Felix Elling
@lipidorama.bsky.social
Micro-Bio-Geologist. I study the record of life and climate through the lens of microbial ecology. Group leader at Kiel University. https://kiel-geobiology.de
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Deglacial stratification of the polar Southern Ocean | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Deglacial stratification of the polar Southern Ocean | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Very excited to announce *TWO* fully-funded PhD positions starting this summer focusing on greenhouse gases in the peatlands of the Congo Basin! Both positions are joint between my group in @eth-eaps.bsky.social and that of @johansix.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social. Come join us!
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Very excited to announce *TWO* fully-funded PhD positions starting this summer focusing on greenhouse gases in the peatlands of the Congo Basin! Both positions are joint between my group in @eth-eaps.bsky.social and that of @johansix.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social. Come join us!
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#Science communication is dead and fossilized - this #AIslop gets thousands of shares and likes on #socialmedia, meanwhile real channels struggle...
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
#Science communication is dead and fossilized - this #AIslop gets thousands of shares and likes on #socialmedia, meanwhile real channels struggle...
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Passioned by #bioenergetics? Do not miss our new article on the evolutionary history of oxidoreductases with G. Borrel and @sgribaldo.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
Evolution and diversity of oxidoreductases involved in redox balance and energy conservation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
HORBEC are protein complexes involved in the regulation of redox balance and energy conservation. The authors develop a bioinformatic tool for HORBEC annotation in bacterial and archaeal genomes and r...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Passioned by #bioenergetics? Do not miss our new article on the evolutionary history of oxidoreductases with G. Borrel and @sgribaldo.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
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Join us this summer at @au.dk!
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change
international.au.dk
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Join us this summer at @au.dk!
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
@vivikathrine.bsky.social and I will be running our summer course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change, including bioscience, economy, consumer behavior, agroecology, public health and more!
☀️Apply by March 17th to join us from July 27th - August 9th☀️
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🌏 Happy 🔭 New 🧪 Year 🦠 2026 ✨
If you feel like an easy read about subsurface microbiomes and astrobiology:
Here is an opinion I wrote with @emvidal.bsky.social @geobiomaggie.bsky.social @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Melody Lindsay
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
If you feel like an easy read about subsurface microbiomes and astrobiology:
Here is an opinion I wrote with @emvidal.bsky.social @geobiomaggie.bsky.social @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Melody Lindsay
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Subsurface Life on Earth as a Key to Unlock Extraterrestrial Mysteries
This paper discusses current research on subsurface microbiology. Exploring Earth's deep and extreme subsurface environments provides critical insights into life's limits and adaptability. Subsurface...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
🌏 Happy 🔭 New 🧪 Year 🦠 2026 ✨
If you feel like an easy read about subsurface microbiomes and astrobiology:
Here is an opinion I wrote with @emvidal.bsky.social @geobiomaggie.bsky.social @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Melody Lindsay
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
If you feel like an easy read about subsurface microbiomes and astrobiology:
Here is an opinion I wrote with @emvidal.bsky.social @geobiomaggie.bsky.social @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Melody Lindsay
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New paper out in Current Opinion in Microbiology: MCR-encoding (potentially methanogenic) Thermoproteota are widespread and transcriptionally active in diverse anoxic ecosystems! @dr-zj.bsky.social, Matthew Kellom & @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social. Funded by DOE BER program. tinyurl.com/2fsyxswj 🦠🧪
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
New paper out in Current Opinion in Microbiology: MCR-encoding (potentially methanogenic) Thermoproteota are widespread and transcriptionally active in diverse anoxic ecosystems! @dr-zj.bsky.social, Matthew Kellom & @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social. Funded by DOE BER program. tinyurl.com/2fsyxswj 🦠🧪
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Dear @nature.com , this was published in 2024. Why do you still allow this? Data should be deposited upon publication. #openscience
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Dear @nature.com , this was published in 2024. Why do you still allow this? Data should be deposited upon publication. #openscience
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A new year brings new opportunities: we are looking to fill a permanent professorship position with a Microbiologist preferably with expertise on archaeal biology, RNA biology or imaging techniques to unravel cell biology in prokaryotes! Please share and/or apply :)! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Professurship (W2) in Microbiology - Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Universität Regensburg | 12851113
UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG The Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine invites applications for a Professurship (W2) in Microbiology To be...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
A new year brings new opportunities: we are looking to fill a permanent professorship position with a Microbiologist preferably with expertise on archaeal biology, RNA biology or imaging techniques to unravel cell biology in prokaryotes! Please share and/or apply :)! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Great pleasure to inform you that TEKTONIKA #DOAJ is in the #open-access database OpenAlex ! ⚒️
OpenAlex is a free, open alternative to WOS or SCOPUS which are under paywall. It even records more sources, in particular in humanities.
openalex.org/works?filter...
OpenAlex is a free, open alternative to WOS or SCOPUS which are under paywall. It even records more sources, in particular in humanities.
openalex.org/works?filter...
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Great pleasure to inform you that TEKTONIKA #DOAJ is in the #open-access database OpenAlex ! ⚒️
OpenAlex is a free, open alternative to WOS or SCOPUS which are under paywall. It even records more sources, in particular in humanities.
openalex.org/works?filter...
OpenAlex is a free, open alternative to WOS or SCOPUS which are under paywall. It even records more sources, in particular in humanities.
openalex.org/works?filter...
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The deadline for graduate student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 (Paleoclimate Training in Climate Archives, Models, and Proxies) summer school is this Friday, January 9th! paleoCAMP is completely free for all students selected to attend paleoclimate.camp/apply
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
January 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The deadline for graduate student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 (Paleoclimate Training in Climate Archives, Models, and Proxies) summer school is this Friday, January 9th! paleoCAMP is completely free for all students selected to attend paleoclimate.camp/apply
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Looking for a cutting-edge and fun conference in 2026?
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
2026 Geobiology Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Geobiology will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Looking for a cutting-edge and fun conference in 2026?
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
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**Undergraduate Summer Internship Opportunity!
I'm excited to launch the Accessible Ichthyoliths Internship Program starting summer 2026!
Seeking undergraduates interested in contributing to accessible paleo research and communication.
More info here: www2.whoi.edu/site/paleofi...
Please share!
I'm excited to launch the Accessible Ichthyoliths Internship Program starting summer 2026!
Seeking undergraduates interested in contributing to accessible paleo research and communication.
More info here: www2.whoi.edu/site/paleofi...
Please share!
Accessible Ichthyoliths Internship - Paleo-FISHES
Accessible Ichthyoliths Internship Program Ichthyoliths (ick-thee-oh-liths), or "fish-stones", are microfossil remains of fish and sharks, primarily in the form of teeth from both fish and sharks and ...
www2.whoi.edu
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
**Undergraduate Summer Internship Opportunity!
I'm excited to launch the Accessible Ichthyoliths Internship Program starting summer 2026!
Seeking undergraduates interested in contributing to accessible paleo research and communication.
More info here: www2.whoi.edu/site/paleofi...
Please share!
I'm excited to launch the Accessible Ichthyoliths Internship Program starting summer 2026!
Seeking undergraduates interested in contributing to accessible paleo research and communication.
More info here: www2.whoi.edu/site/paleofi...
Please share!
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1. As we recently joined BlueSky, we want to repost this story for all newcomers!
We sat down with @radler92.bsky.social to get more insight into the unique videos from his recent preprint on Promethearchaeota (formerly Asgard archaea).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
(Videos and info below)
We sat down with @radler92.bsky.social to get more insight into the unique videos from his recent preprint on Promethearchaeota (formerly Asgard archaea).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
(Videos and info below)
Dynamic protrusions mediate unique crawling motility in Asgard Archaea (Promethearchaeota)
Crawling motility is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells and requires a dynamic actin cytoskeleton, regulated adhesion, and spatially organized signalling pathways1–3. Asgard archaea (phylum Promethearchae...
doi.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
1. As we recently joined BlueSky, we want to repost this story for all newcomers!
We sat down with @radler92.bsky.social to get more insight into the unique videos from his recent preprint on Promethearchaeota (formerly Asgard archaea).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
(Videos and info below)
We sat down with @radler92.bsky.social to get more insight into the unique videos from his recent preprint on Promethearchaeota (formerly Asgard archaea).
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
(Videos and info below)
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My article on aeonophiles (ultra-long lived organisms) came out in Aeon Magazine today!
The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life. An Essay by @karenlloyd.bsky.social
The discovery of aeonophiles expands our definition of life | Aeon Essays
The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life
aeon.co
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My article on aeonophiles (ultra-long lived organisms) came out in Aeon Magazine today!
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Fresh from our group, a new role for oxygen production in ammonia-oxidizing archaea:
Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea
Congrats to Thomas Pribasnig for this great work!
Check it out here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea
Congrats to Thomas Pribasnig for this great work!
Check it out here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Fresh from our group, a new role for oxygen production in ammonia-oxidizing archaea:
Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea
Congrats to Thomas Pribasnig for this great work!
Check it out here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea
Congrats to Thomas Pribasnig for this great work!
Check it out here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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'Introducing a lottery before peer review in the research funding application process can boost women’s chance of success by almost a quarter, a new study has found, with its authors saying that the approach can also reduce costs and make applying for funding less labour-intensive.' 1/2
Adding lottery to funding process ‘improves women’s success rates’
Lottery-first approach can increase applications and success rate of ‘structurally disadvantaged’ researchers, study finds
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'Introducing a lottery before peer review in the research funding application process can boost women’s chance of success by almost a quarter, a new study has found, with its authors saying that the approach can also reduce costs and make applying for funding less labour-intensive.' 1/2
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To all team #GDGTs members: Gerard Otiniano et al., including @islatope.bsky.social, have a new paper that describes a new open-source tool to deconvolve and integrate chromatographic GDGT peaks!
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
@agu.org
#AGUPubs
🧪
With implications for ⚒️ and #PaleoSky
(1/2)
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
@agu.org
#AGUPubs
🧪
With implications for ⚒️ and #PaleoSky
(1/2)
chromatoPy: An Open‐Source Tool for Chromatographic Peak Deconvolution and Integration Applied to Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers
chromatoPy enables reproducible chromatographic peak integration using a multi-Gaussian fitting algorithm Peak areas calculated using chromatoPy are comparable to manual integration with low inte...
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To all team #GDGTs members: Gerard Otiniano et al., including @islatope.bsky.social, have a new paper that describes a new open-source tool to deconvolve and integrate chromatographic GDGT peaks!
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
@agu.org
#AGUPubs
🧪
With implications for ⚒️ and #PaleoSky
(1/2)
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
@agu.org
#AGUPubs
🧪
With implications for ⚒️ and #PaleoSky
(1/2)
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🚨 Permanent job alert🚨 We are looking for a professor in Marine Seismic at @unibremen.bsky.social and @marumunibremen.bsky.social
Check all details here 👇
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Check all details here 👇
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
Offene Stellen
www.uni-bremen.de
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚨 Permanent job alert🚨 We are looking for a professor in Marine Seismic at @unibremen.bsky.social and @marumunibremen.bsky.social
Check all details here 👇
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Check all details here 👇
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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On unethical editorial practice at STOTEN - Science of the Total Environmental- and how this has ultimately led to delisting at Clarivate.
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
#academia #academicchatter
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
#academia #academicchatter
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing | Science | EL PAÍS English
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 billion in 2024
english.elpais.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
On unethical editorial practice at STOTEN - Science of the Total Environmental- and how this has ultimately led to delisting at Clarivate.
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
#academia #academicchatter
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
#academia #academicchatter
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Our new preprint review on archaeal lipids (GDGTs) led by @lipidorama.bsky.social and @climategordon.bsky.social are live! Fresh updates on these amazing lipids and their environmental applications, from the 2nd int'l GDGT workshop (led by @cindydejonge.bsky.social, Francien Peterse & David Naafs).
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Our new preprint review on archaeal lipids (GDGTs) led by @lipidorama.bsky.social and @climategordon.bsky.social are live! Fresh updates on these amazing lipids and their environmental applications, from the 2nd int'l GDGT workshop (led by @cindydejonge.bsky.social, Francien Peterse & David Naafs).
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According to the Global Climate Report, water surface temperatures are rising, even in the largest lake by volume on our planet, #Baikal, located in the centre of #Siberia. Baikal's unique ecosystem thrives on low temps and the water mixing caused by ice melt. journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
According to the Global Climate Report, water surface temperatures are rising, even in the largest lake by volume on our planet, #Baikal, located in the centre of #Siberia. Baikal's unique ecosystem thrives on low temps and the water mixing caused by ice melt. journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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🎯 Last week to apply for one of 3 free spots in my online R Fundamentals for Data Science workshop (26–29 Jan 2026).
If you work with data and want to feel more confident in R, this is for you.
If you work with data and want to feel more confident in R, this is for you.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🎯 Last week to apply for one of 3 free spots in my online R Fundamentals for Data Science workshop (26–29 Jan 2026).
If you work with data and want to feel more confident in R, this is for you.
If you work with data and want to feel more confident in R, this is for you.
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For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
ECR connection: Meet Meren when you need to
A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network
merenlab.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...