Bethany Kolody, PhD
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Bethany Kolody, PhD
@bethanykolody.bsky.social
Environmental genomics researcher at ‪@innovativegenomics.bsky.social‬
Reposted by Bethany Kolody, PhD
🚨 New pre-print alert!
Jumbo circular extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea with variably extensive metabolic and defense gene repertoires

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Huge thanks to The Scientist for this feature that really captured the spirit of our research!

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How Ocean Currents Shape the Marine Microbiome
Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where they live had never been made—until now.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Many of you gave me so much encouragement when I posted here earlier about my 10 year long passion project to make a microbial map of the ocean. Pinch me because I can't believe I get to update you that today that research was published in the journal SCIENCE! @science.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thanks for covering our latest research @jcvi.org! So happy that our interactive microbial map of the ocean is out for the world to use!
Just published in @science.org: Deep ocean currents don’t just move water—they shape entire microbial ecosystems. Our new study reveals how overturning circulation structures microbial life across the South Pacific.

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New study reveals how deep ocean currents shape microbial life across the South Pacific
La Jolla, California—July 10, 2025—A groundbreaking study, published in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’m very excited to finally share the results of a passion project that has been on my mind for nearly a decade. You can find the pre-print below, but what follows is the saga of how this project came to be:
January 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM