Scientists are one step closer to understanding the origins of complex life on Earth after shedding new light on a mystery about our microbial ancestors. https://cnn.it/4srOEWd
New paper from my team detailing a greatly expanded genomic database of Asgard archaea revealing of high energy metabolism those related to eukaryotes! Led by @katyappler.bsky.social lots of help from @jameslingford.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @kassipan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thanks! Yes I love the PowerSoil, but am hoping to do a co-extraction on a spin column based kit so exploring this PowerFecal kit as an option!
Has anyone had success using the Qiagen AllPrep PowerFecal Kits with sediment? Really would love to hear feedback about you experience, hoping to use this kit for DNA/RNA extractions! #microbiome #microbe #metagenomics #metatranscriptomics #DNAextractions
My article on aeonophiles (ultra-long lived organisms) came out in Aeon Magazine today!
Are you a long-time fan of Archaea, an extremophile-phile, or are you simply curious?
Either way, we have good news.
We’re delighted to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on Archaea, 6–10 July.
Sign up: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc...
We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge, UK.
Please repost!
Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
A bunch of activity in the Falkor (too) hangar today.
Diving now....https://www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
#AsgardArchaea
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@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
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The sediment in these cores is pungent. ‘Smells like a new phylum’ says Stavros. We are all hoping for a new old one.
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I love late night science and extractions are one of the most rewarding ways to spend an evening when we get to sequence right on board! Having a wonderful time doing real time metagenomics on the Falkor (too)! @emaguilarpine.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social
#AsgardArchaea team, led by @archaeal.bsky.social fr @texasscience.bsky.social — sequencing the DNA collected fr mouth of Rio de la Plata to the continental shelf of Uruguay to detect Asgards, a group of single-celled organisms & our closest microbial relatives on the tree of life. bit.ly/3MdniTH
Today's dive site, to ~2,200m. We will be streaming 9am-3pm Central. At www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
#AsgardArchaea
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Other researchers in action on Falkor (too)
Starting at 7pm Central I will be streaming from the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Uruguay!
Feel free to join and ask questions.
www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
The science team have boarded the Falkor (too)!
#AsgardArchaea
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@moorefound.bsky.social
Baker Lab 2025
The container is our field gear for the research expedition for Uruguay.
sites.utexas.edu/baker-lab/sp...
A cartoon depiction of the Asgard archaeon Skadiarchaeum sp., named after the Norse goddess of skiing and hunting, Skadi.
In a couple of days, my grad student Stavros Trimmer will present his new Asgard archaea culture at the GRC Archaea. He named it Skadiarchaeum after Skadi, the Norse goddess of skiing and hunting. Cartoon of Skadi based on cryoET, which was performed together with with @florianwollweber.bsky.social
Today's reading: Nature should be the model for microbial sciences journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... by @brettbakker.bsky.social @emilyraehyde.bsky.social and @pedroleao.bsky.social
Looks ideal for a talk I am working on on model organisms ...
Title: The phylogeny and metabolism underlying the global dominance of the freshwater Nanopelagicaceae lineage
Short Talk Symposia: Hot Topics in Microbial Diversity and Systematics
Session 6/21/2025 1:45- 3:45:00 403A
Presentation Time: 3:15:00 PM
Tomorrow at 12:45-1:30 in the EEB Track Hub in the poster hall #ASMmicrobe I am talking about microbial diversity including Asgard archaea, and an expanded tree of life from marine sediments.
Today at ASM Microbe - Carbon Cycling & Methylotrophy In Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Sediments Presentation Number: 5699 Date: Friday June 20th Time - Poster (10:30-11:30am, 4-5pm) AND Rapid Fire Talk (11:45-12:30pm) @emilyraehyde.bsky.social
Protect the transgender scientists 🏳️⚧️
A pleasure to be part of the AQTES group, so many amazing and inspiring scientists!
No better time to see this piece published. Happy Pride Month 🌈
The Baker Lab is invading LA for #ASMMicrobe
Officially arrived at my first ASM! My poster is tomorrow in the EEB01 Microbial Ecology session (10:30-11:30am & 4-5pm) + I have a rapid talk at 11:45 in the EEB Track Hub! Can’t wait to chat with you all this weekend! 🧫
"In a competitive academic world, building bridges instead of walls may be our most powerful tool to accelerate discovery and rebuild public trust in science."
I'm very happy with this article piece! 🥳
www.the-scientist.com/science-thri...
Got to visit one of my favorite places this weekend where I started studying large lakes and the microbes that run them! 🌊
Thursday! Episode 92 of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. Valerie DeAnda Torres of the University of Florida joined the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work of her research group in studying evolution of metabolic pathways in the deep ocean. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord!
youtu.be/nNcXGmh9CZo?...
It’s a tad breezy today.
#AlaskaSky #DY2504
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