Curtis Suttle
@virosphere.bsky.social
Purveyor of the Virosphere.
Professor Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, Botany, and the Inst for the Oceans & Fisheries - UBC
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/curtissuttle
Professor Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, Botany, and the Inst for the Oceans & Fisheries - UBC
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/curtissuttle
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Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
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The Department of Physics & Astronomy invites young scientists and their families to our free science show on Sunday November 30, 2025 on UBC campus! Come explore science with us as we 'Expand our Senses and movements with Tech!' phas.ubc.ca/2025-faraday... @triumflab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Department of Physics & Astronomy invites young scientists and their families to our free science show on Sunday November 30, 2025 on UBC campus! Come explore science with us as we 'Expand our Senses and movements with Tech!' phas.ubc.ca/2025-faraday... @triumflab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.
When you peak inside an oyster, it's remarkable what one finds. Rather than "The world is my oyster" sensu William Shakespeare, it should be changed to "The world is an oyster", as a metaphor of the vast diversity of life residing within these humble molluscs; there are magnificent microbes within.
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When you peak inside an oyster, it's remarkable what one finds. Rather than "The world is my oyster" sensu William Shakespeare, it should be changed to "The world is an oyster", as a metaphor of the vast diversity of life residing within these humble molluscs; there are magnificent microbes within.
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Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent with global warming, but could they in turn exacerbate climate change? In a new study, Steven Hallam's team reports that spurts of intense ocean warming can impact microbial community structure and carbon cycling: mbim.ubc.ca/news/marine-...
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent with global warming, but could they in turn exacerbate climate change? In a new study, Steven Hallam's team reports that spurts of intense ocean warming can impact microbial community structure and carbon cycling: mbim.ubc.ca/news/marine-...
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I gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below.
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
The social lives of viruses | Asher Leeks | TEDxNewEngland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below.
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
Come join us at UBC!
The Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver seeks an emerging research leader for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair position in Medical Physics. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/307... @science.ubc.ca @ubcmedicine.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Come join us at UBC!
Another casualty of the time, after nearly four decades, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is shutting down www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtm....
ARCUS Final ARCUS Community Call
YouTube video by Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Another casualty of the time, after nearly four decades, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is shutting down www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtm....
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As the government finalizes its plan to transition away from open-net pen #salmon farming in B.C., it is crucial that decision-makers have a clear pathway to receive robust #science advice - Dr. Gideon Mordecai vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
Opinion: DFO’s flawed science leaves wild salmon vulnerable to disease
As government finalizes plan to transition away from open-net pen salmon farming in B.C., decision-makers must receive robust science advice
vancouversun.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As the government finalizes its plan to transition away from open-net pen #salmon farming in B.C., it is crucial that decision-makers have a clear pathway to receive robust #science advice - Dr. Gideon Mordecai vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
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In as much as a third of flu infections, parasitic "cheating" viruses 🦠 come to outnumber normal viruses - which helps limit the severity of infections 🧪
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
Some viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health
Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems these cheats may outnumber normal viruses in a third of influenza cases, red...
www.newscientist.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In as much as a third of flu infections, parasitic "cheating" viruses 🦠 come to outnumber normal viruses - which helps limit the severity of infections 🧪
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
That's what @asherleeks.bsky.social and co have found by analysing sequencing data
www.newscientist.com/article/2496...
Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
September 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca
Table of Contents — August 19, 2025, 122 (33) | PNAS
View the Table of Contents for Volume 122, Issue 33
www.pnas.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca
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Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Come join us in Knoxville. Faculty position looking for those interested in the quantitative aspects of phototroph-microbe interactions.
Come join us at UBC, and flex your pedagogical vision!
@science.ubc.ca is hiring a Black scholar for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor of Teaching! Seeking applicants in data, computer, computational, environmental sciences, or stats.
❗Deadline: Oct 15, 2025❗
🔗Details: tinyurl.com/4xxt5nww
@cs.ubc.ca @ubcoceans.bsky.social
❗Deadline: Oct 15, 2025❗
🔗Details: tinyurl.com/4xxt5nww
@cs.ubc.ca @ubcoceans.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Come join us at UBC, and flex your pedagogical vision!
Coffee and snacks! 😲
Colloquium is back!!
8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job.
Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss!
12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!
8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job.
Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss!
12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Coffee and snacks! 😲
Congratulations! What a great group of researchers!
Congratulations to the UBC Science researchers named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada: Drs. William Cheung, Tamara Munzner, Ingrid Stairs, Allan Bertram & Joanna McGrenere. @src-rsc.bsky.social @ubcphas.bsky.social @chem.ubc.ca @cs.ubc.ca ubcoceans.bsky.socialscience.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...da
Five UBC Science researchers join Royal Society of Canada
Five UBC Science professors have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their research in the fields of atmospheric aerosols, marine ecosystems and fisheries, fast radio bursts, c...
science.ubc.ca
September 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Congratulations! What a great group of researchers!
Great opportunity to sharpen your climate chops, and get free pizza!
Sign up now at the link in bio for the Certificate in Climate Studies and Action Welcome event next Thursday!
- Meet other students
- Learn about the program
- 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change
- Pizza! 🍕
See you there :)
- Meet other students
- Learn about the program
- 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change
- Pizza! 🍕
See you there :)
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Great opportunity to sharpen your climate chops, and get free pizza!
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Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position.
Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/
#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation
Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/
#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation
July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position.
Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/
#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation
Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/
#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation
@kevinzhong2006.bsky.social shows that Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 has the genetic potential to produce aerolysin-like toxins journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... that could be involved in SSWD that killed billions of seastars www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
@kevinzhong2006.bsky.social shows that Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 has the genetic potential to produce aerolysin-like toxins journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... that could be involved in SSWD that killed billions of seastars www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We cannot definitively say that it was the cause, but we can show its association with a mass mortality event. This week we will collect more samples to see if it is associated with an ongoing mortality event.
Pacific oysters in British Columbia died in a mass mortality event in 2020. A study identifies the cause: Pacific Oyster Nidovirus 1. The virus possesses one of the largest reported genomes for an RNA virus at 64,331 base pairs. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We cannot definitively say that it was the cause, but we can show its association with a mass mortality event. This week we will collect more samples to see if it is associated with an ongoing mortality event.
Join a fantastic educational leadership team in @science.ubc.ca. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement, a joint appointment in @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social and the Michael Smith Laboratories. See full details academicjobsonline.org/ajo/events/3...
August 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Join a fantastic educational leadership team in @science.ubc.ca. Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement, a joint appointment in @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social and the Michael Smith Laboratories. See full details academicjobsonline.org/ajo/events/3...
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#UBC scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada.
The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when moving young oysters internationally and domestically: science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...
The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when moving young oysters internationally and domestically: science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...
New mega RNA virus may hold the key to mass oyster die-offs
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada.
science.ubc.ca
August 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#UBC scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada.
The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when moving young oysters internationally and domestically: science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...
The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when moving young oysters internationally and domestically: science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...
Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters. @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social @rhizalyssa.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters. @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social @rhizalyssa.bsky.social
B.C. scientists discover new oyster virus, solve mystery of sea star epidemic www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...
B.C. scientists discover new oyster virus, solve mystery of sea star epidemic
Researchers at a University of British Columbia lab have discovered a virus 'strongly associated' with mass die-offs of farmed Pacific oysters and, in a separate study, the bacteria that wiped out bil...
www.timescolonist.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
B.C. scientists discover new oyster virus, solve mystery of sea star epidemic www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...
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Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊
August 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊