Environmental metagenomics This Scientific Data Collection of articles focuses on any metagenomics dataset relevant to these aims, including both primary community characterisations and ...

Our new collection at ‘Scientific Data’. Everything metagenomics is welcome. E.g. marine, soil, air, human, animal, plant, microbe, polar and much more. 😊

www.nature.com/collections/...

Registration and Abstract Submission for the 80th annual PSA meeting, held in Juneau, Alaska, are now open! Submissions will close on April 24th, 2026, so be sure to get your registration and abstracts in by then! For more information see:
www.psaalgae.org/.../psa-14-1...

#algae #psa #alaska

On my way to give a public presentation at @hhu.de Thanks for the invite 😊

www.polarscience.de/flyer

#Norfolk: big sky and empty beaches

‘Hard work’: how to grow a meadow in the sea Vibrant seagrass meadows once flourished around the UK but most have been destroyed. Now, communities and scientists are working to restore them

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Is striving for excellence a liability for Europe’s early-career precariat? In principle, permanent positions are awarded to the most deserving – but perceptions remain that, in reality, many universities value connections over merit. Phillip Haubrock describes his struggles ...

Worth reading: Is striving for excellence a liability for Europe’s early-career precariat? Do universities value connections over merit?

www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/strivi...

Submit your environmental metagenomics data to our new collection at 'Scientific Data'. Essential #data from #terrestrial and #marine ecosystems, as well as environments relevant to human #health such as water quality and #agriculture are welcome. Deadline: Dec. 2026

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Norwich named Sunday Times best place to live in the UK A business representative says it is

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our new #MOSAiC paper led by Oliver Mueller just out @commsearth.nature.com

Arctic sea-ice ridges are biomass hotspots harboring diverse microbial communities

@ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s432...

A new sign has arrived in our neighbourhood. #Norwich

Award winning poster by our very own Yixuan Li 🎉👏 #CMINorwich2026 @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

A molecular toolkit (e.g. CRISPR/Cas based genome editing) for the marine picoeukaryote Micromonas commoda.

And here we go: #CMINorwich26 @norwichmicro.bsky.social

The MicrobeAtlas database: Global trends and insights into Earth’s microbial ecosystems MicrobeAtlas (www.microbeatlas.org) is an integrated, reference-based resource for truly planet-wide microbiomics, analyzing hundreds of thousands of microbial lineages across diverse environments, co...

Worth reading: 2.4 million uniformly analyzed microbial communities: The MicrobeAtlas database

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Huge news 🌍🧬
The Protist 10,000 Genomes Project is joining the Earth BioGenome Project.
Protists may represent the majority of eukaryotic diversity — yet only a tiny fraction have reference genomes.
Time to change that. 🚀✨
Learn more 👉 ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/p10k/
#EBP #Protists #Genomics #TreeOfLife

Life cycle of Cyanidiophyceae.

Fascinating single-cell red algae: models for evolution and adaptation

#TansleyReview by Berger et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#plantscience

Just out @natcomms.nature.com Our new paper led by @karaslab.bsky.social with our help (Thalassiosira pseudonana).

Breaking the cell wall for efficient DNA delivery to #diatoms

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

Congrats! 🎉

Winter has returned to #Norwich

Our new preprint co-led with colleagues from #IOCAS and #BGI

The genetic repertoire of the deep sea: from sequence to
structure and function

@ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Sad news

Game-changing international ocean treaty comes into force Almost two decades in the making, an international agreement to protect and sustainably use marine life in international waters and the international seabed is due to come into force on Saturday, mark...

Some times we have good news: today enters into force the High Seas Treaty, known as the #Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
Hope for the #ocean
#OceanOptimism
#MarineEcology
#MarinePolicy
news.un.org/en/story/202...

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This morning at the campus of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

Good morning #Norwich and a happy 2026!

Most dystopian landscape in Germany during blue-hour cycling

Just out - an update on our paper from 2015:

Evolution of Microalgae and Their Adaptations in Different Marine Ecosystems #ocean #algae #microbiomes

Led by @antoniaotte1.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/9780...

Our new paper just out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Venturing into the deep sea: #microbiomes and their feedbacks play a significant role in shaping habitat-scale spatial heterogeneity of #cold-seep carbonates. @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/isme...

On my way home

Our consensus statement led by @jgi.doe.gov on standards for technical reporting in #environmental and host-associated #microbiome studies #STREAMS @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

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

Scenic drive along the Laoshan mountains