Pedro C. Junger
@pcjungers.bsky.social
Postdoc researcher at @ibensens.bsky.social working on #ecology #microbes #plankton #omics #datasci 🌐 🌊 🧬🎶
I attended the Anvi'o workshop last March, and I highly recommend it. Registration for the 2026 edition is now open:
We have a date for the free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR Symposium for 2026, and we look forward to meeting you at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany!
Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇
anvio.org/workshops/20...
Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇
anvio.org/workshops/20...
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I attended the Anvi'o workshop last March, and I highly recommend it. Registration for the 2026 edition is now open:
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📢 Save the Date: Biodiversity Monitoring Week is coming! #BioMonWeek2026
📅4-8 May
📍Montpellier (FR)
The new European forum for cooperation and innovation in biodiversity monitoring, gathering researchers, practitioners, policymakers, private sector & students. Don't miss out!
#BiodiversityData
📅4-8 May
📍Montpellier (FR)
The new European forum for cooperation and innovation in biodiversity monitoring, gathering researchers, practitioners, policymakers, private sector & students. Don't miss out!
#BiodiversityData
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📢 Save the Date: Biodiversity Monitoring Week is coming! #BioMonWeek2026
📅4-8 May
📍Montpellier (FR)
The new European forum for cooperation and innovation in biodiversity monitoring, gathering researchers, practitioners, policymakers, private sector & students. Don't miss out!
#BiodiversityData
📅4-8 May
📍Montpellier (FR)
The new European forum for cooperation and innovation in biodiversity monitoring, gathering researchers, practitioners, policymakers, private sector & students. Don't miss out!
#BiodiversityData
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
ECR connection: Meet Meren when you need to
A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network
merenlab.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
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Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
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Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom sexual reproduction in the global ocean www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom sexual reproduction in the global ocean - Nature Communications
Diatoms dominate the oceans, yet sexual reproduction - key to bloom dynamics and species evolvability - is rarely observed. Using a lab-to-field approach, this study presents conserved markers applica...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom sexual reproduction in the global ocean www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
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Europe’s waters are under pressure - from rivers to coasts to the deep sea💧
Join our campaign and help protect life in The Waters We Share! 💙
See what you can do: marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w...
#TheWatersWeShare #LifeBeneathTheWaves #KnowOurWatersBetter #AquaticPersonalityQuiz
Join our campaign and help protect life in The Waters We Share! 💙
See what you can do: marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w...
#TheWatersWeShare #LifeBeneathTheWaves #KnowOurWatersBetter #AquaticPersonalityQuiz
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Europe’s waters are under pressure - from rivers to coasts to the deep sea💧
Join our campaign and help protect life in The Waters We Share! 💙
See what you can do: marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w...
#TheWatersWeShare #LifeBeneathTheWaves #KnowOurWatersBetter #AquaticPersonalityQuiz
Join our campaign and help protect life in The Waters We Share! 💙
See what you can do: marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w...
#TheWatersWeShare #LifeBeneathTheWaves #KnowOurWatersBetter #AquaticPersonalityQuiz
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Underestimated input of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon to the ocean www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
Underestimated input of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon to the ocean | PNAS
The contribution of terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) to the ocean has been
an enigma for decades. Tracking terrestrial DOM in the ocean h...
www.pnas.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Underestimated input of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon to the ocean www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
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Great to see this finally published!
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
Abstract. Metagenomic sequencing enables the in-depth study of microbes and their functions in humans, animals, and the environment. While sequencing data
academic.oup.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great to see this finally published!
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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Our @narjournal.bsky.social manuscript is out! It explores the growth of the GTDB (gtdb.ecogenomic.org) since its inception, as well as updates to the website, methodology, policies, and major taxonomic and nomenclatural changes over the past three years.
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
GTDB release 10: a complete and systematic taxonomy for 715 230 bacterial and 17 245 archaeal genomes
Abstract. The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB; https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org) provides a phylogenetically consistent and rank normalized genome-based taxonomy
academic.oup.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our @narjournal.bsky.social manuscript is out! It explores the growth of the GTDB (gtdb.ecogenomic.org) since its inception, as well as updates to the website, methodology, policies, and major taxonomic and nomenclatural changes over the past three years.
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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Ocean-M: an integrated global-scale multi-omics database for marine microbial diversity, function and ecological interactions academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs 🌊
Ocean-M: an integrated global-scale multi-omics database for marine microbial diversity, function and ecological interactions
Abstract. Multi-omics analyses have significantly advanced the understanding of complex marine microbial communities and their interactions. Despite notabl
academic.oup.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Ocean-M: an integrated global-scale multi-omics database for marine microbial diversity, function and ecological interactions academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs 🌊
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📣La date limite d'inscription au journées de la société phycologique de France est repoussée au ⏱️9 novembre⏱️.
And the inscription formular is now available in english too:
framaforms.org/journees-202...
And the inscription formular is now available in english too:
framaforms.org/journees-202...
Journées 2025 de la SPF à Paris | Framaforms.org
framaforms.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📣La date limite d'inscription au journées de la société phycologique de France est repoussée au ⏱️9 novembre⏱️.
And the inscription formular is now available in english too:
framaforms.org/journees-202...
And the inscription formular is now available in english too:
framaforms.org/journees-202...
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Are you an oceanographer or marine biologist with an interest in marine biodiversity and climate change? Our upcoming scientific meeting will look at #ClimateChange and #BiodiversityLoss linkages in ocean ecosystems:
royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org/science-even...
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Are you an oceanographer or marine biologist with an interest in marine biodiversity and climate change? Our upcoming scientific meeting will look at #ClimateChange and #BiodiversityLoss linkages in ocean ecosystems:
royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org/science-even...
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📣📣📣📣now open for applications!!
PhD available in my group to work on polar nitrogen fixation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Exploring new drivers for nitrogen fixation in polar oceans at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
📣📣📣📣now open for applications!!
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Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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We have recently shown the large potential of organellar genome-resolved metagenomics by assembling 100s of new marine plastid MAGs (ptMAGs), including revealing the new deep-branching algal group leptophytes: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New deep-branching environmental plastid genomes on the algal tree of life
Marine algae support the entire ocean ecosystem and greatly impact planetary biology. The availability of algae in culture poorly represents their large environmental diversity, and we still have a li...
www.biorxiv.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
We have recently shown the large potential of organellar genome-resolved metagenomics by assembling 100s of new marine plastid MAGs (ptMAGs), including revealing the new deep-branching algal group leptophytes: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding
In the last decades, environmental metabarcoding has revolutionised biodiversity research, particularly for microbial organisms such as protists, enabling large-scale assessments of diversity and ecol...
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
Chapter 3 of my thesis is now available as a preprint in @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social
We compared 3+ years of coastal microbial time-series from an equatorial site (EAMO, 6°S) and a temperate site (BBMO, 41°N).
Our work reinforces the need for observatories across latitudes to track ocean change.
We compared 3+ years of coastal microbial time-series from an equatorial site (EAMO, 6°S) and a temperate site (BBMO, 41°N).
Our work reinforces the need for observatories across latitudes to track ocean change.
Ecological processes shaping marine microbial assemblages diverge between equatorial and temperate time-series
Marine microbial communities are structured by a complex interplay of deterministic and stochastic processes, yet how these vary across latitudes remains poorly understood. Most long-term microbial ob...
www.biorxiv.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Chapter 3 of my thesis is now available as a preprint in @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social
We compared 3+ years of coastal microbial time-series from an equatorial site (EAMO, 6°S) and a temperate site (BBMO, 41°N).
Our work reinforces the need for observatories across latitudes to track ocean change.
We compared 3+ years of coastal microbial time-series from an equatorial site (EAMO, 6°S) and a temperate site (BBMO, 41°N).
Our work reinforces the need for observatories across latitudes to track ocean change.
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#NatMicroPicks
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature
Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minim...
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#NatMicroPicks
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hidden microbial world in trees🌳
Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.
#PlantMicro #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What’s next for biodiversity monitoring?
Our Barcelona Science Fair unpacked tools, trust, and tech gaps. Featuring:
🔬 R&I project highlights
🔍 Deep dives into eDNA, bioacoustics, & remote sensing
💬 Expert insights on data, scaling, & more
Takeaways:
👉 www.biodiversa.eu/science-fair...
Our Barcelona Science Fair unpacked tools, trust, and tech gaps. Featuring:
🔬 R&I project highlights
🔍 Deep dives into eDNA, bioacoustics, & remote sensing
💬 Expert insights on data, scaling, & more
Takeaways:
👉 www.biodiversa.eu/science-fair...
July 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
What’s next for biodiversity monitoring?
Our Barcelona Science Fair unpacked tools, trust, and tech gaps. Featuring:
🔬 R&I project highlights
🔍 Deep dives into eDNA, bioacoustics, & remote sensing
💬 Expert insights on data, scaling, & more
Takeaways:
👉 www.biodiversa.eu/science-fair...
Our Barcelona Science Fair unpacked tools, trust, and tech gaps. Featuring:
🔬 R&I project highlights
🔍 Deep dives into eDNA, bioacoustics, & remote sensing
💬 Expert insights on data, scaling, & more
Takeaways:
👉 www.biodiversa.eu/science-fair...
Reposted by Pedro C. Junger
So excited to announce the GRUMP paper is published! This global dataset provides relative abundances for plankton spanning Archaea to Zooplankton from unfractionated (>0.2µm) water samples using 3-domain universal primers that amplify 16S and 18S in one PCR reaction.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So excited to announce the GRUMP paper is published! This global dataset provides relative abundances for plankton spanning Archaea to Zooplankton from unfractionated (>0.2µm) water samples using 3-domain universal primers that amplify 16S and 18S in one PCR reaction.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs.
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs
David Obura believes humans have been using nature for free, and tipping points at some reefs have already passed
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs.
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Happy birthday SAR11! 35 years old today!
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Happy Birthday SAR11
SAR11 turns 33 this month
uncultured.carinilab.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy birthday SAR11! 35 years old today!
uncultured.carinilab.com/p/happy-birt...
uncultured.carinilab.com/p/happy-birt...
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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 🧵