Yay! Bookmarking this for later tonight :)

Is there any way we can watch in Australia? *crosses fingers*

Scales, Seals, and Survival Life on Earth thrives in astonishingly different ways — from the largest animals ever to roam the oceans to microbes surviving on little more than air. Joi…

Ever wondered how microbes can survive the extreme conditions of the Antarctic desert? Find out the answer at my public @pintofscienceau.bsky.social talk on 20 May. Come along to the Munich Brauhaus event if you're in Naarm Melbourne 🦠🏔️
pintofscience.com.au/event/scales...

Thanks Loretta! 😊

A photograph of Ry standing on Canada Glacier in Antarctica, in a traditional explorer pose holding an ice axe.

Tune in to 6PR Perth at ~3:20 pm (AEDT) today to hear me share our latest findings about Antarctic microbes that live on air. You know I love spreading the good word about Antarctica and the amazing microbes we find down there!

Listen online here: www.6pr.com.au/listen-live/

@arcsaef.bsky.social

Looking for a tool to estimate abundances of aerobes versus anaerobes directly from metagenomes? Here you go: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Check out my new article in The Conversation about some of our research on #Antarctic #moss 🌿

#Antarctica #AntarcticMoss #Research
@uowenvirofutures.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social

Soil trace gas oxidizers divergently respond to short- and long-term warming www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11....

I've made an Insta account for Antarctic adventures and sci comm - come say hiiiiiiii if that's your thing! www.instagram.com/ry.themicrog...

Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an ...

Study in the Lancet journal finds that Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza has left 55,000 children under the age of five acutely malnourished, risking long-term health damage. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Today's the last day to complete this short survey for the ARC about the use of AI in grant assessment.

Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

Very grateful to have received a small grant from the Antarctic Science Foundation to support exploration of new techniques for my research with @arcsaef.bsky.social. I purchased vital equipment to help us extract RNA from low biomass Antarctic soils - fingers crossed for some cool metaT data!

📢 PLEASE RT!
❄️ M2 Masters Internship: Metagenomic analysis of microbial cold adaptation in the cryosphere
🧬 Compile & curate ice nucleation & cold-adaptation protein database
🖥️ Build HMM profiles
🦠 Analyze existing metagenomic data using HMMs

☀️ Marseille, France
Apply by 15 Oct

Microbial traits for volatile production and consumption are diverse and consequential. Here's why they are ripe for interpretation through a trait-based lens...

Led by UA PhD students Ledford and Geffre @parkergeffre.bsky.social in collab w/ LBNL team @elbrodie.bsky.social Marschmann Karaoz

🏆 Octopus and Ice Sheet Team @marine-omics.bsky.social is awarded the Aspire Scholarship Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research.

Learn more: youtu.be/8H3bCE6wfjM

#EurekaPrizes
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
@lausally.bsky.social
@nick-golledge.bsky.social

For balance, this has been my first really big year of grant submissions and I've had a bunch of unsuccessful ones so far! So it's nice to see some wins coming in 😊

Having to spend some time writing grants while on annual leave has been counterbalanced by getting two 🥳successful🥳 grant emails this week. I'm excited for the new avenues in Antarctic research that are opening up for our team 🏔️🌱

Hi Yasin, I can't message you on here or find your email but I'm interested to learn more! Feel free to reach out at sophie.holland@monash.edu :)

Interested in a co-authorship?
We’re building a tool for repository-scale untargeted #metabolomics and #exposomics of #environmental data. To make it the best it can be, we’re looking for people willing to share high-resolution LC-MS/MS (DDA) data from #water, #soil, #sediment, and related samples.

Comment out now in Nature Reviews Biodiversity where we argue that blocking renewable energy, esp wind and solar, for biodi reasons is unnecessary - we can manage any tradeoffs. And unchecked climate change is far, far worse! Don't let biodi become political football www.nature.com/articles/s44...

- Standardisation and harmonisation of methods
- Inclusion of at least two methods to confirm microbial degradation, with consideration for the caveats and specific results from each
- More robust means of linking plastic degradation to biological activity, e.g. via isotopically labelled plastics

We strongly advocate for:
- Use of environmentally relevant polymers, microplastics, in situ incubations, and long-term incubations
- Detailed reporting on the size, concentration and physical properties of plastic, for meaningful comparison of results
- Controls, controls, controls! ...

A figure from the review paper listing methods for assessing plastic biodegradation. They are grouped into three clusters: physical changes, chemical changes, and products produced/consumed.

How can we assess whether microbial degradation of plastic pollution has occurred? Our new systematic review, led by Jennifer Scott, assesses a multitude of methods & makes recommendations to improve study design @heriotwattuni.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0048-9697(25)01917-5

Hi all, it's time for a reintroduction! 👋 I'm changing my name to Ry. Delightfully, this also allows me to work with the fun new bluesky handle of Ry the Micro Guy @rythemicroguy.bsky.social. Have a lovely Sunday 🏳️‍⚧️

"Australia should urgently adopt an ambitious,
strategically prioritised and explicit Antarctic and Southern Ocean research agenda supported by a
consolidated whole-of-government commitment."
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Home - CliC OSC 2026 About the conference REgister now Abstract Guidelines Registration is open! Register here and use the buttons below to access travel resources. FLIGHT DISCOUNTS ACCOMMODATION TRAVEL INFORMATION Second...

Abstract deadline for Climate and Cryosphere 2026, in Wellington NZ, now extended till August 31st. Spread the word...

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#climate #academicsky #nz

This design came to me and I've been convinced me to make it real. So I'm now taking MAKE ANTARCTICA GAY AGAIN cap orders 😂 Open to those in Naarm Melbourne and anyone willing to pay postage + ~$30 for the hat. ❄️✨🌈

Logo for the Sandpiper website

Out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Metagenome taxonomy profilers usually ignore unknown species. SingleM is an accurate profiler which doesn't, even detecting phyla with no MAGs. Profiles of 700,000 metagenomes at sandpiper.qut.edu.au. A 🧵

Close-up of pink agar plate with bacterial colonies, promoting a call for papers on microbiology education perspectives.

What does innovation in microbiology teaching look like?

We invite papers on pedagogy, tech, curriculum, and student engagement in microbiology education.

More information ▶️ buff.ly/OMVT8xk

#SciComm #MicrobiologyEducation #AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms #OpenScience #SciPol

Scenic view of icebergs drifting in water, framed by towering mountains, showcasing Antarctica's summer landscape.

A new study shows these extremes trigger cascading effects—from ocean warming to habitat loss for top predators. The findings underscore the urgent need for sustained long-term monitoring.

In New Scientist: www.newscientist.com/article/2486...

In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...