Cecilia G. Flocco
@ceciliaflocco.bsky.social
Bioresources | Cleantech | Cultural Heritage | #SciPol & Diplomacy @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social
Director @femsmicro.org Board
(frm) Prof. Industrial Microb.& Biotech. Univ. BuenosAires / Inst.Antartico Argentino
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliagflocco
Director @femsmicro.org Board
(frm) Prof. Industrial Microb.& Biotech. Univ. BuenosAires / Inst.Antartico Argentino
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliagflocco
Pinned
Now it is official:
I have been elected to the Board of Directors of FEMS, the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, for the 2025-2027 term. I am deeply grateful to FEMS community for their trust.
I congrat. Evelyn Doyle & Michael Sauer -I look forward to joining forces.
#Microsky
I have been elected to the Board of Directors of FEMS, the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, for the 2025-2027 term. I am deeply grateful to FEMS community for their trust.
I congrat. Evelyn Doyle & Michael Sauer -I look forward to joining forces.
#Microsky
February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
It's that time of year again: we're looking for our next Antarctic team!
If you can imagine a job that’s needed to keep a small, remote community safe and running, we have it.
Escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica ⬇️
If you can imagine a job that’s needed to keep a small, remote community safe and running, we have it.
Escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
It's that time of year again: we're looking for our next Antarctic team!
If you can imagine a job that’s needed to keep a small, remote community safe and running, we have it.
Escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica ⬇️
If you can imagine a job that’s needed to keep a small, remote community safe and running, we have it.
Escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica ⬇️
📣New database resource📣
We are delighted to announce a new addition to #DSMZDigitalDiversity.
Together with the #PlantVirology Department at @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social, we have developed a new tool dedicated to plant viruses.🌱🦠
The 1st prototype of PVDive is now available online!
👉 pvdive.dsmz.de
We are delighted to announce a new addition to #DSMZDigitalDiversity.
Together with the #PlantVirology Department at @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social, we have developed a new tool dedicated to plant viruses.🌱🦠
The 1st prototype of PVDive is now available online!
👉 pvdive.dsmz.de
January 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
On January 14–15, the Musée d’Histoire des sciences in Geneva will host the international conference “Beyond Books: Instruments and Knowledge in Libraries”, which we are co-organizing with Rossella Baldi, Samuel Gessner, and Laurence-Isaline Stahl Gretsch. Join us if you're around! Full program 👇
AU DELA DU LIVRE web.pdf
sharedocs.huma-num.fr
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
On January 14–15, the Musée d’Histoire des sciences in Geneva will host the international conference “Beyond Books: Instruments and Knowledge in Libraries”, which we are co-organizing with Rossella Baldi, Samuel Gessner, and Laurence-Isaline Stahl Gretsch. Join us if you're around! Full program 👇
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to...
doi.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
December 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
The 2025 #BacDive 🦠 release is now online.
🎉🥳 The database now contains information on more than 100,000 strains 🧫.
For this update, new data provided by @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social and information on type strains of newly described species from the #LPSN database were added.
🎉🥳 The database now contains information on more than 100,000 strains 🧫.
For this update, new data provided by @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social and information on type strains of newly described species from the #LPSN database were added.
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The 2025 #BacDive 🦠 release is now online.
🎉🥳 The database now contains information on more than 100,000 strains 🧫.
For this update, new data provided by @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social and information on type strains of newly described species from the #LPSN database were added.
🎉🥳 The database now contains information on more than 100,000 strains 🧫.
For this update, new data provided by @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social and information on type strains of newly described species from the #LPSN database were added.
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Inauguramos la presencia de la Representación de la Sociedad Max Planck para América Latina en Bluesky.
Comenzamos compartiendo la reciente visita del Presidente Patrick Cramer a Argentina y Brasil, clave para la cooperación científica con la región.
#MaxPlanck #LatinAmerica
Comenzamos compartiendo la reciente visita del Presidente Patrick Cramer a Argentina y Brasil, clave para la cooperación científica con la región.
#MaxPlanck #LatinAmerica
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Inauguramos la presencia de la Representación de la Sociedad Max Planck para América Latina en Bluesky.
Comenzamos compartiendo la reciente visita del Presidente Patrick Cramer a Argentina y Brasil, clave para la cooperación científica con la región.
#MaxPlanck #LatinAmerica
Comenzamos compartiendo la reciente visita del Presidente Patrick Cramer a Argentina y Brasil, clave para la cooperación científica con la región.
#MaxPlanck #LatinAmerica
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Calling all archaeal enthusiasts! 🔬🔥 From molecular machines to microbial communities, Archaea never fail to surprise us!
We are excited to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Archaea, 6–10 July in Cambridge, UK!
Sign up here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc...
#ArchaeaSky
We are excited to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Archaea, 6–10 July in Cambridge, UK!
Sign up here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc...
#ArchaeaSky
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Calling all archaeal enthusiasts! 🔬🔥 From molecular machines to microbial communities, Archaea never fail to surprise us!
We are excited to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Archaea, 6–10 July in Cambridge, UK!
Sign up here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc...
#ArchaeaSky
We are excited to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Archaea, 6–10 July in Cambridge, UK!
Sign up here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc...
#ArchaeaSky
📣 VAAM Young Scientist Network – Upcoming Meeting!
Join us 📆Dec 8 ⏲️ 1 pm
for our next session:
“Industrial Careers: Perspectives and Pathways.”
Discover insights into career options beyond academia & hear experiences from young industry professionals
👉 Register here: t1p.de/hmbhw
#YoungScientists
Join us 📆Dec 8 ⏲️ 1 pm
for our next session:
“Industrial Careers: Perspectives and Pathways.”
Discover insights into career options beyond academia & hear experiences from young industry professionals
👉 Register here: t1p.de/hmbhw
#YoungScientists
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Exquisite Roman glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70.
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
![Photo of an intact Roman two-handled translucent cobalt blue glass cup dated AD 30-70. The cup has a cylindrical body with vertical sides and two narrow strap handles attached to each side as ear-shaped loops. The cup is mould-blown with relief decoration on the body which incorporates two inscriptions in Greek, one on each side of the cup. One side reads ‘ENNIWN/ENOIH/CEN’ (‘Ennion made [it]'). The other side reads ‘MNHOH/O AOPA/ZNW translated as ‘May the buyer be remembered’.
Dimensions: Height 2½ in. (6.4 cm), diameter (rim): 3% in. (9.5 cm)
Collection Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria, Italy.
Incredibly this is one of two matching cups blown from the same mould, found together in a Roman tomb at Cuora, near Adria, Italy, in the early 1900s. The matching cup is now part of the collections at the Corning Museum of Glass](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreieyzv5zqbzdfqwmjq2voan57tagx23eg734blorwveesickcrkg4i@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Exquisite Roman glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70.
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
These #snowflakes are going viral..❄️ ☃️
Informative, creative and educational #scicomm piece by @cvrinfo.bsky.social
-available under a generous CC BY 4.0 licence
#microsky #virusSnowflakes
Informative, creative and educational #scicomm piece by @cvrinfo.bsky.social
-available under a generous CC BY 4.0 licence
#microsky #virusSnowflakes
Feeling festive?
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
These #snowflakes are going viral..❄️ ☃️
Informative, creative and educational #scicomm piece by @cvrinfo.bsky.social
-available under a generous CC BY 4.0 licence
#microsky #virusSnowflakes
Informative, creative and educational #scicomm piece by @cvrinfo.bsky.social
-available under a generous CC BY 4.0 licence
#microsky #virusSnowflakes
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Microflora Danica: What can you learn from collecting and sequencing 10,000+ samples from a single country? Check out our new paper in @nature.com to find out. Incredible work led by Caitlin Singleton, Thomas B. N. Jensen, and Mads Albertsen from @aau.dk. 🦠🧫🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes - Nature
Microflora Danica—an atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes—reveals that although human-disturbed habitats have high alpha diversity, species reoccur, revealing hidden homogeneity.
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Microflora Danica: What can you learn from collecting and sequencing 10,000+ samples from a single country? Check out our new paper in @nature.com to find out. Incredible work led by Caitlin Singleton, Thomas B. N. Jensen, and Mads Albertsen from @aau.dk. 🦠🧫🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
🧬🖥️SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity
📑The new publication about the #SILVA database for the #NAR database issue is now online.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
📑The new publication about the #SILVA database for the #NAR database issue is now online.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity
Abstract. Since 2007, the SILVA database (https://www.arb-silva.de/) has served as a comprehensive resource providing quality-checked, aligned, and classif
academic.oup.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🧬🖥️SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity
📑The new publication about the #SILVA database for the #NAR database issue is now online.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
📑The new publication about the #SILVA database for the #NAR database issue is now online.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Do you:
-Love #literature? 📚
-Adore #art? 🎨
-Fancy #film or #photography? 📽️📸
-Thrill to the #theater? 🎭
-Relish #RareBooks? 📖
Apply for @ransomcenter.bsky.social's 2026-27 #fellowships!
Learn more & submit a proposal by Nov. 3: www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/
#Humanities #Research #CFP #CFA 🗃️📜
-Love #literature? 📚
-Adore #art? 🎨
-Fancy #film or #photography? 📽️📸
-Thrill to the #theater? 🎭
-Relish #RareBooks? 📖
Apply for @ransomcenter.bsky.social's 2026-27 #fellowships!
Learn more & submit a proposal by Nov. 3: www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/
#Humanities #Research #CFP #CFA 🗃️📜
August 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Do you:
-Love #literature? 📚
-Adore #art? 🎨
-Fancy #film or #photography? 📽️📸
-Thrill to the #theater? 🎭
-Relish #RareBooks? 📖
Apply for @ransomcenter.bsky.social's 2026-27 #fellowships!
Learn more & submit a proposal by Nov. 3: www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/
#Humanities #Research #CFP #CFA 🗃️📜
-Love #literature? 📚
-Adore #art? 🎨
-Fancy #film or #photography? 📽️📸
-Thrill to the #theater? 🎭
-Relish #RareBooks? 📖
Apply for @ransomcenter.bsky.social's 2026-27 #fellowships!
Learn more & submit a proposal by Nov. 3: www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/
#Humanities #Research #CFP #CFA 🗃️📜
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
How AI Agents Will Change the Web as We Know It spectrum.ieee.org/agentic-web?...
How AI Agents Will Change the Web as We Know It
What happens when AI agents become the primary users of the Internet? Discover the potential benefits and the security risks of this coming digital shift.
spectrum.ieee.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
How AI Agents Will Change the Web as We Know It spectrum.ieee.org/agentic-web?...
Throwback to my lab stories for a #Halloween-inspired #microbiology snapshot:
Reading hemolysis halos on a blood agar plate produced by a bacterium isolated from a medieval manuscript. 🩸 🧫 📜
Blood agar is used to grow fastidious organisms & to differentiate bacteria based on hemolytic properties.
Reading hemolysis halos on a blood agar plate produced by a bacterium isolated from a medieval manuscript. 🩸 🧫 📜
Blood agar is used to grow fastidious organisms & to differentiate bacteria based on hemolytic properties.
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Throwback to my lab stories for a #Halloween-inspired #microbiology snapshot:
Reading hemolysis halos on a blood agar plate produced by a bacterium isolated from a medieval manuscript. 🩸 🧫 📜
Blood agar is used to grow fastidious organisms & to differentiate bacteria based on hemolytic properties.
Reading hemolysis halos on a blood agar plate produced by a bacterium isolated from a medieval manuscript. 🩸 🧫 📜
Blood agar is used to grow fastidious organisms & to differentiate bacteria based on hemolytic properties.
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
This time of the year, pink and purple hues cut through #BuenosAires city's constructed #landscape -the #jacarandá trees were brought from the north of 🇦🇷 by french architect & paisajist #CarlosThays ca. 1890, & their splendor enjoyed since then. #urban #primavera #spring
September 30, 2023 at 3:57 PM
This time of the year, pink and purple hues cut through #BuenosAires city's constructed #landscape -the #jacarandá trees were brought from the north of 🇦🇷 by french architect & paisajist #CarlosThays ca. 1890, & their splendor enjoyed since then. #urban #primavera #spring
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Some ancient stony corals were able to survive extreme environmental changes, which suggests that some modern species could possess some resilience to the effects of climate change, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4hrpLpi 🌊 🧪
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some ancient stony corals were able to survive extreme environmental changes, which suggests that some modern species could possess some resilience to the effects of climate change, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4hrpLpi 🌊 🧪
#Microsky -have your say! ✍️
Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists.
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
October 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#Microsky -have your say! ✍️
Reposted by Cecilia G. Flocco
Our paper on the first UV-sensitive rhodopsin channel, the Apusomonad rhodopsin, has been published in PNAS! 🎉
This is a new family distinct from canonical ChRs with a novel transport mechanism🦠—paving the way for future multi-wavelength optogenetics! 🔬
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
#OpenAccess
This is a new family distinct from canonical ChRs with a novel transport mechanism🦠—paving the way for future multi-wavelength optogenetics! 🔬
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
#OpenAccess
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Our paper on the first UV-sensitive rhodopsin channel, the Apusomonad rhodopsin, has been published in PNAS! 🎉
This is a new family distinct from canonical ChRs with a novel transport mechanism🦠—paving the way for future multi-wavelength optogenetics! 🔬
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
#OpenAccess
This is a new family distinct from canonical ChRs with a novel transport mechanism🦠—paving the way for future multi-wavelength optogenetics! 🔬
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
#OpenAccess