Thomas M Pitot
tm-pitot.bsky.social
Thomas M Pitot
@tm-pitot.bsky.social
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Now published: EnVhogDB, a large database of viral protein family HMM profiles to help functional annotation of new phage genomes - peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
EnVhogDB: an extended view of the viral protein families on Earth through a vast collection of HMM profiles
peercommunityjournal.org
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊
August 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Check out our latest Science Story "NMDC Community members put mobile metadata management to the test" featuring 2023 Ambassador and Champion Thomas Pitot and how his field experiences contributed to the development of our newly released Field Notes mobile app! microbiomedata.org/2025/04/28/n...
April 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The NMDC's quarterly newsletter, "The Microbiome Standard" was just released! This edition featured information on the 2025 Ambassador cohort, 2 new publications, and the launch of the NMDC Field Notes mobile app. Subscribe & view past newsletters on our website: microbiomedata.org/newsletters/
April 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Our latest research on uncovering new giant virus genomes from global ocean - published as part of 'Giant Virus' collection in npj Viruses.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Expansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant viruses - npj Viruses
npj Viruses - Expansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant viruses
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April 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the NMDC Field Notes mobile app! If you’re in the field, the lab, or on the go, the app streamlines your data and metadata collection allowing you to #SampleDifferent
Apple: apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...
Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
April 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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🎉 Join us in welcoming the 2025 cohort of NMDC Ambassadors! Stay tuned to see what they accomplish and visit microbiomedata.org/ambassadors/ to learn more about these amazing early career researchers and our Ambassador Program
March 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Wow this is a game changer. PhD scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships are now open to non-Canadians.
March 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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2024 NMDC Ambassador Kacie Kajihara recently released a preprint, “Diversity, connectivity and negative interactions define robust microbiome networks across land, stream, and sea.” Read the preprint here! doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪
February 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Terrestrial-aquatic connectivity structures microbial communities during the formation of thermokarst lakes - Check this new exciting research about microbial community dynamics in the thawing permafrost 🧊💧🦠 academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #bacteria #permafrost #nunavik #16S
Terrestrial-aquatic connectivity structures microbial communities during the formation of thermokarst lakes
Abstract. Rising air temperatures and permafrost degradation drive the erosion of palsas (permafrost mounds mainly composed of frozen peat and ice layers)
academic.oup.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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📣 Our 2025 Ambassador cohort applications are officially OPEN! Are you an early career researcher passionate about open science and FAIR microbiome data? Head to microbiomedata.org/ambassadors to learn more & apply!
February 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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NMDC Champion Thomas Pitot recently published a paper on his new tool GVClass! It can identify giant viruses, assess genome quality, and it offers optional IMG/VR integration.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Visit the GitHub repository: github.com/NeLLi-team/g...
December 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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Viral niche-partitioning: Comparative genomics of giant viruses across environmental gradients in a High Arctic freshwater-saltwater lake academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
December 9, 2024 at 5:03 PM