Jan Gogarten
LightNews LightNews
banner
jangogarten.bsky.social
Jan Gogarten
@jangogarten.bsky.social
1.2K followers 960 following 130 posts
Evolutionary community ecologist interested in disease emergence. Work with environmental DNA, primates, bacteriophages. Like bicycles. Heading a junior research group at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
jangogarten.bsky.social
Jan Gogarten @jangogarten.bsky.social · Dec 4
Hello! I am new + while I know some of you from real life or the giant dumpster fire around which we formerly shared tweets, I wanted to make a little introductory post (skeet?). I am a disease ecologist + evolutionary biologist broadly interested in disease emergence + community assembly.
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
healthcare-global.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genome contamination may lead to an overestimation of horizontal gene transfer inferences - Nature Communications
Nature Communications - Genome contamination may lead to an overestimation of horizontal gene transfer inferences
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
jangogarten.bsky.social
We are offering a Masters project with Benno Kreuels at the BNITM, with aim of developing #eDNA tools to monitor #snakes and help determine snake species involved with bites. Involves work with patient samples and combines lab experiments, bioinfo analyses, and testing international sample sets.
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
ewyler.bsky.social
Fantastic :-) Fits well with the great project of heimspiel-wissenschaft.de
Heimspiel Wissenschaft - Heimspiel Wissenschaft
Heimspiel Wissenschaft bringt Wissenschaftler:innen, die aus ländlichen Regionen stammen, zurück in ihre Heimatorte.
heimspiel-wissenschaft.de
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
Now I try in German :)

In all dem Chaos in der Welt: ein kleiner Lichtblick aus #MecklenburgVorpommern.
Vor ein paar Wochen lud mich der ehemalige Bürgermeister von Weitenhagen (bei Greifswald) zu einem „Stammtisch“ ein – zum Kennenlernen und Reden.
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
In all the chaos that is happening in the world - a little sign of light from #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northern Germany. A few weeks ago the former mayor of Weitenhagen, a small village near Greifswald, reached out asking if I wanted to join him for a 'Stammtisch' to introduce myself and chat.
An invitation in German to a 'Stammtisch' in Weitenhagen, with a date and a time and a place to meet, with a guest invited (that was me) and a topic that they wanted to hear about.
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
jennyrohn.bsky.social
Cost of being female lead/corresponding author in biomedical sciences: "[T]he median amount of time spent under review is 7.4%–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles" even in disciplines where women well-represented. #AcademicSky

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review
Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...
journals.plos.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:38 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
Northern lights visible in Germany tonight :)
Splashes or green and red in the night sky over a house with glowing windows and door Northern lights with neon green and red splashes.
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
The idea to prioritize slowing down to improve the quality of work resonates with me - both as a advisor, an editor, and a scientist. Here is hoping that his effort to slow down science and evaluate the impact of ideas and papers, rather than numbers and journal metrics, succeeds!
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
A little follow up about this; adding amore eloquent critiques of the poor coverage of the original article by @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
science.org
Painting roofs white and adding screens to doors and windows is a low-cost way to increase comfort and curb malaria risk. https://scim.ag/49QBSKi
How to cool down African homes—and keep mosquitoes out
Painting roofs white and adding screens to doors and windows is a low-cost way to increase comfort and curb malaria risk
scim.ag
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
This makes so much sense - and at the same time makes me question some of my recent life choices ;)
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
monicamedhist.bsky.social
This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
Come work with me and Anna Obiegala in Greifswald at the @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social and Friedrich Loeffler Institute! A PhD position working on ticks and their microbiomes and how those interaction with the environmental microbiome, and tickborne diseases. Fieldwork in the @bexplo.bsky.social!
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
alibat.bsky.social
🦇 Two PhD positions available on our new ARC Discovery Grant: "From Diversity to Disease: Viral Ecology, Evolution and Persistence in Bats"

The project will investigate how viral diversity evolves and persists, with a particular focus on recently discovered henipaviruses in Australian flying foxes.
The torso and head of a black flying fox hanging upside down, looking directly at the camera, above the words "PhD positions available in bat viral ecology and evolution".
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
jangogarten.bsky.social
Women are underrepresented in first / last author positions of retracted medical papers. Shocked to see the hand wringing about potential mechanisms in the coverage of the work, trying desperately to turn this into a positive for men. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gender disparities among authors of retracted publications in medical journals: A cross-sectional study
Background Gender disparities in scientific authorship are well documented, yet little is known about gender representation among authors of retracted publications. Methods We analyzed 878 retracted...
journals.plos.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
jangogarten.bsky.social
A PhD Position! Aim is to use pop-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials. Work with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social + Joanne Santini - two creative scientists who are also very fun to work with!
tinyurl.com/phagehunt
Mapping Phage Diversity through Population-Scale Metagenomics in the Hunt for Novel Antimicrobials at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mapping Phage Diversity through Population-Scale Metagenomics in the Hunt for Novel Antimicrobials at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
tinyurl.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
helenbranswell.bsky.social
Fascinating story about evidence that #H5N1 #birdflu infected vampire bats in South America, raising the prospect of a potential new & dangerous host for the virus. Some good news: The virus didn't appear to spread well among the bats. By @martinenserink.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...
Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say
www.science.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
Große Phagen, kleine Phagen, Phagen aus Primatenkot... 💩Die Forschenden am @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social, @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social & HZI gehen in ihrer Bakteriophagen-Forschung an die Grenzen!
@jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social @jenshoer.bsky.social @gerovac.bsky.social @jangogarten.bsky.social #WAAW2025
Elektronenmikroskopische Aufnahme von Pseudomonas aeruginosa, infiziert mit dem Jumbophagen ΦKZ (rot).
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
greifswaldmoor.bsky.social
💦 Weiter geht’s in der Vortragsreihe „Neue Moorlandschaften“!
Am 17. Nov, 18 Uhr spricht Dr. Tjorven Hinzke über: „Wer isst wen in wiedervernässten Mooren?“

📍 @wiko-greifswald.bsky.social in #Greifswald oder online
Mehr Info: tinyurl.com/wetscapes2
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
kakape.bsky.social
"So far, eight suspected cases have been reported. Laboratory testing is ongoing at the Ethiopia Public Health Institute to determine the exact cause."
Always worrying when viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak is suspected anywhere, definitely something to watch.
#IDsky
www.afro.who.int/news/ethiopi...
Ethiopia reports suspected viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak
Health authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out further investigations and ramping up response after suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever were reported in the country’s South Ethiopia Region.
www.afro.who.int
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
donmoyn.bsky.social
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
rbiek.bsky.social
Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
Research Assistant/Associate
Job Purpose You will contribute to an international collaborative project entitled “Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo”, working with Prof Roman Biek. T...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
jenshoer.bsky.social
Are you interested in studying RNA phages? We are looking for a PhD student and a postdoc to join the lab!

For more information and how to apply, see below 👇

Please RT!
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
jangogarten.bsky.social
A paper for the #eDNA crowd, in particular those using flies for terrestrial biomonitoring. We show that massive pooling works well, reducing costs + time, bringing us a step closer to scalable terrestrial eDNA biomonitoring. doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
An Exploration of DNA Extraction Methods of Fly iDNA for Scalable Biodiversity Monitoring
Metabarcoding of invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) is an excellent tool for assessing terrestrial mammal diversity, but the time and costs associated with sample processing constrain its wider adoption....
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Jan Gogarten
jbyoder.org
Despite decades of effort, scientists have still not discovered a foolproof way to evaluate colleagues’ work that doesn’t involve reading the paper
ivancalcantara.bsky.social Ivan Alcantara @ivancalcantara.bsky.social · Oct 27
But what if there are two co-first authors and the first-first author is actually also co-corresponding author with the last author but the second-first author isn’t?
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM