Alexander Chase

Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…

#JobPost: Scripps Oceanography is hiring a tenure-track faculty position! Are you an expert in the fields of natural products chemistry, chemical ecology, pharmacology, biotechnology, and chemical and synthetic biology? Apply here: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04460

AI is cool and all... but a new paper in @ScienceMagazine kind of figured out the origin of life? The paper reports the discovery of a simple 45-nucleotide RNA molecule that can perfectly copy itself.

Genome contamination may lead to an overestimation of horizontal gene transfer inferences | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

On the biological meaning of the population pangenome: Trends in Microbiology cell.com/trends/microbi…

How Microbial Fossils Illuminate Life’s Origins asm.org/articles/2026/…

Be sure to check out our department AGUTV next week #AGU25 if you’re in NOLA! youtu.be/rkKNhxHh4fY?si…

Impact of acetate on CO2 fixation pathways in thermophilic and hydrogenotrophic bacteria academic.oup.com/ismecommun/adv…

A landmark moment for @SMU! The O’Donnell Foundation’s extraordinary commitment—one of the largest in SMU history—will launch a pioneering energy program and expand honors opportunities for top scholars. A transformational investment in Dallas - and in our future! Read more: smu.edu/news/latest/la…

🌊🌊🌊 Our PNAS paper on octocoral diterpene evolution is out - huge interdisciplinary effort led by @BurkhardtImmo @BradMoore_SIO and others @Scripps_Ocean - the first pub from our @oceanexplorer grant on the biopharmaceutical potential of the CCE 🪸🤿🧬 pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Investigating bacterial evolution in nature with metagenomics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Bioenergetics evolution: the link between Earth’s and Life’s history royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

Complexity myths and the misappropriation of evolutionary theory | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Unearthing Vertical Stratified Archaeal Community and Associated Methane Metabolism in Thermokarst Sediments …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

Article: Microbial physiology conserves phosphorus by reducing phosphorus contributions in membrane lipids and increasing intracellular carbon storage during long-term ecosystem development @CharlesR_Warren @sydneyunigeo nature.com/articles/s4156…

Small amounts of misassembly can have disproportionate effects on pangenome-based metagenomic analyses journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

We are excited to present our new study on climate-driven succession of microbial biodiversity and biogeochemical functioning link.springer.com/article/10.103…

If you're in DFW next week, come join us for our 3rd Annual SMU Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources (EENR) Colloquium. Exciting invited speakers and panels addressing science, industry, and law about #EnvironmentalAwareness 📍 @SMU 📅 Friday May 2 🌎🌱🛰️🍃♻️💡