Vic Wolverton
@vicwolverton.bsky.social
Environmental Educator & Graduate Student. Interested in Microbial Ecology and Soil Biogeochemistry. They/them.
Today the GSA I sponsor hosted a rock painting event, so I painted my favorite Wingspan pair. @stonemaiergames.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Today the GSA I sponsor hosted a rock painting event, so I painted my favorite Wingspan pair. @stonemaiergames.com
A while back, I presented my first poster at East Texas A&M's Annual Research Symposium. I tested a biogeochemical model using the Cypress Creek watershed, in the interest of the Kitsachie painted crayfish. It was fun to stand with so many other researchers at the beginning of their careers.
April 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
A while back, I presented my first poster at East Texas A&M's Annual Research Symposium. I tested a biogeochemical model using the Cypress Creek watershed, in the interest of the Kitsachie painted crayfish. It was fun to stand with so many other researchers at the beginning of their careers.
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There it is. The clam before the storm.
April 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
There it is. The clam before the storm.
Constructing microbial fuel cells in an East Texas watershed. Lots of work and lots of fun!
March 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Constructing microbial fuel cells in an East Texas watershed. Lots of work and lots of fun!
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Bluesky is developing itself as a strong platform for discussion among scientists. Less so to lay community. Is this a positive or negative?
#Science #ScientificPublishing #MolBiol #Bluesky
#Science #ScientificPublishing #MolBiol #Bluesky
As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org
January 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Bluesky is developing itself as a strong platform for discussion among scientists. Less so to lay community. Is this a positive or negative?
#Science #ScientificPublishing #MolBiol #Bluesky
#Science #ScientificPublishing #MolBiol #Bluesky
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It is my pleasure to invite you to the first Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology (USEB), which will take place in Uzhhorod University from January 27 to 31, 2025. The event is hybrid. Primary target audience is high school, undergraduate, Msc and Phd students, but everyone is welcome.
November 16, 2024 at 6:07 PM
It is my pleasure to invite you to the first Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology (USEB), which will take place in Uzhhorod University from January 27 to 31, 2025. The event is hybrid. Primary target audience is high school, undergraduate, Msc and Phd students, but everyone is welcome.
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More than 2 miles below the Earth's surface, ATOMIC-POWERED BACTERIA thrive in water that last fell as rain 5 million years ago.
Their existence greatly increases the chance of finding life on other planets.
Let's meet Desulforudis audaxviator, the lonely microbe at the 'center of the Earth'.
Their existence greatly increases the chance of finding life on other planets.
Let's meet Desulforudis audaxviator, the lonely microbe at the 'center of the Earth'.
May 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
More than 2 miles below the Earth's surface, ATOMIC-POWERED BACTERIA thrive in water that last fell as rain 5 million years ago.
Their existence greatly increases the chance of finding life on other planets.
Let's meet Desulforudis audaxviator, the lonely microbe at the 'center of the Earth'.
Their existence greatly increases the chance of finding life on other planets.
Let's meet Desulforudis audaxviator, the lonely microbe at the 'center of the Earth'.
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December 9, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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Nutrient amendments enrich microbial hydrocarbon degradation metagenomic potential in freshwater coastal wetland microcosm experiments journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
December 9, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Nutrient amendments enrich microbial hydrocarbon degradation metagenomic potential in freshwater coastal wetland microcosm experiments journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
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But also: It's just a fact that Boomers have more wealth than the gen before them, & also removed the structures that made it possible for their kids & grandkids to thrive in similar ways.
Mad about this? Great! You should be! Now get those systems to curtail wealth inequality back in place!
Mad about this? Great! You should be! Now get those systems to curtail wealth inequality back in place!
December 8, 2024 at 6:38 AM
But also: It's just a fact that Boomers have more wealth than the gen before them, & also removed the structures that made it possible for their kids & grandkids to thrive in similar ways.
Mad about this? Great! You should be! Now get those systems to curtail wealth inequality back in place!
Mad about this? Great! You should be! Now get those systems to curtail wealth inequality back in place!
Field work selfie
December 6, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Field work selfie
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"How can I stand on the ground every day and not feel its power? How can I live my life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at it?" William Logan
Soils are the essence of life, and I deeply admire the tiny biological engines that keep them functional.
Happy World Soil Day 2024 !
Soils are the essence of life, and I deeply admire the tiny biological engines that keep them functional.
Happy World Soil Day 2024 !
December 5, 2024 at 2:42 PM
"How can I stand on the ground every day and not feel its power? How can I live my life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at it?" William Logan
Soils are the essence of life, and I deeply admire the tiny biological engines that keep them functional.
Happy World Soil Day 2024 !
Soils are the essence of life, and I deeply admire the tiny biological engines that keep them functional.
Happy World Soil Day 2024 !
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Optimizing the activity of #denitrifying anaerobic #methane oxidation archaea by tailoring micronutrient compositions: A strategy for enhanced nitrate reduction
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Optimizing the activity of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation archaea by tailoring micronutrient compositions: A strategy for enhanced nitrate reduction
Metallic micronutrients play a crucial role in regulating the activity of microorganisms. Denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO) archaea poss…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Optimizing the activity of #denitrifying anaerobic #methane oxidation archaea by tailoring micronutrient compositions: A strategy for enhanced nitrate reduction
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The wee hours are for...
🦠 Microbial Ecological Genetics
🎧 The Tortured Poets Department
🗡 Baldur's Gate 3
🦠 Microbial Ecological Genetics
🎧 The Tortured Poets Department
🗡 Baldur's Gate 3
November 27, 2024 at 7:19 AM
The wee hours are for...
🦠 Microbial Ecological Genetics
🎧 The Tortured Poets Department
🗡 Baldur's Gate 3
🦠 Microbial Ecological Genetics
🎧 The Tortured Poets Department
🗡 Baldur's Gate 3
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Cellular/molecular biologists…”the ome-ome.”
Is this anything???
Is this anything???
November 26, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Cellular/molecular biologists…”the ome-ome.”
Is this anything???
Is this anything???
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Great article detailing the work of Colorado State Microbiome (CoSMic) Network Research Professor Mikayla Borton, #CoSMic Co-Director Kelly Wrighton, and collaborators.
In addition to the article below, check out the publication here in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GRAM #Microbiome
In addition to the article below, check out the publication here in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GRAM #Microbiome
November 25, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Great article detailing the work of Colorado State Microbiome (CoSMic) Network Research Professor Mikayla Borton, #CoSMic Co-Director Kelly Wrighton, and collaborators.
In addition to the article below, check out the publication here in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GRAM #Microbiome
In addition to the article below, check out the publication here in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GRAM #Microbiome
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Microbiology will always be one of the most satisfying fields of natural science. Nigh-infinite levels of biodiversity, perpetual room for novel findings, and an evergreen requirement for the advancement of human civilization. 10/10. Big fan. Would recommend.
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November 25, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Microbiology will always be one of the most satisfying fields of natural science. Nigh-infinite levels of biodiversity, perpetual room for novel findings, and an evergreen requirement for the advancement of human civilization. 10/10. Big fan. Would recommend.
🦠💪
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If you want to read more about our thoughts on how behavioural ecology can be studied in fungi, see this paper I wrote with Lynne Boddy:
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Fungal behaviour: a new frontier in behavioural ecology
As human beings, behaviours make up our everyday lives. What we do from the moment
we wake up to the moment we go back to sleep at night can all be classified and studied
through the concepts of behav...
www.cell.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:56 AM
If you want to read more about our thoughts on how behavioural ecology can be studied in fungi, see this paper I wrote with Lynne Boddy:
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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I think chewing food and not having to worry about getting eaten by hawks would be the things I would miss most if I got turned into a bird, but I really can’t find much else to put on the list
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I think chewing food and not having to worry about getting eaten by hawks would be the things I would miss most if I got turned into a bird, but I really can’t find much else to put on the list
Following this. It's easy to focus on carbon when considering the impact of soil microorganisms on mitigating climate change, but N2O has nearly 300x the global warming potential of CO2 and reductions promise greater impact.
We will also investigate whether adding guanidine to agricultural fertilizers increases the abundance of comammox bacteria in arable soils, thereby reducing agricultural nitrous oxide emissions as comammox nitrifiers low amounts of this greenhouse gas
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Following this. It's easy to focus on carbon when considering the impact of soil microorganisms on mitigating climate change, but N2O has nearly 300x the global warming potential of CO2 and reductions promise greater impact.
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It is little known, but the first book burnings in Nazi Germany didn’t target Jewish writers. It was the burning of the library of the Institute of Sexual Research, which was a safe home for trans people.
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
November 17, 2024 at 6:27 PM
It is little known, but the first book burnings in Nazi Germany didn’t target Jewish writers. It was the burning of the library of the Institute of Sexual Research, which was a safe home for trans people.
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
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Good news for once!
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space
Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition team.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Good news for once!
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵
We’ve found a 300-year-old coral that’s so big it’s visible from space. It’s now considered the world’s largest. Best of all: it’s not yet harmed by climate change & global warming.
It’s being called a beacon of hope. Let it also be a call to action! #DoSomething 🧵