Brad Weiler, Ph.D.
@bradweilerdives.bsky.social
Postdoc @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social and NOAA AOML Coral Program 🪸 | PhD from @delCampoLab | Coral Holobiont Function and Composition through Health and Disease 🔬🦠🧬
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🚨New Preprint Alert🚨 P. strigosa, a reef-building coral shows tightly regulated transcriptional control over natural diel cycles. #CoralReefs #Symbiosky #bioinformatics #marinemicrobes #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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1/ Bioinformaticians: our people skills matters as much as our code
Here’s why communication is your most underrated tool 🧵
Here’s why communication is your most underrated tool 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
1/ Bioinformaticians: our people skills matters as much as our code
Here’s why communication is your most underrated tool 🧵
Here’s why communication is your most underrated tool 🧵
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PhD scholarships in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand)
For more information please email Prof. Simon Davy at [email protected]
#coralreefs #cnidarians #phd #scholarship #dinoflagellate #symbiosis #marinebiology
For more information please email Prof. Simon Davy at [email protected]
#coralreefs #cnidarians #phd #scholarship #dinoflagellate #symbiosis #marinebiology
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
PhD scholarships in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand)
For more information please email Prof. Simon Davy at [email protected]
#coralreefs #cnidarians #phd #scholarship #dinoflagellate #symbiosis #marinebiology
For more information please email Prof. Simon Davy at [email protected]
#coralreefs #cnidarians #phd #scholarship #dinoflagellate #symbiosis #marinebiology
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My first #PhD dissertation chapter was just published in Ecology and Evolution! We characterized the gene expression patterns of staghorn and knobby brain corals in response to thermal preconditioning. read our #openaccess paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My first #PhD dissertation chapter was just published in Ecology and Evolution! We characterized the gene expression patterns of staghorn and knobby brain corals in response to thermal preconditioning. read our #openaccess paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
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We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
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1/ Working with big data in R?
Your wrangling just got a massive upgrade.
duckplyr is now in the tidyverse—and it’s fast. Really fast. 🧵
Your wrangling just got a massive upgrade.
duckplyr is now in the tidyverse—and it’s fast. Really fast. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1/ Working with big data in R?
Your wrangling just got a massive upgrade.
duckplyr is now in the tidyverse—and it’s fast. Really fast. 🧵
Your wrangling just got a massive upgrade.
duckplyr is now in the tidyverse—and it’s fast. Really fast. 🧵
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Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship in 2026? The Ewel fellowship at UF provides salary and research support for 2 years. I would be happy to sponsor a postdoc interested in microbial ecology of Florida coastal ecosystems.
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
Ewel Postdoctoral Fellowship | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs - University of Florida
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu
October 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship in 2026? The Ewel fellowship at UF provides salary and research support for 2 years. I would be happy to sponsor a postdoc interested in microbial ecology of Florida coastal ecosystems.
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...
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Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
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1. Postdoc in plant-fungal interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
Research Associate: Plant-fungal interactions
Research Associate: Plant-fungal interactions
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1. Postdoc in plant-fungal interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
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Oligonucleotide design meets big data:
We present oligoN-design, a simple, reproducible and versatile open-source tool to design specific primers and probes directly from large environmental DNA datasets.
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👉 github.com/MiguelMSandi...
We present oligoN-design, a simple, reproducible and versatile open-source tool to design specific primers and probes directly from large environmental DNA datasets.
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👉 github.com/MiguelMSandi...
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Oligonucleotide design meets big data:
We present oligoN-design, a simple, reproducible and versatile open-source tool to design specific primers and probes directly from large environmental DNA datasets.
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👉 github.com/MiguelMSandi...
We present oligoN-design, a simple, reproducible and versatile open-source tool to design specific primers and probes directly from large environmental DNA datasets.
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👉 github.com/MiguelMSandi...
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9 days till registration closes!
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The full list of workshop instructors is available here.
Registration closes November 15 🥳🥳
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Registration closes November 15 🥳🥳
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November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
9 days till registration closes!
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacterial warfare is associated with virulence and antimicrobial resistance - Nature Communications
Bacteria employ a range of competition systems that deliver toxins to inhibit competing strains. This study shows that these systems are particularly important for the ecology of virulent and antibiot...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our lab has published a couple of major papers in the past few months, which I would like to highlight in this thread! 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Our lab has published a couple of major papers in the past few months, which I would like to highlight in this thread! 🧵
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Quest for Orthologs 8 meeting report/review: where AI, protein structure, isoforms & domains meet orthology. We review recent developments in the field, with applications from environmental genomics to agriculture. Many authors, led by @irenejulca.bsky.social. Open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Quest for Orthologs in the era of Data Deluge and AI: Challenges and Innovations in Orthology Prediction and Data Integration - Journal of Molecular Evolution
The rapid advancement of DNA sequencing technologies and computational algorithms has led to an unprecedented surge in genomic data, driven by several large-scale sequencing projects worldwide. Orthol...
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Quest for Orthologs 8 meeting report/review: where AI, protein structure, isoforms & domains meet orthology. We review recent developments in the field, with applications from environmental genomics to agriculture. Many authors, led by @irenejulca.bsky.social. Open access: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
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Hi folks! Is anyone recruiting masters students that pay a livable stipend? I have an excellent senior who is an incredible researcher and seeking a position. She is top notch and really interested in mechanistic questions- currently working on Aiptasia, Astrangia and Nematostella.
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Hi folks! Is anyone recruiting masters students that pay a livable stipend? I have an excellent senior who is an incredible researcher and seeking a position. She is top notch and really interested in mechanistic questions- currently working on Aiptasia, Astrangia and Nematostella.
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We are happy to share our latest work in @nature.com . We study the genomic and cellular basis of facultative symbiosis in Oculina patagonica - a Mediterranean coral remarkable for its ability to survive long periods without algal symbionts. Led by Shani Levy and @xgrau.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eLbaZ
rdcu.be/eLbaZ
October 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We are happy to share our latest work in @nature.com . We study the genomic and cellular basis of facultative symbiosis in Oculina patagonica - a Mediterranean coral remarkable for its ability to survive long periods without algal symbionts. Led by Shani Levy and @xgrau.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eLbaZ
rdcu.be/eLbaZ
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Reminder, we’re hiring 2 PhD students for next year!! I’m extending the deadline to Nov 1, but please get your app in soon if you’re interested in joining us! More info is on our webpage. 🦠🦑
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
🚨🚨We’re hiring graduate students!🚨🚨
We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!
Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!
Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
opportunities – Symbiommunity Lab
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October 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Reminder, we’re hiring 2 PhD students for next year!! I’m extending the deadline to Nov 1, but please get your app in soon if you’re interested in joining us! More info is on our webpage. 🦠🦑
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)
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Planning a field-based DNA detection protocol for a parasite. Anyone have any recommendations for one or two step DNA extraction protocols that might be compatible in conditions with limited equipment? #science
October 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Planning a field-based DNA detection protocol for a parasite. Anyone have any recommendations for one or two step DNA extraction protocols that might be compatible in conditions with limited equipment? #science
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🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: [email protected]
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: [email protected]
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: [email protected]
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: [email protected]
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
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We examined Oxford Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing as a tool for recovering marine microbial communities and we are pleased with the results! Check out our preprint 🌎🧪🧬🌊🖥️🦠https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.20.676612v2.abstract
Evaluation of full-length 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing using Oxford Nanopore Technologies for diversity surveys of understudied microbiomes
1. The use of long-read sequencing using portable Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) is becoming increasingly popular in the study of host-associated microbiomes. However, its application has not yet...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We examined Oxford Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing as a tool for recovering marine microbial communities and we are pleased with the results! Check out our preprint 🌎🧪🧬🌊🖥️🦠https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.20.676612v2.abstract
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My group at NOAA/Miami is hiring a postdoc to lead a marine eDNA biodiversity effort (Bio-GO-SHIP). You'll develop and deploy high-throughput metabarcoding assays for ocean DNA. Help make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring! t.co/p53s7E0YiL
https://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/509519
t.co
September 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My group at NOAA/Miami is hiring a postdoc to lead a marine eDNA biodiversity effort (Bio-GO-SHIP). You'll develop and deploy high-throughput metabarcoding assays for ocean DNA. Help make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring! t.co/p53s7E0YiL
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We're hiring for several positions (a post-bac researcher in #transcriptomics, a #phage #postdoc, a senior researcher (broad topics) and a graduate student to work on #ciliates) - find info here: www.marine.usf.edu/genomics/app...
Apply - Genomics
www.marine.usf.edu
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're hiring for several positions (a post-bac researcher in #transcriptomics, a #phage #postdoc, a senior researcher (broad topics) and a graduate student to work on #ciliates) - find info here: www.marine.usf.edu/genomics/app...
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🪸 New paper alert 🧬
We developed a highly accurate diagnostic tool that classifies between two #coral diseases: white plague and stony coral tissue loss disease. This model accurately classified in situ collected diseased samples, supporting its use as a diagnostic tool.
rdcu.be/eCNic
We developed a highly accurate diagnostic tool that classifies between two #coral diseases: white plague and stony coral tissue loss disease. This model accurately classified in situ collected diseased samples, supporting its use as a diagnostic tool.
rdcu.be/eCNic
Leveraging machine learning to classify and characterize gene expression patterns in two coral diseases
rdcu.be
August 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🪸 New paper alert 🧬
We developed a highly accurate diagnostic tool that classifies between two #coral diseases: white plague and stony coral tissue loss disease. This model accurately classified in situ collected diseased samples, supporting its use as a diagnostic tool.
rdcu.be/eCNic
We developed a highly accurate diagnostic tool that classifies between two #coral diseases: white plague and stony coral tissue loss disease. This model accurately classified in situ collected diseased samples, supporting its use as a diagnostic tool.
rdcu.be/eCNic
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Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
Hello there 🦋
Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳
▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#protistsonsky
Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳
▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#protistsonsky
September 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky