Christy Grettenberger
Christy Grettenberger
@cgberger.bsky.social
Trying to put together microbes, ecology, and geochemistry as part of the world's coolest puzzle. Assistant professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Toxicology at UC Davis.
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Our paper describing the GlobDB is now published in @bioinfoadv.bsky.social
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The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives.
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GlobDB: a comprehensive species-dereplicated microbial genome resource
AbstractMotivation. Over the past years, substantial numbers of microbial species’ genomes have been deposited outside of conventional INSDC databases.Resu
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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We’re hiring! Ad for coastal physical oceanographer: careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...

Chat me if you have any questions! #oceanography #marine
University of Delaware - Details - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Coastal Physical Oceanography
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November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The Brown and Stachowicz labs are looking for a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the thermal dependence of disease in eelgrass! As a bonus you get to be based at the Bodega Marine Lab! Interested? Find out more here: brown-ecology.com/join-us/
Join Us!
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November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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A new paper of mine just came out in the Journal of Anatomy! Learn more about Conoryctes and why the insides of its bones are important on my website. Or, check out the open-access paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Digging into the rise of mammals
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Digging into the rise of mammals
A new study of mine has just been published in the Journal of Anatomy! The paper is open access, courtesy of UC Davis, so it is free to access and read for all. You can find it here. The paper is p…
gregfunston.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I'm happy to announce the latest release of the GlobDB, available at globdb.org.

The GlobDB is a database of "species dereplicated" microbial genomes, and as of release 226 contains twice the number of species-representative genomes (306,260) than the latest GTDB release.
home | GlobDB
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June 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Doing a lecture on why it's important to be good at science communication/why it's important to communicate science in plain English on the day when we find out that there's Whooping Cough on campus.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Congrats to all elected as new fellows of AAAS including from @ucdavis.bsky.social:

Dawn Sumner, Dario Cantù, Huaijun Zhou, Frederic Chedin, Stephanie Hampton, Raissa M. D'Souza, Simona Ghetti, and Alexander Aue.
March 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Major, major congratulations to my colleague Joanne Emerson for receiving the PECASE! This prestigious award is recognition of amazing early career faculty who developed the most compelling and innovative NSF CAREER grants!

Joanne's lab pioneers the field of soil viral community ecology 🤩 🧪🧫
January 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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
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Hey cool: I received a 2024 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award here at UC Davis!

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Grad Studies Announces the Recipients of the 2024 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award
Commitment. Passion. Empathy. These descriptors were just a few of the plaudits the winners of the 2024 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award received in their nomination letters. “[This profe...
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September 9, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Today, I cemented my PI status - I had to ask the postdoc in the lab next-door if she could please teach me how to use my autoclave.
November 16, 2023 at 10:39 PM
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Are you a doctoral student? Want to explore how Earth and life dance together? 🧪⚒️🌎🔬🧬💃 Join us next summer in Italy and at Penn State! Dates and info for the 2024 International Geobiology Course here: t.co/nv3Ooy88Vn
October 28, 2023 at 6:59 PM