Magda(lena) Wutkowska
@wutkowska.bsky.social
interested in all things microbial 🦠🧬, especially microbes responding to climate change, after hours into arts and arts&science
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Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️
🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️
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A new #methanotroph species has been described: #Methylobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from a coal mine biofilm. I'm happy to have contributed to this work!
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Methylobacter arcticus sp. nov. isolated from a coal mine biofilm in the high Arctic Svalbard
An aerobic methanotroph was isolated from a biofilm of coal mine Gruve 7 (Svalbard) and designated strain G7T. Cells of strain G7T were Gram-stain-negative, pink-pigmented and motile rods. Strain G7T ...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A new #methanotroph species has been described: #Methylobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from a coal mine biofilm. I'm happy to have contributed to this work!
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
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#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
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📢 Extra, extra: our collaborative study on trace gas oxidizers in a warmer soil is out as a preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Big thanks to @thanh0109.bsky.social @bobpmleung.bsky.social @wutkowska.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @mathildebio.bsky.social @greening.bsky.social
...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Big thanks to @thanh0109.bsky.social @bobpmleung.bsky.social @wutkowska.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @mathildebio.bsky.social @greening.bsky.social
...
Soil trace gas oxidizers divergently respond to short- and long-term warming
The upland soil microbiome is dominated by aerobic bacteria that oxidize atmospheric trace gases, including CO, H2, and CH4. As a result, soils are the largest biological sink for these climate-active...
www.biorxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📢 Extra, extra: our collaborative study on trace gas oxidizers in a warmer soil is out as a preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Big thanks to @thanh0109.bsky.social @bobpmleung.bsky.social @wutkowska.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @mathildebio.bsky.social @greening.bsky.social
...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Big thanks to @thanh0109.bsky.social @bobpmleung.bsky.social @wutkowska.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @mathildebio.bsky.social @greening.bsky.social
...
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🚨 Come and work with us 🦠🧪🖥️
Postdoc position with lots of freedom available in my group
- 1.5 years with options to extend
- work on ecogenomics and physiology of N/CH4-cyclers
- remote work possible 🤓
more info here: isme-microbes.org/postdoc-ecog...
#microbesky
Postdoc position with lots of freedom available in my group
- 1.5 years with options to extend
- work on ecogenomics and physiology of N/CH4-cyclers
- remote work possible 🤓
more info here: isme-microbes.org/postdoc-ecog...
#microbesky
Postdoc in ecogenomics and physiology of nitrifiers/methane-cyclers – ISME
isme-microbes.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚨 Come and work with us 🦠🧪🖥️
Postdoc position with lots of freedom available in my group
- 1.5 years with options to extend
- work on ecogenomics and physiology of N/CH4-cyclers
- remote work possible 🤓
more info here: isme-microbes.org/postdoc-ecog...
#microbesky
Postdoc position with lots of freedom available in my group
- 1.5 years with options to extend
- work on ecogenomics and physiology of N/CH4-cyclers
- remote work possible 🤓
more info here: isme-microbes.org/postdoc-ecog...
#microbesky
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Possibly the coolest PhD job available at the moment!
❄️❄️❄️Microbial VOC Exchange in Arctic Glacier Ecosystems❄️ ❄️❄️
🌇Copenhagen, Denmark
The supervisor team includes @alexanesio.bsky.social, Anders Priemé & @riikkarinnan.bsky.social
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=165...
Deadline 15 November 2025.
❄️❄️❄️Microbial VOC Exchange in Arctic Glacier Ecosystems❄️ ❄️❄️
🌇Copenhagen, Denmark
The supervisor team includes @alexanesio.bsky.social, Anders Priemé & @riikkarinnan.bsky.social
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=165...
Deadline 15 November 2025.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Possibly the coolest PhD job available at the moment!
❄️❄️❄️Microbial VOC Exchange in Arctic Glacier Ecosystems❄️ ❄️❄️
🌇Copenhagen, Denmark
The supervisor team includes @alexanesio.bsky.social, Anders Priemé & @riikkarinnan.bsky.social
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=165...
Deadline 15 November 2025.
❄️❄️❄️Microbial VOC Exchange in Arctic Glacier Ecosystems❄️ ❄️❄️
🌇Copenhagen, Denmark
The supervisor team includes @alexanesio.bsky.social, Anders Priemé & @riikkarinnan.bsky.social
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=165...
Deadline 15 November 2025.
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#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
A PhD position is available in my lab to work on:
Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria.
Please RT
Deadline: 12.11.25
More infos 👇
shorturl.at/rAKAT
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Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists.
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists.
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
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📣Postdoc opportunity @nordcee.bsky.social , University of Southern Denmark! 📣
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Postdoc on microbial oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones
Application deadline: 17 November 2025 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
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October 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📣Postdoc opportunity @nordcee.bsky.social , University of Southern Denmark! 📣
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
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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...
and guess what, Methylobacter again!
Microbial oxidation significantly reduces methane export from global groundwaters www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
and guess what, Methylobacter again!
Still some time to join!
📢 Only one day left! There's still time to join us for the 5th SORTEE Conference 2025 on October 15-16!
Check out the Conference Program and register here: sortee.org/upcoming/ #SORTEE2025
Check out the Conference Program and register here: sortee.org/upcoming/ #SORTEE2025
Upcoming events
Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)
sortee.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Still some time to join!
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ISME Communications is expanding its scope to include Taxonomy and Nomenclature, recognizing their essential role in microbial ecology.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
ISME Communications is expanding its scope to include Taxonomy and Nomenclature, recognizing their essential role in microbial ecology.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy
So great to see new research on microbial adaptations to the extreme light regimes in the Arctic! 'Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet' academic.oup.com/femsec/artic... @lianegbenning.bsky.social
Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Transcriptomic and proteomic responses of glacier ice algae to extreme changes in light availability on the Greenland Ice Sheet, linked, for example, to ox
academic.oup.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
So great to see new research on microbial adaptations to the extreme light regimes in the Arctic! 'Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet' academic.oup.com/femsec/artic... @lianegbenning.bsky.social
🦠 Among #Methylococcales, the genus #Methylobacter has the most genomes and MAGs deposited in the dbs. We found interesting stuff, e.g., some M. spp. encode all three MMOs: pMMO, pXMO, sMMO! Have a look at our ms: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius
with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🦠 Among #Methylococcales, the genus #Methylobacter has the most genomes and MAGs deposited in the dbs. We found interesting stuff, e.g., some M. spp. encode all three MMOs: pMMO, pXMO, sMMO! Have a look at our ms: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius
with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius
Methylobacter, again!
Imprint of #eutrophication on #methane-cycling microbes in freshwater sediment
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Methylobacter, again!
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Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diverse bacteriohemerythrin genes of Methylomonas denitrificans FJG1 provide insight into the survival and activity of methanotrophs in low oxygen ecosystems journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
September 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Diverse bacteriohemerythrin genes of Methylomonas denitrificans FJG1 provide insight into the survival and activity of methanotrophs in low oxygen ecosystems journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
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Ten microbiology organizations have come together to develop a global strategy to integrate microbial science into climate solutions. ISME is proud to stand alongside these partners in shaping this roadmap.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/microbes-wit...
#MicrobialEcology #ClimateAction
Read more: isme-microbes.org/microbes-wit...
#MicrobialEcology #ClimateAction
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Ten microbiology organizations have come together to develop a global strategy to integrate microbial science into climate solutions. ISME is proud to stand alongside these partners in shaping this roadmap.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/microbes-wit...
#MicrobialEcology #ClimateAction
Read more: isme-microbes.org/microbes-wit...
#MicrobialEcology #ClimateAction
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Microbiology Leaders Launch Global Climate Change Strategy
Published across 6 leading scientific journals, including #FEMSMicrobiolEcol, the strategy charts a path to integrate microbial science into global climate solutions.
Read the Press Release and Editorial here: buff.ly/LwDt0Mw
Published across 6 leading scientific journals, including #FEMSMicrobiolEcol, the strategy charts a path to integrate microbial science into global climate solutions.
Read the Press Release and Editorial here: buff.ly/LwDt0Mw
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Microbiology Leaders Launch Global Climate Change Strategy
Published across 6 leading scientific journals, including #FEMSMicrobiolEcol, the strategy charts a path to integrate microbial science into global climate solutions.
Read the Press Release and Editorial here: buff.ly/LwDt0Mw
Published across 6 leading scientific journals, including #FEMSMicrobiolEcol, the strategy charts a path to integrate microbial science into global climate solutions.
Read the Press Release and Editorial here: buff.ly/LwDt0Mw
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📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts.
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
September 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts.
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
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It was wonderful to take some time to think and develop new ideas ideas together on our annual retreat. And: great vegetarian food, amazing weather, and cats!
@roeyangel.bsky.social, @wutkowska.bsky.social
@roeyangel.bsky.social, @wutkowska.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It was wonderful to take some time to think and develop new ideas ideas together on our annual retreat. And: great vegetarian food, amazing weather, and cats!
@roeyangel.bsky.social, @wutkowska.bsky.social
@roeyangel.bsky.social, @wutkowska.bsky.social
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📢 🦠 A new methanotroph from Czech peat! Through an effort led by PhD student in my group Justus Nweze we isolated and describe a new CH4-muncher. Potential for a flexible (annaerobic) metabolisms and cool pH adaptations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
Genomic and physiological characterization of 'Candidatus Methylocystis sumavensis', a novel acid-tolerant methanotroph from peatland
Methanotrophic bacteria in peatlands mitigate emissions of methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas. Yet, the identity, physiology, and adaptive traits of methanotrophs inhabiting acidic peatlands are s...
www.biorxiv.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📢 🦠 A new methanotroph from Czech peat! Through an effort led by PhD student in my group Justus Nweze we isolated and describe a new CH4-muncher. Potential for a flexible (annaerobic) metabolisms and cool pH adaptations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky
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🧪Researching microbial C1 metabolism? #FEMSMicrobiolEcol invites submissions for our thematic issue exploring the latest advances in C1 compound transformations and its role in global biogeochemical cycles. One month left to submit: buff.ly/aVfZJoR
#CallForPapers #MicrobiologyResearch #Ecology
#CallForPapers #MicrobiologyResearch #Ecology
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🧪Researching microbial C1 metabolism? #FEMSMicrobiolEcol invites submissions for our thematic issue exploring the latest advances in C1 compound transformations and its role in global biogeochemical cycles. One month left to submit: buff.ly/aVfZJoR
#CallForPapers #MicrobiologyResearch #Ecology
#CallForPapers #MicrobiologyResearch #Ecology