Danillo O. Alvarenga
@danilloalvarenga.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen | Microbial ecology & evolution, molecular biology and bioinformatics | Focusing on #symbioses between #cyanobacteria and #plants, fighting #climatechange | Interested in science, art, culture and nature
I had a lot of fun helping to organize VOLT's annual retreat. Great science, fun workshops and interesting talks. I'm so happy my escape rooms worked so well! And karaoke was insane!
Thank you, @voltcenter.bsky.social! It was really amazing! 🧪
Thank you, @voltcenter.bsky.social! It was really amazing! 🧪
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I had a lot of fun helping to organize VOLT's annual retreat. Great science, fun workshops and interesting talks. I'm so happy my escape rooms worked so well! And karaoke was insane!
Thank you, @voltcenter.bsky.social! It was really amazing! 🧪
Thank you, @voltcenter.bsky.social! It was really amazing! 🧪
Using #cyanobacteria in #architecture to build structures that produce oxygen and sequester carbon in urban environments? That's an amazing concept!
www.archdaily.com/1030729/desi...
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www.archdaily.com/1030729/desi...
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Designing a Living and Dying Structure: Picoplanktonics and the Canadian Pavilion in Venice
Discover how marine cyanobacteria transform architecture into a living, carbon-sequestering ecosystem.
www.archdaily.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Using #cyanobacteria in #architecture to build structures that produce oxygen and sequester carbon in urban environments? That's an amazing concept!
www.archdaily.com/1030729/desi...
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www.archdaily.com/1030729/desi...
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There indeed is a lot of papers on microbial defense/anti-defense systems coming out that were run under conditions that are so foreign that they leave you wondering if that's really how they work.
We do need to test these systems more! 🧪🦠🔬
We do need to test these systems more! 🧪🦠🔬
Our new paper on archaeal anti-CRISPRs is out in
@Nature (@SpringerNature)! 🔗 rdcu.be/eh1Ma
Using a native virus–host model (SIRV2–S. islandicus), we show that overexpression in foreign hosts can lead to false positives.
🧵(1/n) #CRISPR #archaea #antiCRISPR #virology
@Nature (@SpringerNature)! 🔗 rdcu.be/eh1Ma
Using a native virus–host model (SIRV2–S. islandicus), we show that overexpression in foreign hosts can lead to false positives.
🧵(1/n) #CRISPR #archaea #antiCRISPR #virology
Natively expressed AcrIII-1 does not function as an anti-CRISPR protein
Nature - Natively expressed AcrIII-1 does not function as an anti-CRISPR protein
rdcu.be
April 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
There indeed is a lot of papers on microbial defense/anti-defense systems coming out that were run under conditions that are so foreign that they leave you wondering if that's really how they work.
We do need to test these systems more! 🧪🦠🔬
We do need to test these systems more! 🧪🦠🔬
Very interesting review estimating that cyanobacteria were already prepared for aerobic metabolism before oxygenating the global atmosphere!
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#weekendreading🔬📑
A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation
@science.org #microsky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation
@science.org #microsky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation
Microbial life has dominated Earth’s history but left a sparse fossil record, greatly hindering our understanding of evolution in deep time. However, bacterial metabolism has left signatures in the ge...
www.science.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Very interesting review estimating that cyanobacteria were already prepared for aerobic metabolism before oxygenating the global atmosphere!
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www.bbc.com/news/article... 🧪
Wow, so now we're "deforesting to save the climate"? And they have the nerve to call it "Liberty Avenue"? This is unbelievable.
Wow, so now we're "deforesting to save the climate"? And they have the nerve to call it "Liberty Avenue"? This is unbelievable.
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article... 🧪
Wow, so now we're "deforesting to save the climate"? And they have the nerve to call it "Liberty Avenue"? This is unbelievable.
Wow, so now we're "deforesting to save the climate"? And they have the nerve to call it "Liberty Avenue"? This is unbelievable.
And they're still increasing their emissions. This is absolutely insane. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
And they're still increasing their emissions. This is absolutely insane. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reminder: We have a Bluesky Starter Pack of researchers working in cyanobacteria. If you would like to be included, respond to this message. Please repost to spread the news.
Ok, here you have the Starter Pack. This is just the beginning, and we will be adding more researchers progressively.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Reminder: We have a Bluesky Starter Pack of researchers working in cyanobacteria. If you would like to be included, respond to this message. Please repost to spread the news.
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📢PhD Vacancy📢: Fully funded PhD fellowship in #peatland #VOC #biogeochemistry at Copenhagen University! This position is part of my Villum young investigator grant, co-supervised with @riikkarinnan.bsky.social, and hosted by the @voltcenter.bsky.social.
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
February 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
📢PhD Vacancy📢: Fully funded PhD fellowship in #peatland #VOC #biogeochemistry at Copenhagen University! This position is part of my Villum young investigator grant, co-supervised with @riikkarinnan.bsky.social, and hosted by the @voltcenter.bsky.social.
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
Wow, they found fungal hyphae inside the sheaths of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria! Usually with these types of symbiosis it's the other way around, with bacteria growing inside their host. This is supercool!🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A thallus-forming N-fixing fungus-cyanobacterium symbiosis from subtropical forests
Fungus lives within cyanobacterial sheaths in a thallus-forming symbiosis, named “phyllosymbia.”
www.science.org
February 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wow, they found fungal hyphae inside the sheaths of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria! Usually with these types of symbiosis it's the other way around, with bacteria growing inside their host. This is supercool!🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Welcome to Copenhagen to the 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems!
#biogeochemistry, #chemicalecology #ecosystem-atmosphereinteractions #VOCs #volatilome
Deadline for abstracts is Feb 24.
eventsignup.ku.dk/voltsymposiu...
May 21-23 is a lovely time to visit Copenhagen
#biogeochemistry, #chemicalecology #ecosystem-atmosphereinteractions #VOCs #volatilome
Deadline for abstracts is Feb 24.
eventsignup.ku.dk/voltsymposiu...
May 21-23 is a lovely time to visit Copenhagen
January 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Welcome to Copenhagen to the 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems!
#biogeochemistry, #chemicalecology #ecosystem-atmosphereinteractions #VOCs #volatilome
Deadline for abstracts is Feb 24.
eventsignup.ku.dk/voltsymposiu...
May 21-23 is a lovely time to visit Copenhagen
#biogeochemistry, #chemicalecology #ecosystem-atmosphereinteractions #VOCs #volatilome
Deadline for abstracts is Feb 24.
eventsignup.ku.dk/voltsymposiu...
May 21-23 is a lovely time to visit Copenhagen
Have you ever seen bacteria dance?
January 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Have you ever seen bacteria dance?
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A fan of #Bryophytes? You are (almost) not alone! #Bryophytes rule...they can grow almost anywhere, host a fascinating world of #microbes (incl. #nitrogen-fixing #Cyanobacteria), are key in #biogeochemistry, and hold huge potential for #biotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Time to end the vascular plant chauvinism - Nature Plants
Nature Plants - Time to end the vascular plant chauvinism
www.nature.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:28 AM
A fan of #Bryophytes? You are (almost) not alone! #Bryophytes rule...they can grow almost anywhere, host a fascinating world of #microbes (incl. #nitrogen-fixing #Cyanobacteria), are key in #biogeochemistry, and hold huge potential for #biotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It does feel so much nicer here in BlueSky than Twitter. I'm glad I migrated as well!
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 5:13 PM
It does feel so much nicer here in BlueSky than Twitter. I'm glad I migrated as well!
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Post-Doc position for 3 years available jointly between University of Tartu (Estonia) and University of Aarhus (Denmark) on soil microbiome and biogeography. Skills required: bioinformatics, metagenome analysis, microbiology
Contact: leho.tedersoo@ut.ee
Contact: leho.tedersoo@ut.ee
January 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Post-Doc position for 3 years available jointly between University of Tartu (Estonia) and University of Aarhus (Denmark) on soil microbiome and biogeography. Skills required: bioinformatics, metagenome analysis, microbiology
Contact: leho.tedersoo@ut.ee
Contact: leho.tedersoo@ut.ee
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Welcome @mingyueyuan.bsky.social to the #CyanoMoss team! The transition from #Soil to #Moss scientist has begun! Stay tuned for news on #MossCyano Symbiosis - who controls it and how?
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Welcome @mingyueyuan.bsky.social to the #CyanoMoss team! The transition from #Soil to #Moss scientist has begun! Stay tuned for news on #MossCyano Symbiosis - who controls it and how?
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🌍 Mega-droughts are becoming more frequent and intense globally. Our study in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... shows that multi-year droughts have significantly increased over the last 40 years with severe impacts @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social (1/7) 🧵
January 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🌍 Mega-droughts are becoming more frequent and intense globally. Our study in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... shows that multi-year droughts have significantly increased over the last 40 years with severe impacts @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social (1/7) 🧵
Productive days and fun nights at the @voltcenter.bsky.social writing retreat in the beautiful Dragsholm Castle! What an amazing experience!
January 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Productive days and fun nights at the @voltcenter.bsky.social writing retreat in the beautiful Dragsholm Castle! What an amazing experience!
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Day 2 of @voltcenter.bsky.social's #writing #retreat at the beautiful Dragsholm castle starts with trying out the #pomodoro technique.
January 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Day 2 of @voltcenter.bsky.social's #writing #retreat at the beautiful Dragsholm castle starts with trying out the #pomodoro technique.
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@voltcenter.bsky.social writing retreat has started in the amazing Dragholm Castle
January 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@voltcenter.bsky.social writing retreat has started in the amazing Dragholm Castle
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📢 Exciting Announcement! Abstract submission is now open!
@voltcenter.bsky.social is organizing a #symposium bringing together international #experts in the #ecology of #VOCs and other #volatiles. 🌿✨
📅 When? May 21-23, 2025
📍 Where? Copenhagen, Denmark
Learn more & sign up for updates here 👇
@voltcenter.bsky.social is organizing a #symposium bringing together international #experts in the #ecology of #VOCs and other #volatiles. 🌿✨
📅 When? May 21-23, 2025
📍 Where? Copenhagen, Denmark
Learn more & sign up for updates here 👇
At @voltcenter.bsky.social we are organizing a #symposium to bring together international #experts working with the #ecology of #VOCs and other #volatiles. It will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 21-23, 2025.
You can learn more and sign up for updates here👇:
eventsignup.ku.dk/voltsymposiu...
You can learn more and sign up for updates here👇:
eventsignup.ku.dk/voltsymposiu...
1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems
Sign up for the 2025 Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems symposium
eventsignup.ku.dk
January 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📢 Exciting Announcement! Abstract submission is now open!
@voltcenter.bsky.social is organizing a #symposium bringing together international #experts in the #ecology of #VOCs and other #volatiles. 🌿✨
📅 When? May 21-23, 2025
📍 Where? Copenhagen, Denmark
Learn more & sign up for updates here 👇
@voltcenter.bsky.social is organizing a #symposium bringing together international #experts in the #ecology of #VOCs and other #volatiles. 🌿✨
📅 When? May 21-23, 2025
📍 Where? Copenhagen, Denmark
Learn more & sign up for updates here 👇
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@voltcenter.bsky.social is #hiring!
What better way to start 2025 than with a new job with a creative, fun and smart bunch?
We seek a #student #assistant to help with #admin and #comms, w/ experience in #VideoEditing and #illustration.
Check, apply, share this link:
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
What better way to start 2025 than with a new job with a creative, fun and smart bunch?
We seek a #student #assistant to help with #admin and #comms, w/ experience in #VideoEditing and #illustration.
Check, apply, share this link:
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
January 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@voltcenter.bsky.social is #hiring!
What better way to start 2025 than with a new job with a creative, fun and smart bunch?
We seek a #student #assistant to help with #admin and #comms, w/ experience in #VideoEditing and #illustration.
Check, apply, share this link:
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
What better way to start 2025 than with a new job with a creative, fun and smart bunch?
We seek a #student #assistant to help with #admin and #comms, w/ experience in #VideoEditing and #illustration.
Check, apply, share this link:
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
The new paper by @kathrinrousk.bsky.social's group on nitrogen fixation in Costa Rica's cloud forests is out now! Led by the amazing Lina Clasen at @voltcenter.bsky.social!
Find out how nutrients affect ground-dwelling mosses here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Find out how nutrients affect ground-dwelling mosses here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rapid response of moss-associated nitrogen fixation to nutrient additions in tropical montane cloud forests with different successional stages - Biogeochemistry
Nitrogen (N) fixation in association with mosses could be a key source of new N in tropical montane cloud forests since these forests maintain high humidity levels and stable temperatures, both of whi...
link.springer.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The new paper by @kathrinrousk.bsky.social's group on nitrogen fixation in Costa Rica's cloud forests is out now! Led by the amazing Lina Clasen at @voltcenter.bsky.social!
Find out how nutrients affect ground-dwelling mosses here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Find out how nutrients affect ground-dwelling mosses here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...