Immensely rewarding part of this work was working with Indigenous language experts and elders in the naming of our species of Asgard….’marumarumayae’ derived from the Malgana language from the people of Gathaagudu (#Shark Bay)
✈️ Calling all grad students & postdocs in microbial ecology!
Want to work, train, or collaborate abroad? ISME’s Scholar Mobility Fund can help you get there.
📅 Apply by 26 April
🌍 Open to applicants worldwide (esp. outside NA & Europe)
Details: isme-microbes.org/call-for-app...
#MicrobialEcology
The ISME ECSC is excited to explore another Career Options for Microbial Ecologists!
This month we are featuring Alicia Foxx, she encourages ECS to strengthen their quantitative skills, regardless of the field they work in.
Read her full interview here:
isme-microbes.org/career-choic...
Exciting opportunity for early career scientists! The ISME ECSC is seeking 2 new members.
Want to get involved, and help shape the future of the community? Submit your CV and personal statement by 10 April 2026.
Find out more and apply here:
isme-microbes.org/isme-early-c...
Image of the cover of the 1st volume of ISME Host Microbe a new official journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology. Cover images shows a plant stomata with bacteria around and entering.
Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠
The ISME ECSC is excited to explore more Career Options for Microbial Ecologists!
This month we are featuring Nitzan Soffer, she encourage ECS to embrace networking and grow our business knowledge.
Read her full interview here:
isme-microbes.org/career-choic...
I invite you to check our paper entitled “Rebuilding Ukraine’s capacity for fundamental research in evolutionary biology” doi.org/10.1038/s415... in @natecoevo.nature.com about the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology #USEB we organized in 2025.
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to begin the year by spotlighting @aroneys.bsky.social, a Postdoctoral Researcher at QUT, and his paper, “Bin Chicken: targeted metagenomic coassembly for the efficient recovery of novel genomes.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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As we close the year, the ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to spotlight @duhitasant.bsky.social , Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, and her paper “Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation”.
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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The ECS Committee is excited to continue exploring diverse Career Choices for Microbial Ecologists!
This month, we’re featuring Alena Pribyl, don’t miss her key recommendations for ECS pursuing similar career paths.
Read her full interview here:
isme-microbes.org/career-choic...
The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to spotlight @michielperneel.bsky.social, PhD student at VIB-Ugent Center for PSB & Flanders Marine Inst., and his paper "A case for absolute gene expression estimates in microbiome studies using metatranscriptomics".
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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6 Scientists. 1 Panel. Big ideas.
From Gut microbiomes 🧬 to Halophiles 🧂 to Plant Holobionts 🌱
Join our #UnityInDiversity panel to explore how diversity fuels discovery in microbial ecology!
🗓 Oct 21 | 8AM PT · 5PM CET · 11PM Beijing
🔗 Join us: isme-microbes.org/invitation-t...
In the last edition of the series about our Early Career Scientist Committee, Leslie Daille talks about her commitment to the scientific community at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-le...
New ECSC Member Xiaohua Han tells more about herself and her research on geomagnetic fields and microorganisms at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-xi...
Two weeks left for students and postdocs to apply to receive support for international research, training, or lab visits.
Submit your application by 1 October 2025!
Learn more and apply:
isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes
Meet ISME Early Career Scientist Committee Member Samuel Eziuzor who recently joined the ECSC, as he explains about his work on the structure and function of prokaryotes, at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-sa...
🌟Join us for the 2nd ISME #UnityInDiversity Conference!🌟
📅Oct 21 |🕗8 AM PST · 5 PM CET · 11 PM Beijing
🎤 Speakers: @sewerynoz.bsky.social · Ho · @nanditagarud.bsky.social · Medina-Chavez · Moroenyane · Wan
🔗Register: isme-microbes.org/invitation-t...
Celebrate diversity in microbial ecology!✨
New ISME Early Career Scientist Committee Member Akbar Adjie Pratama @adjiep.bsky.social has a joint position in Germany and the U.S.
Learn more about his career and interests at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-ak...
✈️ Calling all grad students & postdocs in microbial ecology!
Want to work, train, or collaborate abroad? ISME’s Scholar Mobility Fund can help you get there.
📅 Apply by 1 October
🌍 Open to applicants worldwide (esp. outside NA & Europe!)
Details: isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar...
#MicrobialEcology
Learn more about new ISME Early Career Scientist Member Pam Engelberts's research, career, and the work she's been doing for BrisJAMS.
isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-pa...
Ann Gregory, Co-Chair of the ISME Early Career Scientist Committee, introduces herself and her work on viruses to the ISME community.
Find out more at isme-microbes.org/meet-ecsc-an...
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The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee and ISME Publications welcomed 102 early career scientists to the inaugural ISME Early Career Scientist Reviewer Pool.
Read more on isme-microbes.org/isme-launche...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes
📣 New paper alert!
One of the most exciting projects we've done in recent years is now out on BioRxiv: "An Asgard archaeon from a modern analog of ancient microbial mats".
Glimpse into early complex life! ❄️🦠 🔬🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread...
Read The ISME Journal Best Paper "Inter-Plasmid Gene Transfer Fuels AMR in Pathogens" by Xialong Wang et al.
🔗isme-microbes.org/inter-plasmid-gene-trans...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes
Deep origin of eukaryotes outside Heimdallarchaeia within Asgardarchaeota www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I always say, never trust a scientist who can’t cook!
Yes, we are working on this. Difficult but not impossible…
And please note that we also did not write any interpretation about the subcellular organization. Without electron microscopy data, we refrain from discussing the cellular ultrastructure.