Benoît Paix
@benoitpaix.bsky.social
Postdoc interested in aquatic microbiology and chemical ecology. Combining (DNA/eDNA) metabarcoding and LC-MS metabolomics approaches on holobionts and biofilms. Currently working on freshwater diatoms for the DNAquaIMG project.
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PhD available in my group to work on polar nitrogen fixation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
PhD available in my group to work on polar nitrogen fixation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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#ChooseEurope for Science is live!
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
October 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#ChooseEurope for Science is live!
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:
🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects
Europe is where science thrives.
More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp
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We just launched the Kickstarter campaign of MicroMates, a card game that brings the hidden world of microorganisms to life in a fun, colorful, and scientifically inspired way. Please back us up and spread the word! micromates.se
September 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We just launched the Kickstarter campaign of MicroMates, a card game that brings the hidden world of microorganisms to life in a fun, colorful, and scientifically inspired way. Please back us up and spread the word! micromates.se
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A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊
go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women
go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II
go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women
go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II
November 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM
A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊
go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women
go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II
go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women
go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II
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Thread of Starter Packs to network for PhD and postdoc positions in Biology (or adjacent fields)! 🧵
First up: Starter Pack for students looking for PhD positions! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
First up: Starter Pack for students looking for PhD positions! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
July 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thread of Starter Packs to network for PhD and postdoc positions in Biology (or adjacent fields)! 🧵
First up: Starter Pack for students looking for PhD positions! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
First up: Starter Pack for students looking for PhD positions! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
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Organic metabolite uptake by diazotrophs in the North Pacific Ocean academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Organic metabolite uptake by diazotrophs in the North Pacific Ocean
Abstract. Dinitrogen (N₂) fixation by diazotrophs supports ocean productivity. Diazotrophs include photoautotrophic cyanobacteria, non-cyanobacterial diazo
academic.oup.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Organic metabolite uptake by diazotrophs in the North Pacific Ocean academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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check out our new publication on DOM uptake by diazotrophs (and that is both autotrophic and heterotrophic ones!) academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
@mioceanologie.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @ucscscience.bsky.social
@mioceanologie.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @ucscscience.bsky.social
Organic metabolite uptake by Diazotrophs in the North Pacific Ocean
Abstract. Dinitrogen (N₂) fixation by diazotrophs supports ocean productivity. Diazotrophs include photoautotrophic cyanobacteria, non-cyanobacterial diazo
academic.oup.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
check out our new publication on DOM uptake by diazotrophs (and that is both autotrophic and heterotrophic ones!) academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
@mioceanologie.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @ucscscience.bsky.social
@mioceanologie.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @ucscscience.bsky.social
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Bye, bye #AquaEcOmics 👋🏻 What a well organized event! Extraordinary venue lots of fruitful discussions! Icing on the cake: Lauren Rodriguez taking home the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award for the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team! 🤩 @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #eDNA
March 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Bye, bye #AquaEcOmics 👋🏻 What a well organized event! Extraordinary venue lots of fruitful discussions! Icing on the cake: Lauren Rodriguez taking home the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award for the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social team! 🤩 @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #eDNA
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Congratulations to Teun Everts (@teuneverts.bsky.social) and Thomas Reinhart for winning the Best Student Presentation awards at the #AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian, France!
mbmg.pensoft.net/news/806
@aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
mbmg.pensoft.net/news/806
@aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics recognises student talent at the AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian
The 2025 AquaEcOmics meeting was held in Evian, France from 17 to 20 March 2025.Described as "a meeting to explore aquatic ecosystems biodiversity, functioning and monitoring with eDNA and multi-...
mbmg.pensoft.net
March 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Congratulations to Teun Everts (@teuneverts.bsky.social) and Thomas Reinhart for winning the Best Student Presentation awards at the #AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian, France!
mbmg.pensoft.net/news/806
@aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
mbmg.pensoft.net/news/806
@aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature!
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature!
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Congratulations Lauren Rodriguez! 🐳 Our #eWHALE #Phd student from @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social won the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award at the #AquaEcOmics conference for presenting #eDNA sampling optimization results! 👏🏻 @bettinathal.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations Lauren Rodriguez! 🐳 Our #eWHALE #Phd student from @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social won the @physaliacourses.bsky.social best presentation award at the #AquaEcOmics conference for presenting #eDNA sampling optimization results! 👏🏻 @bettinathal.bsky.social
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Jeez. French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Jeez. French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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@kamilhupalo.bsky.social introducing the „fish smoothie approach“ for detecting fish parasites! #AquaEcOmics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
March 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
@kamilhupalo.bsky.social introducing the „fish smoothie approach“ for detecting fish parasites! #AquaEcOmics @aquaecomics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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AquaEcOmics first day: awesome talk from karoline Faust! Microbetag looks great.
#Aquaecomics #microbialNetwork
#Aquaecomics #microbialNetwork
March 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
AquaEcOmics first day: awesome talk from karoline Faust! Microbetag looks great.
#Aquaecomics #microbialNetwork
#Aquaecomics #microbialNetwork
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Great talk from Valérie Langlois on eDNA standards and iTrackDNA activities. #Aquaecomics
March 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Great talk from Valérie Langlois on eDNA standards and iTrackDNA activities. #Aquaecomics
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Good start with an ice breaker 😉
#aquaecomics meeting!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
#aquaecomics meeting!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
March 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Good start with an ice breaker 😉
#aquaecomics meeting!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
#aquaecomics meeting!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
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In three days we'll be meeting in Evian 🙂
#aquaecomics meeting is coming!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
#aquaecomics meeting is coming!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
March 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In three days we'll be meeting in Evian 🙂
#aquaecomics meeting is coming!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
#aquaecomics meeting is coming!! #evian #omics #metabarcoding #edna #metagenomics #metabolomics
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Excited to announce the preliminary program for the upcoming AquaEcOmics symposium. Registration closes on the 31th of January so it is not yet too late to secure your attendance. https://aquaecomics.symposium.inrae.fr/
#aquaecomics2025 #edna #omics […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
#aquaecomics2025 #edna #omics […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Excited to announce the preliminary program for the upcoming AquaEcOmics symposium. Registration closes on the 31th of January so it is not yet too late to secure your attendance. https://aquaecomics.symposium.inrae.fr/
#aquaecomics2025 #edna #omics […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
#aquaecomics2025 #edna #omics […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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Défendre la science avec mes formidables collègues français. Merci USMB-INRAE-CARRTEL pour votre hospitalité et votre soutien! @inrae-france.bsky.social @rosaliebruel.bsky.social @herverogissart.bsky.social @jean-guillard.bsky.social @cyanophage.bsky.social @allanraffard.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Défendre la science avec mes formidables collègues français. Merci USMB-INRAE-CARRTEL pour votre hospitalité et votre soutien! @inrae-france.bsky.social @rosaliebruel.bsky.social @herverogissart.bsky.social @jean-guillard.bsky.social @cyanophage.bsky.social @allanraffard.bsky.social
🎉Exciting news! I’m extremely honored and happy to have been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for my project CONSUMALG!
At the @sbroscoff.bsky.social I’ll be studying how bacteria degrade marine macroalgae 🌊🦠🍃
I can’t wait to start this journey! #MSCA #CONSUMALG
At the @sbroscoff.bsky.social I’ll be studying how bacteria degrade marine macroalgae 🌊🦠🍃
I can’t wait to start this journey! #MSCA #CONSUMALG
The 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship call results are in.
With a budget of €417 million, we are funding nearly 1,700 researchers from 🇪🇺 and beyond.
They will strengthen EU research in key areas such as social inclusion, AI, and cancer research ↓
europa.eu/!BmWRkh
With a budget of €417 million, we are funding nearly 1,700 researchers from 🇪🇺 and beyond.
They will strengthen EU research in key areas such as social inclusion, AI, and cancer research ↓
europa.eu/!BmWRkh
February 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🎉Exciting news! I’m extremely honored and happy to have been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for my project CONSUMALG!
At the @sbroscoff.bsky.social I’ll be studying how bacteria degrade marine macroalgae 🌊🦠🍃
I can’t wait to start this journey! #MSCA #CONSUMALG
At the @sbroscoff.bsky.social I’ll be studying how bacteria degrade marine macroalgae 🌊🦠🍃
I can’t wait to start this journey! #MSCA #CONSUMALG
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⚠️⚠️⚠️ New permanent job opportunity in Microbial Oceanography @noc.ac.uk
careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Looking for people bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, focus in the #ERC project EXPAND noc.ac.uk/projects/exp...
@usocb.bsky.social @aslo.org @ismeoffice.bsky.social
careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Looking for people bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, focus in the #ERC project EXPAND noc.ac.uk/projects/exp...
@usocb.bsky.social @aslo.org @ismeoffice.bsky.social
Careers | National Oceanography Centre
careers.noc.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
⚠️⚠️⚠️ New permanent job opportunity in Microbial Oceanography @noc.ac.uk
careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Looking for people bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, focus in the #ERC project EXPAND noc.ac.uk/projects/exp...
@usocb.bsky.social @aslo.org @ismeoffice.bsky.social
careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Looking for people bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, focus in the #ERC project EXPAND noc.ac.uk/projects/exp...
@usocb.bsky.social @aslo.org @ismeoffice.bsky.social
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Adaptive strategies of Caribbean sponge holobionts beyond the mesophotic zone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635867v1
February 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Adaptive strategies of Caribbean sponge holobionts beyond the mesophotic zone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635867v1
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L'@umrcarrtel.bsky.social organise sa prochaine école d'été !
🔍 Summer school “Biomarkers for lakes ecological monitoring”
📍 Thonon-les-Bains
📅 23-27 Juin 2025
➡️ Infos et inscription (jusqu'au 28.02.2025) : tinyurl.com/s8na3w82
L'@umrcarrtel.bsky.social organise sa prochaine école d'été !
🔍 Summer school “Biomarkers for lakes ecological monitoring”
📍 Thonon-les-Bains
📅 23-27 Juin 2025
➡️ Infos et inscription (jusqu'au 28.02.2025) : tinyurl.com/s8na3w82
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📢 Save the date
L'@umrcarrtel.bsky.social organise sa prochaine école d'été !
🔍 Summer school “Biomarkers for lakes ecological monitoring”
📍 Thonon-les-Bains
📅 23-27 Juin 2025
➡️ Infos et inscription (jusqu'au 28.02.2025) : tinyurl.com/s8na3w82
L'@umrcarrtel.bsky.social organise sa prochaine école d'été !
🔍 Summer school “Biomarkers for lakes ecological monitoring”
📍 Thonon-les-Bains
📅 23-27 Juin 2025
➡️ Infos et inscription (jusqu'au 28.02.2025) : tinyurl.com/s8na3w82
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🧬 DNA metabarcoding of diatoms is ready for biomonitoring, but varying protocols hinder comparability. #DNAquaIMG ( #BiodivMon) shows successful protocol transfer across labs, proposing a strategy ensuring distinct protocols meet minimum standards.
Proficiency testing and cross-laboratory method comparison to support standardisation of diatom DNA metabarcoding for freshwater biomonitoring
DNA metabarcoding of benthic diatoms has been successfully applied for biomonitoring at the national scale and can now be considered technically ready for routine application. However, protocols and…
doi.org
January 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧬 DNA metabarcoding of diatoms is ready for biomonitoring, but varying protocols hinder comparability. #DNAquaIMG ( #BiodivMon) shows successful protocol transfer across labs, proposing a strategy ensuring distinct protocols meet minimum standards.
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What a way to start the year 😌 ! My 2nd PhD chapter is now out in @commsbio.bsky.social !
We show that macroalgae generate complex chemical and microbial waterscapes.
You like #coralreefs🪸, #fieldstudies🤿 and #multiomics🧪 !? That's for you ➡️ nature.com/articles/s42...
#openaccess #moorea
We show that macroalgae generate complex chemical and microbial waterscapes.
You like #coralreefs🪸, #fieldstudies🤿 and #multiomics🧪 !? That's for you ➡️ nature.com/articles/s42...
#openaccess #moorea
Invasive macroalgae shape chemical and microbial waterscapes on coral reefs - Communications Biology
A field study demonstrates that macroalgae generate complex chemical and microbial waterscapes, which could play essential roles in the function and resilience of coral reefs
nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What a way to start the year 😌 ! My 2nd PhD chapter is now out in @commsbio.bsky.social !
We show that macroalgae generate complex chemical and microbial waterscapes.
You like #coralreefs🪸, #fieldstudies🤿 and #multiomics🧪 !? That's for you ➡️ nature.com/articles/s42...
#openaccess #moorea
We show that macroalgae generate complex chemical and microbial waterscapes.
You like #coralreefs🪸, #fieldstudies🤿 and #multiomics🧪 !? That's for you ➡️ nature.com/articles/s42...
#openaccess #moorea