Denise Akob
@deniseakob.bsky.social
Microbial ecologist, biogeochemist, mom, & crazy cat lady. All around microbial cheerleader and science nerd. Chair of the 2025 Appl Env Micro @ GordonConf.
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Austria is a gorgeous place and the University of Vienna’s CeMMS one of the top places in the world to do microbial ecology.
Austria is stepping up to support US postdocs:
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APART-USA
Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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August 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Austria is a gorgeous place and the University of Vienna’s CeMMS one of the top places in the world to do microbial ecology.
Congratulations and thanks to @femsmicro.org @femsjournals.bsky.social for highlighting the excellent work of early career researchers!
Cheers go out to Brielle Hrymoc of Casey Hubert's Lab @ucalgary.bsky.social and Ania Szlembarska of Brett Poulin's Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social for two well-deserved poster prizes for ECRs at the 2025 AEM GRC Conference.
Thanks to #FEMSMicrobiolEcol @femsjournals.bsky.social for sponsoring!
Thanks to #FEMSMicrobiolEcol @femsjournals.bsky.social for sponsoring!
August 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Congratulations and thanks to @femsmicro.org @femsjournals.bsky.social for highlighting the excellent work of early career researchers!
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Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
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Notice of Award is in!
Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
Funded Graduate Student Opportunity in Marine Microbial Ecology
**Applicants will be contacted if selected for next round. Applicants not selected will not receive any notice. If not selected, this is not indicative of your merit. **
Northern Illinois University |...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Notice of Award is in!
Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
Thanks Jen! Can’t wait for the GRC next month!!
Y'all, @deniseakob.bsky.social is planning a GREAT week of things for the AEM GRC in July.
So hard to remember that Microbe is next week, not the GRC. Can't wait for dorm life next month!
So hard to remember that Microbe is next week, not the GRC. Can't wait for dorm life next month!
June 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thanks Jen! Can’t wait for the GRC next month!!
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Congrats Dr. Huber @juliehuber.bsky.social for your well-deserved induction into the American Academy of Microbiology! Thanks for all that you do for science and the many amazing people, from all walks of life, that make it happen.
February 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Congrats Dr. Huber @juliehuber.bsky.social for your well-deserved induction into the American Academy of Microbiology! Thanks for all that you do for science and the many amazing people, from all walks of life, that make it happen.
The 2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (AEM GRC/GRS) will be held in July!
Apply soon - we expect the conference to fill up quickly so please apply early to guarantee a spot.
Hope to see you at Mount Holyoke College!
www.grc.org/applied-and-...
Apply soon - we expect the conference to fill up quickly so please apply early to guarantee a spot.
Hope to see you at Mount Holyoke College!
www.grc.org/applied-and-...
2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology will be held in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The 2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (AEM GRC/GRS) will be held in July!
Apply soon - we expect the conference to fill up quickly so please apply early to guarantee a spot.
Hope to see you at Mount Holyoke College!
www.grc.org/applied-and-...
Apply soon - we expect the conference to fill up quickly so please apply early to guarantee a spot.
Hope to see you at Mount Holyoke College!
www.grc.org/applied-and-...
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The first #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology issue of 2025 is out!
And here are the articles selected for the Spotlight section, a 🧵
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
And here are the articles selected for the Spotlight section, a 🧵
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Sabree et al. (e01483-24) discuss the financial stress that postdocs experience when relocating without institutional
compensation for moving expenses. As the authors state in their article, “Solving
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February 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The first #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology issue of 2025 is out!
And here are the articles selected for the Spotlight section, a 🧵
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
And here are the articles selected for the Spotlight section, a 🧵
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
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Job opportunity!
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 2) IN PLANT RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY
#plantscience #plantscijobs
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 2) IN PLANT RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY
#plantscience #plantscijobs
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November 16, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Job opportunity!
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 2) IN PLANT RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY
#plantscience #plantscijobs
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/UBC/Bota...
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 2) IN PLANT RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY
#plantscience #plantscijobs
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Disappointed by the commercially available ABC books for toddlers and young kids, that either get things wrong or focus on immunology rather than microbiology (boooh!), I made a ABC of Microbiology for my son. Feel free to share. nebula.wsimg.com/bf929d050fcd...
November 11, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Disappointed by the commercially available ABC books for toddlers and young kids, that either get things wrong or focus on immunology rather than microbiology (boooh!), I made a ABC of Microbiology for my son. Feel free to share. nebula.wsimg.com/bf929d050fcd...
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Funded 4-year PhD with me & @barriewilks.bsky.social. We've found a way to make Streptomyces bacteria over-produce antibiotics in the presence of glucose. Could be a game changer. This PhD project aims to understand how it works.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/rel...
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/rel...
Relieving glucose-mediated carbon catabolite repression to engineer antibiotic over production in Streptomyces species | Doctoral Training Partnership
HUTCHINGS_J25DTP2
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November 12, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Funded 4-year PhD with me & @barriewilks.bsky.social. We've found a way to make Streptomyces bacteria over-produce antibiotics in the presence of glucose. Could be a game changer. This PhD project aims to understand how it works.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/rel...
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/rel...
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We're hiring a lab technician to help with high-throughput culturing and other aspects of our research. Please help spread the word. Find out more and apply using the link below.
Requisition ID: REQ20156462
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
Requisition ID: REQ20156462
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
Research Lab Technician II at USC
Learn more about applying for Research Lab Technician II at USC
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November 8, 2024 at 5:38 PM
We're hiring a lab technician to help with high-throughput culturing and other aspects of our research. Please help spread the word. Find out more and apply using the link below.
Requisition ID: REQ20156462
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
Requisition ID: REQ20156462
usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
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A friendly reminder that we all thought the 2016 election would be a no-brainer. If you're registed, please, don't listen to the polls, don't assume - vote.
November 4, 2024 at 3:51 PM
A friendly reminder that we all thought the 2016 election would be a no-brainer. If you're registed, please, don't listen to the polls, don't assume - vote.
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Check out another new paper from the lab in GEB, where we examined microbes within the pitcher plant system and uncovered unique ecological processes governing the community assembly of distinct microbial guilds.
#NSFfunded
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#NSFfunded
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Dispersal Limitation Governs Bacterial Community Assembly in the Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) at the Continental Scale
Aim
Ecological theory suggests that dispersal limitation and selection by climatic factors influence bacterial community assembly at a continental scale, yet the conditions governing the relative im.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Check out another new paper from the lab in GEB, where we examined microbes within the pitcher plant system and uncovered unique ecological processes governing the community assembly of distinct microbial guilds.
#NSFfunded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#NSFfunded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Congratulations to @USGS colleagues on their new publication in Science:
Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply depths in the United States
#pfas #prediction #drinkingwater
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply depths in the United States
#pfas #prediction #drinkingwater
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply depths in the United States
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known colloquially as “forever chemicals”, have been associated with adverse human health effects and have contaminated drinking water supplies across the U...
www.science.org
October 26, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Congratulations to @USGS colleagues on their new publication in Science:
Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply depths in the United States
#pfas #prediction #drinkingwater
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply depths in the United States
#pfas #prediction #drinkingwater
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🚨We are also hiring a postdoc to work on our newly funded Lyme disease phage project at Montana State!
Are you a spirochetologist interested in phage biology? Come work with us in beautiful Bozeman, MT!
Apply here:
jobs.montana.edu/postings/43811
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Are you a spirochetologist interested in phage biology? Come work with us in beautiful Bozeman, MT!
Apply here:
jobs.montana.edu/postings/43811
🧫🧪🦠
October 19, 2024 at 1:26 AM
🚨We are also hiring a postdoc to work on our newly funded Lyme disease phage project at Montana State!
Are you a spirochetologist interested in phage biology? Come work with us in beautiful Bozeman, MT!
Apply here:
jobs.montana.edu/postings/43811
🧫🧪🦠
Are you a spirochetologist interested in phage biology? Come work with us in beautiful Bozeman, MT!
Apply here:
jobs.montana.edu/postings/43811
🧫🧪🦠
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🚨We're hiring a lab manager/research scientist!
Come work with us at Montana State University in beautiful Bozeman, MT
We are a phage lab with diverse projects related to infectious disease, check us out here: patsecor.wixsite.com/mysite-1
Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43723
🧫🧪🦠
Come work with us at Montana State University in beautiful Bozeman, MT
We are a phage lab with diverse projects related to infectious disease, check us out here: patsecor.wixsite.com/mysite-1
Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43723
🧫🧪🦠
October 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM
🚨We're hiring a lab manager/research scientist!
Come work with us at Montana State University in beautiful Bozeman, MT
We are a phage lab with diverse projects related to infectious disease, check us out here: patsecor.wixsite.com/mysite-1
Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43723
🧫🧪🦠
Come work with us at Montana State University in beautiful Bozeman, MT
We are a phage lab with diverse projects related to infectious disease, check us out here: patsecor.wixsite.com/mysite-1
Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43723
🧫🧪🦠
The Ruyle lab @New York University is recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2025. The lab examines how human activity, the biosphere, and climate change impact water quality. Research includes work on PFAS contamination. Learn more: wp.nyu.edu/ruylelab/
Ruyle Lab – HOME – Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
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October 16, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The Ruyle lab @New York University is recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2025. The lab examines how human activity, the biosphere, and climate change impact water quality. Research includes work on PFAS contamination. Learn more: wp.nyu.edu/ruylelab/
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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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NSURP T-shirts! Buy a shirt and support this awesome program!
I had a great time mentoring an NSURP scholar over the summer. She is headed to ABRCMS this fall to present her research. Fundraisers like this support these young scientists.
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I had a great time mentoring an NSURP scholar over the summer. She is headed to ABRCMS this fall to present her research. Fundraisers like this support these young scientists.
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
Support National Summer Undergraduate Research Project Fundraiser 2024 for program costs
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September 20, 2024 at 11:22 PM
NSURP T-shirts! Buy a shirt and support this awesome program!
I had a great time mentoring an NSURP scholar over the summer. She is headed to ABRCMS this fall to present her research. Fundraisers like this support these young scientists.
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
I had a great time mentoring an NSURP scholar over the summer. She is headed to ABRCMS this fall to present her research. Fundraisers like this support these young scientists.
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
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I am happy to share a preprint of recent microbe mineral interaction research from our team led by Nicole Fiore demonstrating calcium carbonate as the sole source of inorganic carbon for methanogenesis. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4...
Microbial methane production from calcium carbonate at moderately alkaline pH
Carbonate minerals are considered a metastable carbon reservoir under alkaline conditions. Here we demonstrate the use of calcium carbonate as a sole inorganic carbon source at moderately alkaline pH ...
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August 20, 2024 at 3:03 AM
I am happy to share a preprint of recent microbe mineral interaction research from our team led by Nicole Fiore demonstrating calcium carbonate as the sole source of inorganic carbon for methanogenesis. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4...
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It was a privilege to work with @markabelan.bsky.social on an infographic that summarizes the role of microbes in methane cycling, both cells that make or break methane. We have English, German and Spanish versions! Use widely and freely :)
NEW PIECE: The Microbial Role of Climate Change
Check out this infographic I made with
@environmicrobio.bsky.social that introduces this unique intersection between methane, microbes, and climate change!
Check out this infographic I made with
@environmicrobio.bsky.social that introduces this unique intersection between methane, microbes, and climate change!
July 8, 2024 at 4:58 PM
It was a privilege to work with @markabelan.bsky.social on an infographic that summarizes the role of microbes in methane cycling, both cells that make or break methane. We have English, German and Spanish versions! Use widely and freely :)
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What’s black, white, and blue? @deniseakob.bsky.social and I are having convergent fashion again today (totally unplanned) #ASMicrobe 🧪🧫👩🔬
June 16, 2024 at 12:43 PM
What’s black, white, and blue? @deniseakob.bsky.social and I are having convergent fashion again today (totally unplanned) #ASMicrobe 🧪🧫👩🔬
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And please join the EEB meet up today at 4pm in the track hub space for some very exciting announcements about the future of the track!
Hey #MicroSky - who’s here at #ASMicrobe? Come hang out in the EEB track with us!
June 15, 2024 at 2:01 PM
And please join the EEB meet up today at 4pm in the track hub space for some very exciting announcements about the future of the track!
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Hey #MicroSky - who’s here at #ASMicrobe? Come hang out in the EEB track with us!
June 14, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Hey #MicroSky - who’s here at #ASMicrobe? Come hang out in the EEB track with us!