc positions - reach out by Aug 28th for full consideration.

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Luo Lab - Microbial Ecology - join
The Luo Lab is accepting applications for funded Postdoc and PhD opportunities. Details below. Lab members will have access to state-of-the art wet lab, and computing, and sequencing resources, inclu...
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Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social · Jul 8
Funded postdoc + PhD opportunities in marine microbial ecology! Please share with folks that might be interested.

Start date is flexible (fall 2025 to summer 2026)

More about the lab + applying (Postdoc rolling, PhD apps due Oct/Jan):
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Luo Lab - Microbial Ecology - join
The Luo Lab is accepting applications for funded Postdoc and PhD opportunities. Details below. Lab members will have access to state-of-the art wet lab, and computing, and sequencing resources, inclu...
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Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 26
Congratulations Moin!!! My first PhD student’s first first-authored publication (😂) @moinsheam.bsky.social

Champagne tastes best from thrift store cups 😉

Thank you reviewers and editors at @isme-microbes.bsky.social for your support and feedback ❤️
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Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 26
Lab’s first publication as #newPI @isme-microbes.bsky.social 😃

We observed evidence supporting the viral shuttle hypothesis in giant viruses. We also observed convergent evolution amongst giant viruses and bacteriophages to light-energy and nutrient limitation.

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Vertical transport and spatiotemporal dynamics of giant viruses in the North Pacific subtropical gyre
Abstract. Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, or “giant viruses,” are prevalent in marine environments, infecting diverse eukaryotic lineages and influenc
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Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 23
Grateful for the @hypothesisfund.bsky.social and excited for more cool science!
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Hypothesis Fund @hypothesisfund.bsky.social · Jun 17
🌠 Announcing our latest awardees! 🤩 These talented scientists are uncovering how viruses infect cells, decoding cell behavior, and exploring the hidden biology in the ocean: bit.ly/HFAwardees.

Meet the awardees & hear about their bold projects from our #HFScouts 👇 /1
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · May 29
Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs support the survival of marine microalgae in nitrogen-depleted environment genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #jcampubs 🌊
Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs support the survival of marine microalgae in nitrogen-depleted environment - Genome Biology
Background Non-cyanobacteria diazotrophs (NCDs) are shown to dominate in surface waters shifting the long-held paradigm of cyanobacteria dominance. This raises fundamental questions on how these putat...
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Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social · May 28
Lab's first preprint! #newPI

We show that viruses are active agents that recycle carbon fixed by productive chemoautotrophs, shaping our understanding of carbon cycling in redox-active ecosystems.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Virus-mediated recycling of chemoautotrophic biomass
Aquatic environments absorb ~2.5 gigatonnes of atmospheric carbon each year, more than the carbon stored in the atmosphere, soils, and all biomass combined. Primary producers transform this dissolved ...
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Apr 19
🙏 We need your help 🙏

The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.

We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:

NIH:
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NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

w/ @noamross.net
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Apr 21
Harvard sues: a 🎁 link + an important step in responding to ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle American leadership in science & research.

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Harvard University Sues Trump Administration (Gift Article)
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.
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Mya Breitbart @viromegirl.bsky.social · Apr 20
Excited to share our new mSphere paper describing ssRNA viruses associated with Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida in mSphere led by Jean Lim - a 🧵(1/10) 🧪🦠🌊 #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky #USFCMS @asm.org @cmarinescience.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Image of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis under the microscope. The dinoflagellate is heart shaped and the chloroplasts are clearly visible around the edges of the cell.
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Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social · Feb 20
Hi everyone! New here 😄 excited to connect and learn about/share cool research in aquatic microbial ecology, or just science in general! Here's our lab photo to kick-start another year! #newPI
Luo Lab, spring 2025!
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