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Thomas Mock
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Ocean Microbiome | Evolution | Algae | Diatoms | Genomics | Genetics | Biology | Ecology | Biotechnology | Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Phycology
https://mocklab.com/
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · Oct 8
Fully funded #PhD Studentship in my lab! Get in touch 😀

The role of light-driven proton pumps in sustaining oceanic primary production #microbial #rhodopsins #diatom #ocean
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A double helix in front of @viblifesciences.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Thanks for the invite! See you tomorrow.
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Our new preprint led by Emelia J. Chamberlain:

From microbial diversity to function: evaluating dimensionality reduction methods

#MOSAiC #Arctic #Ocean #microbiomes @norwichmicro.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
From microbial diversity to function; evaluating dimensionality reduction methods
Artificial Intelligence (AI), and more specifically Machine Learning (ML), have become an increasingly prevalent tool in microbial oceanography. The high dimensionality of microbial diversity data fro...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Our new methods paper led by AWI colleagues with the support of #OmicronCr. CRISPR-Cas for single-cell diatom microbiome research. @isme-microbes.bsky.social
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Genotype and culture condition effects on single-cell diatom microbiomes: enhanced detection of low-abundance taxa with CRISPR-Cas9
Abstract. Primary production in aquatic systems is governed by interactions between microalgae and their associated bacteria. Most of our knowledge about a
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October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Seen today on our campus @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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New issue of Journal of Phycology is out with our paper highlighted on the cover. 😀 Congrats to all authors and especially Longji Deng 👏 @ueaenv.bsky.social

First genetic transformation system in a heterotrophic #diatom

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October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Fully funded #PhD Studentship in my lab! Get in touch 😀

The role of light-driven proton pumps in sustaining oceanic primary production #microbial #rhodopsins #diatom #ocean
@ueaenv.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Our latest #preprint led by Yumary M. Vasquez & Frederik Schulz @jgi.doe.gov

The largest database of giant #virus MAGs (GVMAGs V2) with >18,000 genomes from #marine, freshwater, anthropogenic and terrestrial environments.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Congrats all! Exciting times ahead! Good luck everyone! 😊👍👏
mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · Sep 30
Wel­come, MarMic Class of 2030!! 👩‍🔬

13 stu­dents from 8 countries have ar­rived to our In­ter­na­tional Max Planck Re­search School of Mar­ine Mi­cro­bi­o­logy MarMic.
We’re very happy to have you & look for­ward to the years ahead!
www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Welcome-M...
@maxplanck.de #marinebiology
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Congrats everyone including @paulgmock.bsky.social Good luck at @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social You are in good hands

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Welcome, MarMic Class of 2030
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September 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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New Species Spotlight 👇

Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo zooms in and out on cyanobacteria

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Free to read: rdcu.be/eHZSN
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo zooms in and out on cyanobacteria.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Sequencing methods 🧬 have come a long way from census counts 🔢 to assembling genomes and understanding the functions 🧪 of bacteria and viruses.

New review by @jgi.doe.gov's Gitta Szabó, @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social, Tanja Woyke with @jeffinerca.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A genomic view of Earth’s biomes - Nature Reviews Genetics
Genome-wide approaches have uncovered the vast microbial and viral diversity across ecosystems. This Review explores advances in metagenomics, single-cell sequencing and functional profiling to elucid...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Worth reading: A genome-wide CRISPR screen reveals how #diatoms thrive in dynamic light. From Ellen Yeh's group

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Cool preprint: Evidence for the acquisition of a proteorhodopsin-like #rhodopsin by a chrysophyte-infecting giant #virus

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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UK introduces landmark legislation to protect world’s ocean
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UK introduces landmark legislation to protect world’s ocean
The UK government introduces Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) legislation to help protect two-thirds of the world’s ocean.
www.gov.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature.

All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
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Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds
Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas
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September 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Last few days for booking your online tickets!

Join leading coccolithophore scientists online at Advances in Coccolithophore Research 2025, 9-11 September. Full schedule including speakers and talks available - buff.ly/oaMjqZB

➡️ Book your ticket by Friday 5 September.
September 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Our latest methods article led by Longji Deng. It enables to reverse engineer #photosynthesis in a eukaryotic heterotroph containing a "chloroplast": The #diatom Nitzschia putrida @ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Our new paper just out in BMC Biology led by Johanna Winder: Environmental adaptations in #metagenomes revealed by deep learning. Artificial neural networks were used to classify ice-binding / substrate-binding proteins (DUF3494).

bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
August 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Applecross Bay
August 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Over the Scottish Highlands
August 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Common sea urchin > 10cm in diameter.
August 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Bealach na Bà pass - Scotland
August 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Coral beach covered with maerl. Toscaig - Scotland
August 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Worth reading: #Arctic Ocean virus communities
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arctic Ocean virus communities and their seasonality, bipolarity, and prokaryotic associations - Nature Communications
Based on bulk DNA time-series sequencing of the surface Arctic Ocean, Calayag et al. show that planktonic viruses are strongly seasonal in abundance and community composition, and are correlated stron...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM