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Thomas Mock
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Ocean Microbiome | Evolution | Algae | Diatoms | Genomics | Genetics | Biology | Ecology | Biotechnology | Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Phycology https://mocklab.com/ https://www.omicroncr.co.uk/
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 5h
Fully funded #PhD Studentship in my lab! Get in touch 😀

The role of light-driven proton pumps in sustaining oceanic primary production #microbial #rhodopsins #diatom #ocean
@ueaenv.bsky.social

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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 5h
Fully funded #PhD Studentship in my lab! Get in touch 😀

The role of light-driven proton pumps in sustaining oceanic primary production #microbial #rhodopsins #diatom #ocean
@ueaenv.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 6d
Our latest #preprint led by Yumary M. Vasquez & Frederik Schulz @jgi.doe.gov

The largest database of giant #virus MAGs (GVMAGs V2) with >18,000 genomes from #marine, freshwater, anthropogenic and terrestrial environments.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 8d
Congrats all! Exciting times ahead! Good luck everyone! 😊👍👏
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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 8d
Wel­come, MarMic Class of 2030!! 👩‍🔬

13 stu­dents from 8 countries have ar­rived to our In­ter­na­tional Max Planck Re­search School of Mar­ine Mi­cro­bi­o­logy MarMic.
We’re very happy to have you & look for­ward to the years ahead!
www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Welcome-M...
@maxplanck.de #marinebiology
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 8d
Congrats everyone including @paulgmock.bsky.social Good luck at @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social You are in good hands

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Welcome, MarMic Class of 2030
www.mpi-bremen.de
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14d
New Species Spotlight 👇

Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo zooms in and out on cyanobacteria

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Free to read: rdcu.be/eHZSN
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo zooms in and out on cyanobacteria.
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Axel Visel @axelvisel.bsky.social · 16d
Sequencing methods 🧬 have come a long way from census counts 🔢 to assembling genomes and understanding the functions 🧪 of bacteria and viruses.

New review by @jgi.doe.gov's Gitta Szabó, @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social, Tanja Woyke with @jeffinerca.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A genomic view of Earth’s biomes - Nature Reviews Genetics
Genome-wide approaches have uncovered the vast microbial and viral diversity across ecosystems. This Review explores advances in metagenomics, single-cell sequencing and functional profiling to elucid...
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 21d
Worth reading: A genome-wide CRISPR screen reveals how #diatoms thrive in dynamic light. From Ellen Yeh's group

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 23d
Cool preprint: Evidence for the acquisition of a proteorhodopsin-like #rhodopsin by a chrysophyte-infecting giant #virus

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 26d
UK introduces landmark legislation to protect world’s ocean
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK introduces landmark legislation to protect world’s ocean
The UK government introduces Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) legislation to help protect two-thirds of the world’s ocean.
www.gov.uk
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 5
Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature.

All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
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Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds
Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas
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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · Sep 2
Last few days for booking your online tickets!

Join leading coccolithophore scientists online at Advances in Coccolithophore Research 2025, 9-11 September. Full schedule including speakers and talks available - buff.ly/oaMjqZB

➡️ Book your ticket by Friday 5 September.
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 15
Thanks Nic. Extremly motile. This is why we had to use FACS to get clones. They are very fast on plates.
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 14
Our latest methods article led by Longji Deng. It enables to reverse engineer #photosynthesis in a eukaryotic heterotroph containing a "chloroplast": The #diatom Nitzschia putrida @ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 11
Our new paper just out in BMC Biology led by Johanna Winder: Environmental adaptations in #metagenomes revealed by deep learning. Artificial neural networks were used to classify ice-binding / substrate-binding proteins (DUF3494).

bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 10
Applecross Bay
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 9
Over the Scottish Highlands
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 9
Common sea urchin > 10cm in diameter.
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 8
Bealach na Bà pass - Scotland
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 6
Found some 👍
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Aug 6
Coral beach covered with maerl. Toscaig - Scotland
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Jul 31
Worth reading: #Arctic Ocean virus communities
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arctic Ocean virus communities and their seasonality, bipolarity, and prokaryotic associations - Nature Communications
Based on bulk DNA time-series sequencing of the surface Arctic Ocean, Calayag et al. show that planktonic viruses are strongly seasonal in abundance and community composition, and are correlated stron...
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Jul 31
Has ‘excellence’ funding brought a ‘German Harvard’ any closer? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/has-ex...
Has ‘excellence’ funding brought a ‘German Harvard’ any closer?
For two decades, Germany has spent billions of euros on boosting the research capacity of its top institutions. As selection proceeds for another six-year Excellence Strategy, Emily Dixon examines whe...
www.timeshighereducation.com
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Jul 27
For ocean lovers (in German)
www.zeit.de/2025/31/meer...
Meer: Das größte Geschenk, das der Mensch je bekommen hat
Wir haben das Meer gefürchtet und lieben gelernt. Ein Versuch, seine Magie zu ergründen: mit Menschen, die darauf leben, die es gerettet hat, die seinen Ursprung suchen
www.zeit.de
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Jul 16
Proud dad moment: Paul with a BSc (Hons) Biology from @newcastleuni.bsky.social
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Jul 15
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
www.theguardian.com
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