Amy Smith

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WATCH LIVE: Kīlauea resumes eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

I found out this week that my college is moving and all faculty and staff contracts are terminated June 30. Please send jobs if you know of any! I am taking students to sea this summer and now I don't have a lab to come back to. :(

MBARI is pleased to announce renowned deep-sea polar biologist Antje Boetius as its incoming president and CEO. She’ll take the reins next spring, leading MBARI into an exciting new chapter. Learn more: mbari.org/news/mbari-nam…

Super excited to share our new review article on the diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism. Please RT and share. @ZhichaoZhou_CHN @patriciatran_ nature.com/articles/s4157…

I consulted for a Kurzgesagt cartoon about the Deep Subsurface Biosphere, and it turned out AMAZING! These guys must have had a blast putting all this together. Check it out here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6xJq…

I am very happy to report that the review @BanfieldJill and I wrote on Modern Microbiology just appeared in @CellPressNews: cell.com/cell/abstract/… Our celebration of microbiology also made it to the cover of this issue and we hope you will find yourself in it, too.

Today, I want to share a message with my powerful Afghan sisters. You are fighting back against the Taliban’s crimes, as they ban you from going to school and try to erase you from public life. You continue resisting. Your courage is a source of inspiration.

📌 New publication in @NatureComms indicates that microbes are doing better than other marine organisms under ocean warming. 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Scientists have found microplastics in human brain tissue. Read more @YaleE360: bit.ly/3STWLv9

On US peace negotiations between Israel and Gaza: “The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the PM of Israel urging him not to cut a deal right now because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign.”

Want to go to Space Camp AND get college credit? You can do that! Starting this year, Simon's Rock will offer a custom course on Space Exploration that will take place at the home of @spacecampusa. Register today! #moon #mars #space @simons_rock

@MEPjoe Oh my goodness! That's insane.

In other Winogradsky Column news, this one appears to be growing a head. Perhaps it's pondering the development of the great black spot in the other column 😂 #winogradskycolumn

New #geobiology collection at @NatureComms ! nature.com/collections/df… Submit your articles that represent new frontiers of geobiology. Can be related to lab evidence of novel microbe metabolisms, new field sites, emerging questions about microbe-Earth interactions, etc.

At approximately 10:06 am this morning Amsterdam time, #Exp403 officially came to an end, and with it the U.S. scientific ocean drilling program. Here’s the last time scientists will walk the gangway leaving @TheJR

Wood-Ljungdahl pathway encoding anaerobes facilitate low-cost primary production in hypersaline sediments at Great Salt Lake, Utah academic.oup.com/femsec/advance…

Our "weird oxygen production" paper is finally out! The polymetallic nodule-covered seafloor is making oxygen. We don't know exactly how - lots of fun work ahead! - but a new source of O2 may help fuel the deep-sea biosphere. 👏 to @ProfAKSweetman for leading the charge 👏

A new analysis suggests a complex cellular organism somewhat similar to modern microbes evolved only a few hundred million years after Earth’s formation. scim.ag/7EA

New research from our group: We show that endemism is a major driver of viral diversity, ecology, and evolution in hydrothermal vents and the deep-sea. Led by @MAGgie_Langwig in collaboration with @SeepExplorer @alr_thermophile biorxiv.org/content/10.110….