Methane-consuming microorganisms are more selective than previously thought: they prefer carbon monoxide | Radboud University Research by microbiologists Reinier Egas and Cornelia Welte of Radboud University shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is...

Research by microbiologists @raegas.bsky.social and @cuwelte.bsky.social of @ribesresearch.bsky.social shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is present, they consume far less methane. 1/2

Congrats to Martijn Wissink on handing over the printed PhD thesis "Wired for Methane"! ⚡️ From protein structures to green electricity, your work at #MICROBIOLOGY @ribesresearch.bsky.social is vital for sustainability. Scheduled Defense: May 18 👏🧪🎓 with 1st supervisor @cuwelte.bsky.social et al

Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic methanotrophic archaea - Nature Communications Anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea mitigate methane emissions in anoxic environments. Here, Egas et al. show that these microbes can also oxidize carbon monoxide, prompting re-evaluation of their cla...

Grab a coffee and enjoy reading up on CO metabolism in methanotrophs!

Freshwater ANME (own work):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Marine ANME (@Orphan lab):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Big thanks to our collaborators at QUT!
@sjmcilroy.bsky.social (Heyu/Andy/Gene!) @cuwelte.bsky.social

Early career microbiologist in the Netherlands are encouraged to participate in the KNVM Early Career Scientific Day on 18 September 2026 in Wageningen

-announced by @cuwelte.bsky.social

#KNVM2026

Mini-bacterioferritins: structural insight into a ferritin-like protein from the anaerobic #methane -oxidising archaeon Candidatus #Methanoperedens carboxydivorans @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Congrats, Duncan! Curious what you'll be doing there. See you around!

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 to our esteemed #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social colleague @cuwelte.bsky.social on being the proud recipient of a prestigious @erc.europa.eu consolidator grant on electroANME.
All the best with your research. Very well deserved :) erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

Atomic resolution structures of the methane-activating enzyme in anaerobic methanotrophy reveal extensive post-translational modifications - Nature Communications Biochemical research on methane oxidation in anaerobic methanotrophic archaea is hampered by the lack of cultured isolates. Here, Müller et al. present atomic-resolution snapshots of the methane-oxidi...

💠 Happy to announce our latest paper in @natcomms.nature.com about the x-ray crystallography structures of three ANME MCRs purified from microbial enrichment cultures from @cuwelte.bsky.social and Gunter Wegener🌊🏞!

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

Struc­tures of meth­ane-ac­tiv­at­ing en­zyme in elu­sive ar­chaea

@mariecmueller.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

#methane #ANME #archaea #MCR #microbiology #biochemistry #StructuralBiology

mpi-bremen.de/en/Structure...

Great collaborative work #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social and @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social on structure & modifications of Methyl coenzyme M reductase from #Methanoperedens, an freshwater anaerobic archaeal methanotroph #methane #nitrate #mcrA

New insights into how microbes regulate methane balance | Radboud University Research by microbiologists Martijn Wissink and Cornelia Welte of Radboud University, among others, is helping us understand how microorganisms regulate the methane balance .

Microbiologists Martijn Wissink and @cuwelte.bsky.social, among others, are helping us understand how microorganisms regulate the methane balance. 🦠 🫧 The scientists have demonstrated how a methane-converting enzyme (MCR) works in detail.
www.ru.nl/en/research/... #science #microbiology #enzymes

Great new trait of #Methanoperedens archaea: Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic #methanotrophic archaea #aom #anme
Egas @cuwelte.bsky.social et al #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Out in ES&T: The Clumped Isotope Signatures of Multiple Methanogenic Metabolisms by Jiawen Li et al . A fruitful SIAM #methane collaboration #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Good week start, publication accepted Echeveste et al : Methanotrophic flexibility of ‘Ca. #Methanoperedens’ & its interactions with sulfate-reducing bacteria in the sediment of meromictic Lake Cadagno. SIAM collaboration Univ Basel & #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social

Mini-bacterioferritins: Structural insight into a new type of ferritin-like protein from the methanotrophic archaeon #methanoperedens #methane Wissink et al #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social @robertsjansen.bsky.social @pedroleao.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Congratulations ! Great to see Maider Echeveste et al work on Physiological Stress Response to #Sulfide Exposure of Freshwater #Anaerobic #Methanotrophic Archaea published
@cuwelte.bsky.social
#methane #microbiologie @ribesresearch.bsky.social
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Contrasting Methane, Sulfide and Nitrogen‐Loading Regimes in Bioreactors Shape Microbial Communities Originating From Methane‐Rich Coastal Sediment of the Stockholm Archipelago In this study, microbial communities are enriched in brackish anoxic bioreactors with methane, sulfide, nitrate and ammonium. Novel diversity is identified and functionally analysed.

Contrasting #Methane, #Sulfide and #Nitrogen-Loading Regimes in Bioreactors Shape Microbial Communities Originating From #Methane -Rich Coastal Sediment of the Stockholm Archipelago by @maider echeveste et al @cuwelte.bsky.social
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Tenured academic staff / Tenure track lecturer Plant-soil microbiome interactions- UHasselt

🚨 job alert 🚨

Tenure track position in plant-soil microbiome interactions at the University of Hasselt!!

Yes that’s the place with the really cool ecotron 😊
www.uhasselt.be/en/about-has...

Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June

A graphic for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), showing a historical portrait of Marie Skłodowska-Curie overlaid with an image of four young researchers walking down a hallway. The European Commission logo is in the top left. Text reads: "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – €404.3 million to support postdoctoral researchers”

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

I’m honored to give a talk on ‘the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions’ at the ‘International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions’ congress in Cologne (July). #MPMI @mrogowska.bsky.social, @cuwelte.bsky.social, @robertsjansen.bsky.social, @guidopmi.bsky.social

One receives the most interesting gifts on becoming a female full professor. Looking forward to the read, @villanueva-laura.bsky.social!

Associate or Senior Editor (Nature Microbiology), Nature Communications Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Nature Microbiology), Nature Communications Organisation: Nature Portfolio Locations: New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Jersey City or Madrid – hybrid working m...

📢We are #hiring a full time editor to handle areas including microbial ecology & plant microbiology🦠🌱

This position will work closely with @naturecomms.bsky.social

#microsky #microbiomesky #ecologysky 🧪

Available in NYC, Madrid, or other US offices

Read more & apply here: shorturl.at/yvdYJ

Well, not sure I got the windows seat I reserved... I however appreciate the chance to be fully focused on my work rather than experience UK landscapes I took the train for

On my way to @uofglasgow.bsky.social for collaborative research funded by glasgow-radboud collaboration fund. Taking the scenic route by train! @ribesresearch.bsky.social

#Postdoc position - at the University of Marburg (Germany), funded within our ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"

Focus: CTP-dependent molecular switches as a new principle of cellular regulation in bacteria (including bacteriophages)

Apply by 04 May: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...

Congratulations 🎉 🎉 to Martijn Wissink for being awarded the Kiemprijs for best 1st author Microbiology paper. see publication on probing anaerobic methane oxidation
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

#microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social

#ProudPI day!!

Kicking off our #KNVM Spring Meeting 2025 #SSM25 with a sparkling keynote talk by @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social on insect microbe symbiosis