My good friend Joe (@tallcuppajoe.bsky.social), founder of @binningsingletons.com
unexpectedly lost his wife Sarah on Christmas. If he touched your life, please consider contributing to his children’s education as a show of support 🧪🧫🦠 gofund.me/65e0c557e

Austria is a gorgeous place and the University of Vienna’s CeMMS one of the top places in the world to do microbial ecology.

Congratulations and thanks to @femsmicro.org @femsjournals.bsky.social for highlighting the excellent work of early career researchers!

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social

Funded Graduate Student Opportunity in Marine Microbial Ecology **Applicants will be contacted if selected for next round. Applicants not selected will not receive any notice. If not selected, this is not indicative of your merit. ** Northern Illinois University |...

Notice of Award is in!
Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social

@micromaresca.bsky.social @jenbiddle.bsky.social should we do a goose poop microbiome project in 2027??

Thanks so much for attending and making it a great meeting!!!

Thanks for speaking and making it a great meeting!!

This might be the best compliment I’ve ever received on my organization skills

There was so much goose poop 💩🪿

I would say it was pretty epic.

@gilbertjacka.bsky.social does a karaoke version of Microbe Microbe with @lhug.bsky.social and @kuesellab.bsky.social and the 2025 AEM GRC group meet the challenge?

Post Volta experiment

Matching Camp Counselor bracelets with Helene ver Eecke

It’s the best bracelet ever!

@gagecoon.bsky.social

Volta experiment by @dkountz.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social @jjmarlow.bsky.social

Yes!! @environmicrobio.bsky.social and @thuls.bsky.social are going to have a great conference!

Thanks Jen! The meeting is an amazing event because of all your hard work and support.

Yes! It’s going to be so fun

This year’s GRC is gonna be so fun!

🪩💃🕺🧬🧫🧪

@environmicrobio.bsky.social @thuls.bsky.social @jlrolando.bsky.social

Challenge accepted!

@jenbiddle.bsky.social @micromaresca.bsky.social @bacteriality.bsky.social @rporetsky.bsky.social @kuesellab.bsky.social @microbestalker.bsky.social who’s in for a new AEM GRC music video this year?

Thanks Jen! Can’t wait for the GRC next month!!

Congrats Dr. Huber @juliehuber.bsky.social for your well-deserved induction into the American Academy of Microbiology! Thanks for all that you do for science and the many amazing people, from all walks of life, that make it happen.

Can’t wait to see you and your group there!!

The 2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (AEM GRC/GRS) will be held in July!

Apply soon - we expect the conference to fill up quickly so please apply early to guarantee a spot.

Hope to see you at Mount Holyoke College!

www.grc.org/applied-and-...

Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Sabree et al. (e01483-24) discuss the financial stress that postdocs experience when relocating without institutional compensation for moving expenses. As the authors state in their article, “Solving ...

The first #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology issue of 2025 is out!

And here are the articles selected for the Spotlight section, a 🧵

doi.org/10.1128/aem....

Congratulations @vscooper.micropopbio.org and @copperbae.bsky.social !!