Jon Gewirtzman
@jgewirtzman.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Yale Environment. thinking about trees, methane, microbes, forests, mangroves, climate solutions, justice. he/him. jongewirtzman.com
I'll be at ESA this week and would love to catch up with any friends in Baltimore! I'll be presenting on Monday afternoon (tomorrow!) for any folks who are in town yet!
August 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I'll be at ESA this week and would love to catch up with any friends in Baltimore! I'll be presenting on Monday afternoon (tomorrow!) for any folks who are in town yet!
Such a fun project & massive team effort. We sampled tree cores my 1st yr of grad school then took a year to figure out how to grind wood… ! But we were amazed to find such a complex & unexpected ecosystem inside trees. And we’ve just scratched the surface! We explored 150 trees— 3 trillion to go!
#NatMicroPicks
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature
Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minim...
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August 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Such a fun project & massive team effort. We sampled tree cores my 1st yr of grad school then took a year to figure out how to grind wood… ! But we were amazed to find such a complex & unexpected ecosystem inside trees. And we’ve just scratched the surface! We explored 150 trees— 3 trillion to go!
So fun to be featured on this week’s @naturepodcast.bsky.social talking about the tree microbiome and could not be more thrilled to be following a story on rubber ducks.
This week on the pod 🔊
🦆 Researchers develop a new glue and test it on a rubber duck
🦠 The diversity of microbes within living trees
go.nature.com/41tMU3B
🦆 Researchers develop a new glue and test it on a rubber duck
🦠 The diversity of microbes within living trees
go.nature.com/41tMU3B
Underwater glue shows its sticking power in rubber duck test
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 06 August 2025
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August 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So fun to be featured on this week’s @naturepodcast.bsky.social talking about the tree microbiome and could not be more thrilled to be following a story on rubber ducks.
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"in 2025 we will have flying cars" 😂😂😂
July 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"in 2025 we will have flying cars" 😂😂😂
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Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
May 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
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XKCD’s take on archaea
May 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
XKCD’s take on archaea
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We often ask how does a species affect an ecosystem.
But what about all of them—together?
Our new framework predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
w/ Janey Lienau @ecography.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
But what about all of them—together?
Our new framework predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
w/ Janey Lienau @ecography.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Of all shapes and sizes: a theoretical framework for animal‐mediated terrestrial heterogeneity across scales
Animals redistribute elements throughout their lives by depositing wastes and carcasses. Growing evidence shows that these zoogeochemical processes enhance landscape diversity and heterogeneity world...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We often ask how does a species affect an ecosystem.
But what about all of them—together?
Our new framework predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
w/ Janey Lienau @ecography.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
But what about all of them—together?
Our new framework predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
w/ Janey Lienau @ecography.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
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New in Geoderma: "Soil carbon concentration drives anoxic microsites across horizons, textures, and aggregate position in a California grassland" by Emily M Lacroix, Anna Gomes, Alexander S Honeyman, Katie R Huy [...] Meret Aeppli. https://buff.ly/40aIT2B
@Stanford @unil @SLAClab @EPFLEngineering
@Stanford @unil @SLAClab @EPFLEngineering
January 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New in Geoderma: "Soil carbon concentration drives anoxic microsites across horizons, textures, and aggregate position in a California grassland" by Emily M Lacroix, Anna Gomes, Alexander S Honeyman, Katie R Huy [...] Meret Aeppli. https://buff.ly/40aIT2B
@Stanford @unil @SLAClab @EPFLEngineering
@Stanford @unil @SLAClab @EPFLEngineering
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🔗: Link in bio to attend
📆: Thursday, May 8th, 19:30
🗣️: @jgewirtzman.bsky.social – The Hidden Life Inside Trees
Trees are more than just plants—they host distinct and highly specialized microbial communities within their wood.
#mycotalk #mycology #talks #mushroom
📆: Thursday, May 8th, 19:30
🗣️: @jgewirtzman.bsky.social – The Hidden Life Inside Trees
Trees are more than just plants—they host distinct and highly specialized microbial communities within their wood.
#mycotalk #mycology #talks #mushroom
May 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🔗: Link in bio to attend
📆: Thursday, May 8th, 19:30
🗣️: @jgewirtzman.bsky.social – The Hidden Life Inside Trees
Trees are more than just plants—they host distinct and highly specialized microbial communities within their wood.
#mycotalk #mycology #talks #mushroom
📆: Thursday, May 8th, 19:30
🗣️: @jgewirtzman.bsky.social – The Hidden Life Inside Trees
Trees are more than just plants—they host distinct and highly specialized microbial communities within their wood.
#mycotalk #mycology #talks #mushroom
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“This budget is a recipe for ending the US' leadership in science. It would do generational damage by forcing labs to shut down, with a corresponding loss of highly trained individuals and one-of-a-kind research materials.”
May 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“This budget is a recipe for ending the US' leadership in science. It would do generational damage by forcing labs to shut down, with a corresponding loss of highly trained individuals and one-of-a-kind research materials.”
First time posting on Bluesky and first time at @egu.eu! If you're still sticking it out at #EGU2025 on Friday afternoon, join me to talk about trees, their microbiomes, and their role in the methane cycle!
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
May 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
First time posting on Bluesky and first time at @egu.eu! If you're still sticking it out at #EGU2025 on Friday afternoon, join me to talk about trees, their microbiomes, and their role in the methane cycle!
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
doi.org/10.5194/egus...
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New Paper Alert!@naturecomms.bsky.social
Thanks to the great team! @giannamars.bsky.social @scott-saleska.bsky.social @elbrodie.bsky.social @emerge-bii.bsky.social and many others! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks to the great team! @giannamars.bsky.social @scott-saleska.bsky.social @elbrodie.bsky.social @emerge-bii.bsky.social and many others! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A framework for integrating genomics, microbial traits, and ecosystem biogeochemistry - Nature Communications
Microbes drive the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles. Here, Li et al. present a framework for integrating genome-inferred microbial kinetic traits into ecosystem mechanistic models, and use it to benchmar...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
New Paper Alert!@naturecomms.bsky.social
Thanks to the great team! @giannamars.bsky.social @scott-saleska.bsky.social @elbrodie.bsky.social @emerge-bii.bsky.social and many others! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks to the great team! @giannamars.bsky.social @scott-saleska.bsky.social @elbrodie.bsky.social @emerge-bii.bsky.social and many others! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nominations and applications are now open for our student and early-career researcher awards!!
There are awards for travel to attend the conference, for outstanding publications, and for presentations at the conference. Please share widely with students, advisees, colleagues, and friends!
There are awards for travel to attend the conference, for outstanding publications, and for presentations at the conference. Please share widely with students, advisees, colleagues, and friends!
Awards – Biogeosciences
esa.org
April 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Nominations and applications are now open for our student and early-career researcher awards!!
There are awards for travel to attend the conference, for outstanding publications, and for presentations at the conference. Please share widely with students, advisees, colleagues, and friends!
There are awards for travel to attend the conference, for outstanding publications, and for presentations at the conference. Please share widely with students, advisees, colleagues, and friends!
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
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With atmospheric methane removal an emergent research area, I’d like to create a starter pack of people on here working in this space - spanning engineering, microbiology, ecosystem science, climate finance etc. I’d appreciate some re-posts. TIA!! @katharinehayhoe.com and @globalecoguy.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
With atmospheric methane removal an emergent research area, I’d like to create a starter pack of people on here working in this space - spanning engineering, microbiology, ecosystem science, climate finance etc. I’d appreciate some re-posts. TIA!! @katharinehayhoe.com and @globalecoguy.bsky.social
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The focus for this year's ESA meeting is "Supporting Ecologists Throughout Their Careers." The Biogeosciences Section supports students and early career scientists by awarding paper, presentation, and travel awards every year. Read more here: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
April 5, 2024 at 7:15 AM
The focus for this year's ESA meeting is "Supporting Ecologists Throughout Their Careers." The Biogeosciences Section supports students and early career scientists by awarding paper, presentation, and travel awards every year. Read more here: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
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The New Phytologist Innovation Presentation Grant recognizes an outstanding student oral presentation at the #ESA2024 Annual Meeting. The winner of the award receives a $500 cash prize and formal recognition from ESA and the New Phytologist. More info: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
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February 28, 2024 at 9:30 PM
The New Phytologist Innovation Presentation Grant recognizes an outstanding student oral presentation at the #ESA2024 Annual Meeting. The winner of the award receives a $500 cash prize and formal recognition from ESA and the New Phytologist. More info: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
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The ESA Biogeosciences Section's Gene E. Likens Award recognizes an early-career scientist (within 5 y of receiving Ph.D.) for work conducted after the completion of graduate school. The winner receives a $250 cash prize. Nominations due May 20. More info: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
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February 28, 2024 at 9:29 PM
The ESA Biogeosciences Section's Gene E. Likens Award recognizes an early-career scientist (within 5 y of receiving Ph.D.) for work conducted after the completion of graduate school. The winner receives a $250 cash prize. Nominations due May 20. More info: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
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The ESA Biogeosciences Section's Elizabeth Sulzman Award recognizes research conducted while a graduate student, and published within two years of graduation. The winner receives a $250 cash prize. Nominations are due May 20. More info: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
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February 28, 2024 at 9:29 PM
The ESA Biogeosciences Section's Elizabeth Sulzman Award recognizes research conducted while a graduate student, and published within two years of graduation. The winner receives a $250 cash prize. Nominations are due May 20. More info: www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
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#ESA Biogeosciences has 3 early career researchers awards! Thanks to all #ESA Biogeosciences members! Your membership helps support these awards and recognize the amazing early career ecologists in our section. If you need to renew your membership, be sure to click the Biogeosciences Section box ✅
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February 28, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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Did you know that the ESA Biogeosciences Section sponsors multiple student travel grants for attending #ESA2024 Annual Meeting. All student members of our section are eligible to apply! The application window opens April 15. www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...
February 28, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Did you know that the ESA Biogeosciences Section sponsors multiple student travel grants for attending #ESA2024 Annual Meeting. All student members of our section are eligible to apply! The application window opens April 15. www.esa.org/biogeoscienc...