Eric Webb

hi all - i had pretty much given up on twitter (note refusing to call it X) after the "events" but for those of you that are still here...i am happy to announce our latest paper about a new N2 fixer from the open ocean - academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…

Congrats to @NaomiMarcil @jcamthrash and @USC_earth 's Seth John! dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/u…

Microbe and bioinf folks, I am hiring a computational biologist with a focus on bacterial genetics. Seriously cool science opportunities here!!! jobs.lever.co/patternag/7c6e…

Our paper about metagenomic-based virus vs cell quantification is out in @ISMEJournal. Great collaboration with @mkrupovic & @frovalera. The famous idea “>one order of magnitude more abundant than cells” holds for DNA viruses only in very few habitats rdcu.be/dbUY2

Our discovery of a major group of DNA viruses abundant in the oceans, the #mirusviruses, is out! These viruses have large genomes and a complex evolution linking #herpesviruses and #giantviruses. They pose no risk to humans but are important to plankton ->nature.com/articles/s4158…

not sure why it didn't load metadata, but thats a review on protection of nitrogenase from O2 in tricho

“comfort timing” strategy: A potential pathway for the cultivation of uncultured microorganisms and a possible adaptation for environmental colonisation academic.oup.com/femsec/advance…

Today in @Nature we share our work describing • how to achieve resistance to natural viruses, • a technology that prevents the escape of engineered genetic information, • how viruses overcome genetic-code-based resistance. nature.com/articles/s4158…

We're now accepting applications for our second working group! Interested in stoichiometric drivers and constraints on N2-fixation in aquatic ecosystems? Apply here: forms.gle/L8UEaQvn1oA9EG… Applications due April 14.

New opportunities to work our the C-COMP community at the PostBac and PostDoc levels!

@heidi_aronson congrats DR Aronson! well-deserved and earned :) hopefully there is a video, i could not join from the atlantic explorer ….

@JayTCullen thanks jay!

im really happy this manuscript is finally out! if you’re curious about trichodesmium genomics and oceanic N2 fixation, then this could be for you! nature.com/articles/s4370…

Interested in Life in Extreme Environments and Astrobiology? How about application of genomics-based approaches to study microbial communities and environmental health? We are looking for talented and motivated prospective graduate students to tackle a number of these issues.