Julian Damashek
@mesohaline.bsky.social
Microbial ecology, nutrient cycling, bioinformatics, statistics in aquatic ecosystems!
Water Quality Scientist, Riverkeeper
Kingston, NY
https://amoebalab.me
Water Quality Scientist, Riverkeeper
Kingston, NY
https://amoebalab.me
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So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
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Archaeasalutations!! Archaea Power Hour is back tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 AM EST / 4 PM CET!! Check your email for the Zoom link or sign up to join our mailing list here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…. Check out the two exciting talks we have planned for you:
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Archaeasalutations!! Archaea Power Hour is back tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 AM EST / 4 PM CET!! Check your email for the Zoom link or sign up to join our mailing list here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…. Check out the two exciting talks we have planned for you:
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The Department of Biology at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in evolutionary Biology! Come join us!
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
Assistant Professor
The Department of Biology at East Carolina University (http://www.ecu.edu) seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty position (9-month appointment) at the Assistant Professor rank with expertise in evoluti...
ecu.peopleadmin.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Department of Biology at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in evolutionary Biology! Come join us!
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
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I am extremely happy to share our latest manuscript "Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance". This project started back in 2021-2022 and after a long time, it sees the light today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am extremely happy to share our latest manuscript "Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance". This project started back in 2021-2022 and after a long time, it sees the light today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - Virology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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New week-new episode of the #MattersMicrobial podcast!! Dr. Roxanne Beinart of the University of Rhode Island joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about the work her group does on deep sea chemoautrophic communities & symbioses! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord?
youtu.be/mERRJOuEsB4?...
youtu.be/mERRJOuEsB4?...
August 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New week-new episode of the #MattersMicrobial podcast!! Dr. Roxanne Beinart of the University of Rhode Island joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about the work her group does on deep sea chemoautrophic communities & symbioses! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord?
youtu.be/mERRJOuEsB4?...
youtu.be/mERRJOuEsB4?...
Wow it’s been a busy few months. I live in New Paltz now! And work in Kingston! It’s the first fall in 7 years where I’m not panic-prepping courses!
I love undergrads and miss some parts of academia, but not others. And I’m super excited about my Riverkeeper projects (both new and continuing)!
I love undergrads and miss some parts of academia, but not others. And I’m super excited about my Riverkeeper projects (both new and continuing)!
September 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wow it’s been a busy few months. I live in New Paltz now! And work in Kingston! It’s the first fall in 7 years where I’m not panic-prepping courses!
I love undergrads and miss some parts of academia, but not others. And I’m super excited about my Riverkeeper projects (both new and continuing)!
I love undergrads and miss some parts of academia, but not others. And I’m super excited about my Riverkeeper projects (both new and continuing)!
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Global Patterns and Environmental Drives of Nitrite/Nitrate‐Dependent Anaerobic Methane Oxidation Across Natural Ecosystems
🔗 buff.ly/Q8O6xbM
🔗 buff.ly/Q8O6xbM
August 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Global Patterns and Environmental Drives of Nitrite/Nitrate‐Dependent Anaerobic Methane Oxidation Across Natural Ecosystems
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🔗 buff.ly/Q8O6xbM
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A novel mobile genetic element with virus-like characteristics is widespread in the world's oceans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A novel mobile genetic element with virus-like characteristics is widespread in the world's oceans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨4yr Technical Assistant Position on #Microbial Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩🎓🔬
Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones
Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!
-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones
Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!
-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
RECLESS_TA_molecular_UniVie.pdf
u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.
ucloud.univie.ac.at
August 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚨4yr Technical Assistant Position on #Microbial Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩🎓🔬
Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones
Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!
-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones
Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!
-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
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Just out: metagenomics with internal standards yields phylogenetically resolved genome ("~cell") counts of bacteria, archaea, and photosynthetic eukaryotes per L of seawater, over the AMT29 Atlantic transect, via "single copy" genes (recA, radA, psbO). Compares with microscopy and flow cytometry.
Quantitative metagenomics for marine prokaryotes and photosynthetic eukaryotes #USC_MEB #jcampubs 🌊 academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Quantitative metagenomics for marine prokaryotes and photosynthetic eukaryotes
Abstract. High-throughput sequencing has provided unprecedented insights into microbial biodiversity in marine and other ecosystems. However, most sequenci
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July 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Just out: metagenomics with internal standards yields phylogenetically resolved genome ("~cell") counts of bacteria, archaea, and photosynthetic eukaryotes per L of seawater, over the AMT29 Atlantic transect, via "single copy" genes (recA, radA, psbO). Compares with microscopy and flow cytometry.
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In my latest blog post I lay out some things we as faculty can do to ensure that higher education remains an incubator that prepares future generations for a multiracial democracy as opposed to an incubator for Trump's fascist agenda. Check it out!
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/a...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/a...
As Universities Cede to Fascism, Faculty Must Refuse to Follow
Once upon a time, universities sought to be spaces where critical thought was championed, diversity was celebrated, and academic freedom was valued. Since the Civil Rights Movement, many universiti…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In my latest blog post I lay out some things we as faculty can do to ensure that higher education remains an incubator that prepares future generations for a multiracial democracy as opposed to an incubator for Trump's fascist agenda. Check it out!
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/a...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/a...
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Congratulations 🎉 now on line at @isme-microbes.bsky.social : Comparative genome analysis reveals broad phylogenetic and functional diversity within the order #Nitrospirales
Linnea Kop et al
#microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social (RIBES) icw
@univie.ac.at academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Linnea Kop et al
#microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social (RIBES) icw
@univie.ac.at academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
July 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Congratulations 🎉 now on line at @isme-microbes.bsky.social : Comparative genome analysis reveals broad phylogenetic and functional diversity within the order #Nitrospirales
Linnea Kop et al
#microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social (RIBES) icw
@univie.ac.at academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Linnea Kop et al
#microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social (RIBES) icw
@univie.ac.at academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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Love this new minireview in J. Bacteriology by @archaeal.bsky.social and colleagues:
"Laboratory-based studies must be grounded in nature, not the other way around."
And we should focus on members of Earth's dominant microbes from key environments as models.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
"Laboratory-based studies must be grounded in nature, not the other way around."
And we should focus on members of Earth's dominant microbes from key environments as models.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
July 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Love this new minireview in J. Bacteriology by @archaeal.bsky.social and colleagues:
"Laboratory-based studies must be grounded in nature, not the other way around."
And we should focus on members of Earth's dominant microbes from key environments as models.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
"Laboratory-based studies must be grounded in nature, not the other way around."
And we should focus on members of Earth's dominant microbes from key environments as models.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Green Bank Observatory, one of the most powerful telescopes in the world, is facing an apocalyptic budget cut request (-70%, and the NSF recommends shutting it down). Here's how you can help save this miracle of science and engineering: www.gogreenbankobservatory.org/take-action/
Take Action – Go Green Bank Observatory
www.gogreenbankobservatory.org
July 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Green Bank Observatory, one of the most powerful telescopes in the world, is facing an apocalyptic budget cut request (-70%, and the NSF recommends shutting it down). Here's how you can help save this miracle of science and engineering: www.gogreenbankobservatory.org/take-action/
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US Friends!
The Green Bank Observatory (GBO) is a vital instrument in the global #RadioAstronomy network (incl. pulsar science), and it is under threat with the proposed funding cuts.
Please take action to keep it open: www.gogreenbankobservatory.org/take-action/
Pls share! 🔭📡🧪
📸 GBO/AUI/NSF
The Green Bank Observatory (GBO) is a vital instrument in the global #RadioAstronomy network (incl. pulsar science), and it is under threat with the proposed funding cuts.
Please take action to keep it open: www.gogreenbankobservatory.org/take-action/
Pls share! 🔭📡🧪
📸 GBO/AUI/NSF
July 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
US Friends!
The Green Bank Observatory (GBO) is a vital instrument in the global #RadioAstronomy network (incl. pulsar science), and it is under threat with the proposed funding cuts.
Please take action to keep it open: www.gogreenbankobservatory.org/take-action/
Pls share! 🔭📡🧪
📸 GBO/AUI/NSF
The Green Bank Observatory (GBO) is a vital instrument in the global #RadioAstronomy network (incl. pulsar science), and it is under threat with the proposed funding cuts.
Please take action to keep it open: www.gogreenbankobservatory.org/take-action/
Pls share! 🔭📡🧪
📸 GBO/AUI/NSF
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I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
Latest on Texas Hill Country flood tragedy
Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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University of Minnesota Duluth’s research vessel grows a mysterious goo, and when the captain finds it during repairs, he scoops up a glob of it and takes it back for analysis.
“Hey, we work for scientists. We have people who do things,” he says.
BIG VIBES.
“Hey, we work for scientists. We have people who do things,” he says.
BIG VIBES.
Mysterious life form found on ship that docked in Cleveland
Scientists have dubbed the tar-like substance ShipGoo001.
www.cleveland.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
University of Minnesota Duluth’s research vessel grows a mysterious goo, and when the captain finds it during repairs, he scoops up a glob of it and takes it back for analysis.
“Hey, we work for scientists. We have people who do things,” he says.
BIG VIBES.
“Hey, we work for scientists. We have people who do things,” he says.
BIG VIBES.
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We are accepting applications for the GeoFutures program. The program provides mentoring & travel support for geoscience undergrads attending the 2025 @sacnas.bsky.social conference. Priority app deadline 06-16-25 @cientificolatino.com @official-bweems.bsky.social environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...
June 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We are accepting applications for the GeoFutures program. The program provides mentoring & travel support for geoscience undergrads attending the 2025 @sacnas.bsky.social conference. Priority app deadline 06-16-25 @cientificolatino.com @official-bweems.bsky.social environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...
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Based on a story first reported by @forbetterscience.bsky.social here:
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
A Sting Inside a Papermill
“It’s clear that any academically corrupt individual — particularly one with editorial connections — could easily “place” dozens of these Anzen products into indexed journals and collect a ha…
forbetterscience.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Based on a story first reported by @forbetterscience.bsky.social here:
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
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Inside a Scientific Paper Mill
@dereklowe.bsky.social writes about how Csaba Szabo was contacted by a paper mill and offered money if he could help them write more junk papers.
www.science.org/content/blog...
@dereklowe.bsky.social writes about how Csaba Szabo was contacted by a paper mill and offered money if he could help them write more junk papers.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Inside a Scientific Paper Mill
www.science.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Inside a Scientific Paper Mill
@dereklowe.bsky.social writes about how Csaba Szabo was contacted by a paper mill and offered money if he could help them write more junk papers.
www.science.org/content/blog...
@dereklowe.bsky.social writes about how Csaba Szabo was contacted by a paper mill and offered money if he could help them write more junk papers.
www.science.org/content/blog...
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Predicting gene distribution in ammonia-oxidizing archaea using phylogenetic signals academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
May 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Predicting gene distribution in ammonia-oxidizing archaea using phylogenetic signals academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
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Did you know that the female #microbiome is unique in many ways, and antibiotic resistance in the gut microbiome varies between genders? See npj Biofilms and Microbiomes special issue, Women and their microbes, to learn more! www.nature.com/collections/...
Women and their microbes
This collection invites research on all aspects of women’s health involving the microbiome from different body sites and its interplay with fertility, ...
www.nature.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Did you know that the female #microbiome is unique in many ways, and antibiotic resistance in the gut microbiome varies between genders? See npj Biofilms and Microbiomes special issue, Women and their microbes, to learn more! www.nature.com/collections/...
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Come work with us! We are currently hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in marine microbial environmental genomics, to focus on microorganisms that produce and consume greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the coastal Baltic Sea. Apply before 22 June! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine microbial environmental genomics
Stockholm University’s Baltic Sea Centre (BSC) conducts research on the Baltic Sea environment and supports research and education related to the Baltic Sea carried out at various departments within
su.varbi.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Come work with us! We are currently hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in marine microbial environmental genomics, to focus on microorganisms that produce and consume greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the coastal Baltic Sea. Apply before 22 June! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...