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Jed Fuhrman
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Dad, husband, nature lover, microbial ecologist, oceanographer, USC Professor. American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Am Acad Microbiology. Interested in how all life works together in the functioning of ocean ecosystems. Still just scratching the surface.
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Just out: metagenomics with internal standards yields phylogenetically resolved genome ("~cell") counts of bacteria, archaea, and photosynthetic eukaryotes per L of seawater, over the AMT29 Atlantic transect, via "single copy" genes (recA, radA, psbO). Compares with microscopy and flow cytometry.
July 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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For a handy summary of what GRUMP is, feel free to view and share the following presentation from the CBIOMES 2025 annual meeting: slides.com/jcmcnch/cbio...
GRUMP Presentation 2025
CBIOMES 2025, GRUMP
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July 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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More than 100 scientists who work in Antarctica or care about having a strong U.S. research presence there have signed a letter calling for the U.S. to keep the Palmer in operation. (4/n)
We write as deeply concerned members of the Antarctic research community after learning of the plan, by the National Science Foundation, to terminate the lease of the Research Vessel/ IceBreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer in October of this year. The United States Antarctic Program has had at least one dedicated research vessel operating in the Southern Ocean since 1968. For those nearly six decades, the N.B. Palmer and its predecessors have supported world-class science that helped grow the U.S.'s standing as a leader of international scientific research. At the same time, these vessels have provided critical logistical support for the U.S. Antarctic scientific bases. Even as automation and remote observations have increased our observational capabilities in this harsh region of the world, there's no replacement for a dedicated research vessel that can access remote sea ice-covered regions of Antarctica and that allows sampling of the of the world, there's no replacement for a dedicated research vessel that can access remote sea ice-covered regions of Antarctica and that allows sampling of the full depth of the ocean and coastal regions on land. The early loss of the N.B. Palmer is troubling, especially at a time when other nations, including China, Korea, Japan, Britain, and Australia, among others, are increasing their marine capability for Antarctic waters. This decision forecasts the decline of an exceptional history of U.S. scientific contributions. Maintaining a continued US ship-based presence also has strong, strategic and national security geopolitical implications. Antarctica remains a model for international cooperation and peace, with all activities, marine and terrestrial, south of 60°S governed by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. The treaty, signed by 58 nations, committed all parties to a civilian presence guiding scientific investigation of this remote and fragile part of the world Today many Treaty. The treaty, signed by 58 nations, committed all parties to a civilian presence guiding scientific investigation of this remote and fragile part of the world. Today, many nations operate research stations and vessels in the Antarctic. While Antarctica remains remote and a difficult place to access, the modern world allows easier access each year and the number of groups there grows each year, for research, for tourism, for exploitation of fishery stocks, and simply for exerting national presence. We urge reconsideration of the decision to terminate the lease of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, and the continued forward-looking development of the next generation of Antarctic research vessels that will continue US leadership, scientifically and geopolitically, in the high southern latitudes. Sincerely,
July 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Please Re-Post. Our global GRUMP microbial ocean database is out in Scientific Data! Unfractionated, single universal PCR, with Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryotes all on the same scale with the same denominator. Pole to pole, depths to 6000m. Lots of metadata. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Characterizing organisms from three domains of life with universal primers from throughout the global ocean - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Characterizing organisms from three domains of life with universal primers from throughout the global ocean
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July 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Out in Science! Zakem et al. mechanistically modeled global marine prokaryotic functional diversity, grounded with field data. Shifts in community composition drive respiration and thus biological C storage. This facilitates C cycle projections in a warming ocean
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Functional biogeography of marine microbial heterotrophs
Heterotrophic bacteria and archaea (“heteroprokaryotes”) drive global carbon cycling, but how to quantitatively organize their functional complexity remains unclear. We generated a global-scale unders...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS

We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.

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April 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Just out - The first global ocean 3-Domain microbial survey where all organisms can be directly compared quantitatively. Unfractionated and amplified from just 2 primers (vetted with mock communities and metagenomics), so all with the same denominator. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Colleagues at federal science agencies are receiving these “deferred resignation” emails - essentially comply or resign choices 🧪 - www.opm.gov/fork
Fork in the RoadLock
Welcome to opm.gov
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January 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Registration and Abstract submission is open for Aquatic Virus Workshop 12 😍 - avw12.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag.... AVW is THE meeting for those exploring viruses infecting little things in water; it will fill up fast. So, register now and come to Banyuls-sur-Mer, a jewel on the Mediterranean.
December 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Please sign on to the letter from the Union of Concerned Scientists asking Congress to stand up for Federal science and scientists secure.ucsusa.org/a/2024-save-...
Save Science, Save Lives
Please join science supporters, scientists, and experts in signing an open letter asking Congress to stand up against attempts to politicize or eliminate scientific roles, agencies, and federal resear...
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December 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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News & Views. Bacterial chemotaxis toward virus-infected cyanobacteria www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacterial chemotaxis toward virus-infected cyanobacteria - Nature Microbiology
During the pre-lysis phases of phage infection, the cyanobacterium Synechococcus releases metabolites that attract heterotrophic bacteria — a process that is likely to influence carbon fate in the oce...
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November 20, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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Check out our updated database of 189 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities.

For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link to funder and eligibility criteria (such as citizenship).

Good luck!

Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
November 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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🌍 Just published in 14+ journals! AMI & global leaders call for microbial solutions to tackle climate change. Let’s harness nature’s power to capture carbon & restore ecosystems—time to act! 🧬🌱 #ClimateAction #MicrobialSolutions #COP29Baku
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November 11, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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Long-term ecological #research projects apart from being highly demanding, it deserves extra respect from the scientific community; funding agencies should consider the benefits of such projects

#ecology #science #nature #evolution @ipbes.bsky.social @esci.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The value of long-term ecological research for evolutionary insights - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses using long-term ecological research networks to advance our understanding of fundamental evolutionary processes and evolutionary responses to global change.
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September 10, 2024 at 3:48 PM