Xabier Lopez-Alforja
@xabilopalf.bsky.social
Marine Microbial Ecology 🔬 at the @icmcsic.bsky.social
💻 🧬 Virus Bioinformatics
📊 Omic-data Analysis
Resque Diver | Night & Nitrox diver || (he/him)
💻 🧬 Virus Bioinformatics
📊 Omic-data Analysis
Resque Diver | Night & Nitrox diver || (he/him)
Pinned
Long-term decline of marine viruses associated with warming and oligotrophication at a NW Mediterranean coastal site
Abstract. Viruses play key roles in controlling microbial abundance and community composition, nutrient cycling, and productivity in marine systems. Rising
doi.org
#NewPaperAlert in @isme-microbes.bsky.social
🔬 18 yrs of Blanes Bay surface water data show warming & oligotrophication reshape viral communities. @icmcsic.bsky.social
📉 Decline in viruses, microbes & phytoplankton.
🌡️ Linked to temp rise, transparency & nutrient loss.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
🔬 18 yrs of Blanes Bay surface water data show warming & oligotrophication reshape viral communities. @icmcsic.bsky.social
📉 Decline in viruses, microbes & phytoplankton.
🌡️ Linked to temp rise, transparency & nutrient loss.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Here is the interview with @ib3oficial.bsky.social that they did with me about our latest article on the decline of viral abundance in the Mediterranean.
What's happening to coastal viral communities? How is climate change affecting them?
Starts in the min 23.30
totib3.org/play/radio/n...
What's happening to coastal viral communities? How is climate change affecting them?
Starts in the min 23.30
totib3.org/play/radio/n...
tot IB3 | Nautilus | Capítol 20251227210400
Capítol 20251227210400 a la carta del programa Nautilus als servei de contingut a la carta d'IB3
totib3.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Here is the interview with @ib3oficial.bsky.social that they did with me about our latest article on the decline of viral abundance in the Mediterranean.
What's happening to coastal viral communities? How is climate change affecting them?
Starts in the min 23.30
totib3.org/play/radio/n...
What's happening to coastal viral communities? How is climate change affecting them?
Starts in the min 23.30
totib3.org/play/radio/n...
Reposted by Xabier Lopez-Alforja
#NewResearch
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes
@rstepanauskas.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes
@rstepanauskas.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes - Nature Microbiology
Environmental micro-compartment genomics provides efficient and high-throughput single-particle DNA sequencing that captures overlooked members of microbial communities.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#NewResearch
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes
@rstepanauskas.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes
@rstepanauskas.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Xabier Lopez-Alforja
📢Join us for the next ECR #Viromics Webinar:
"Untangle the complexity of the virosphere using single-cell RNA-sequencing"
🎙️ Amir Fromm | Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
🗓️ 12 November 2025, 4 PM CET
📍 Online | Zoom (register for login details)
👉 coms.osu.edu/webinars/ecr...
"Untangle the complexity of the virosphere using single-cell RNA-sequencing"
🎙️ Amir Fromm | Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
🗓️ 12 November 2025, 4 PM CET
📍 Online | Zoom (register for login details)
👉 coms.osu.edu/webinars/ecr...
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📢Join us for the next ECR #Viromics Webinar:
"Untangle the complexity of the virosphere using single-cell RNA-sequencing"
🎙️ Amir Fromm | Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
🗓️ 12 November 2025, 4 PM CET
📍 Online | Zoom (register for login details)
👉 coms.osu.edu/webinars/ecr...
"Untangle the complexity of the virosphere using single-cell RNA-sequencing"
🎙️ Amir Fromm | Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
🗓️ 12 November 2025, 4 PM CET
📍 Online | Zoom (register for login details)
👉 coms.osu.edu/webinars/ecr...
A press note on our latest study has been released (select the language in the web)
📉 An unprecedented decline in marine viruses in the Western Mediterranean, based on over 20 years of data from the Blanes Microbial Observatory.
🗞️ Read the full press release here:
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/unpr...
📉 An unprecedented decline in marine viruses in the Western Mediterranean, based on over 20 years of data from the Blanes Microbial Observatory.
🗞️ Read the full press release here:
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/unpr...
Unprecedented decline in marine viruses in the western Mediterranean linked to climate change revealed | Institut de Ciències del Mar
A team led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has described a sustained and unprecedented decrease in the abundance of marine viruses in the northwestern Mediterranean over the last two de...
www.icm.csic.es
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A press note on our latest study has been released (select the language in the web)
📉 An unprecedented decline in marine viruses in the Western Mediterranean, based on over 20 years of data from the Blanes Microbial Observatory.
🗞️ Read the full press release here:
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/unpr...
📉 An unprecedented decline in marine viruses in the Western Mediterranean, based on over 20 years of data from the Blanes Microbial Observatory.
🗞️ Read the full press release here:
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/unpr...
Same patterns to those we've been observing in the mediterranean sea! Decrease in the overalll chlorophyll-a values
Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs 🌊
Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate
Chlorophyll a is declining in low- to mid-latitude oceans, indicating reduced ocean productivity and fewer phytoplankton blooms.
www.science.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Same patterns to those we've been observing in the mediterranean sea! Decrease in the overalll chlorophyll-a values
What a week in @same18-bcn.bsky.social in Barcelona! 🔬🧬
🌊🦠Presented my work on giant viruses & virophages in marine protists - even in the Hangover session!
🥂Great to have a moment to answer brilliant questions and make new connections 🌊
#giantvirus #virophages #SAME18 #AquaticMicrobiology
🌊🦠Presented my work on giant viruses & virophages in marine protists - even in the Hangover session!
🥂Great to have a moment to answer brilliant questions and make new connections 🌊
#giantvirus #virophages #SAME18 #AquaticMicrobiology
October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What a week in @same18-bcn.bsky.social in Barcelona! 🔬🧬
🌊🦠Presented my work on giant viruses & virophages in marine protists - even in the Hangover session!
🥂Great to have a moment to answer brilliant questions and make new connections 🌊
#giantvirus #virophages #SAME18 #AquaticMicrobiology
🌊🦠Presented my work on giant viruses & virophages in marine protists - even in the Hangover session!
🥂Great to have a moment to answer brilliant questions and make new connections 🌊
#giantvirus #virophages #SAME18 #AquaticMicrobiology
Reposted by Xabier Lopez-Alforja
🏆The GAMANN-vir code is now open-source for the community!🏆
This tool was designed to analyze complex time series and handle intricate interactions. GAMANN-vir strategically combines GAMMs (trends and seasonality) and Neural Networks (ANNs) (robust predictive modeling).
github.com/xabilopalf/G...
This tool was designed to analyze complex time series and handle intricate interactions. GAMANN-vir strategically combines GAMMs (trends and seasonality) and Neural Networks (ANNs) (robust predictive modeling).
github.com/xabilopalf/G...
GitHub - xabilopalf/GAMMANN-Vir: GAMM and ANN modelling for Viral Abundance Time Series
GAMM and ANN modelling for Viral Abundance Time Series - xabilopalf/GAMMANN-Vir
github.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🏆The GAMANN-vir code is now open-source for the community!🏆
This tool was designed to analyze complex time series and handle intricate interactions. GAMANN-vir strategically combines GAMMs (trends and seasonality) and Neural Networks (ANNs) (robust predictive modeling).
github.com/xabilopalf/G...
This tool was designed to analyze complex time series and handle intricate interactions. GAMANN-vir strategically combines GAMMs (trends and seasonality) and Neural Networks (ANNs) (robust predictive modeling).
github.com/xabilopalf/G...
#NewPaperAlert in @isme-microbes.bsky.social
🔬 18 yrs of Blanes Bay surface water data show warming & oligotrophication reshape viral communities. @icmcsic.bsky.social
📉 Decline in viruses, microbes & phytoplankton.
🌡️ Linked to temp rise, transparency & nutrient loss.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
🔬 18 yrs of Blanes Bay surface water data show warming & oligotrophication reshape viral communities. @icmcsic.bsky.social
📉 Decline in viruses, microbes & phytoplankton.
🌡️ Linked to temp rise, transparency & nutrient loss.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Long-term decline of marine viruses associated with warming and oligotrophication at a NW Mediterranean coastal site
Abstract. Viruses play key roles in controlling microbial abundance and community composition, nutrient cycling, and productivity in marine systems. Rising
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#NewPaperAlert in @isme-microbes.bsky.social
🔬 18 yrs of Blanes Bay surface water data show warming & oligotrophication reshape viral communities. @icmcsic.bsky.social
📉 Decline in viruses, microbes & phytoplankton.
🌡️ Linked to temp rise, transparency & nutrient loss.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
🔬 18 yrs of Blanes Bay surface water data show warming & oligotrophication reshape viral communities. @icmcsic.bsky.social
📉 Decline in viruses, microbes & phytoplankton.
🌡️ Linked to temp rise, transparency & nutrient loss.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Reposted by Xabier Lopez-Alforja
Reposted by Xabier Lopez-Alforja
@putomikel.bsky.social i Enrique Moral de Eusebio ens parlaran d’arqueologia queer; entenent-la no només com un nou enfocament del passat, sinó també com una interpel·lació als discursos que hem produït històricament i al lloc des d’on s’han enunciat.
www.instituthumanitats.org/ca/cursos/ar...
www.instituthumanitats.org/ca/cursos/ar...
Arqueologies queer (Presencial)
Gènere, sexualitat i materialitats des de la prehistòria fins a la modernitat
www.instituthumanitats.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 AM
@putomikel.bsky.social i Enrique Moral de Eusebio ens parlaran d’arqueologia queer; entenent-la no només com un nou enfocament del passat, sinó també com una interpel·lació als discursos que hem produït històricament i al lloc des d’on s’han enunciat.
www.instituthumanitats.org/ca/cursos/ar...
www.instituthumanitats.org/ca/cursos/ar...