Clara Chan
@microbestalker.bsky.social
Iron microbe-lover, geo/bio/mineral and various ologist. Rust the crust! Microbes rule!
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It’s Friday: a new episode of #MattersMicrobial! This week, Dr. Julie Maresca joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss microbes and concrete and road salt! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbe.tv
youtu.be/3JpbySeOO20?...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It’s Friday: a new episode of #MattersMicrobial! This week, Dr. Julie Maresca joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss microbes and concrete and road salt! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbe.tv
youtu.be/3JpbySeOO20?...
youtu.be/3JpbySeOO20?...
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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
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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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In textbooks, you'll find that certain iron-oxidizing bacteria are exclusively found in freshwater. But we've recovered their genomes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents! 🦠🤔
We've explored what they do, how they adapt to this environment, and whether we can determine their origins 🧬
We've explored what they do, how they adapt to this environment, and whether we can determine their origins 🧬
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In textbooks, you'll find that certain iron-oxidizing bacteria are exclusively found in freshwater. But we've recovered their genomes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents! 🦠🤔
We've explored what they do, how they adapt to this environment, and whether we can determine their origins 🧬
We've explored what they do, how they adapt to this environment, and whether we can determine their origins 🧬
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**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!!
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time (Gift Article)
Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!!
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
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My group and I are excited for this summer’s AEM GRC! It’s always an excellent time. Hope to see many friends and colleagues there.
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 6:04 PM
My group and I are excited for this summer’s AEM GRC! It’s always an excellent time. Hope to see many friends and colleagues there.
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A nice tribute in honor of Dr Laura Crossey, who has recently retired. I feel very fortunate to have had her as a mentor and role model!
www.nmepscor.org/news-and-eve...
www.nmepscor.org/news-and-eve...
Pioneering Geoscientist Professor Laura Crossey Retires from University of New Mexico | New Mexico EPSCoR
After a remarkable four-decade career marked by groundbreaking research, educational leadership, and a commitment to diversity in scientific fields, Professor Laura J. Crossey, a distinguished profess...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A nice tribute in honor of Dr Laura Crossey, who has recently retired. I feel very fortunate to have had her as a mentor and role model!
www.nmepscor.org/news-and-eve...
www.nmepscor.org/news-and-eve...
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Just published. Check the astonishing diversity of bacteria that can not only form intracellular nanomagnets but also amorphous calcium carbonates that litterally fill the cells. + beautiful EM and cryo-X-ray microscopy images + genomes; follow the link academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
January 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just published. Check the astonishing diversity of bacteria that can not only form intracellular nanomagnets but also amorphous calcium carbonates that litterally fill the cells. + beautiful EM and cryo-X-ray microscopy images + genomes; follow the link academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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Now hiring! Looking for PhD student for May 2025 semester investigating terrestrial and aquatic microbial biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and pollutant mobilisation in the Canadian north.
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
Join the Team – Goordial Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca
December 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Now hiring! Looking for PhD student for May 2025 semester investigating terrestrial and aquatic microbial biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and pollutant mobilisation in the Canadian north.
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
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Adam Rivers (USDA-ARS) and I are hiring a joint postdoc to on a microfluidics and sequencing based project to better understand synthetic and natural microbiome community dynamics and generate data to build AI/ML models to infer interspp. interactions. Hit me up if interested!
December 19, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Adam Rivers (USDA-ARS) and I are hiring a joint postdoc to on a microfluidics and sequencing based project to better understand synthetic and natural microbiome community dynamics and generate data to build AI/ML models to infer interspp. interactions. Hit me up if interested!
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Hello 🦋 #protein / #microbio / #BioML community! We are excited to release Gaia🌎, a context-aware protein search tool, extending protein search and discovery capabilities beyond sequence and structure, to include *genomic context*. Search your favorite protein sequences with on gaia.tatta.bio
November 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Hello 🦋 #protein / #microbio / #BioML community! We are excited to release Gaia🌎, a context-aware protein search tool, extending protein search and discovery capabilities beyond sequence and structure, to include *genomic context*. Search your favorite protein sequences with on gaia.tatta.bio
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My first paper as a tenure track professor! I originally posted it on the other site. Let's see if it get more love over here. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39212379/
Isolation, characterization, and genetic manipulation of cold-tolerant, manganese-oxidizing Pseudomonas sp. strains - PubMed
Manganese-oxidizing bacteria (MnOB) produce Mn oxide minerals that can be used by humans for bioremediation, but the purpose for the bacterium is less clear. This study describes the isolation and cha...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 18, 2024 at 9:47 PM
My first paper as a tenure track professor! I originally posted it on the other site. Let's see if it get more love over here. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39212379/
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Hello Bluesky! I'm an assistant professor in microbiology at California State University, Chico. I use genetic approaches to study manganese mineralization in Pseudomonas sp. I watch British murder mysteries and sci-fi and listen to German darkwave synthpop. Who are you?
November 13, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Hello Bluesky! I'm an assistant professor in microbiology at California State University, Chico. I use genetic approaches to study manganese mineralization in Pseudomonas sp. I watch British murder mysteries and sci-fi and listen to German darkwave synthpop. Who are you?
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A unique symbiosome in an anaerobic single-celled eukaryote (Nature Communications)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Desulfobacteraceae (in phylum Deltaproteobacteria) symbionts help remove H2 produced by hydrogenosomes in the anaerobic protist Anaeramoeba:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Desulfobacteraceae (in phylum Deltaproteobacteria) symbionts help remove H2 produced by hydrogenosomes in the anaerobic protist Anaeramoeba:
November 10, 2024 at 5:52 PM
A unique symbiosome in an anaerobic single-celled eukaryote (Nature Communications)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Desulfobacteraceae (in phylum Deltaproteobacteria) symbionts help remove H2 produced by hydrogenosomes in the anaerobic protist Anaeramoeba:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Desulfobacteraceae (in phylum Deltaproteobacteria) symbionts help remove H2 produced by hydrogenosomes in the anaerobic protist Anaeramoeba:
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Super excited to share our new review article on the diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism. Please share widely. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Zhou, Tran et al. provide a comprehensive overview of the metabolic reactions by which microorganisms transform inorganic sulfur compounds across varied microbiomes and ecosystems, and...
www.nature.com
October 17, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Super excited to share our new review article on the diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism. Please share widely. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Do we brag on this thing (or did we leave that behind in the other place)? Because Dawn Sumner and I wrote what I think is a pretty cool perspective on why we should consider ecology and evolution when discussing early oxygenic photosynthesis and the GOE. tinyurl.com/mwsdras5
Physiology, Not Nutrient Availability, May Have Limited Primary Productivity After the Emergence of Oxygenic Photosynthesis
The evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria was a transformative event in Earth's history. However, the scientific community disagrees over the duration of the delay between the origin ....
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October 2, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Do we brag on this thing (or did we leave that behind in the other place)? Because Dawn Sumner and I wrote what I think is a pretty cool perspective on why we should consider ecology and evolution when discussing early oxygenic photosynthesis and the GOE. tinyurl.com/mwsdras5
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#Asheville Support! Our family member runs a church there, and is organizing support on the ground. If you can donate, go to fpcasheville.org , click REALM and there is a drawdown menu once you start the donation, HURRICANE HELENE is at the bottom.
Please repost!
Please repost!
First Presbyterian Church of Asheville | Asheville, NC
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October 1, 2024 at 4:39 PM
#Asheville Support! Our family member runs a church there, and is organizing support on the ground. If you can donate, go to fpcasheville.org , click REALM and there is a drawdown menu once you start the donation, HURRICANE HELENE is at the bottom.
Please repost!
Please repost!
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#JobAlert #microbiology #microbiologyjobs
I am hiring a scientist to work with me at the US Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia.
Interested? Apply at www.usajobs.gov/job/783135100 starting April 1st (note that only 50 applications will be accepted).
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
I am hiring a scientist to work with me at the US Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia.
Interested? Apply at www.usajobs.gov/job/783135100 starting April 1st (note that only 50 applications will be accepted).
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
March 25, 2024 at 1:03 PM
#JobAlert #microbiology #microbiologyjobs
I am hiring a scientist to work with me at the US Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia.
Interested? Apply at www.usajobs.gov/job/783135100 starting April 1st (note that only 50 applications will be accepted).
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
I am hiring a scientist to work with me at the US Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia.
Interested? Apply at www.usajobs.gov/job/783135100 starting April 1st (note that only 50 applications will be accepted).
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
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I invite you to check the Spotlight articles I selected for the latest issue of #ApplEnvironMicrobiol
So proud of the quality work we publish across so many fields in applied and environmental microbiology! 🥹
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
So proud of the quality work we publish across so many fields in applied and environmental microbiology! 🥹
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Microbial symbionts play many beneficial roles in insect hosts. Schott et al. (e01057-23) show that the leaf-chewing pest of elms (the elm leaf beetle) persistently associates
and benefits from fungal...
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February 14, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I invite you to check the Spotlight articles I selected for the latest issue of #ApplEnvironMicrobiol
So proud of the quality work we publish across so many fields in applied and environmental microbiology! 🥹
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
So proud of the quality work we publish across so many fields in applied and environmental microbiology! 🥹
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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New paper alert 🚨
A year long time series of size fractionated coastal microbes : dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462...
A year long time series of size fractionated coastal microbes : dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462...
February 8, 2024 at 11:07 AM
New paper alert 🚨
A year long time series of size fractionated coastal microbes : dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462...
A year long time series of size fractionated coastal microbes : dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462...
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🍚 Rice and a pinch of microbial iron
Fe-oxidizers & Fe-reducers partner to form mineral plaques on the roots of rice plants and promote cooperative interactions with other microbes for effective plant protection and nutrition.
– In the latest issue of #AppEnvMicrobiol
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Fe-oxidizers & Fe-reducers partner to form mineral plaques on the roots of rice plants and promote cooperative interactions with other microbes for effective plant protection and nutrition.
– In the latest issue of #AppEnvMicrobiol
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Gallionellaceae in rice root plaque: metabolic roles in iron oxidation, nutrient cycling, and plant ...
In waterlogged soils, iron plaque forms a reactive barrier between the root and soil,
collecting phosphate and metals such as arsenic and cadmium. It is well established
that iron-reducing bacteria so...
doi.org
January 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
🍚 Rice and a pinch of microbial iron
Fe-oxidizers & Fe-reducers partner to form mineral plaques on the roots of rice plants and promote cooperative interactions with other microbes for effective plant protection and nutrition.
– In the latest issue of #AppEnvMicrobiol
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Fe-oxidizers & Fe-reducers partner to form mineral plaques on the roots of rice plants and promote cooperative interactions with other microbes for effective plant protection and nutrition.
– In the latest issue of #AppEnvMicrobiol
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Apply soon to the Geobiology Gordon Research Conference January 14-19, 2024 (by 12/17)! Check out our awesome lineup: www.grc.org/geobiology-c... and consider the GRS too. We have funds to help underrepresented and early career scientists attend--contact me via the GRC website or email.
2024 Geobiology Conference GRC
The 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Geobiology will be held in Galveston, TX. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 30, 2023 at 10:42 PM
Apply soon to the Geobiology Gordon Research Conference January 14-19, 2024 (by 12/17)! Check out our awesome lineup: www.grc.org/geobiology-c... and consider the GRS too. We have funds to help underrepresented and early career scientists attend--contact me via the GRC website or email.
I finally made it to bluesky! Thanks @karenlloyd.bsky.social for the invite :)
September 12, 2023 at 9:16 PM
I finally made it to bluesky! Thanks @karenlloyd.bsky.social for the invite :)