Andressa M. Venturini
@aventurini.bsky.social
Soil microbial ecologist | Assistant Professor at AU 🦅 | SPUN Explorer | Former USP 🇧🇷 Princeton and Stanford 🇺🇸 | She/Her | Views are my own 🌳🦠🍄🧬
Land-use change | Sustainable Agriculture | Amazon | Microplastics
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Land-use change | Sustainable Agriculture | Amazon | Microplastics
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Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected - Nature
Machine-learning algorithms trained on 25,000 geolocated soil samples are used to create high-resolution global maps of mycorrhizal fungi, revealing that less than 10% of their biodiversity hotspots a...
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Excited to share our new @nature.com paper mapping global mycorrhizal richness and rarity, led by Michael Van Nuland. Over 90% of richness hotspots lie outside protected areas: a critical gap in conservation. Proud to contribute as part of the @spun.earth consortium! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Understanding the microbial ecology of biofuel production is essential to improving yields and sustainability. Yet only a handful of studies examine interactions between yeast and contaminating bacteria. Check out our new mini-review here: doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Microbial Ecology Applied to Fuel Ethanol Production from Sugarcane
Abstract. The production of fuel ethanol in sugarcane biorefineries is a non-aseptic industrial operation, which employs cell recycling and the use of adap
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October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Understanding the microbial ecology of biofuel production is essential to improving yields and sustainability. Yet only a handful of studies examine interactions between yeast and contaminating bacteria. Check out our new mini-review here: doi.org/10.1093/fems...
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Join us online for the Education and Outreach Network Winter Conference on 7 November 2025. Attendance is free, and registration remains open until 4 November 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Register now: Link in bio
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us online for the Education and Outreach Network Winter Conference on 7 November 2025. Attendance is free, and registration remains open until 4 November 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Register now: Link in bio
Curious about how anthropogenic actions reshape microbial communities and their role in ecosystems and public health? 🌎
I’m looking for a PhD student to join my lab at AU. Admission would be through our Biomedical & Environmental Health Sciences program, which offers five fully funded fellowships.
I’m looking for a PhD student to join my lab at AU. Admission would be through our Biomedical & Environmental Health Sciences program, which offers five fully funded fellowships.
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Curious about how anthropogenic actions reshape microbial communities and their role in ecosystems and public health? 🌎
I’m looking for a PhD student to join my lab at AU. Admission would be through our Biomedical & Environmental Health Sciences program, which offers five fully funded fellowships.
I’m looking for a PhD student to join my lab at AU. Admission would be through our Biomedical & Environmental Health Sciences program, which offers five fully funded fellowships.
Assembling MAGs from Amazonian soils is a challenge, but it has become one of our most useful tools to understand these complex communities. Check out our new paper at MRA @asm.org doi.org/10.1128/mra.... in collaboration with @louberrios.bsky.social @jubgontijo.bsky.social @mykophile.bsky.social
A catalog of metagenome-assembled genomes from Amazonian forest and pasture soils | Microbiology Resource Announcements
Our group previously recovered 64 bacterial and 5 archaeal metagenome-assembled genomes
(MAGs) from Amazonian forest and pasture soils and evaluated their genomic traits
(1). Here, we formally announc...
doi.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Assembling MAGs from Amazonian soils is a challenge, but it has become one of our most useful tools to understand these complex communities. Check out our new paper at MRA @asm.org doi.org/10.1128/mra.... in collaboration with @louberrios.bsky.social @jubgontijo.bsky.social @mykophile.bsky.social
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Want to engage and « do something » about microplastics in your own environment.
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Want to engage and « do something » about microplastics in your own environment.
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
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Interested in grad school at AU? Join the CAS Graduate Enrollment Management team to have your questions about the application process, graduate programs, or life in the DC area answered!
➡️ Drop-In Admissions Advising (Virtual)
📅 October 3, 2025 | 12 p.m.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3TPOb21
➡️ Drop-In Admissions Advising (Virtual)
📅 October 3, 2025 | 12 p.m.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3TPOb21
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Interested in grad school at AU? Join the CAS Graduate Enrollment Management team to have your questions about the application process, graduate programs, or life in the DC area answered!
➡️ Drop-In Admissions Advising (Virtual)
📅 October 3, 2025 | 12 p.m.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3TPOb21
➡️ Drop-In Admissions Advising (Virtual)
📅 October 3, 2025 | 12 p.m.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3TPOb21
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🎉 Registration for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference is now OPEN 🎉
Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜
Registration page 👇
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/
Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜
Registration page 👇
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/
Registration - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026
Registration Early-Bird Registrations Until December 15, 2025 at 23:59 PST Early-Bird Delegate$875.00 Early-Bird Student$525.00 Early-Bird Single Day$600.00 Regular Registrations Until February 16, 20...
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August 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🎉 Registration for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference is now OPEN 🎉
Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜
Registration page 👇
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/
Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜
Registration page 👇
globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/
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Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models.
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models - Nature Climate Change
Soil models include a key parameter known as carbon use efficiency, which impacts estimates of global carbon storage by determining the flow of carbon into soil pools versus the atmosphere. Microbial-...
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models.
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to share our new @nature.com paper mapping global mycorrhizal richness and rarity, led by Michael Van Nuland. Over 90% of richness hotspots lie outside protected areas: a critical gap in conservation. Proud to contribute as part of the @spun.earth consortium! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected - Nature
Machine-learning algorithms trained on 25,000 geolocated soil samples are used to create high-resolution global maps of mycorrhizal fungi, revealing that less than 10% of their biodiversity hotspots a...
www.nature.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Excited to share our new @nature.com paper mapping global mycorrhizal richness and rarity, led by Michael Van Nuland. Over 90% of richness hotspots lie outside protected areas: a critical gap in conservation. Proud to contribute as part of the @spun.earth consortium! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Next week I am turning in a complete draft of my second book, “sustainable seafood: a guide for concerned consumers!”
I am seeking expert colleagues willing to give sections within your area of expertise a friendly read.
🦑🌎🧪🦈🐠
I am seeking expert colleagues willing to give sections within your area of expertise a friendly read.
🦑🌎🧪🦈🐠
July 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Next week I am turning in a complete draft of my second book, “sustainable seafood: a guide for concerned consumers!”
I am seeking expert colleagues willing to give sections within your area of expertise a friendly read.
🦑🌎🧪🦈🐠
I am seeking expert colleagues willing to give sections within your area of expertise a friendly read.
🦑🌎🧪🦈🐠
Studying or working abroad comes with many challenges but also great opportunities. What can help early-career researchers navigate this journey? Check out my answer (and those of other researchers) in this @science.org piece: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NextGenSci
Supporting scientists who study and work abroad
www.science.org
July 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Studying or working abroad comes with many challenges but also great opportunities. What can help early-career researchers navigate this journey? Check out my answer (and those of other researchers) in this @science.org piece: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NextGenSci
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Exclusive: A major scientific publisher, Taylor & Francis, said it has paused submissions to its journal Bioengineered so editors there can investigate some 1000 of its papers that bear signs they contain manipulated results or came from paper mills. scim.ag/4kjR4la
Journal plagued with problematic papers, likely from paper mills, pauses submissions
The halt will let Taylor & Francis focus on checking Bioengineered’s papers for fraudulent works and paid authorships
scim.ag
July 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Exclusive: A major scientific publisher, Taylor & Francis, said it has paused submissions to its journal Bioengineered so editors there can investigate some 1000 of its papers that bear signs they contain manipulated results or came from paper mills. scim.ag/4kjR4la
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🧪CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 5th call of the 'Excellence by Choice' Postdoctoral Programme in Life Science!
Apply for one of 8 exciting research projects, compete for two fully funded postdoctoral fellowships and contribute to cutting-edge science in Umeå!
Learn more and apply here:
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Apply for one of 8 exciting research projects, compete for two fully funded postdoctoral fellowships and contribute to cutting-edge science in Umeå!
Learn more and apply here:
lnkd.in/d_KSm3RV
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July 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🧪CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 5th call of the 'Excellence by Choice' Postdoctoral Programme in Life Science!
Apply for one of 8 exciting research projects, compete for two fully funded postdoctoral fellowships and contribute to cutting-edge science in Umeå!
Learn more and apply here:
lnkd.in/d_KSm3RV
Apply for one of 8 exciting research projects, compete for two fully funded postdoctoral fellowships and contribute to cutting-edge science in Umeå!
Learn more and apply here:
lnkd.in/d_KSm3RV
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Our new consensus statement on reducing and reporting contamination in microbiome studies is the cover image of this month's Nature Microbiology: www.nature.com/articles/s41... In the cover photo, you can see our postdoc Sophie Holland in fully PPE sampling the atmosphere of terrestrial Antarctica.
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our new consensus statement on reducing and reporting contamination in microbiome studies is the cover image of this month's Nature Microbiology: www.nature.com/articles/s41... In the cover photo, you can see our postdoc Sophie Holland in fully PPE sampling the atmosphere of terrestrial Antarctica.
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We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Master the Microbiome Grant!
Congrats to Dr. Andressa M. Venturini, Rahma O. Golicha, Melissa Basso, Dr. Maria Florencia Fernandez, and Dr. Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz!
Read more: www.zymoresearch.com/blogs/blog/m...
Congrats to Dr. Andressa M. Venturini, Rahma O. Golicha, Melissa Basso, Dr. Maria Florencia Fernandez, and Dr. Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz!
Read more: www.zymoresearch.com/blogs/blog/m...
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Master the Microbiome Grant!
Congrats to Dr. Andressa M. Venturini, Rahma O. Golicha, Melissa Basso, Dr. Maria Florencia Fernandez, and Dr. Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz!
Read more: www.zymoresearch.com/blogs/blog/m...
Congrats to Dr. Andressa M. Venturini, Rahma O. Golicha, Melissa Basso, Dr. Maria Florencia Fernandez, and Dr. Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz!
Read more: www.zymoresearch.com/blogs/blog/m...
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July issue of @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social is now online, with our review by @xinmingxu.bsky.social @neftalyl.bsky.social on Composing a microbial symphony and a matching cover illustration by @lizahaart.bsky.social
#SynCom #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
#SynCom #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
July 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
July issue of @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social is now online, with our review by @xinmingxu.bsky.social @neftalyl.bsky.social on Composing a microbial symphony and a matching cover illustration by @lizahaart.bsky.social
#SynCom #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
#SynCom #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
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New online! A genomic perspective on fungal diversity and evolution
A genomic perspective on fungal diversity and evolution
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 30 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01195-6In this Review, Mondo and Grigoriev explore the central role of omics approaches to investigate the biology and evolution of fungi and understand phylogeny and how traits evolved over time within the fungal kingdom.
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New online! A genomic perspective on fungal diversity and evolution
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We had a last minute cancellation for STAMPS -- a phenomenal course on microbiome data analysis. Woods Hole, MA, July 14-24 2025.
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at ctbrown@ucdavis.edu. Thx!
June 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We had a last minute cancellation for STAMPS -- a phenomenal course on microbiome data analysis. Woods Hole, MA, July 14-24 2025.
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
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We'll be hosting a session on #methane cycling & emissions across ecosystems again this year at #AGU2025! Submit your abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans for another year of great methane discussions! @drbenrunkle.bsky.social
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June 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We'll be hosting a session on #methane cycling & emissions across ecosystems again this year at #AGU2025! Submit your abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans for another year of great methane discussions! @drbenrunkle.bsky.social
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
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Hope this is useful - consensus statement "Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies" rdcu.be/er3Io
Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies
Nature Microbiology - In this Consensus Statement, the authors outline strategies for processing, analysing and interpreting low-biomass microbiome samples, and provide recommendations to minimize...
rdcu.be
June 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hope this is useful - consensus statement "Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies" rdcu.be/er3Io
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Hey all - check this post if you’re at #ASMicrobe this weekend.
Let’s have a meet up tomorrow for a photo op of microbiologists on @bsky.app who are at #ASMicrobe!
Be there at 3 PM at the main entrance giant ASM sign!
In person meetups are super fun - please be there!
And plz repost!
Let’s have a meet up tomorrow for a photo op of microbiologists on @bsky.app who are at #ASMicrobe!
Be there at 3 PM at the main entrance giant ASM sign!
In person meetups are super fun - please be there!
And plz repost!
Who is at #ASMicrobe?
Reply with a 👋 and let’s do a bsky meetup tomorrow for a group photo!
Please repost / share / like this post to extend its reach.
Let’s go! 🚀 🦠 🧬🖥️ 🧪
Reply with a 👋 and let’s do a bsky meetup tomorrow for a group photo!
Please repost / share / like this post to extend its reach.
Let’s go! 🚀 🦠 🧬🖥️ 🧪
June 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Hey all - check this post if you’re at #ASMicrobe this weekend.
Let’s have a meet up tomorrow for a photo op of microbiologists on @bsky.app who are at #ASMicrobe!
Be there at 3 PM at the main entrance giant ASM sign!
In person meetups are super fun - please be there!
And plz repost!
Let’s have a meet up tomorrow for a photo op of microbiologists on @bsky.app who are at #ASMicrobe!
Be there at 3 PM at the main entrance giant ASM sign!
In person meetups are super fun - please be there!
And plz repost!
Excited to share I received the Master the Microbiome Grant from @zymoresearch.bsky.social!
Going to #ASMicrobe? I’ll be giving a short talk at their booth on Amazonian forest degradation and its impact on soil microbes — June 21, 2:15 p.m.
Come say hi! 🦠
Going to #ASMicrobe? I’ll be giving a short talk at their booth on Amazonian forest degradation and its impact on soil microbes — June 21, 2:15 p.m.
Come say hi! 🦠
June 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Excited to share I received the Master the Microbiome Grant from @zymoresearch.bsky.social!
Going to #ASMicrobe? I’ll be giving a short talk at their booth on Amazonian forest degradation and its impact on soil microbes — June 21, 2:15 p.m.
Come say hi! 🦠
Going to #ASMicrobe? I’ll be giving a short talk at their booth on Amazonian forest degradation and its impact on soil microbes — June 21, 2:15 p.m.
Come say hi! 🦠
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. @aventurini.bsky.social of @aucollege.bsky.social will investigate how land-use changes and degradation in the Amazon rainforest affect microbial diversity and function, offering insights for bioenergy production. @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
jointgeno.me/CSPNI_FY25 🖥️🧬
jointgeno.me/CSPNI_FY25 🖥️🧬
April 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
. @aventurini.bsky.social of @aucollege.bsky.social will investigate how land-use changes and degradation in the Amazon rainforest affect microbial diversity and function, offering insights for bioenergy production. @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
jointgeno.me/CSPNI_FY25 🖥️🧬
jointgeno.me/CSPNI_FY25 🖥️🧬
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It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy
March 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy