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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 2h

PhD available in my group to work on polar nitrogen fixation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 4h

Research vessels aren’t just giant floating labs🔬🌊

For the scientists and crew onboard, they’re home for weeks - or even months - at a time.

We joined Captain Stewart Mackay for a sneak peek into life onboard the RRS Discovery.

@noc.ac.uk

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Juan Pierella Karlusich @jjpk.bsky.social · 20h

research.arcadiascience.com/pub/resource...

A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication

We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to u...

research.arcadiascience.com

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 1d

Getting ready for the #nanoSIMS workshop @openuniversity.bsky.social next week

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Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 1d

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back - Joe JACKSON @en.afp.com via Andrew ZININ @sciencex.bsky.social

phys.org/news/2025-10...

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back

Britain's flagship polar research vessel heads to Antarctica next week to help advance dozens of climate change-linked science projects, as Western nations spearhead studies there while the United Sta...

phys.org

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3d

PSA: it’s time to get your flu shot.

New flu vaccines are available for the 2025-2026 season, targeting three main virus strains. It's important to remember that the virus changes every year, making annual vaccination an important part of staying healthy. buff.ly/v2KTr6y
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Flu season has arrived – and so have updated flu vaccines

Despite some confusion around changing vaccine guidelines, the CDC still recommends an annual flu shot for everyone 6 months and older.

buff.ly

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 5d

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

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.

www.nature.com

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Metabarcoding and Metagenomics @mbmg.pensoft.net · 6d

Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...

@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social

From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding

In the last decades, environmental metabarcoding has revolutionised biodiversity research, particularly for microbial organisms such as protists, enabling large-scale assessments of diversity and ecol...

doi.org

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Ian Marshall @ianpgm.bsky.social · 5d

I'm recruiting a postdoc to figure out how aerobic methanotrophic bacteria oxidise methane in anoxic freshwater sediment environments: international.au.dk/about/profil... Come to Aarhus University in Denmark and work on this 2-year project funded by @villumfonden.bsky.social!

Postdoctoral position on methanotrophic bacteria - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Biology - Microbiology, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 5d

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 5d

Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications

Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.

www.nature.com

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 6d

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

Meta-analysis shows that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil organic carbon stock - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This meta-analysis finds that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil carbon compared with non-nitrogen-fixing species. Using nitrogen-fixing species for forestation, agriculture and land regeneration might therefore offer a nature-based solution to mitigate climate change.

www.nature.com

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 8d

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science.

Pls repost 🙏

www.evolbio.mpg.de/3838377/job_...

Two full-time positions | Bioinformatician (m/f/d) + Applications Specialist (m/f/d) - Molecular Biology

The Genome Facility at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön is seeking to fill two positions (full time) to support and expand our core facility services.

www.evolbio.mpg.de

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Nature @nature.com.web.brid.gy · 8d

Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

Nature, Published online: 06 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03227-w She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.

www.nature.com

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 8d

Mixed it up with this one www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Future ocean warming may cause large reductions in Prochlorococcus biomass and productivity - Nature Microbiology

Decade-long field measurements and modelling show that projected ocean temperatures could restrict cell division rates of an important marine cyanobacterium.

www.nature.com

Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 8d

It’s a model study, right?

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 9d

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

Future ocean warming may cause large reductions in Prochlorococcus biomass and productivity - Nature Microbiology

Decade-long field measurements and modelling show that projected ocean temperatures could restrict cell division rates of an important marine cyanobacterium.

www.nature.com

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 12d

Look at this nice cover: beautiful archaella, image made by @sshamphavi.bsky.social !

Thanks also to Marta Rodeiguez for keeping the EM im shape in @ottlab.bsky.social lab!

At @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 12d

Some keen Observations in Our October issue!

🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence

and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 12d

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SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · 12d

Group pic SAME18!

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 14d

I love oceanography, but it’s so cool to be back at a microbial ecology conference 💚

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 14d

@noc.ac.uk

Maria Papadatou @marypapadatou.bsky.social · 15d

@marbenavides.bsky.social gave an enlightening keynote talk on “Multifaceted insights into particle-associated N₂ fixation.”
#SAME18 @same18-bcn.bsky.social

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Isobel Yeo @isobelyeo.bsky.social · 14d

Great to see @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk quoted in this piece in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life

www.theguardian.com

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Olivier Sulpis @sulpis.bsky.social · 15d

🌟 Postdoc Opportunity in Marine Biogeochemistry at CNRS-CEREGE!

🚢 Are you a passionate researcher ready to tackle climate change? Dive into the ERC-funded Deep-C project in Aix-en-Provence, France!

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 15d

🙏thank you!

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 16d

Our Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships are still open for applications. This scheme offers a first step into an independent research career for outstanding early career scientists who require flexible working circumstances.

#RSGrants

https://royalsociety.org/grants/dorothy-hodgkin-fellowship/

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