Alan Pacheco @pachecolab.bsky.social Assistant Professor / Branco Weiss Fellow at the University of Lausanne. Our group combines systems biology, computational modeling, and microbial ecology to understand and engineer metabolic interactions in microbial communities. www.pachecolab.com
Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of Becoming Earth (Random House) ✵ Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine ✵ Gardener, baker, naturalist ✵ 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 ✵ Surname rhymes with neighbor ✵ https://www.ferrisjabr.com
Julie Maresca @micromaresca.bsky.social Microbiologist, micro-adventurer, micro-doodler. Too many projects, not enough time: phototrophy, built environment, some wastewater. 🚲🥾🧶🧪
Cathy Hernandez @cathyhernandez.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina | bacteria x (pro)phage x environment | hdzlab.com
Nature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com Exploring the wonders of microbiology with reviews and commentaries from across the field. Brought to you by your curious editors! 🔬✨
https://nature.com/nrmicro/
Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social Scientist, Huck Professor: Microbiome, Virome, Symbiosis, Evolution, Genetics, Phylosymbiosis, Holobiont, Wolbachia, Phage | Director of One Health Microbiome Center @psumbiome.bsky.social | SciEd: @wolbachiaproj.bsky.social | @holobiontbiology.bsky.social
Farm Policy News @farmpolicy.bsky.social Farm Policy News — part of the farmdoc project at Illinois — provides updates on current developments in the global farm economy and U.S. farm policy.
Vicky C Yang @vcyang.bsky.social Assistant Professor at MITSloan. Understanding human collectives using math & data. Former fellow at Santa Fe Institute. 
Erik Dopman @edopman.bsky.social Evolutionary biology, speciation, genetics, behavior, biological rhythms in ‘Ollingtin’ Mass
Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social Book author, toxicology journalist, fascinated by poison and murder (current book project), and, oh yeah, I'm the former director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT.
FUNACTION @funaction.bsky.social News about FUNACTION project funded by Biodiversa+
🇸🇪🇵🇹🇨🇭🇪🇪🇩🇪🇮🇹🇺🇸
"Aquatic FUNgal biodiversity: developing knowledge and strAtegies
to inform ConservaTION priorities and measures"
#aquaticfungi #conservation
www.funaction.eu
https://linktr.ee/FUNACTION_EU
Ben Auxier @benauxier.bsky.social Fungal geneticist interested in how fungi recognize themselves, and each other. Asst. Professor at WUR
Grant Nickles @grantnickles.bsky.social Cyclist, mycologist, music, and hockey 🏳️🌈
https://gnick18.github.io/
UW-Madison RISE Postdoctoral Fellow in Fungal Interactions Lab
Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social Fungi. Fire. Genetics. Ecology. (she/her)
🍄🔥Assistant Prof at UBC Vancouver: @ubcbotany.bsky.social and @forestry.ubc.ca
📍grateful guest on the Salish Coast
Lab Website: fischerlab.botany.ubc.ca
Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social Professor in biological sciences. Views are my own. Here for all things medical mycology, fungal genomics, ecology and evolution. Would rescue all the shelter dogs ♥️🐕 | valleyfever 🍄🟫| MycoSky 🍄| genomics 🧬| science 🧪
Rachel Helston @fungalmom.bsky.social Scientist in @Zanderslab studying meiosis in fission yeast. Fungi fanatic and mother of twins👩🏻🤝👨🏼. 🇬🇧 living in 🇺🇸 🍄
LaBella Lab @lablabella.bsky.social LaBella Lab studies codon usage (aka "silent" genetic changes) and evolution from humans to fungi | Bioinformatics & Genomics | UNC Charlotte
Run by Abbe LaBella
Opinions are my own and do not reflect any affiliated organization.
Alex Holcombe @alexh.bsky.social Science-ing, trying to improve science. Metascience, open access, reforming scholarly authorship practices. Cognitive and perceptual psychologist.
Mastodon: @alexh@fediscience.org
@hsiehyp.bsky.social @hsiehyp.bsky.social 
Alita Burmeister @aburmeister.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UW Milwaukee | Molecular Microbiology and Evolution Lab | Microbes, Mentorship, and More | she/hers 
José R Penadés @jrpenades.bsky.social Frustrated football player, I moved to a less relevant work: microbiologist interested on mobile genetic elements
Eduardo Rocha @epcrocha.bsky.social Scientist, genomics, evolution, microbiology, computational biology, Institut Pasteur/CNRS, Paris
Asimov Press @asimovpress.bsky.social Asimov Press is a publisher focused on the science and technologies that promote flourishing.
Pitch: editors@asimov.com // Part of Asimov. Supported by Astera Institute and Stripe.
Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social A British Mycological Society journal (@britmycolsoc.org.uk). We publish investigations into all aspects of fungal ecology.
Account/posts by Editors-in-Chief Benjamin Wolfe(@benwolfe.bsky.social) and Allison Walker(@fungaldreamteam.bsky.social).
Siân Owen @sianowen.bsky.social Microbiologist & phage phanatic! Enthusiastic explorer of microbial genomes.
PI at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Asst Prof @albany.edu
Currently obsessed with plasmid-dependent phages
www.wadsworth.org/research/laboratories/owen
Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution @teamlaboul.bsky.social We are interested in fungi and their interactions. Biodiversity monitoring, ecology, phylogenetics. PI @dhaelewa.bsky.social. Based at the Biology Centre CAS. 🍄 #mycology #parasitology #teamlaboul
📍České Budějovice, Czechia
Elizabeth Preston @inkfish.bsky.social Science journalist, humor writer and aspiring cephalopod. Boston-adjacent. Author of THE CREATURES' GUIDE TO CARING, out now!
elizabethgpreston.com
elizabethgpreston.substack.com
Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social Official account of Science Vs!
We're a science podcast that pits facts against everything else.
Made by Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn, Michelle Dang, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, Blythe Terrell, Bobby Lord & independent fact checkers
Megan McDonald @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social Research fellow @UoB, interested in all things fungi and plants
Angus Bucknell @ahbucknell.com PhD candidate in the @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social group. Focusing on protein design and effector biology in Magnaporthe oryzae.
www.ahbucknell.com
Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social Mycologist | Ph.D candidate in mycology and ecosystem forest management at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Molecular ecology and conservation mycology | Laboulbeniomycetes enthusiast #TeamLaboul | President of @mycosphaera.bsky.social🍄
Emily White @emily-white.bsky.social Microbiologist 🦠 Chief editor at Nature Microbiology📚
Views my own
Canadian Journal of Microbiology @canjmicrobio.bsky.social A @cdnsciencepub.com journal reporting peer-reviewed research from all areas of microbiology, from molecular biology to microbial ecology.
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com Helping you 🫵 make sense of higher education 🎓 Follow for the latest news, opinions, jobs and resources.
Visit insidehighered.com for more.
Elena Kramer @elenakramer.bsky.social I’m a plant developmental geneticist who loves plants, evolution, teaching and hiking with my dogs.
Chris Mancuso @mancusosci.bsky.social Engineering non-model microbes @ Cultivarium | soft spot for microbiomes and DIY tech | he/him
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social science journalist | good physics, bad physics, and sometimes ugly physics
Signal: dgaristo.72
Email: digaristo@gmail.com
British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk Fungal research, education, recording and conservation. https://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/
> Supporting & publishing mycological research & field studies
> Share your finds & get help with fungus ID: on.fb.me/1FF9eI
🍄#UKFungusDay - 10 October 2026🍄
Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social UC Davis PhD Biochemist (He/Him)
Passionate about all forms of fungi and fermentation 🍺🍷🥖🧀🍄🟫🫘🥬🌶️
Presenting emotionally engaging educational mushroom content 🍄😍🥺😳🤯😱🫨😈
Cantabridgian Gone Californian 📍Napa
Mildly Canadian 🇨🇦
🔗 https://fascinatedbyfungi.me/
Fletcher Halliday @fletcher-h.bsky.social Disease Ecology. Biodiversity. Global Change.
PI of the Disease Ecology and Diversity Lab at Oregon State University https://agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/diseaseecology/
Ted Morgan @tedmorgan.bsky.social Citizen, Dad, Husband, Scientist, program officer at NSF, former biology professor and sports “expert”. Views are mine and do not represent my employer. Returning to social media on my personal time .
Shanice Webster @shanice-webster.bsky.social HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow @DukeU | He Lab | Plant-microbiome-pathogen interactions | PhD from @Dartmouth in @geiselbiofilm lab | @GrinnellCollege alum '15
Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social Co-host of Gastropod (entertaining podcast about food science/history). Instructor at MIT grad program in science writing. Lover of brassicas. Somervillain for life.
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Augustus (Gus) Pendleton @augustuspendle1.bsky.social Microbes 🤝 Lakes 🤝 Computers. Schmidt Lab @ Cornell. 🏳️🌈Scientist, 🇮🇪Fulbright, NOAA Davidson Fellow. Code-obsessed cat owner who likes to be outside.
https://gus-pendleton.github.io/
Adena Collens @abcollens.bsky.social Bioinformatician & evolutionary microbiologist exploring deep sea symbionts 🦠✨️ she/her
Ph.D student at UMD in the Pop 🧬💻 and Collins 🪼 Labs
James Kosmopoulos @kosmopoulos.bsky.social Fourth-year microbiology PhD candidate in the Anantharaman Lab at UW-Madison | Developing bioinformatics tools and resources for #viromics & exploring viral community ecology in soils | he/him
@laszlognagy.bsky.social @laszlognagy.bsky.social 
Dr. Haley Hallowell @haleybiont.bsky.social Post-doc in the @SuezLab at Johns Hopkins — Interested in all things Virome (gut and beyond), Viral-Host Co-evolution, and cool computational methods to study them!
🐶 mom 💖💜💙
she/her
Views are my own ✨
Center for Advanced Microbiome Research & Innovation (CAMRI) @camri-igs.bsky.social CAMRI is a leader in pioneering microbiome research with current strengths in women's and infant health, as well as the development of novel therapeutics. CAMRI is part of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute. Explore-Study-Preserve-Apply. Enriching and expanding the world's most excellent microbial biological resource centre.
🔗: https://wi.knaw.nl/
Emile Gluck-Thaler @mycomile.bsky.social Understanding fungal interactions using genes, genomes and Starships 🧬🍄🚀Evolutionary Biologist and Asst Prof @UWMadison's Dept. of Plant Pathology | he/him |
plantpath.wisc.edu/faculty/emile-gluck-thaler/
Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov Representing Northern Virginia in the U.S. House.
Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social botanist and micromycologist from Belfast
luıḃeolaıḋe ⁊ mıcrıṁíceolaıḋe 'e ḃunaḋ Ḃéal Feırste
PhD student in Aberystwyth studying plant and fungal communities and grassland restoration
My websites: irishplants.org
plantpathogens.net
Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social Microbial community ecologist, professor at Michigan State University | Traits, temperature, biodiversity, resilience, microbiomes, harmful algal blooms
https://www.kl-lab.group
📷: Lake Michigan
Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov BPS mom, daughter of immigrants, and MBTA commuter working to make Boston a home for everyone.
linktr.ee/mayorwu
Follow the @boston.gov Bluesky Starterpack: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/boston.gov/3lcvbzv3ttb25
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com Astrophysicist
Liz Haswell @ehaswell.bsky.social Writing & Editing @ www.thesustainableprofessor.com 🌱Co-host, The Taproot Podcast 🌱Former midwestern biology professor finding her way as a writer and bon vivant in the PNW 🌱Check out what I'm up to or contact me: https://elizabethhaswell.carrd.co
Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social The scientist formerly known as Lab Girl.
I write books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2111914/hope-jahren/
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
leslie berntsen, ph.d. 😷 👩🏽🏫 🇳🇮 @leslie-bern.bsky.social Founder @stemedify.bsky.social, core organizer @standupforscience.bsky.social • Psych Ph.D., Latina Sinvergüenza™️, y disabled nightmare dressed like a daydream ✨ • “Like Regina George but for a good cause”
📍Los Angeles | 🔗 https://www.leslie-bern.com
Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social Behavioral Scientist & Science Communicator.
Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication, Medicine, and Public Policy at Cornell University.
More here: neillewisjr.com
Personal account
Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist, teaching-track associate professor (knowledge transmitter), board game and cat enthusiast, archer, teller of Dad jokes. Sarcasm doesn't have to be mean. Also a "damn greenblooded hobgoblin". Ursula said I'm cool. I read a lot.
🏳️🌈🧫 👨
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Tim Clancy @viewfromarchstreet.com Arch Street=making connections in science, cybersecurity & innovation. former NSF, House Science Committee. environment, upstate NY, science & tech policy everywhere. Jazz. Occasional Boston Celtics musings
Alexandria, Virginia
viewfromarchstreet.com
Andy Goodman @agoodmanct.bsky.social CNH Long Professor and Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Director, Microbial Sciences Institute
Yale School of Medicine
Eric Stabb @evstabb.bsky.social Microbiologist, Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, (don't block me, but I'm a) Department Head. Runner, Badger grad, Packers fan, proud dad. Like genetics, bacteria, bioluminescence, and birds. Views are my own.
Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.51
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/carlzimmer/
Web: http://carlzimmer.com
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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social Scientist working on antibiotic resistance, evolution, and mobile genetic elements. Prof at U.Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College 
Marco Lab @marcolab-ucd.bsky.social Lactic acid bacteria and Gut health research lab led by Dr. Maria Marco at University of California Davis
Zoë Hilbert @zoehilbertspace.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Boston College studying the evolution of host-pathogen interactions. Budding mycologist with a forever soft spot for nematodes. (she/her)
evolvingfungi.org
Neil Gow @neil-gow.bsky.social Medical mycologist, science, nature and the great outdoors. Fine malts and hill lochs. Editor of: The Cell Surface, and sectional editor of Molecular Microbiology.
Andy Kempchinsky @ampersandy.bsky.social PhD Student at UZH/USZ🇨🇭
Focusing on visualising microbes to understand spatial host-microbe interactions.
More microbiologist than your average engineer; more engineer than your average microbiologist. Bad at both! 🏳️🌈
Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social Director of Mycology and Microbiology Center
#mycorrhiza #fungal ecology #microbiology plant-microbe interactions #mushroom hunting #biodiversity #conservation #molecular ecology #biogeography #DNA-based taxonomy #long-read sequencing #PacBio #
Vanja Klepac-Ceraj @mightycrobe.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. @Wellesley College | microbial ecologist | gut microbiome -> child development | microbes rock | vkclab.com
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social Professor of Plant Evolutionary Genetics at Michigan State University. 
McVey lab @mcveylab.bsky.social A group of hard-working, hard-playing researchers investigating genome stability in fruit flies and beyond. We advocate for interdisciplinary science, innovative pedagogy, and effective mentoring.
Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology publishes the latest research and commentary in all areas of microbiology.
https://www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/
Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social Professor at the NYU School of Medicine (https://yanailab.org/). Co-founder and Director of the Night Science Institute (https://night-science.org/). Co-host of the 'Night Science Podcast' https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/night-science/id1563415749
Julian Liber @liberjulian.bsky.social Phyllosphere yeasts & assembling the leaf microbiome | PhD cand. Duke Biology | MSU Plant Bio alum | he/him
liberjul.github.io
Interested in birding, photography, food, cycling, fiber crafts. Now in Columbus, OH!
A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social Professor of Ecosystem Data Science at @hifmb.bsky.social studying the ecology and evolution of microbes through high-resolution 'omics and #anvio
Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social Evolving better E. coli for 75,000 generations. Prof at MSU, but opinions my own. (Ok, I also speak for billions -- er, TRILLIONS -- of E. coli.)
Website for LTEE: the-ltee.org
Banner pic from NYC, shared by Darwin. (The microbiologist, not the other one.)
Hanna Johannesson @hannajohannesson.bsky.social Professor Bergianus at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences/Stockholm University. Interested in fungal and evolutionary biology.
Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social Study genetic conflicts professionally. Try to avoid conflicts in personal life (with mixed results).
Fred Hutch Basic Sciences,
UW Genome Sciences,
HHMI.
Posting in a personal capacity. My posts don’t reflect my employers’ opinions.
Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social Computational microbiologist
I like to post about: microbial genomics, microbial ecology, evolution, micro+plant biotechnology, climate, symbiosis, virology, ag, sci publishing and policy
Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biology at Oxford University; plant chaser; artist; author. Find me on Insta @illustratingbotanist
Luis Orellana (Coto) @cotoorellana.bsky.social Microbial Ecology and Evolution | Investigating microbes through the eyes of ones and zeros
Group Leader @ Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
🇨🇱→🇺🇸→🇩🇪 #Fulbright #ERCStG
Adriana Romero-Olivares, PhD @fungi-lover.bsky.social Asst Prof #Fungi #ClimateChange #Latina #Hermosillense 🍄🌎🧶👩🏽🔬🇲🇽 - she/her - guinea pig fan - mom 🥰🥰 P.D. posteo en inglés ww.fungiloverlab.com
Michelle Momany @mcmomany.bsky.social Fungal Biologist studying Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus nidulans, antifungal resistance, septin cytoskeleton, septin evolution, and spore dormancy. Views expressed here are my own.
HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social We invest in scientists at all career stages who make discoveries that advance human health for decades to come.
César Marín @cmarin.bsky.social Professor of Soil Ecology at UST-Chile.
Associate Editor: npj Soil Ecology. Lead: South American Mycorrhizal Res. Network.
Awardee: AfroColombian of the Year; Humberto Maturana award; Carlos Spegazzini Medal.
https://cesar-marin.com/
Aaron Vogan @fungage-lab.bsky.social Researches fungal evolution/genetics/genomics. Associate professor at the University of Uppsala, investigating accessory genomes and giant TEs in Fungi.
Colin Averill @colinaverill.bsky.social Founder and CEO at Funga PBC
Affiliate Scientist at ETH Zürich's Crowther Lab
co-founder and advisor at SPUN
mycorrhizal ecology, microbiome science, natural climate solutions and carbon removal!
microbialfoods.org @microbialfoods-org.bsky.social Digesting the science of fermented foods. Co-founded by Bronwen Percival and Benjamin Wolfe (@benwolfe.bsky.social).
microbialfoods.org
Mike McDonald @mikejmcd.bsky.social Watching microbial evolution in mini-ecosystems and thinking of strategies to manipulate evolution. I lead a research group at Monash University. He/Him. www.mcdonald-lab.com