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Benjamin Granzow

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He/Him | Postdoc @Scripps_Ocean in the Aluwihare Lab | DOM cycling and reactivity | Carotenoids | 🐢dad | Born when COβ‚‚ was 358 ppm | Views are my own

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Phosphate availability stabilizes fucoidan produced by marine microalgae Nature Microbiology, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02252-9Bacterial degradation of extracellular fucoidan is resource-intensive and, therefore, limited by low-phosphate concentrations. This mechanism provides a competitive advantage to fucoidan-producing microalgae and enhances carbon sequestration.
28.01.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phosphate limitation threshold for phosphonate utilization and methane production by carbon–phosphorus lyase in Stutzerimonas frequens The surface ocean is an important source of methane to the atmosphere, contributing 4% of natural global production. The degradation of methylphosphonate (MPn) is a key methane production pathway in ...

Check out our new paper looking at how phosphate limitation impacts DOP utilization and methane production by marine bacteria! Published today in L&O Letters! #C-PLyase

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05.01.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Got some great news today! We received funding from the UC ShipFunds program to conduct a research expedition next spring in the California Current Ecosystem examining the microbial and metabolic succession on particles as they sink out of the euphotic zone! #POP:ART

10.10.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

01.10.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 28324 πŸ” 7632 πŸ’¬ 1254 πŸ“Œ 1937

I came up on a surprisingly relevant line in Cervantes's Don Quixote today. "For the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it, but by spending it. And not by spending it at he pleases but knowing how to spend it well." Seems some morals still need to be taught, even after 400 years

27.08.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our centrivap because it runs at an insane RPM and has shattered glass test tubes before. Not fun to clean up.

15.08.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you need some talking points to share with your elected officials, I wrote some here and got dozens of scientific professional societies to sign on

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11.07.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Today @ucsandiego.bsky.social stood up and said academic freedom, fact-based governance, a diversity of thought and voice are cornerstones of our society. Today we stood up for science! #standupforscience2025

07.03.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ASM encourages our members to advocate for their research and for the microbial sciences. On Friday, March 7, there will be a rally to #standupforscience2025 in Washington, D.C. and more than 30 other locations nationwide. For information and updates, visit: standupforscience2025.org?trk=feed-det...

05.03.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Power Grab Threatens Science: We Need Scientists’ Help Scientists & experts: Sign the open letter urging Congress to protect against unconstitutional power grabs and defend science and scientists in the federal government.

Consider reading and (if you agree) signing this open letter to Congress requesting that they prevent the unlawful freezing of federal grants!

06.02.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Is the Molecular Weight of β€œHigh” Molecular Weight Dissolved Organic Matter? The use of ultrafiltration to isolate high molecular weight dissolved organic matter (HMWDOM) from seawater is a fundamental tool in the environmental organic chemist’s toolbox. Yet, important charact...

I'm stoked to share our work examining the molecular weight distribution of marine HMWDOM! #DissolvedOrganicMatter #NMR
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