Shout out to @jronwalker.bsky.social on this #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW2025! Follow him if you are interested in #viralecology and #genomics. Cool pubs coming out in 2026 showing how viruses impact anaerobic phototrophs using lots of #metagenomics and growing these tricky bugs in the lab!

Thanks to @billgilhooly.bsky.social and all the collaborators, and thanks NASA for the funding!

Hi #phagesky! If you are curious about phages in geobiology and astrobiology, you will like this paper led by recent PhD grad from my lab, @nataschavarona.bsky.social, showing viral activity in analogs of early Earth environments 🧪 microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Yesterday, the first PhD student in my lab, @nataschavarona.bsky.social, defended her dissertation. A big day for us. Congratulations, Natascha, really well done!

The whole lab is learning from @mmarbout.bsky.social how to prepare samples for metaHi-C sequencing. Can’t wait for the results!!! @jronwalker.bsky.social @nataschavarona.bsky.social

Microbes are beautiful!

Hi everyone! In my first post here, I would like to introduce the Miami VISE (Virus Structure and Ecology) group. Some of us were at the VEGA conference organized by @simrouxvirus.bsky.social and a great JGI team last month. We are looking forward to connecting with other virus enthusiasts!