Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón
@alejandrorgijon.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at the @mncn_csic | Microbial Ecology & Evolution 🦠🧬 | Marvel, whales, Eurovision & chocolate | #FirstGen | He/Him/Él 🏳️🌈
https://alejandrorgijon.github.io/
https://alejandrorgijon.github.io/
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Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance
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I am extremely happy to share our latest manuscript "Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance". This project started back in 2021-2022 and after a long time, it sees the light today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am glad to share our newest preprint "A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park" preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php... via @preprints.arphahub.com with @gecko1990.bsky.social, @themlab.bsky.social, @vicloma1.bsky.social and Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo.
A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park
Wetlands are ecosystems of environmental importance due to their role as biodiversity shelters. However, the intense anthropization of the landscape have propelled a decline in water quality and quant...
preprints.arphahub.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I am glad to share our newest preprint "A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park" preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php... via @preprints.arphahub.com with @gecko1990.bsky.social, @themlab.bsky.social, @vicloma1.bsky.social and Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo.
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Carbon source diversity shapes bacterial interspecies interactions academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Carbon source diversity shapes bacterial interspecies interactions academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
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Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community
@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community - Nature Communications
Here the authors leverage a crossfeeding, engineered microbial community to demonstrate that strain abundance cycles are robust across environmental conditions. They pair this with a nonlinear dynamic model to elucidate population cycles.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community
@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Started off as a reading group and led to a nice mini-review of microbiome evolution in natural communities. Complete credit to Abby for leading this fun collab! #mevosky
Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics
doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics
doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
Redirecting
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Started off as a reading group and led to a nice mini-review of microbiome evolution in natural communities. Complete credit to Abby for leading this fun collab! #mevosky
Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics
doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics
doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
I am extremely happy to share our latest manuscript "Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance". This project started back in 2021-2022 and after a long time, it sees the light today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am extremely happy to share our latest manuscript "Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance". This project started back in 2021-2022 and after a long time, it sees the light today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to share our lab's latest work led by PhD student
@maggielangwig.bsky.social
describing the ecology and evolution of viruses in globally distributed hydrothermal vents.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@maggielangwig.bsky.social
describing the ecology and evolution of viruses in globally distributed hydrothermal vents.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Endemism shapes viral ecology and evolution in globally distributed hydrothermal vent ecosystems - Nature Communications
Viruses are pivotal players in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, shaping microbiomes by preying on key hosts. Through a global-scale analysis of vent viruses and their interactions, this study reveals that...
www.nature.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Excited to share our lab's latest work led by PhD student
@maggielangwig.bsky.social
describing the ecology and evolution of viruses in globally distributed hydrothermal vents.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@maggielangwig.bsky.social
describing the ecology and evolution of viruses in globally distributed hydrothermal vents.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The wonderfully talented post-doc Sven Iburg, who was working with me in the last two years is seeking a new positon, pref BENELUX area. Let me know if you have any openings or suggestions! He is a true alrounder, really good both in the lab and with bioinformatics. meg.irsa.cnr.it/index.php/pe...
Sven Iburg
meg.irsa.cnr.it
April 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The wonderfully talented post-doc Sven Iburg, who was working with me in the last two years is seeking a new positon, pref BENELUX area. Let me know if you have any openings or suggestions! He is a true alrounder, really good both in the lab and with bioinformatics. meg.irsa.cnr.it/index.php/pe...
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Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu
Opportunités de carrière : Postdoctoral researcher in bacterial genomics (22209)
tinyurl.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu
I'm really happy to share that I recently started a postdoctoral position in the group of @gecko1990.bsky.social at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social!
⬇️ And keep an eye open, we are offering a JAE-intro position to work on river metagenomics! ⬇️
⬇️ And keep an eye open, we are offering a JAE-intro position to work on river metagenomics! ⬇️
¿Te interesan los microorganismos que habitan en los ríos? Ofrezco una #JAE_Intro para caracterizar la resistencia a antibióticos y diversidad procariota en las aguas del río Manzanares durante 7 meses en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social junto con @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social. DM para más información
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April 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm really happy to share that I recently started a postdoctoral position in the group of @gecko1990.bsky.social at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social!
⬇️ And keep an eye open, we are offering a JAE-intro position to work on river metagenomics! ⬇️
⬇️ And keep an eye open, we are offering a JAE-intro position to work on river metagenomics! ⬇️
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The ecological success of freshwater microorganisms is mediated by streamlining and biotic interactions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.644981v1
March 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The ecological success of freshwater microorganisms is mediated by streamlining and biotic interactions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.644981v1
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Congratulations 🎉 Kop et al : High diversity of nitrifying bacteria and archaea in biofilms from a subsea tunnel #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...
April 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Congratulations 🎉 Kop et al : High diversity of nitrifying bacteria and archaea in biofilms from a subsea tunnel #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...
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On hidden protist diversity (unfortunately the data is not available yet) #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Global Metagenomics Reveals Hidden Protist Diversity
Protists, defined as unicellular eukaryotes distinct from animals, plants, and fungi, are a polyphyletic group that predominates the eukaryotic tree of life, exhibiting significant phylogenetic divers...
www.biorxiv.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
On hidden protist diversity (unfortunately the data is not available yet) #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📢 6-month paid Masters internship available with me and @reymourot.bsky.social
Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere ❄️🦠🧬😴🌡️
Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social ☀️🌊⛰️🇫🇷
#ERC_SIESTA
Apply by 15 April
RT
Link 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851
Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere ❄️🦠🧬😴🌡️
Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social ☀️🌊⛰️🇫🇷
#ERC_SIESTA
Apply by 15 April
RT
Link 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851
M2 internship 2025-2026: Investigating Microbial Dormancy responses to stress cycles in the cryosphere
Supervisors: James A. BRADLEY (james.bradley@mio.osupytheas.fr) and Rey MOUROT (rey.mourot@mio.osupytheas.fr)
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
March 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📢 6-month paid Masters internship available with me and @reymourot.bsky.social
Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere ❄️🦠🧬😴🌡️
Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social ☀️🌊⛰️🇫🇷
#ERC_SIESTA
Apply by 15 April
RT
Link 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851
Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere ❄️🦠🧬😴🌡️
Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social ☀️🌊⛰️🇫🇷
#ERC_SIESTA
Apply by 15 April
RT
Link 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851
Does genome streamlining influence the prevalence and abundance of freshwater prokaryotes?
Does metabolic interdependencies influence the co-occurrence of prokaryotes in freshwater ecosytems?
⬇️ We examine the answer to these questions in our new pre-print ⬇️
Does metabolic interdependencies influence the co-occurrence of prokaryotes in freshwater ecosytems?
⬇️ We examine the answer to these questions in our new pre-print ⬇️
The ecological success of freshwater microorganisms is mediated by streamlining and biotic interactions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.644981v1
March 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Does genome streamlining influence the prevalence and abundance of freshwater prokaryotes?
Does metabolic interdependencies influence the co-occurrence of prokaryotes in freshwater ecosytems?
⬇️ We examine the answer to these questions in our new pre-print ⬇️
Does metabolic interdependencies influence the co-occurrence of prokaryotes in freshwater ecosytems?
⬇️ We examine the answer to these questions in our new pre-print ⬇️
Reposted by Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón
We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments.
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
March 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments.
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
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🚨 We are hiring for a 3-yr PDRA 🚨 The Whelan lab is seeking a microbiologist interested in microbe-pathogen competition and use of a Drosophila melanogaster chronic infection model to investigate the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. For more info check out whelanlab.co.uk & apply at the link below:
Research Associate in Microbe-Microbe Interactions :Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨 We are hiring for a 3-yr PDRA 🚨 The Whelan lab is seeking a microbiologist interested in microbe-pathogen competition and use of a Drosophila melanogaster chronic infection model to investigate the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. For more info check out whelanlab.co.uk & apply at the link below:
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Very proud that these just appeared in bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (reports 71 new SAR11 isolates, proposes names for 24 SAR11 genera).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (investigates the pangenome and metabolic determinants of habitat specificity in SAR11).
Wishing you a great 2025!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (reports 71 new SAR11 isolates, proposes names for 24 SAR11 genera).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (investigates the pangenome and metabolic determinants of habitat specificity in SAR11).
Wishing you a great 2025!
December 25, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Very proud that these just appeared in bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (reports 71 new SAR11 isolates, proposes names for 24 SAR11 genera).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (investigates the pangenome and metabolic determinants of habitat specificity in SAR11).
Wishing you a great 2025!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (reports 71 new SAR11 isolates, proposes names for 24 SAR11 genera).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (investigates the pangenome and metabolic determinants of habitat specificity in SAR11).
Wishing you a great 2025!
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The enigmatic, ultrasmall and largely uncultivated Candidate Phyla Radiation bacteria represent a treasure trove of potential discoveries, argues this recent Perspective in PNAS🕵️👇 from the Mougous Lab www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Beyond genomics in Patescibacteria: A trove of unexplored biology packed into ultrasmall bacteria | PNAS
Patescibacteria, also known as the Candidate Phyla Radiation, are a diverse clade
of largely uncultivated, small bacteria that comprise a significa...
www.pnas.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM
The enigmatic, ultrasmall and largely uncultivated Candidate Phyla Radiation bacteria represent a treasure trove of potential discoveries, argues this recent Perspective in PNAS🕵️👇 from the Mougous Lab www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We are very happy to announce a free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg to discuss integrated microbial 'omics and learn applications of anvi'o.
More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20...
Please apply and/or circulate 😇
More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20...
Please apply and/or circulate 😇
December 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM
We are very happy to announce a free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg to discuss integrated microbial 'omics and learn applications of anvi'o.
More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20...
Please apply and/or circulate 😇
More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20...
Please apply and/or circulate 😇
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Hello there 🖖
I'm thrilled to share our piece on *Microbial Functional Diversity and Redundancy* 🦠🧬🌍🔄📃
in #FEMSMicrobiologyReviews
Thanks @ramalok.bsky.social P. Galand @femsmicro.bsky.social
More trait approaches to know how and where will microbes guide Earth’s biomes on a changing planet ⁉️🌳🌊🌐⤵️
I'm thrilled to share our piece on *Microbial Functional Diversity and Redundancy* 🦠🧬🌍🔄📃
in #FEMSMicrobiologyReviews
Thanks @ramalok.bsky.social P. Galand @femsmicro.bsky.social
More trait approaches to know how and where will microbes guide Earth’s biomes on a changing planet ⁉️🌳🌊🌐⤵️
Microbial functional diversity and redundancy: moving forward
Abstract. Microbial functional ecology is expanding as we can now measure the traits of wild microbes that affect ecosystem functioning. Here, we review te
doi.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Hello there 🖖
I'm thrilled to share our piece on *Microbial Functional Diversity and Redundancy* 🦠🧬🌍🔄📃
in #FEMSMicrobiologyReviews
Thanks @ramalok.bsky.social P. Galand @femsmicro.bsky.social
More trait approaches to know how and where will microbes guide Earth’s biomes on a changing planet ⁉️🌳🌊🌐⤵️
I'm thrilled to share our piece on *Microbial Functional Diversity and Redundancy* 🦠🧬🌍🔄📃
in #FEMSMicrobiologyReviews
Thanks @ramalok.bsky.social P. Galand @femsmicro.bsky.social
More trait approaches to know how and where will microbes guide Earth’s biomes on a changing planet ⁉️🌳🌊🌐⤵️
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PhD opportunity with Malin Olofsson! Can recommend👍👍
Adaptation strategies in filamentous cyanobacteria
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Adaptation strategies in filamentous cyanobacteria
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December 19, 2024 at 7:56 PM
PhD opportunity with Malin Olofsson! Can recommend👍👍
Adaptation strategies in filamentous cyanobacteria
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Adaptation strategies in filamentous cyanobacteria
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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New paper out on which I am a co author on studies of metagenomes from Tramway Ridge in Antarctica phylogenomics.me/2024/12/19/n...
New paper out from studies of metagenomes from Tramway Ridge in Antarctica
I am a co-author on a new paper that just came out. Nutritional niches of potentially endemic, facultatively anaerobic heterotrophs from an isolated Antarctic terrestrial hydrothermal refugium eluc…
phylogenomics.me
December 19, 2024 at 6:50 PM
New paper out on which I am a co author on studies of metagenomes from Tramway Ridge in Antarctica phylogenomics.me/2024/12/19/n...
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Yesterday was epic! The first member of my research group @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social successfully defended his PhD thesis. My heartfelt congratulations, Alejandro!!! May the future bring a lot more reasons to celebrate with super heroe/villain costumes 🙌🏽
December 14, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Yesterday was epic! The first member of my research group @alejandrorgijon.bsky.social successfully defended his PhD thesis. My heartfelt congratulations, Alejandro!!! May the future bring a lot more reasons to celebrate with super heroe/villain costumes 🙌🏽
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Sharing the final version of our article!
Guidelines proposed and revised by members of our Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium to have inclusive hiring processes. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
See full version: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Guidelines proposed and revised by members of our Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium to have inclusive hiring processes. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
See full version: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
December 8, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Sharing the final version of our article!
Guidelines proposed and revised by members of our Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium to have inclusive hiring processes. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
See full version: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Guidelines proposed and revised by members of our Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium to have inclusive hiring processes. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
See full version: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Reposted by Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón
Podemos solicitar juntos este contrato predoctoral si quieres hacer la tesis en Ecología y Evolución de la Resistencia a los Antibióticos.
www.cnb.csic.es/index.php/es...
Más info en 🐥👇
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Más info en 🐥👇
December 4, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Podemos solicitar juntos este contrato predoctoral si quieres hacer la tesis en Ecología y Evolución de la Resistencia a los Antibióticos.
www.cnb.csic.es/index.php/es...
Más info en 🐥👇
www.cnb.csic.es/index.php/es...
Más info en 🐥👇