JP Balmonte

Out Now! Learning ecosystem-scale dynamics from microbiome data with MDSINE2 bit.ly/3K0yguN #Microbiome #BayesianStatistics #EcosystemDynamics

Why Dormant Microbes Matter in a Changing Climate asm.org/Articles/2024/… @ASMicrobiology @asm_eeb

"In the bone-chilling cold (below -15 degrees C) and darkness of Polar nights scientists from Arctic Ecology and Biogeochemistry section @ NCPOR in collaboration with Lehigh University, USA and AIW, Germany collecting water samples in Kongsfjorden. @jpbacteria, @Brevityiswit26

@ThePhDPlace The utility of “order(s) of magnitude”

What’s something only people doing a PhD will understand?

@jbaumann3 CONGRATULATIONS, CASEY AND JUSTIN! I knew it was only a matter of when, not if- sorry it took this long nonetheless, but I hope you all have a wonderful life in Lewiston, Maine!

Perhaps a little late, but I am happy to report that I will be starting on the tenure track at Bates College in Environmental Studies this summer! Casey and I have both accepted TT positions.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM) invites submissions for mini-reviews in any relevant field. Publication fees are waived‼️

"Priorities, opportunities, and challenges for integrating microorganisms into Earth system models for climate change prediction" Now available in @mbiojournal: tinyurl.com/mswta3dd

A metagenomic alpha-diversity index for microbial functional biodiversity academic.oup.com/femsec/article…

Spread the word and mark your calendars! Cnidofest 2024 will happen August 14-17th at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA! We have kicked planning into high gear and we look forward to seeing everyone in 6 months!

@algaealex @DrSeaBove @UrsinusCollege @LehighU @LehighEES And the Filtration Lab On Wheels (FLOW) imagined and developed by @algaealex

This week members of @jpbacteria’s lab tested #microplastic monitoring protocols for our project in the Schuylkill River — researching spatiotemporal differences in #microbial and #biogeochemical processes along the #freshwatermarinecontinuum, especially those relevant to MP!

@algaealex Alex- thank YOU for making this work possible!

I’m so excited for this next chapter! Thank you to all of our collaborators and everyone who is making this research possible!

@zenanaut !!! Safe travels to you and the team! We, land-bound humans, will miss you during your mission!

Congrats to Xiaoqian(Annie) Yu @seaweedomics and coauthors for a powerful study that elucidates mechanisms of coexistence of functionally redundant bacteria: academic.oup.com/ismej/article/…

How stable are bacterial genomes as they adapt to an environment? My collaboration with @anuraglimdi, @EvolSys, @RELenski, and @ten_olivier exploring this over 50,000 generations of evolution is out today! 1/ science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A marine heatwave drives significant shifts in pelagic microbiology nature.com/articles/s4200…

Nice commentary from Chris Kempes @sfiscience on our lab's recent paper with @sayra_spinhalf and @AshishBGeorge1. Great overview and puts our work in a bigger picture of the recent discoveries in the macroecology of microbiomes: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Pulsed inputs of high molecular weight organic matter shift the mechanisms of substrate utilisation in marine bacterial communities ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

It is challenging to predict how organic matter #DOM respond to #climatechange. Here we develop an indicator to quantify aggregated thermal response of individual organic molecules, and show how their thermal responses are linked to #warming, #nutrient loading and #GHG

@ChyMoncada Salamat, Chy- ikaw rin!

@jpbacteria Thanks, JP! Ingat ka palagi!

The first paper of my PhD is out now on @aslo_org L&O Methods! Here, we describe the Ellrott Grab: a new lightweight sediment sampler designed to collect undisturbed surface sediments with the associated porewater and the bottom water 🧵 aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… @MarineMicrobio