Such an incredible conference, had the best time! Congratulations all!
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We predict these archaea are non-methanogenic acetogens, impacting reservoirs for substrates involved in terrestrial ecosystem methane production. Looking forward to the next chapters as we continue to expand Asgard genomic diversity. 4/4

The cumulation of several years of work, we provided detailed metabolic descriptions of complete genomes supported by metatranscriptomics and structural modeling. Revealing unique metabolic pathways of these #Asgardarchaeota lineages in soils. 3/4

This collaboration between @archaeal and the Banfield Lab has been published in Nature Communications with co-first @luisvalentin.bsky.social. Here we uncover a novel class #Atabeyarchaeia and the first complete genome of #Freyarchaiea. #ArchaeaPower 2/4

Happy to share my 1st first-author paper in print! Asgard archaea modulate potential methanogenesis substrates in wetland soil. #ArchaeaSky 1/4
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Within this study, we combined manually curated complete genomes with metatranscriptomics and AlphaFold modeling to provide a comprehensive metabolic description and highlight the unique metabolic pathways of these lineages in California wetland soils. #ArchaeaPower 4/

New @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social preprint introduces Atabeyarchaeia and provides the 1st complete Freyarchaeia genome. As sister lineages, “Atabey” was named for the Earth and fertility mother goddess from Taíno mythology, and “Freya,” the Norse goddess of fertility, prosperity, & abundance. 3/

Happy to share my 1st first first-author paper in preprint with co-first @luisvalentin.bsky.social! Here, we describe three complete Asgard Archaea genomes from wetland soil in a collaboration between the @archaeal.bsky.social lab and the Banfield Lab. #ArchaeaSky 1/

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