Andrew E. Allen

Photo of the Week: Putting Science in your Comic-Con. @andreweallen @lzeiglerallen @angiezoumplis scripps.ucsd.edu/news/photo-wee…

First paper from my PhD is officially out! We uncovered how benthic diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica makes the neurotoxin domoic acid. Grateful to all our collaborators in the @BradMoore_SIO, Todd Michael, @andreweallen, and Mari Yotsu-Yamashita labs! doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0…

The benthic #diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica harbors massive genomes and an expanded domoic acid (dab) gene cluster (>60 kb). Genomics + biochemistry reveal enzyme diversification driving a unique toxin chemotype. @andreweallen @BradMoore_SIO doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0… #enzymology

Global currents, microbial footprints @Lcs_Paoli & Co Preview @science_doodles @andreweallen @BanfieldJill @ScienceMagazine work integrating oceanographic measurements w/molecular sampling to show hydrographic features shape microbial functional landscape cell.com/cell-host-micr…

🌊 Deep ocean currents help shape the diversity and function of microbial life across the South Pacific Ocean, according to a groundbreaking study led by @JCVenterInst & Scripps Oceanography scientists. More on the study published by @ScienceMagazine. ⬇️ scripps.ucsd.edu/news/study-rev…

Overturning circulation structures the microbial functional seascape of the South Pacific science.org/doi/abs/10.112…

New paper from our lab and finds water masses as microbial provinces across a full ocean section in the South Pacific. Exciting work by former Allen Lab PhD student @science_doodles. @Scripps_Ocean @JCVenterInst @ScienceMagazine jcvi.org/media-center/n…

Former @JCVenterInst, @Scripps_Ocean, and Allen Lab PhD student @science_doodles tells her extraordinary scientific tale from classroom to ocean voyage to data generation and interpretation. Dr. Kolody overcame numerous challenges and was intrepid and curious at every step!!

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms, etc . Please get in touch if interested. More info: kl-lab.group.

Joe Ecker @JoeEcker, Joseph Swift @_joseph_swift, and team have revealed the genetic details of 30-million-year-old question: How did some plants evolve from less-efficient C3 photosynthesis to C4 photosynthesis? Their findings pave the way for the creation of more robust, efficient plants that withstand the effects of climate change and can feed a growing global population 🌱 @Nature salk.edu/news-release/s…

A new paper led by Sebastian Sippel just appeared in Nature arguing that ocean temperature measurements in the early 20th century have a cold bias. It's a fun story illustrating the process of scientific discovery, so let me talk about it a bit. 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4158…

New preprint out on integrating phytoplankton pigments with 'omics

@bielleogy @ATinyGreenCell Absolutely

Do y'all do this too when you wanna save tubes but still run a small sample of your PCR reactions on a gel before purifying? 2.5uL Purple Loading Dye 10uL PCR Sample Pipette up and down in puddle and load immediately.

A team of researchers from JCVI, @Scripps_Ocean, and collaborators published a groundbreaking study on predicting harmful algal blooms (HABs) that contain high levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid. jcvi.org/media-center/s…

#KamalaHarrisForward I believe VP Kamala Harris and her VP pick Tim Walz are our best chance to move forward. They are our best chance to push back on encroaching fascism and threats to democracy, and our best chance for creating the world we all desire and deserve. Politics is messy... but messy is no excuse for checking out. Messy is the work and the work can be joyful. Messy is what it takes to get through the daunting mess in pursuit of a better future. But we only win if we show up. FULL STATEMENT: obeygiant.com/kamala-harris-…

Using @NASAInSight data, a new analysis led by Scripps Oceanography geophysicist Vashan Wright (@DrVasshe) provides the best evidence to date that Mars contains liquid water deep in its crust. Learn more about the study published in @PNASNews. ⬇️ scripps.ucsd.edu/news/presence-…

Our review Molecular Mechanisms for Iron Uptake and Homeostasis in Marine Eukaryotic Phytoplankton is out in advance @AnnualReviews - go.shr.lc/4dbm7N5. Thanks to @NSF @cce_lter @NOAA @PriME_SimFdn @JCVenterInst @Scripps_Ocean

Bioluminescence is back! 🌊 ✨ @UCSanDiego photographer @erikjep captured these shots of agitated dinoflagellates (the organisms behind the magic) last night at #ScrippsPier. Learn more about #bioluminescence from the Scripps Oceanography Latz Lab. ⬇️ latzlab.ucsd.edu/bioluminescenc…

Still recruiting PhD students in my lab - especially looking for candidates with marine nematode taxonomy skills right now! Base stipend is $32,000 at UGA, w low(er) cost of living here in Athens & great food/greenspace/events (inc. a halloween costume parade for dogs, COME ON!)

We have 2 PhD positions open in highly interdisciplinary projects to work on microbial growth in the environment using novel technologies and on the influence of phage in structuring microbiomes. Please email: martin.f.polz@univie.ac.at Please repost.