Joseph A. Christie-Oleza

Metabolic redundancy is required for microbial polyethylene assimilation. Cellular and metagenomic analyses show that redundancy of the fatty acid metabolism is essential to process the enormous pool of metabolites generated by weathered PE #plastic biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Tomorrow @JCO_lab will be visiting @CIB_CSIC to give a seminar on Plastic Biodegradation: Current Insights and Future Directions. Don’t miss it!👇

Marine cyanobacteria use pili to retain optimal positions within the water column and evade grazing predation—yet this fitness cost may explain why they aren’t more widespread: Type IV pili increase phage encounter in marine cyanobacteria biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

‼️ Extendido el plazo para presentar candidaturas al V Premio SEBiot para Investigadores Jóvenes ‼️ DEADLINE ➡️ 30 mayo 2025 BASES 👉 buff.ly/T8Fr4tQ

New review out in Current Opinion in Biotechnology! We discuss how recent progress on enzymatic recycling and microbial upcycling can contribute to a circular #bioeconomy for #plastics ♻️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congreso SEM 2025 - Jaén Ampliado el plazo de presentación de comunicaciones hasta el 28 de abril congresosem.es/SEM2025

Outreach is rewarding! This year, I’ve raised the stakes!🚀Students from @iesllucmajor have enhanced plastic biodegradation by marine microbes using an esterase designed in our lab @UIBuniversitat🔬🌊#ScienceEducation #Biotech thanks #AmgenTransferCiencia @fundaciorecerca

💡 Ofrecemos un contrato de 2 años en el Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Margarita Salas, gracias a la colaboración entre la Fundación Reina Sofía y el CSIC.🌱 ¡Únete al cambio hacia un mundo más sostenible! Más info aquí 👉 pti-susplast.csic.es/oferta-postdoc…

An exciting fully-funded PhD position is available to join my group and the group of Xixian Chen at the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation through the Warwick A*STAR Research Attachment Programme (ARAP). 🧬🍄💊 (1/3)

🔔 here are the job adverts to join our #TB team @UoMMIB 🔔 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL421/res… jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL409/res… RTs welcome!

Uni Oldenburg is starting a genomics facility, and we are looking for a bioinformatician. uol.de/en/job/bioinfo… The position is initially for 3 years, but there are chances of permanency after the 3 years. Please share!

This is cool! It reminds us that the sun could be shaded for millennia, and how fast #photosynthesis could be restored 😍. Resurrection of a diatom after 7000 years from anoxic Baltic Sea sediment - goo.gl/scholar/rD8PLE #ScholarAlerts

Good start to 2025! We need to work towards improving plastic degradation in marine environments. Lack of functional polyester-biodegrading potential in marine versus t... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢 Ya puedes formar parte de la Red europea de Living Labs (LLs) and Research Infrastructures (RIs) de Agroecología. Si te interesan los laboratorios vivientes o las infraestructuras de investigación (RI) que contribuyen activamente a la transición agroecológica, #Agroecology Partnership, donde participa la @AgEInves, ha abierto la primera convocatoria para unirse a su Red europea. 🤝 Amplio trabajo en red 📚 Intercambio de conocimientos, aprendizaje e información y datos 🔬 Cooperación para desarrollar proyectos internacionales de investigación 🌱 Procesos de co-creación diversos ✨ Mayor visibilidad a escala internacional. +Info ➡️ agroecologypartnership.eu/news/applicati…

Pls share:The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park, invites applications from individuals studying fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology using microbial systems. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Unive…

✅El #CMin aprueba una inversión de 19,1 M € para contratar en universidades públicas españolas a 100 investigadores/as que trabajan en el extranjero. 🗣️@DianaMorantR: "Estamos haciendo una apuesta sin precedentes por reforzar nuestras universidades". ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2024/…

Exciting update and developments for and within our @Leicester_Phage which will become the Becky Mayer Centre for Phage Research - we will be recruiting new staff early next year so please watch this space! le.ac.uk/news/2024/dece…

ℹ️ Celebrado el webinario de la @AgEInves sobre la convocatoria de ayudas Ramón y Cajal 2024. Enlace al Webinario: youtu.be/QIznKrmKCIs Presentación de la convocatoria: aei.gob.es/sites/default/…

Last chance to register! appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-cale…

Our recent work indicates that about 20% of the drugs, that are most commonly given to patients that have an increased risk of a fungal infection, act not not only on the human but also on the fungal pathogen, and render them more drug resistant or tolerant.