Kate Lane

@luisarchaeota @Jwestrob Excellent!!!

Joined Jill’s lab with a dream: to visit the birthplace of genome-resolved metagenomics. 🌏 Before graduating, I promised Jill would take us there. Dream turned reality thanks to @Jwestrob’s shared vision! A few months ago, Jill made it happen, guiding us to where it all began.

‘Oceans are hugely complex’: modelling marine microbes is key to climate forecasts - by @altagliabue nature.com/articles/d4158…

Meet @katethecurious, one of our incredible NMDC Champions. Our Champions provide feedback on the usability of NMDC platforms, training materials, and many other external-facing project initiatives. To find out more, visit buff.ly/424thfS

Launching a profiler on the beautiful #SidersPond today with Chad Ostrander @ScottWankel @RadicalMicrobe @WHOI #HanselLab

📢 #DiagnosingDeepCoral IN SPANISH! Join University of Puerto Rico student Jose Martinez right now for our livestream Spanish Hour as we continue searching for coral at Whiting Bank

Read more: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… from @AizenbergLab (2/2)

Glass sponges form basalia spicule structures with unique optical qualities. In some cases their refractive and light collecting qualities surpass manufactured fiber optic! Experimenting with lasers with the @SchmidtOcean ROV team. #DiagnosingDeepCoral #coralpulse @WHOI (1/2)

Bamboo coral polyps in a field of delicious (?) marine snow @SchmidtOcean #DiagnosingDeepCoral #CoralPulse

A beautiful glass sponge from last night’s #DiagnosingDeepCoral dive. Euplectella have a skeleton made of siliceous spicules which often forms a lifelong habitat for shrimp pairs schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-pos… @RadicalMicrobe @ScottWankel @SchmidtOcean @WHOI #coralpulse #hansellab @MIT

Could certain chemicals be used to "armor" corals? The #DiagnosingDeepCoral team is at sea on R/V Falkor (too), outfitting ROV SuBastian w/ new sensors & tech to investigate the potential for enhancing coral resilience. The first weekly update video is up: youtube.com/watch?v=m9AMQN…

Using ROV Subastian for some more ‘not-so-deep-sea’ biogeochemical and ecological research at La Parguera, Puerto Rico! 15m deep! Gotta watch out for scuba divers! @SchmidtOcean @RadicalMicrobe @WHOI #CoralPulse #DiagnosingDeepCoral

Taking a little break with @RadicalMicrobe @deepseamoleco and @ScottWankel between dives and expts @SchmidtOcean #DiagnosingDeepCoral #CoralPulse

Check out these beautiful sponges! Sea sponges are filter feeders, and have an important microbiome just like we do— can’t wait to sequence and see what’s there! @RadicalMicrobe @SchmidtOcean @WHOI @MIT #diagnosingdeepcoral #pulsecoral

Launching ROV Subastian to study deep corals and sponges with @RadicalMicrobe and @ScottWankel @MIT @WHOI @MITGradStudents #pulsecoral #diagnosingdeepcoral @SchmidtOcean

Yesterday's #DiagnosingDeepCoral ROV dive was a great 1st step- the team was able to test tech like the SOLARIS sensor & found a wonderful location for further research. The ship is preparing for another dive tonight. More info: schmidtocean.org/cruise/health-… With @WHOI @NMNH @LehighU

@karolchaMicroba @DrAnyaBrown @MaggieSogin @ucd_cmsi @PopBioUCD Congratulations @karolchaMicroba !!

It’s takes a department!! Thankful for the mentors in my life 🌱 PhD Candidate ✅🍾 @DrAnyaBrown @MaggieSogin @ucd_cmsi @PopBioUCD

📢TODAY IS THE DAY! Join the NMDC and help other researchers learn about #microbiome data stewardship. Apply now to be a 2023 NMDC Ambassador! 🦠 Applications are due TONIGHT! microbiomedata.org/ambassadors

Lhakpa Sherpa's perseverance and strength is deeply inspiring! She holds the women's world record of 10 Everest ascents 🏔️This climber merits sponsorship--@BlackDiamond @OspreyPacks @ScarpaNA @redbull

As you may have seen in @PictureaSciFilm Nancy Hopkins at MIT, in 1996, noted that gender inequities in space led to unfair ability to do science. Today, in 2023, @Scripps_Ocean published a report on gender inequities in space allocation. diversity.ucsd.edu/_files/reports…

Applications for the NMDC Ambassador program are now OPEN! Join the NMDC and help other researchers learn about #microbiome data stewardship. Apply now to be a 2023 NMDC Ambassador! microbiomedata.org/ambassadors