Eloi Martinez-Rabert
@drmartinezrabert.bsky.social
Postdoc at Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) & 🚴.
The trick is to never stop looking, there's always another secret.
📍 Marseille, France
Theoretical Models; Microbial Ecology; Aerobiology; Scientific Philosophy
The trick is to never stop looking, there's always another secret.
📍 Marseille, France
Theoretical Models; Microbial Ecology; Aerobiology; Scientific Philosophy
Pinned
"Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things" - Georgia O'Keeffe. Art and science in a single quote. I love it.
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A deeper than usual dive into Svalbard's evolving geopolitical landscape, as the power grab in Arctic territories intensifies
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/w...
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The Tug of War at the Top of the World
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:57 PM
A deeper than usual dive into Svalbard's evolving geopolitical landscape, as the power grab in Arctic territories intensifies
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/w...
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Strandline Glacier ❄️
Tethys Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica 🇦🇶
#ERC_SIESTA #POLARIN @erc.europa.eu @hfspo.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
Tethys Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica 🇦🇶
#ERC_SIESTA #POLARIN @erc.europa.eu @hfspo.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Strandline Glacier ❄️
Tethys Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica 🇦🇶
#ERC_SIESTA #POLARIN @erc.europa.eu @hfspo.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
Tethys Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica 🇦🇶
#ERC_SIESTA #POLARIN @erc.europa.eu @hfspo.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
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Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
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Hydrothermal vents spurred by seismic activity feed vital nutrients to Antarctic microbes. https://scim.ag/4qxojow
Deep-sea earthquakes fuel huge plankton blooms in Antarctica
Hydrothermal vents spurred by seismic activity feed vital nutrients to Antarctic microbes
www.science.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Hydrothermal vents spurred by seismic activity feed vital nutrients to Antarctic microbes. https://scim.ag/4qxojow
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3 weeks (half way!) into our #ERC_SIESTA field campaign in East Antarctica ❄️🐧 with @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social we're investigating #microbialdormancy in the #cryosphere 🧬🦠🔬 @cnr-isp.bsky.social XLI Italian Antarctic Expedition, Zucchelli Station, Victoria Land 🇦🇶🇮🇹🇪🇺 #POLARIN
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 AM
3 weeks (half way!) into our #ERC_SIESTA field campaign in East Antarctica ❄️🐧 with @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social we're investigating #microbialdormancy in the #cryosphere 🧬🦠🔬 @cnr-isp.bsky.social XLI Italian Antarctic Expedition, Zucchelli Station, Victoria Land 🇦🇶🇮🇹🇪🇺 #POLARIN
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A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
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...
doi.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
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PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils”
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils”
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Let's get negative about scholarly publishing – a new paper (first in a long time for me!) on proposals to tackle the problem of publication bias that emerged from a NINDS workshop held in May last year.
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Let’s get negative about scholarly publishing | Reciprocal Space
occamstypewriter.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Let's get negative about scholarly publishing – a new paper (first in a long time for me!) on proposals to tackle the problem of publication bias that emerged from a NINDS workshop held in May last year.
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/... [Direct link to paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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2 Postdoc vacancies: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
September 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
2 Postdoc vacancies: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
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Sabemos que diminutas formas de vida, como las bacterias, flotan en nuestra atmósfera. Pero ¿también proliferan y forman comunidades en ella? Una nueva investigación sugiere un enfoque de modelado que podría ayudar a responder esta pregunta. eos.org/research-spo...
¿Pueden los microorganismos prosperar en la atmósfera terrestre o simplemente sobreviven allí? - Eos
Un enfoque de modelización ascendente podría acercar a los científicos a la comprensión de las comunidades de microbios en la atmósfera.
eos.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sabemos que diminutas formas de vida, como las bacterias, flotan en nuestra atmósfera. Pero ¿también proliferan y forman comunidades en ella? Una nueva investigación sugiere un enfoque de modelado que podría ayudar a responder esta pregunta. eos.org/research-spo...
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Many years ago I wrote an unfunded😕 grant proposal to explore novel biogeochemical feedback loops in permafrost & marine cycles.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Today, this remarkable reporting about a new type of microbial feedback loop operative in Svalbard, accelerating glacier decay.
🧪
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Today, this remarkable reporting about a new type of microbial feedback loop operative in Svalbard, accelerating glacier decay.
🧪
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Many years ago I wrote an unfunded😕 grant proposal to explore novel biogeochemical feedback loops in permafrost & marine cycles.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Today, this remarkable reporting about a new type of microbial feedback loop operative in Svalbard, accelerating glacier decay.
🧪
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Today, this remarkable reporting about a new type of microbial feedback loop operative in Svalbard, accelerating glacier decay.
🧪
"Why would anyone want to be a scientist?"
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently...
journals.biologists.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"Why would anyone want to be a scientist?"
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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We know tiny life-forms like bacteria float through our atmosphere. But do they also proliferate and form communities there? New research suggests a modeling approach that could help answer this question.
eos.org/research-spo...
eos.org/research-spo...
Can Microorganisms Thrive in Earth’s Atmosphere, or Do They Simply Survive There? - Eos
A bottom-up modeling approach could bring scientists closer to understanding communities of microbes in the atmosphere.
eos.org
August 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We know tiny life-forms like bacteria float through our atmosphere. But do they also proliferate and form communities there? New research suggests a modeling approach that could help answer this question.
eos.org/research-spo...
eos.org/research-spo...
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Does the atmosphere harbour a resident, growing microbial ecosystem? ⛅
Here in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social we outline how theoretical tools 📝 & modelling 💻 can bring us closer to the answer
Congrats lead author @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social
🧵 thread 👇
tinyurl.com/7pdfm7uw
Here in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social we outline how theoretical tools 📝 & modelling 💻 can bring us closer to the answer
Congrats lead author @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social
🧵 thread 👇
tinyurl.com/7pdfm7uw
Investigating the Atmospheric Microbial Ecosystem Through Theory, Bioenergetics, and Numerical Modeling: A Breath of Fresh Air for Aeromicrobiology
Aerobiology research is hindered by several technical challenges facing experimental studies, sampling, and monitoring strategies Theoretical approaches and numerical modeling tools provide power...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Does the atmosphere harbour a resident, growing microbial ecosystem? ⛅
Here in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social we outline how theoretical tools 📝 & modelling 💻 can bring us closer to the answer
Congrats lead author @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social
🧵 thread 👇
tinyurl.com/7pdfm7uw
Here in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social we outline how theoretical tools 📝 & modelling 💻 can bring us closer to the answer
Congrats lead author @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social
🧵 thread 👇
tinyurl.com/7pdfm7uw
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Our article showing energy production from air alone is in PNAS today. This paper provides an ultimate biochemical proof that microbes can survive simply by 'making' energy from air (making two ATP per molecule atmospheric H2 consumed) and has biotech applications. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
ATP synthesis driven by atmospheric hydrogen concentrations | PNAS
All cells require a continuous supply of the universal energy currency, adenosine
triphosphate (ATP), to drive countless cellular reactions. The un...
www.pnas.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Our article showing energy production from air alone is in PNAS today. This paper provides an ultimate biochemical proof that microbes can survive simply by 'making' energy from air (making two ATP per molecule atmospheric H2 consumed) and has biotech applications. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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How may theoretical ecology & evolutionary theory push microbiology forward?
At Environmental Microbiology, I am commissioning a series of Perspectives exploring that question. Excited to share them in the 🧵 below
The series is open, so do get in touch if you'd like to propose a new contribution!
At Environmental Microbiology, I am commissioning a series of Perspectives exploring that question. Excited to share them in the 🧵 below
The series is open, so do get in touch if you'd like to propose a new contribution!
July 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How may theoretical ecology & evolutionary theory push microbiology forward?
At Environmental Microbiology, I am commissioning a series of Perspectives exploring that question. Excited to share them in the 🧵 below
The series is open, so do get in touch if you'd like to propose a new contribution!
At Environmental Microbiology, I am commissioning a series of Perspectives exploring that question. Excited to share them in the 🧵 below
The series is open, so do get in touch if you'd like to propose a new contribution!
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"across Titan's vast ocean, the overall weight of life could measure "only a few kilograms at most – equivalent to the mass of a small dog," Affholder explains"
flip.it/9OT9hu
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Titan Could Have An Alien Biosphere – But It Might Be Dog-Sized
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could harbor life in its hidden underground ocean – yet Titan's entire aquatic biosphere may weigh no more than a miniature poodle, according to new research.
flip.it
July 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"across Titan's vast ocean, the overall weight of life could measure "only a few kilograms at most – equivalent to the mass of a small dog," Affholder explains"
flip.it/9OT9hu
flip.it/9OT9hu
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At ASM Microbe? Check out @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social poster EEB-SUNDAY-1162 - “Exploring Earth's Atmosphere as an Active Microbial Ecosystem Using Thermodynamic Principles and Bioenergetic Modeling” on Sunday 🦠🌥️⚡️🧬 @hfspo.bsky.social @asm.org #ASMicrobe
June 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At ASM Microbe? Check out @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social poster EEB-SUNDAY-1162 - “Exploring Earth's Atmosphere as an Active Microbial Ecosystem Using Thermodynamic Principles and Bioenergetic Modeling” on Sunday 🦠🌥️⚡️🧬 @hfspo.bsky.social @asm.org #ASMicrobe
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Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate change in the Antarctic by contributing to increased cloud formation, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/4k8rAYU 🧪
May 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate change in the Antarctic by contributing to increased cloud formation, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/4k8rAYU 🧪
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Congrats to @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @reymourot.bsky.social & Sibylle Lebert @mioceanologie.bsky.social for representing @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA & @hfspo.bsky.social Atmosphere projects at JSM3 conference in Marseille ☀️ while I’m in Antarctica 🌚 #SD049 @cnrs.fr @cnrs-insu.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Congrats to @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @reymourot.bsky.social & Sibylle Lebert @mioceanologie.bsky.social for representing @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA & @hfspo.bsky.social Atmosphere projects at JSM3 conference in Marseille ☀️ while I’m in Antarctica 🌚 #SD049 @cnrs.fr @cnrs-insu.bsky.social
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Come and join me in Marseille ☀️🌊🐟🔬🇫🇷🇪🇺
Aix-Marseille University in France will provide 15 million Euros over 3 years to 15 American scientists who feel threatened or hindered in their research by the orange manbaby.
French University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump Censorship
The program, called ‘safe place for science,’ offers American scientists funding to continue their research in France.
www.404media.co
March 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Come and join me in Marseille ☀️🌊🐟🔬🇫🇷🇪🇺
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We currently have days of persistent positive degrees in the depths of winter in the high Arctic (79°N). Shocking temperature anomalies are becoming the norm. Already exceptionally high rainfall this winter, and thick ice covers the tundra instead of the usual snow. Unprecedented and terrifying 🌡️
February 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We currently have days of persistent positive degrees in the depths of winter in the high Arctic (79°N). Shocking temperature anomalies are becoming the norm. Already exceptionally high rainfall this winter, and thick ice covers the tundra instead of the usual snow. Unprecedented and terrifying 🌡️
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Tracing active members in microbial communities by BONCAT and click chemistry-based enrichment of newly synthesised proteins
#ISMEComms by Patrick Hellwig et al
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#ISMEComms by Patrick Hellwig et al
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Tracing active members in microbial communities by BONCAT and click chemistry-based enrichment of newly synthesised proteins
Abstract. A comprehensive understanding of microbial community dynamics is fundamental to the advancement of environmental microbiology, human health, and
academic.oup.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Tracing active members in microbial communities by BONCAT and click chemistry-based enrichment of newly synthesised proteins
#ISMEComms by Patrick Hellwig et al
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#ISMEComms by Patrick Hellwig et al
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Are they [atmospheric microorganisms] also awake contemplating this marvellous sunset?
December 5, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Are they [atmospheric microorganisms] also awake contemplating this marvellous sunset?
