Emeline Vidal
@emvidal.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Ruff Lab.
Studying microbes in deep ecosystems 🧬🔬🧪
Studying microbes in deep ecosystems 🧬🔬🧪
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I wrote a new tutorial on competitive metagenomic read recruitment (and profiling of the results with #anvio), for those of us nerds who would like to get their hands dirty with data:
anvio.org/tutorials/co...
anvio.org/tutorials/co...
Competitive metagenomic read recruitment explained
A tutorial on the nuts and bolts of competitive read recruitment
anvio.org
October 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I wrote a new tutorial on competitive metagenomic read recruitment (and profiling of the results with #anvio), for those of us nerds who would like to get their hands dirty with data:
anvio.org/tutorials/co...
anvio.org/tutorials/co...
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Looking for a cutting-edge and fun conference in 2026?
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
2026 Geobiology Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Geobiology will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Looking for a cutting-edge and fun conference in 2026?
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
How about:
GRC Geobiology in Ventura, CA - January 11-16, 2026
www.grc.org/geobiology-c...
AbSciCon in Madison, WI - May 17-22, 2026
www.agu.org/abscicon
🤩The Ruff Lab will be there with sessions and presentations on Dark Oxygen Production 🥳
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⚫ La célèbre primatologue britannique Jane Goodall, "ambassadrice" des chimpanzés et fervente défenseure de la cause environnementale est morte à l'âge de 91 ans, a annoncé mercredi son institut.
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
⚫ La célèbre primatologue britannique Jane Goodall, "ambassadrice" des chimpanzés et fervente défenseure de la cause environnementale est morte à l'âge de 91 ans, a annoncé mercredi son institut.
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #jcampubs
Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science
journals.plos.org
July 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #jcampubs
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Pretty little babies 🥰😍
The pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) mates and nests in deep-sea thermal springs, where the warm water seeping from the seafloor accelerates the development of their embryos.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/pearl...
The pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) mates and nests in deep-sea thermal springs, where the warm water seeping from the seafloor accelerates the development of their embryos.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/pearl...
May 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Pretty little babies 🥰😍
The pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) mates and nests in deep-sea thermal springs, where the warm water seeping from the seafloor accelerates the development of their embryos.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/pearl...
The pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) mates and nests in deep-sea thermal springs, where the warm water seeping from the seafloor accelerates the development of their embryos.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/pearl...
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Real time monitoring of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under deep saline aquifers conditions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.05.652176v1
May 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Real time monitoring of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under deep saline aquifers conditions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.05.652176v1
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Microbes can use various energy and carbon sources, allowing them to colonise even the most extreme habitats on Earth. 🦠
@emvidal.bsky.social and @laurashwab.bsky.social discuss dark oxygen production in apparently anoxic environments on this #FEMSmicroBlog. #FascinatingMicrobes
@emvidal.bsky.social and @laurashwab.bsky.social discuss dark oxygen production in apparently anoxic environments on this #FEMSmicroBlog. #FascinatingMicrobes
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April 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Microbes can use various energy and carbon sources, allowing them to colonise even the most extreme habitats on Earth. 🦠
@emvidal.bsky.social and @laurashwab.bsky.social discuss dark oxygen production in apparently anoxic environments on this #FEMSmicroBlog. #FascinatingMicrobes
@emvidal.bsky.social and @laurashwab.bsky.social discuss dark oxygen production in apparently anoxic environments on this #FEMSmicroBlog. #FascinatingMicrobes
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I am very happy (and anxious) to share with you our most recent work in which we evaluated four of the most popular long-read assemblers,
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵
Assemblies of long-read metagenomes suffer from diverse errors
Genomes from metagenomes have revolutionised our understanding of microbial diversity, ecology, and evolution, propelling advances in basic science, biomedicine, and biotechnology. Assembly algorithms...
www.biorxiv.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I am very happy (and anxious) to share with you our most recent work in which we evaluated four of the most popular long-read assemblers,
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵
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#Nautile40 🤿
40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune !
www.ifremer.fr/fr/Nautile40...
40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune !
www.ifremer.fr/fr/Nautile40...
40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune
Mis en service en 1984, le submersible Nautile, l’un des fleurons de la Flotte océanographique française opérée par l’Ifremer et sa filiale d’armement Genavir, a effectué 2122 plongées. La première im...
www.ifremer.fr
April 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#Nautile40 🤿
40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune !
www.ifremer.fr/fr/Nautile40...
40 ans dans les abysses avec notre mythique sous-marin jaune !
www.ifremer.fr/fr/Nautile40...
Part of our team (@jordonhemingway.bsky.social, C. Fernandes, T. Nagakura, Z. Wang) went sampling in the #Bedretto tunnel this week, looking for #darkoxygen !
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Part of our team (@jordonhemingway.bsky.social, C. Fernandes, T. Nagakura, Z. Wang) went sampling in the #Bedretto tunnel this week, looking for #darkoxygen !
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
A pleasure to organize this symposium with my fellow postdoc organizers Beverly Naigles, Nancy Yang and Nicole Dames! And of course thank you to the MBL community for making it such a sucessful event 😊🧪
💡 More than 20 presenters shared their science at the MBL's annual Postdoctoral Symposium yesterday. The event featured long talks, flash talks, a career panel, and poster presentations. Photos below! ⤵️
Read more: bit.ly/3Ft3NDC
#ScienceStartsHere
📷: Alex Megerle
Read more: bit.ly/3Ft3NDC
#ScienceStartsHere
📷: Alex Megerle
March 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A pleasure to organize this symposium with my fellow postdoc organizers Beverly Naigles, Nancy Yang and Nicole Dames! And of course thank you to the MBL community for making it such a sucessful event 😊🧪
I had such a great time learning #anvio last week ! Thank you @floriantrigodet.bsky.social, Iva Veseli and @merenbey.bsky.social for putting together this workshop 😊
A blog post on the #anvio workshop that took place last week at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg with photographs and participant survey results 😇
anvio.org/blog/oldenbu...
anvio.org/blog/oldenbu...
Photos and survey results form the anvi'o workshop and ECR symposium at Oldenburg
Hither shalt thou find likenesses trapped in time, and the opinions of those who did attend this noble workshop
anvio.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I had such a great time learning #anvio last week ! Thank you @floriantrigodet.bsky.social, Iva Veseli and @merenbey.bsky.social for putting together this workshop 😊
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (#IDWGS)! 👩🔬 🔬 🌍 #WomenInScience
Now more the ever, we value the importance of raising the profile of women and girls engaging with and contributing to science.
Now more the ever, we value the importance of raising the profile of women and girls engaging with and contributing to science.
Perspectives: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To help commemorate this awareness day, this perspectives article showcases 6 women scientists from different counties that talk…
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February 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (#IDWGS)! 👩🔬 🔬 🌍 #WomenInScience
Now more the ever, we value the importance of raising the profile of women and girls engaging with and contributing to science.
Now more the ever, we value the importance of raising the profile of women and girls engaging with and contributing to science.
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www.mbl.edu/news/renewed...
Nice article about our course and all eyes on
@jadenhansen.bsky.social sequencing microbial DNA using @nanoporetech.com Thanks also @emvidal.bsky.social, Hannah Vanderscheuren and Eleanor Greene for making this happen.
Nice article about our course and all eyes on
@jadenhansen.bsky.social sequencing microbial DNA using @nanoporetech.com Thanks also @emvidal.bsky.social, Hannah Vanderscheuren and Eleanor Greene for making this happen.
“A Renewed Sense of Wonder”: Shanghai High Schoolers Experience The MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory
www.mbl.edu
January 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
www.mbl.edu/news/renewed...
Nice article about our course and all eyes on
@jadenhansen.bsky.social sequencing microbial DNA using @nanoporetech.com Thanks also @emvidal.bsky.social, Hannah Vanderscheuren and Eleanor Greene for making this happen.
Nice article about our course and all eyes on
@jadenhansen.bsky.social sequencing microbial DNA using @nanoporetech.com Thanks also @emvidal.bsky.social, Hannah Vanderscheuren and Eleanor Greene for making this happen.