I don’t think there is one this year

Cycling of sulfur redox intermediates drives microbial activity in the sulfate-methane transition zone of cold methane seeps www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

.22 um and pushing 60 mL through at a time with syringes for total volume of 0.5-5L. Pretty slow, would recommend a peristaltic pump.

The Pursuit of Life Where It Seems Unimaginable | Quanta Magazine A decade ago, Karen Lloyd discovered single-celled microbes living beneath the seafloor. Now she studies how they can survive in Earth’s crust, possibly for hundreds or thousands of years, and push li...

Great new article about the cool stuff we're finding (improbably) alive deep inside Earth's crust! Nice work, @laurapoppick.bsky.social at @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/the-pursuit-...

My kitty has a similar mark near his nose

Wow, a decade of culturing these bugs! Good read

Honored to be named a MIT–GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance fellow for my work on wastewater methane mitigation and geological hydrogen production 🌎

Coastal methane emissions driven by aerotolerant methanogens using seaweed and seagrass metabolites - Nature Geoscience Experiments suggest aerotolerant archaea produce methane in the surface layers of coastal sandy sediments and that this activity is driven by seaweed and seagrass metabolites.

Check this nice first first-author paper by Ning Hall—now out in Nature Geoscience! Our team had a blast supporting Ning on the isolation workflow, and a few of the standout Methanococcoides strains even trace back to our Danish waters. 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lots of Big Brother and Secret lives of mormon wives talk in our group. Only outpaced by our collective love for bad sci-fi films

Cell surface differences within the genus Methanosarcina shape interactions with the extracellular environment | Journal of Bacteriology Methanogenic archaea, including Methanosarcina, play crucial roles in biotechnology and climate processes, impacting wastewater treatment, carbon capture, and greenhouse gas emissions. Methanosarcina ...

The latest minireview from my lab, “Cell‑surface differences within the genus Methanosarcina shape interactions with the extracellular environment,” is now online in the Journal of Bacteriology. Read the open‑access article here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/....

Great to see @annajwallenius.bsky.social et al 2025 on line at @femsmicro.org A ubiquitous and diverse methanogenic community drives microbial #methane cycling in eutrophic coastal sediments supported by @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX @ribesresearch.bsky.social academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Methane leakage through the sulfate–methane transition zone of the Baltic seabed - Nature Geoscience Inhibition of anaerobic methane oxidation in organic-rich marine sediments causes widespread methane leakage from the seabed, according to an analysis of sediment cores from the Baltic Sea.

TIR: Lapham et al (2024), arguing that anaerobic methane oxidation in sediments doesn't necessarily act as a "lid" preventing CH4 produced in deeper seds from escaping to seawater.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interesting topic, good luck!

Control of hydrogen concentrations by microbial sulfate reduction in two contrasting anoxic coastal sediments #USC_earth #USC_MEB #ResearchAtUSC www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic... #jcampubs