Corey Holt
@coreyholt.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Prof) at the University of Bath. Exploring all things microbiomes and protist diversity/evolution. 🧬🔬🦀
https://theholtlab.com
https://theholtlab.com
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Corey Holt
@coreyholt.bsky.social
· Nov 24
🎉 There are currently 4 opportunities to join the Holt lab in beautiful Bath! 🎉
If you're interested in protists, parasites, and/or biodiversity then please check out our website:
theholtlab.com/posts/ln5-21...
🚨 Deadlines vary between project.
✉️ Please reach out if you have any questions!
If you're interested in protists, parasites, and/or biodiversity then please check out our website:
theholtlab.com/posts/ln5-21...
🚨 Deadlines vary between project.
✉️ Please reach out if you have any questions!
Reposted by Corey Holt
Just on time for the holidays! Happy to share the published version of the discovery of leptophytes, a new deep-branching and widespread group of microalgae based on plastid MAGs (ptMAGs). Now with additional support from a mitochondrial MAG (mtMAG) of leptophytes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Identification of a deep-branching lineage of algae using environmental plastid genomes - Nature Communications
Here, the authors leverage data from the Tara Oceans expeditions to perform a phylogeny-guided plastid genome-resolved metagenomic survey and provide 660 non-redundant plastid genomes from marine alga...
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Just on time for the holidays! Happy to share the published version of the discovery of leptophytes, a new deep-branching and widespread group of microalgae based on plastid MAGs (ptMAGs). Now with additional support from a mitochondrial MAG (mtMAG) of leptophytes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great conference! Would definitely recommend!
Save the date! The next instalment of Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes is a GO! Join us next year for a programme of talks, posters, ECR/networking activities.
Website and registration details to follow in the coming weeks.
See you October 5-10 2026 in beautiful San Feliu!!
Website and registration details to follow in the coming weeks.
See you October 5-10 2026 in beautiful San Feliu!!
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Great conference! Would definitely recommend!
Reposted by Corey Holt
Those interested in performing maximum likelihood phylogenomic analysis on data sets made up of eukaryotic nuclear genes using site heterogeneous mixture models like C60, I suggest you use the ELM model in IQ-TREE instead of the LG model /1
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Those interested in performing maximum likelihood phylogenomic analysis on data sets made up of eukaryotic nuclear genes using site heterogeneous mixture models like C60, I suggest you use the ELM model in IQ-TREE instead of the LG model /1
🎉 There are currently 4 opportunities to join the Holt lab in beautiful Bath! 🎉
If you're interested in protists, parasites, and/or biodiversity then please check out our website:
theholtlab.com/posts/ln5-21...
🚨 Deadlines vary between project.
✉️ Please reach out if you have any questions!
If you're interested in protists, parasites, and/or biodiversity then please check out our website:
theholtlab.com/posts/ln5-21...
🚨 Deadlines vary between project.
✉️ Please reach out if you have any questions!
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎉 There are currently 4 opportunities to join the Holt lab in beautiful Bath! 🎉
If you're interested in protists, parasites, and/or biodiversity then please check out our website:
theholtlab.com/posts/ln5-21...
🚨 Deadlines vary between project.
✉️ Please reach out if you have any questions!
If you're interested in protists, parasites, and/or biodiversity then please check out our website:
theholtlab.com/posts/ln5-21...
🚨 Deadlines vary between project.
✉️ Please reach out if you have any questions!
Reposted by Corey Holt
We have a date for the free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR Symposium for 2026, and we look forward to meeting you at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany!
Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇
anvio.org/workshops/20...
Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇
anvio.org/workshops/20...
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We have a date for the free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR Symposium for 2026, and we look forward to meeting you at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany!
Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇
anvio.org/workshops/20...
Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇
anvio.org/workshops/20...
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Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
apply.interfolio.com/176994
apply.interfolio.com/176994
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
apply.interfolio.com/176994
apply.interfolio.com/176994
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We're looking forward to taking part in Bath Taps into Science, a free two-day event, at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) this weekend.
Find out more here: https://www.brlsi.org/bathtaps/
#UniversityOfBath #Research #Science #Event
Find out more here: https://www.brlsi.org/bathtaps/
#UniversityOfBath #Research #Science #Event
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We're looking forward to taking part in Bath Taps into Science, a free two-day event, at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) this weekend.
Find out more here: https://www.brlsi.org/bathtaps/
#UniversityOfBath #Research #Science #Event
Find out more here: https://www.brlsi.org/bathtaps/
#UniversityOfBath #Research #Science #Event
Thank you to whoever designed these 🦖🦕
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thank you to whoever designed these 🦖🦕
Reposted by Corey Holt
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
🥶Our GW4+ PhD project exploring polar protist diversity is accepting applications!🥶
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
GW4+ DLTP PhD Project: Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Polar Protists at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - GW4+ DLTP PhD Project: Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Polar Protists at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥶Our GW4+ PhD project exploring polar protist diversity is accepting applications!🥶
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
With @tweethinking.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social) and Melody Clark (@bas.ac.uk), you will uncover the ecological roles, evolutionary histories, and environmental adaptions of polar protists!
Interested? 👀
Reposted by Corey Holt
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
We have a great PhD project supported by SWBio Doctoral Training Partnership at @uniofbath.bsky.social for 2026!
Come and apply cutting-edge sequencing approaches to tackle animal health in aquaculture! We'll be characterising protist parasites to learn more about their interactions and evolution
🐟
Come and apply cutting-edge sequencing approaches to tackle animal health in aquaculture! We'll be characterising protist parasites to learn more about their interactions and evolution
🐟
SWBio DTP PhD Project: Decoding Protist Parasites in Aquaculture with Single-Cell Sequencing at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - SWBio DTP PhD Project: Decoding Protist Parasites in Aquaculture with Single-Cell Sequencing at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We have a great PhD project supported by SWBio Doctoral Training Partnership at @uniofbath.bsky.social for 2026!
Come and apply cutting-edge sequencing approaches to tackle animal health in aquaculture! We'll be characterising protist parasites to learn more about their interactions and evolution
🐟
Come and apply cutting-edge sequencing approaches to tackle animal health in aquaculture! We'll be characterising protist parasites to learn more about their interactions and evolution
🐟
Reposted by Corey Holt
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Come join our department!
Join the University of Bath through our Global Talent Fund! With £4.35m in funding, we’re welcoming exceptional international researchers to create world-class, impactful research.
Discover how this opportunity could elevate your career and quality of life: https://bit.ly/4qpNdHz
Discover how this opportunity could elevate your career and quality of life: https://bit.ly/4qpNdHz
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Come join our department!
Reposted by Corey Holt
Extending microbiome research across diverse organisms is key to understand the complexity of host–microbe symbioses
In our latest study, we developed a protocol to generate #gnotobioticclams
We hope it will be useful for a wide range of bivalves to test microbial traits in nature and aquaculture
In our latest study, we developed a protocol to generate #gnotobioticclams
We hope it will be useful for a wide range of bivalves to test microbial traits in nature and aquaculture
Generating gnotobiotic bivalves: a new method on Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) | Microbiology Spectrum
The extensive diversity of host-microbe symbioses across ecosystems requires the use of different models to identify conserved and specific processes underlying such relationships. The need for novel models is particularly relevant in the context of the ...
journals.asm.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Extending microbiome research across diverse organisms is key to understand the complexity of host–microbe symbioses
In our latest study, we developed a protocol to generate #gnotobioticclams
We hope it will be useful for a wide range of bivalves to test microbial traits in nature and aquaculture
In our latest study, we developed a protocol to generate #gnotobioticclams
We hope it will be useful for a wide range of bivalves to test microbial traits in nature and aquaculture
Reposted by Corey Holt
EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
Reposted by Corey Holt
We’re back with the next DinoSphere Online Seminar!
Join us on Nov 4th, we're hosting:
Edmée Royen (ULiège) - Symbiodinium
Nicolas dos Santos Pacheco (Cambridge) - Perkinsids
📅 Tue, Nov 4 - 4 PM CET/3 PM GMT
💻 Zoom link: sites.google.com/view/dinosphere
Please spread the word!
#protistonsky
Join us on Nov 4th, we're hosting:
Edmée Royen (ULiège) - Symbiodinium
Nicolas dos Santos Pacheco (Cambridge) - Perkinsids
📅 Tue, Nov 4 - 4 PM CET/3 PM GMT
💻 Zoom link: sites.google.com/view/dinosphere
Please spread the word!
#protistonsky
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We’re back with the next DinoSphere Online Seminar!
Join us on Nov 4th, we're hosting:
Edmée Royen (ULiège) - Symbiodinium
Nicolas dos Santos Pacheco (Cambridge) - Perkinsids
📅 Tue, Nov 4 - 4 PM CET/3 PM GMT
💻 Zoom link: sites.google.com/view/dinosphere
Please spread the word!
#protistonsky
Join us on Nov 4th, we're hosting:
Edmée Royen (ULiège) - Symbiodinium
Nicolas dos Santos Pacheco (Cambridge) - Perkinsids
📅 Tue, Nov 4 - 4 PM CET/3 PM GMT
💻 Zoom link: sites.google.com/view/dinosphere
Please spread the word!
#protistonsky
Reposted by Corey Holt
In case anyone who follows me on here lives in Bristol and loves beer, my husband is opening his brewery in a railway arch next to Temple Meads on Saturday 22nd November. Come down for a pint of crisp beer! Follow here www.instagram.com/unwinsbrewery/ for more details on the event and the concept
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In case anyone who follows me on here lives in Bristol and loves beer, my husband is opening his brewery in a railway arch next to Temple Meads on Saturday 22nd November. Come down for a pint of crisp beer! Follow here www.instagram.com/unwinsbrewery/ for more details on the event and the concept
Reposted by Corey Holt
TWELVE open PhD positions - what a fantastic opportunity for aspiring ocean scientists! UAF is a fantastic university with really amazing faculty, and Fairbanks is a beautiful place for outdoorsy people.
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
TWELVE open PhD positions - what a fantastic opportunity for aspiring ocean scientists! UAF is a fantastic university with really amazing faculty, and Fairbanks is a beautiful place for outdoorsy people.
Reposted by Corey Holt
Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.
Reposted by Corey Holt
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
I'm looking for a PhD student to dive into some protist genomes and maybe find some cool parasites like this (very flexible) apicomplexan.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do reach out if you're interested. And APPLY EARLY! The advert will be taken down when a suitable candidate is found.🪱🦀🐟
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do reach out if you're interested. And APPLY EARLY! The advert will be taken down when a suitable candidate is found.🪱🦀🐟
October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm looking for a PhD student to dive into some protist genomes and maybe find some cool parasites like this (very flexible) apicomplexan.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do reach out if you're interested. And APPLY EARLY! The advert will be taken down when a suitable candidate is found.🪱🦀🐟
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do reach out if you're interested. And APPLY EARLY! The advert will be taken down when a suitable candidate is found.🪱🦀🐟
Reposted by Corey Holt
Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding
In the last decades, environmental metabarcoding has revolutionised biodiversity research, particularly for microbial organisms such as protists, enabling large-scale assessments of diversity and ecol...
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
Reposted by Corey Holt
ISME Communications is expanding its scope to include Taxonomy and Nomenclature, recognizing their essential role in microbial ecology.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
ISME Communications is expanding its scope to include Taxonomy and Nomenclature, recognizing their essential role in microbial ecology.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
Reposted by Corey Holt
MMEG is coming to @unibirmingham.bsky.social in December - look out for some exciting announcements about the programme in the next few weeks! Abstract submission and registration is open 👇🏻
Save the Date: #MMEG2025 is coming to Birmingham!
Join us on 15–16 December 2025 for the 31st edition of MMEG. This year's event is your chance to:
🔬 Share your research
🤝 Connect with peers
🦠 Discover the latest in molecular microbial ecology
Register now: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
Join us on 15–16 December 2025 for the 31st edition of MMEG. This year's event is your chance to:
🔬 Share your research
🤝 Connect with peers
🦠 Discover the latest in molecular microbial ecology
Register now: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
MMEG is coming to @unibirmingham.bsky.social in December - look out for some exciting announcements about the programme in the next few weeks! Abstract submission and registration is open 👇🏻