Chris Rinke
@chrisrinke.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiology @ University of Innsbruck, Austria
Honorary Associate Professor @ The University of Queensland, Australia
Environmental OMICS (E-OMICS) team lead
http://www.rinkelab.org
(former twitter/x account: @ChristianRinke )
Honorary Associate Professor @ The University of Queensland, Australia
Environmental OMICS (E-OMICS) team lead
http://www.rinkelab.org
(former twitter/x account: @ChristianRinke )
Reposted by Chris Rinke
Don't miss out on the 3rd West Pacific Marine Biology Symposium @ UQ Brisbane, 25–28 Nov.
Reg & abstracts open: tinyurl.com/wpmbs2025
Early-bird regos now extended to 14 Oct, so you can still secure discounted registration rates!
@cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
UQ Centre for Marine Science
Reg & abstracts open: tinyurl.com/wpmbs2025
Early-bird regos now extended to 14 Oct, so you can still secure discounted registration rates!
@cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
UQ Centre for Marine Science
September 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Don't miss out on the 3rd West Pacific Marine Biology Symposium @ UQ Brisbane, 25–28 Nov.
Reg & abstracts open: tinyurl.com/wpmbs2025
Early-bird regos now extended to 14 Oct, so you can still secure discounted registration rates!
@cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
UQ Centre for Marine Science
Reg & abstracts open: tinyurl.com/wpmbs2025
Early-bird regos now extended to 14 Oct, so you can still secure discounted registration rates!
@cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
UQ Centre for Marine Science
Led by @Jiauri Sun & in collab with @Takuro Nunoura and team - we analysed shallow coastal & deep subseafloor sediment cores (0.01 to 600m below the seafloor) in the Western Pacific:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
We found that:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
We found that:
Metagenomic insights into taxonomic and functional patterns in shallow coastal and deep subseafloor sediments in the Western Pacific
Marine sediments are vast, underexplored habitats and represent one of the largest carbon deposits on our planet. Microbial communities drive nutrient cycling in these sediments, but the full extent o...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
April 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Led by @Jiauri Sun & in collab with @Takuro Nunoura and team - we analysed shallow coastal & deep subseafloor sediment cores (0.01 to 600m below the seafloor) in the Western Pacific:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
We found that:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
We found that:
GTDB Release 10-RS226 (16th April 2025) has been published
gtdb.ecogenomic.org
gtdb.ecogenomic.org
GTDB - Genome Taxonomy Database
The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) is an initiative to establish a standardised microbial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny.
gtdb.ecogenomic.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
GTDB Release 10-RS226 (16th April 2025) has been published
gtdb.ecogenomic.org
gtdb.ecogenomic.org
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Not really my announcement to make--I am but a lesser co-author--but IQ-TREE 3 has just been released!
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models
ecoevorxiv.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not really my announcement to make--I am but a lesser co-author--but IQ-TREE 3 has just been released!
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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Originally defined by Rinke et al. (2013) as Candidatus Patescibacteria, the phylum #Patescibacteriota now has a validly published name and an official type!
Explore the lifestyle, biogeography, and metabolic capabilities of its type genus, #Patescibacterium, here: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
#SeqCode
Explore the lifestyle, biogeography, and metabolic capabilities of its type genus, #Patescibacterium, here: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
#SeqCode
Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov.
Abstract. Candidatus Patescibacteria is a diverse bacterial phylum that is notable for members with ultrasmall cell size, reduced genomes, limited metaboli
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Originally defined by Rinke et al. (2013) as Candidatus Patescibacteria, the phylum #Patescibacteriota now has a validly published name and an official type!
Explore the lifestyle, biogeography, and metabolic capabilities of its type genus, #Patescibacterium, here: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
#SeqCode
Explore the lifestyle, biogeography, and metabolic capabilities of its type genus, #Patescibacterium, here: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
#SeqCode
Great collaboration with Phil Hugenholz @xrefugee13.bsky.social, Tanja Woyke, Per Halkjær Nielsen, and many more:
"Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov."
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
"Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov."
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. Nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous ultrasmall bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. Nov
Abstract. Candidatus Patescibacteria is a diverse bacterial phylum that is notable for members with ultrasmall cell size, reduced genomes, limited metaboli
doi.org
February 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great collaboration with Phil Hugenholz @xrefugee13.bsky.social, Tanja Woyke, Per Halkjær Nielsen, and many more:
"Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov."
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
"Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov."
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
#Amplicon #16S pipeline in 2025
Hi all, since my lab has moved (from ⛱️ to ⛰️), we now need to establish a new #Amplicon pipeline, mostly 16S but also ITS (fungi).
So my question is, is QIIME 2 still state of the art, or are there other/ better tools/workflows out there now? Thanks ☺️
Hi all, since my lab has moved (from ⛱️ to ⛰️), we now need to establish a new #Amplicon pipeline, mostly 16S but also ITS (fungi).
So my question is, is QIIME 2 still state of the art, or are there other/ better tools/workflows out there now? Thanks ☺️
February 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Best #paper #acknowledgements ever 😀
So honest.
"Thanks finally to five anonymous reviewers .... and to R.N. whose editorial generosity bears no small responsibility for this paper's rescue from an early grave. .... I've supplied all errors myself."
doi.org/10.1093/jos/...
So honest.
"Thanks finally to five anonymous reviewers .... and to R.N. whose editorial generosity bears no small responsibility for this paper's rescue from an early grave. .... I've supplied all errors myself."
doi.org/10.1093/jos/...
January 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Best #paper #acknowledgements ever 😀
So honest.
"Thanks finally to five anonymous reviewers .... and to R.N. whose editorial generosity bears no small responsibility for this paper's rescue from an early grave. .... I've supplied all errors myself."
doi.org/10.1093/jos/...
So honest.
"Thanks finally to five anonymous reviewers .... and to R.N. whose editorial generosity bears no small responsibility for this paper's rescue from an early grave. .... I've supplied all errors myself."
doi.org/10.1093/jos/...
Reposted by Chris Rinke
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
New #marine #virus paper out 😀
"Insights Into Phylogeny, Diversity and Functional Potential of Poseidoniales Viruses"
> we proposed 2 new Magrovirales families:
- Apasviridae (magrovirus group A)
- Krittikaviridae (magrovirus group E)
> and 1 new order:
- Adrikavirales
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
"Insights Into Phylogeny, Diversity and Functional Potential of Poseidoniales Viruses"
> we proposed 2 new Magrovirales families:
- Apasviridae (magrovirus group A)
- Krittikaviridae (magrovirus group E)
> and 1 new order:
- Adrikavirales
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Insights Into Phylogeny, Diversity and Functional Potential of Poseidoniales Viruses
Our spatio-temporal metagenomic study of a subtropical estuary successfully identified viruses and their potential hosts. Viral contigs were detected using a consensus approach comprising geNOMAD and...
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New #marine #virus paper out 😀
"Insights Into Phylogeny, Diversity and Functional Potential of Poseidoniales Viruses"
> we proposed 2 new Magrovirales families:
- Apasviridae (magrovirus group A)
- Krittikaviridae (magrovirus group E)
> and 1 new order:
- Adrikavirales
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
"Insights Into Phylogeny, Diversity and Functional Potential of Poseidoniales Viruses"
> we proposed 2 new Magrovirales families:
- Apasviridae (magrovirus group A)
- Krittikaviridae (magrovirus group E)
> and 1 new order:
- Adrikavirales
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
The #microbial #climate #feedback hypothesis is already becoming reality ...
"shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth"
#science 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth"
#science 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
November 17, 2024 at 6:47 AM
The #microbial #climate #feedback hypothesis is already becoming reality ...
"shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth"
#science 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth"
#science 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Chris Rinke
Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous ultrasmall bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.01.618662v1
Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous ultrasmall bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.01.618662v1
Candidatus Patescibacteria is a diverse bacterial phylum that is notable for members with ultrasmall
www.biorxiv.org
November 2, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous ultrasmall bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.01.618662v1
Convincing article about flame retardants in recycled black plastic utensils.
We have replaced ours already
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
We have replaced ours already
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula
It’s probably leaching chemicals into your cooking oil.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Convincing article about flame retardants in recycled black plastic utensils.
We have replaced ours already
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
We have replaced ours already
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
A great day for a short after-work hike and a hut visit with the lab 😀
October 25, 2024 at 7:42 PM
A great day for a short after-work hike and a hut visit with the lab 😀
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Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology
https://botany.fyi/8uuuga
University of California Riverside invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology position with a focus on molecular plant-fungal interactions in agriculture or natural ecosystems.
#PlantSciJobs
https://botany.fyi/8uuuga
University of California Riverside invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology position with a focus on molecular plant-fungal interactions in agriculture or natural ecosystems.
#PlantSciJobs
Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
botany.fyi
October 25, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology
https://botany.fyi/8uuuga
University of California Riverside invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology position with a focus on molecular plant-fungal interactions in agriculture or natural ecosystems.
#PlantSciJobs
https://botany.fyi/8uuuga
University of California Riverside invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology position with a focus on molecular plant-fungal interactions in agriculture or natural ecosystems.
#PlantSciJobs
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My department at Montana State University is starting a faculty search for the position of Assistant Professor of Biochemistry: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43522 Feel free to contact me with questions. #Ilivewhereyouwannagoonvacation
October 11, 2024 at 8:03 PM
My department at Montana State University is starting a faculty search for the position of Assistant Professor of Biochemistry: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43522 Feel free to contact me with questions. #Ilivewhereyouwannagoonvacation
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Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Dept. of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis
Open position in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis (my home department).
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06690
Open position in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis (my home department).
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06690
Professor of Teaching (PoT)
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Dept. of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis
Open position in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis (my home department).
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06690
Open position in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis (my home department).
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06690
Currently, we have the following open positions in the Rinke Group for Microbial MultiOmics and Biorecycling (MMOB) @ the University of Innsbruck, Austria:
1x postdoc
3x PhD
1x RA
More info @ rinkelab.org/index.php/op...
1x postdoc
3x PhD
1x RA
More info @ rinkelab.org/index.php/op...
December 15, 2023 at 6:27 AM
Currently, we have the following open positions in the Rinke Group for Microbial MultiOmics and Biorecycling (MMOB) @ the University of Innsbruck, Austria:
1x postdoc
3x PhD
1x RA
More info @ rinkelab.org/index.php/op...
1x postdoc
3x PhD
1x RA
More info @ rinkelab.org/index.php/op...