Valentin L'Hôte @valentinlhote.bsky.social 🧑🔬 MSCA Postdoc Fellow at Umeå University 🇸🇪, Sjoerd Wanrooij's Lab
🧬 MtDNA replication and dynamics in health, senescence, and cancer
🔬 Molecular cell biology, biochemistry, medicinal/biological chemistry, microscopy, omics
ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social The International Society for Microbial Ecology is a non-profit association and owner of the ISME Journal and ISME Communications.
Next symposium #ISME20 in Auckland, New Zealand in August 2026. 
Life Science Network @lifesciencenet.bsky.social A platform for life sciences. Publications, research protocols, news, events, jobs and more. Sign up at https://www.lifescience.net.
Juliane Romahn @julianeromahn.bsky.social PhD candidate at the Senckenberg BiK-F in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
eDNA | sedaDNA | biodiversity research | bioinformatics | Baltic Sea
Stefano Bonaglia @biogeoste.bsky.social Lecturer at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) • Biogeochemistry • Marine ecology • Formas- and VR-supported • Sea 🏊🏽♂️ • Old 📽️ • Instrumental 🥁 • Father of one 👶
Mia M. Bengtsson @miamynta.bsky.social Scientist, parent, immigrant. From Sweden via Norway & Austria to Germany. Coastal microbiomes, seagrass meadows, mixotrophy, carbon cycling.
SciLifeLab @scilifelab.se 🇸🇪 Sweden's national center for molecular biosciences
👩🔬 Infrastructure with unique technologies and expertise
👥 Research community
🥼 Life science 🌱
💻 Often data-driven
https://www.scilifelab.se/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/scilifelab/
Iker Valle Aramburu @ivaramburu.bsky.social Group Leader at the Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS). The Swedish node of the Nordic-EMBL Molecular Medicine partnership.
Interested in protein disorder, microproteins and innate immunity
Heli Juottonen @helijuottonen.bsky.social Microbial ecologist (PhD, docent) turned data scientist. R, HPC, biocrusts, peatlands. Ukulele & melodeon player, concertgoer, stargazer.
Ian Marshall @ianpgm.bsky.social Associate Professor at Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark 🇩🇰 working on microbial genomics, bioinformatics, cable bacteria, and other sediment microorganisms. https://www.au.dk/en/ianpgm@bio.au.dk/ 🇦🇺
Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social Professor of microbial ecology and evolution at Univ of Texas Austin.
Bethany Kolody, PhD @bethanykolody.bsky.social Environmental genomics researcher at @innovativegenomics.bsky.social
Ashley Shade, Ph.D. @ashley17061.bsky.social Director of Research, CNRS | Microbial Ecologist | incoming EIC for American Society for Microbiology journal #mSystems | ERC #MicroRescue
Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social Senior Molecular Microbiologist UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | Antimicrobial resistance, pathogens and microbial communities in natural environments and wastewater treatment systems #AMR (she/her) https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/holly-tipper
Ellinor Alseth @ellinoralseth.bsky.social Eco-evo with microbes. I happen to like fjords, I think they give a lovely baroque feel to a continent. The University of Tromsø. Opinions my own. She/her
Amy Thorpe @amycthorpe.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
Freshwater microbial ecology & ancient sedDNA 🧬🦠🌊
@anaprohaska.bsky.social @anaprohaska.bsky.social 
Frédéric RIMET @rimetfrederic.bsky.social 
Mahwash Jamy @mjamy.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist interested in protist diversity and evolution. Postdoc at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. 
Emma Bell @emma-bell.bsky.social Senior Researcher at Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre and SciLifeLab.
Max Renner @maxrenner.bsky.social PI at Umeå University and UCMR | Northern Sweden | Alum: @ox.ac.uk | Structural Virology | https://renner-lab.com/ | 🇸🇪 🦠🔬 🌱
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social SMBE fosters communication among molecular evolutionists and advances the field.
🔗 smbe.org
💬 smbe2026.org • sites.google.com/view/gene-cultureco-evolution
👥 @smbe-idea.bsky.social
📙 @molbioevol.bsky.social • @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Panagiota Xanthopoulou @xanthopop.bsky.social PhD student at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean
Research Assistant at the Fisheries Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation - DEMETER
environmental DNA, DNA metabarcoding, aquatic ecology
Marie-Pier Hébert, PhD @mphebert.bsky.social Aquatic scientist. Professor. Québec, Canada.
Matthias Wietz @matthiaswietz.bsky.social marine biologist & polar researcher | music, scuba diving & SciComm
Marit F. M. Bjorbækmo @maritbjorbaekmo.bsky.social Microbial interactions and their functional roles in marine ecosystems. Seaweed holobionts. Protists
Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at University of Geneva
Evolutionary cell biology & multicellular developmental diversity of protists
www.dudinlab.com
#Ichthyosporea, #Multicellularity, #Evolution, #Embryo, #Development, #Protist, #UExM, #Cytoskeleton, #Expansion #Microscopy
Carly Scott @scottinthesea.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher in the Mitchell Lab at UNC Chapel Hill | Genomics, symbiosis, & modeling | Corals + Grasslands | she/her
scottgenomics.com
Vicky Quiroga @vickyquiroga.bsky.social Microbial ecology. Wetlands🇦🇶 CONICET🇦🇷
Ari Feinberg @arifeinberg.bsky.social Atmospheric chemistry researcher at IQF-CSIC, working on the global cycle of mercury (Hg) and other elements. 🇨🇦
Emilie Villar @emilievillar.bsky.social Freelance Expert in Bioinformatics
Over 10 years of experience in bioinformatics, specializing in metagenomics, transcriptomics, and applied statistics. Collaborating with academic and private sectors.
www.emilievillar.com
Kristine Bohmann @kbohmann.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen
#eDNA #Metabarcoding
André Mateus @andrenmateus.bsky.social Assistant professor at Umeå University and Team leader at the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS)
Follow also lab account: @mateuslab.com
Alumnus at @uu.se and at the @EMBL.org (@savitski-lab.bsky.social and @typaslab.bsky.social)
Johan Decelle @johandecelle.bsky.social Marine biologist, 
Matthieu Leray, PhD @mattleray.bsky.social Associate Professor at 📍
The University of Hong Kong
Symbiosis | Trophic ecology | eDNA | Resilience | Coral reefs🪸
https://leraylab.github.io/symbiosis-resilience-lab/
Ebuka Nwosu @phardiga.bsky.social I am a Human Being, i.e. Homo sapiens. An evolutionary improvement on the Homo erectus.
Carlos M Duarte @carlosduartephd.bsky.social A marine scientist striving for a healthy ocean… worried about the broken basis of humanism- S Steven Biller @stevenbiller.bsky.social Assistant Prof. @ Wellesley College. Microbial ecologist. Marine cyanobacteria, extracellular vesicles, ocean processes, HGT, mobile elements, genomes, and anything else I find fascinating at the moment. billerlab.org
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.)
Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social Professor at UC Davis
Work: phylogenomics & microbiomes; wildlife and aquatic microbiology; #openscience;
Other: #birds; baseball; T1D
Lab phylogenomics.me
Pics jonathaneisen.smugmug.com
Links linktr.ee/jonathaneisen
TED go.ted.com/6WPm
Maria Pachiadaki @microbiaki.bsky.social Microbiologist, Oceanographer, Explorer. Associate w/o Tenure at WHOI
Kendra Turk-Kubo @kendraturkkubo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography @ UCSC studying marine nitrogen fixation and microbial ecology, thalassophile & diazotrophphile, mama in STEM, views are my own
Laura Hug @lhug.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist and CRC at UWaterloo. Tangent-prone story teller and compulsive frisbee chaser. Views are my own. 
Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social Taking over the world one microbe at a time.
Taking myself not too seriously.
Beate Kraft @beatekraft.bsky.social Microbial Physiology and Ecology.
Associate Prof. @Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark. 
Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social she/her
Group Leader | TRIDENT | WasserCluster Lunz
@trident-wcl.bsky.social
#eDNA & #ecology of #fishes #birds #whales #arthropods plus some #trophicInteractions
⛰️ & 🌊 lover
http://eWHALE.eu & @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
Mike Bunce @buncedna.bsky.social Genetics, eDNA, biodiversity - aspires to make a difference via science. Views expressed are my own.
Dominik Kirschner @kirschdo.bsky.social Researcher in the Altermatt Lab at EAWAG.
Interested in eDNA technology and its application in detecting biodiversity and biomonitoring.
Luke Holman @lukeholman.bsky.social Associate Prof at Edinburgh Napier U and Commissioning Editor at Journal of Evolutionary Biology. @lukeholman_evo elsewhere 
Jessica Reid 🌈 @j-reid.bsky.social MSc. in freshwater fish ecology 🐟
Now at @cdnsciencepub.com 📚
🇨🇦🇪🇨🏳️🌈 (she/her)
📍Ktaqmkuk / Newfoundland and Labrador
Quentin Mauvisseau @quentinmauvisseau.bsky.social 
Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist researching freshwater microbiology, AMR, eDNA and biodiversity. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
Gerard Rocher-Ros @grocherros.bsky.social Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, Limnology. Trying to combine fieldwork and modelling. In January, Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology at IceLab in Umeå University (Sweden).
BejaLabTechnion @bejalab.bsky.social the unculturables: exploratory research & beyond. EMBO-YIP 2003, EAM 2012, adERC 2013, EMBO 2024. https://beja.net.technion.ac.il/
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
Chris Greening @greening.bsky.social Professor & NHMRC Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne. Using microbes to tackle global challenges in health and sustainability. #FirstGen 🐶🇦🇺🌈🎹🌱
Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social Anammox, anaerobic microbiology, methane, nitrogen cycle, microbial ecology, KNVM, Mike Jetten Award, archaea, comammox, Methylomirabilis, Methanoperedens, denitrification, metagenomics, biogeochemistry, coastal ecosystems
Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social Ocean Microbiome | Evolution | Algae | Diatoms | Genomics | Genetics | Biology | Ecology | Biotechnology | Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Phycology
https://mocklab.com/
https://www.omicroncr.co.uk/
Malin Olofsson @aquaticphyto.bsky.social Researcher at SLU, Sweden. Cyanobacteria blooms, toxins, nutrients, climate change. qPCR, ELISA, LC-MS, SIMS, NMR, metaomics. www.slu.se/algtox
Timothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.com Almost certainly one of the ecologists of all time.
AI/ML, biodiversity monitoring, viral emergence, open science, methodological anarchism
he/they
🧪 https://epic-biodiversity.org/
Felix Zareie-Vaux @felixvaux.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (he/him) 🇬🇧🏳️🌈 in 🇳🇿
Marine Biosecurity Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ 🌊🧬
https://fvaux.github.io/
#evolution #ecology #genomics #biosecurity #biodiversity #biogeography #phylogenetics
Louie Lopez @pinoyplankton.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria
Freshwater ecology | eDNA & eRNA | Environmental monitoring | Community-based monitoring
https://linktr.ee/marklouiedlopez
ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social Freshwater fish biologist - big on rare species, their ecology and conservation. Also known to dabble in non-native species issues. Personal account and all views are entirely my own. Leantóir Celtic FC 🍀
Zsófia Horváth @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social Aquatic ecologist. Metacommunities, connectivity, biodiversity, ponds, urbanisation, citizen science. https://scholar.google.hu/citations?user=gY7r-D0AAAAJ&hl=hu & https://metacomlab.com/
Fabiana Schneck @fabianaschneck.bsky.social Freshwater ecologist, Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Brazil
she/her
https://streamteamfurg.netlify.app/
Hide Doi Lab. @doi-lab.bsky.social Hide Doi Lab., Biosphere Informatics Lab., Kyoto University, Japan.
We are interested in ecology and environmental sciences, especially, community ecology, food web, eDNA, climate change https://ecologyweb.jimdofree.com
Benoît Paix @benoitpaix.bsky.social Researcher in microbiology and chemical ecology. Combining metabarcoding and metabolomics approaches to study holobionts. Currently working on Sargassum-microbiome interactions.
Robin Schütz @robinschuetz.bsky.social 🔬 PhD student @leeselab
| Molecular ecologist working on #biodiversity monitoring using #eDNA #metabarcoding | 📈 @trend_dna
project 🧬
Nature photographer 📷
Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm @mkddueholm.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. Aalborg University 🇩🇰 Applied microbial ecology with focus on wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion, and soil. HQ MAGs, transcriptomics, rRNA operon sequencing, culturomics, biofilms, EPS, and functional amyloids.
Alessandro Garritano @alegarritano.bsky.social 🇧🇷 Marine biologist 🌊 & bioinformatician🧬 @UNSW exploring the secrets of bacterial metabolism & life in the deep-sea .
✈️ geek in my free time
@krohnzone.bsky.social @krohnzone.bsky.social Herpetology, conservation, genomics.
Director at Tangled Bank Conservation
Austen Thomas @scatdna.bsky.social Molecular Division Director - Smith-Root (views my own); Inventor of SR eDNA Sampler Backpack, Self-preserving eDNA filters, eDNA Citizen Scientist sampler, eDNA Autosampler
Ryan McMinds @rmcminds.bsky.social Quantitative Ecologist focused on salmon habitat at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission | Former Assistant Professor studying Microbial Ecology / Evolutionary Biology / Bioinformatics | merdemicrobes.org | thecnidaegritty.org/iNatle/
Bianca De Sanctis @bdesan.bsky.social Postdoc at @geneticscam.bsky.social . Mathematical population genetics, ancient sedimentary DNA, molecular ecology. bdesanctis.github.io
Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social Full Professor of Aquatic Ecology University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social | Kuratorium Forum Biodiversity | Founding Director https://biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/en.html | all & beyond #biodiversity, #eDNA & #AquaticEcology | Like=interesting
www.altermattlab.ch
Lynsey Harper @lynseyrharper.bsky.social Freshwater and molecular ecologist | currently Natural England | Illinois Natural History Survey affiliate | EvoHull and Mariani Lab alum | #eDNA #metabarcoding #ponds #amphibians #mammals
Dr. Gledis (Gled) Guri @gledguri.bsky.social Marine Ecologist 🐠🐙🦈🦀
Advancing the field of quantitative eDNA metabarcoding 🧬🔍
Currently: Postdoc at University of Washington
Sonja Rückert @rueckertlab.bsky.social Professor at UDE/Biologist interested in biodiversity, systematics, evolution and ecology of micro-eukaryotes🔬🧫, particularly aquatic symbionts/parasites and their relationships with their hosts.
Konstantina Mitsi @konsmitsi.bsky.social In search for a #postdoc in #molecular #ecology | Background: #eDNA #metabarcoding #phylogenomics #eukaryotes #biodiversity | Would like to learn more about: #ecological #modelling #food #webs #species #distribution #climate #change #conservation 🤿🥾🧪🥼🧬👩💻
ALT236 @alt236.bsky.social Archéologue d'univers fictifs, je cherche une entrée vers le labyrinthe de l'imaginaire.- B BioGeoSCAPES @biogeoscapes.bsky.social Earth’s life support system is underpinned by microbial biogeochemical cycles. BioGeoSCAPES is a new global research program the international community is working together to create to study this system. Learn More: https://biogeoscapes.org/
Estelle Couradeau @stl.bsky.social Assistant Professor - soil microbiomes - environmental microbiology @Penn State
Ryan Newton @aqcrobial.bsky.social Associate Professor - School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, microbiologist, urban ecosystems, the Laurentian Great Lakes, GBR & U Rah-Rah
Florian Leese @leeselab.bsky.social Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen 🇪🇺🇩🇪 tweeting mostly about the work we do in our Aquatic Ecosystem Research Group. A lot of DNA / eDNA & popgen stuff on streams & automated biodiversity monitoring approaches.
Philipp Engel @pengellab.bsky.social Microbiologist at UNIL Switzerland, interested in Microbiota-host interactions, symbiosis, evolution and genomics, and social bees
engelbeelab.com
Greg Caporaso @cap-lab.bio Reader, composter, high desert rain water harvester, research software engineer, and professor. Interested in microbiomes in cancer prevention, cancer treatment, and environmental sustainability.
https://cap-lab.bio/
Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social Awed by tiny creatures!!
Host-Microbe Interactions MSc http://hosmic.uth.gr
Prof. @ https://www.uth.gr/en
All CV stuff ➡️ https://linktr.ee/kkormas
Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology
@mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social delegate ➡️ FEMS
Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social Group Leader at EMBL spying on the social life of marine microbes and pushing for more inclusive sciences | Tara Oceans | Plankton Manifesto
https://www.embl.org/groups/vincent/
https://planktonmanifesto.org/
Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social Macrobe qui aime les microbes
http://www.shapirolab.ca/
Sarahi L. Garcia @sarilog.bsky.social Scientist: microbial interactions & carbon cycle.
Professor, mom, queer, expat, first-gen, neurodiverse...
inclusion & sustainability
Daniel Tamarit @danieltamarit.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist studying archaeal and bacterial genomes | Assistant Prof @BinfUtrecht.bsky.social 🇳🇱
Trina McMahon @quendi.bsky.social Loving microbes, water, genomes, computers, and Wisconsin. Proud GenXer. Mom to a very spicy 2e teen boy and a sassy little girl with big plans to change the world. #resist
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
Phil Hugenholtz @xrefugee13.bsky.social Microbiologist
Daniel Vaulot @daniel-vaulot.bsky.social Biological oceanographer focusing on marine protists. Developing the PR2 databases for metabarcoding: https://pr2-database.org
Emeritus at CNRS (SBR, Roscoff) and Guest Investigator at the University of Oslo (AQUA section, IBV).
https://daniel-vaulot.fr
Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com Systems Microbial Ecologist | Microbial Cultivation | F1 & IndyCar fan. Metalhead. Studying microbes in Desert Soil and nearshore Marine Sediments.
Blog: uncultured.carinilab.com
Web: CariniLab.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-carini/
Pat Schloss @patschloss.bsky.social Papa to 9 microbes, mackerel snapper, shepherd, master of sucking. I want to help you learn the skills you'll need to succeed in science. 
Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social Microbial ecologist: EIC for mSystems Journal, cofounder of http://biomesense.com; President for AMI (http://appliedmicrobiology.org); Father, Scientist, Pilot.
Adrià Auladell @adriaula.bsky.social Bioinformatics and marine microbial ecology. Right now focused mainly protists + metatranscriptomics! Open science. He/Him/His.