Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
Signal: kakape.93
Fanni Daniella Szakal @fannids.bsky.social Journalist. Science Communicator. Ex Marine Biologist.
https://fanniszakal.com/
Florian Mayer @florianmayer.bsky.social Postdoctoral scientist @Archaea Center Regensburg
Before MRC-LMB Cambridge, NIOZ Texel, Goethe University Frankfurt
Archaea, host-symbiont interactions, cell biology, expansion microscopy, membrane biology, bioenergetics, metabolism, biotechnology
Marily Syrmalis @marilysyr.bsky.social PhD candidate @ Burns lab UNSW 🧬👩🏻🔬🧫
DarthDaniousIM @darthdaniousim.bsky.social 
Marek Valt @marek-valt.bsky.social 
Naomi Gilbert @negilbert.bsky.social postdoc at Syracuse University studying viruses in geothermal protist systems 🦠 | microbial & viral ecology | she/her
Brittany Sprecher @bsprech.bsky.social Currently a postdoc at WHOI working on spatial proteomics in Mesodinium | passionate about protists, molecular bio, kleptoplasty, bioluminescence, fluorescence, microscopy & surfing 🔬🏄
Vojtěch Žárský @vojtazarsky.bsky.social Biologist working at the University of Ostrava
Isa Palstek @ipalstek.eurosky.social Biologist, PhD, loves microscopy, microbiome research & microbiome support.
Manages an autoimmune disease. Focus since 2013: wild fermented food and microbiome. https://www.wildefermente.de/
Dina @dina1996.bsky.social 🧬🌊💻Postdoc working on protists and bacterial endosymbionts 🦠
@DEEM team lab in Paris Saclay 🇫🇷
Mid Climber 🧗♀️
eleanor wang @eleanorwang.bsky.social 5th year microbiology phd student at uc berkeley
into making zines, storytelling, climate justice, drawing things, data vis, and other stuff too probably?
[views are mine]
🇹🇼🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉
eleanorwang.github.io
Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social Professor Tim Sandle, PhD. Pharmaceutical microbiologist and science journalist 
Max Lechte @maxlechte.bsky.social Using geology to better understand the ancient world and the origins of complex life. Research Fellow at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
Leonard Ernst @leo-ernst.bsky.social Postdoc with @greening.bsky.social at Monash | Metalloproteins & Methane | Biochemistry & Geochemistry | HFSP & EMBO Fellow | Previous PhD studies with @rebeleinlab.bsky.social
Ramon Massana @rmassanam.bsky.social 
Jovan Kalem @jovankalem.bsky.social PhD candidate @Ettema lab | Laboratory of Microbiology | Wageningen University & Research
Gladfelter Lab @gladfelterlab.bsky.social Scientists using microscopes, math, physics and fun to discover how cells work @Duke Cell Biology/BME. https://gladfelterlab.net
Kerstin Fiege @kfiege.bsky.social Microbiologist, Postdoc at University of Southern Denmark- interested in methane producing archaea and microbial interactions
Tyler Barnum @tylerbarnumphd.bsky.social Problem-solver in microbiology. SF, CA, USA. Ex-UC Berkeley, ex-Trace Genomics, ex-Cultivarium. Website: tylerbarnum.wordpress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tylerbarnum
Brendan Burns @brendanburns999.bsky.social Associate Prof @UNSW. Stromatolite and microbial mat enthusiast, and general lover of the small world. Especially a dash of Asgards. #Sustainability #IndigenousKnowledge 🦠 🌏
Derivery Lab - MRC LMB @deriverylab.bsky.social Asymmetric cell division | Microscopy tech development | Synthetic biology | Fly models |
All views are our own
Vicente Planelles Herrero @vicenteph.bsky.social Senior Scientist playing with microtubules, cytoskeleton and motors in DeriveryLab MRC_LMB. Loves music, scifi and bad memes.
Kate Michie @kmichie.bsky.social Interested in Structural Biology, deep learning, NextFlow, HPC, viruses, missense mutations archaea, bacteria, evolution & random quirks of nature. (Protein Cosmos feed 🧶🧬) Leads a research group & Structural biology Facility,UNSW Sydney. Opinions my own.
Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social MRC-LMB #cryoET #biofilms #S-layers #antibiotics
https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/bharat/
Chung Hyun Cho @chc-evobio.bsky.social Postdoc in the Berger Group at the Gregor Mendel Institute - Vienna BioCenter @gmivienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social | MSCA Fellow | Interest in evolutionary biology and currently studying chromatin
Dr. Yan Liao @yan-liao.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Microbiology at the University of Nottingham | PhD from the University of New South Wales | Research in archaeal genetics & imaging & interaction & community| Love public outreach, science talk shows & making science fun
Bianca C. Neves @bcneves.bsky.social Molecular Microbiologist
Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Léonard Dubois @leonardubois.bsky.social Microbiome computational scientist
PhD in Trento 🇮🇹 postdoc in Paris 🇫🇷 now in Tokyo 🇯🇵
Luis Bolaños @lbolanos68.bsky.social Postdoc
@UniofExeter
| Environmental microbiology | Views own | lbolanos68.github.io
Pierre Simon Garcia @pierresimongarcia.bsky.social Researcher in CNRS (France, Marseille)🇫🇷🏳️🌈
Bioinfo 💻
Phylogeny 🌳
Genomics 🧬
Bacteria and Archaea 🦠
Metabolism ⌬
EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social Posts about jobs, conferences, etc. from the Evolution Directory (EvolDir) mailing list https://evoldir.net, run by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Lars Eicholt @lacholt.bsky.social molecular evolution.
Anne Walraven @annewalraven.bsky.social PhD student at Uppsala University | Member of the Burki Lab (https://burki-lab.net/anne-walraven/). Investigating the plastids in the marine Centrohelid Meringosphaera. Interested in symbiosis, evolution, protists.
Felix Mikus @fmikus.bsky.social Postdoc @Dudin lab, UNIGE
Previously EMBL HD
Lots of microscopy of all different things. If it’s not big enough, make it bigger #UExM
Views my own
Lukas Malfertheiner @lukasmalf.bsky.social PostDoc in the von Mering lab. Interested in microbial ecology, phages and bioinformatics.
www.microbeatlas.org
Carolina Martinez Gutierrez @carolinamicro.bsky.social Assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara 🌊 #newPI
Deeply interested in the eco-evolutionary interactions of life and planet Earth, from the Archaean to the Phanerozoic
ELME Lab
https://elmelab.weebly.com/
Amoeba Discovery @amoebadiscovery.bsky.social A quarterly magazine exploring the world of microscopic life. Step into the unseen world!
👉 Download the complete magazine for free: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery
Anahid (Ana) @anahidam.bsky.social Microbial omic’s and bioinformatics | interested in synthetic biology |
PhD candidate @ Northwestern University CEE | HartmannLab
And most importantly:
A Heterotroph, full of limitations
José M. Murúa Royo @jmuruaroyo.bsky.social Biologist from Chile. Ph.D. Candidate at UCIrvine. From microbial traits to ecosystem functions. 
Piotr Rozwalak @prozwalak.bsky.social PhD candidate in Viral Ecology and Omics Group
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
George Schaible @quantaofgeorge.bsky.social PhD / postdoc at UC Santa Barbara / marine microbiology / building methods and techniques to study microbial dark matter / Erdos # = 5
https://microbialquanta.com/
Michael Kuhn @biocs.bsky.social Computational biologist. Research staff scientist and research coordinator in the @borklab.bsky.social at @embl.org Heidelberg.
Per Unneberg @percyfal.bsky.social Population genomicist. Musician. Allergic to cosmic debris.
Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social In my Protist Era 🦠
New artist painting a new species daily. Watch the art evolve as I paint earth's complete evolutionary history over 40 years
instagram.com/smart.alyk
SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social SeqCode is the nomenclature code for prokaryotes in which genome sequences serve as nomenclatural types for naming new species. It enables the registration and validation of names through the central repository, the SeqCode Registry (https://seqco.de/)
Maggie Langwig @maggielangwig.bsky.social PhD Candidate at UW-Madison
Studying microbes and viruses in the deep sea 🌊🦠
Ling-Yi @lingyi.bsky.social 🧬🦠👩🏻💻bioinformatics | machine learning | microbiology
Bram van Dijk 🏳️🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social Assistant professor at Utrecht University (Theoretical Biology). Simulating microbes, mobile elements, horizontal gene transfer, and whatever else happens on a grain of sand | 🏳️🌈 | he / they | thevirtuallaboratory.com
Pieter Hart @pieterhart.bsky.social PhD student on microbial evolution at Utrecht University
@kc-freel.bsky.social @kc-freel.bsky.social 
Philipp Radler @radler92.bsky.social I spent most of my days at work watching fascinating Archaea in the microscope at @archaea-vienna.bsky.social. To cope with stress by science I hike and immerse myself with D&D!
Archaea Biology Vienna @archaea-vienna.bsky.social We are the Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics group at the University of Vienna. This is a lab member-run account.
https://archaea.univie.ac.at/
angela oliverio @oliverio.bsky.social microbial biology at syracuse university | oliveriolab.org 
Bianca De Sanctis @bdesan.bsky.social Postdoc at @geneticscam.bsky.social . Mathematical population genetics, ancient sedimentary DNA, molecular ecology. bdesanctis.github.io
Sofia Papadopoulou @sofiapa.bsky.social Microbial Ecologist - PhD student at @uu.se 🇸🇪
Sara Blumer-Schuette @seblumer.bsky.social Anaerobic microbiologist, nerd joke enthusiast and unapologetic metabolism wonk. Assoc. Prof at Oakland University (Michigan), opinions my own
Jelena Godrijan 🫧❾🌊🦋 @godi.bsky.social Biological oceanographer & phytoplankton connoisseur. Forest Lover. Stand up #TEDx person.🧚🏼♀️🦄🔬🌊 Views=mine. @institutrb.bsky.social
@BigelowLab.bsky.social @EMBO_YIN
https://jelenagodrijan.wixsite.com/godi
sofie.rec @sofie-dot-rec.bsky.social Sofie van Dorst | PhD student @Biozentrum
looking at green bugs under the microscope #TeamTomo
Sarah Schwartz @flaskandquill.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist + science writer.
Researcher @ Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University 🧫🧬🌱🏞️
Previously: UC Berkeley, MIT, Science News, UCSD. She/her, opinions my own, likes/saves aren't endorsements.
sarahlschwartz.com
Joyce Schreiber @jschreiber.bsky.social Cell biologist and microscopy enthusiast, trying to unravel plasmodesmata and cell identity 🌿 PhD candidate at Wageningen University
Esteban Bustos-Caparros @ebustos-caparros.bsky.social PhD in Environmental Microbiology
PostDoc at Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
Microbial ecologist interested in metagenomics
Ecology and diversity of AOA in marine systems
Martin Sperfeld @martinsperfeld.bsky.social PostDoc @microbiomeresearch.bsky.social | Bacterial physiology | Phototroph-heterotroph interactions | Coral models
https://micro.biol.ethz.ch/people/person-detail.MzM1Mjk4.TGlzdC8xMDU0LDI3NjU3NTY0MA==.html
Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social Relaying microbiology news, articles and comments relevant to aspects on bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes / microorganisms. Microbes are 💪
Fraser MacLeod @fmacleod.bsky.social Postdoc in the Baum lab at the MRC-LMB, studying the diversity and behaviour of Asgard archaea
Diorge Souza @diorgeps.bsky.social Structural biochemist and evolutionary microbiologist 🇺🇸 MIT / Brandeis University
Formerly 🇬🇧 MRC LMB / University College London
🇧🇷 University of São Paulo / University of Brasília
Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist at Yale University. https://dunnlab.org
Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social Boldly exploring our unknown Ocean
Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University ::: Science Journalist / Communicator ::: National Geographic Explorer
Hugerth lab @h-mel.bsky.social Human molecular ecology lab at Uppsala University. Microbiota as a modifiable risk factor in women's health. Bloops by @luhugerth.bsky.social
Jean-Marie Volland @vollandlab.bsky.social Our lab uncovers hidden microbial complexity and evolutionary innovations that challenge traditional views of bacterial life
https://www.vollandlab.com/
Daniel Plaza Sáez @dplazasaez.bsky.social Passionate Microbiologist 🦠🔬 |
PhD @Cambridge_Uni |
ex member Molecular Microbiology (Salmond Lab) at @Cambiochem.bsky.social |
Enthusiastic drummer 🥁 and keyboardist
🎹
Ryan Bartelme @microbialbart.bsky.social Bioinformatician/Data Scientist in biotech. Occasional academic. Spending time with microbes, programming, maths, cats, & bicycles. Highly amateur analog photography. he/him
Katerina Kostirova (Polakova) @katerinakostirova.bsky.social currently PhD student in Čepička lab, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
exploring the microbial world in stinky mud
diversity and evolution of anaerobic microbial eukaryotes and microbial symbioses
Richard Copley @rcply.bsky.social
biomolecules and non-bilaterians
L. Felipe Benites @lfelipeb.bsky.social Mino Postdoctoral Fellow at the @setiinstitute.bsky.social | Gardener and Evolutionary Biologist | Astrobiology | Virus evolution | Children's book author | Experimental musician | Brasileiro.
https://lfbenites.com/
Jessica cuartero @j-cuartero.bsky.social Environmental microbiome researcher and bioinformatics specialist. Passionate about soil community networks, functional annotation, and sharing science with a global perspective.
Javad Sadeghi @microbial-ecology.bsky.social 🌎 Assistant Professor | Microbial Ecology and Evolution Lab, Brandon University
🌿 Microbial ecology & evolution | Host–microbe interactions | Climate adaptation
🌐 https://javadsadeghi.wixsite.com/javadsadeghi
@smallthingslab.bsky.social @smallthingslab.bsky.social Tweets by Rohit Ghai, #PELAGICS European Lakes Sampling Expedition (#GACR EXPRO Excellence Project)
Pavel Skaloud @skaloud.bsky.social 🔬 Algal Speciation & Evolution Lab | Charles University
Focused on freshwater, terrestrial & symbiotic algae | speciation, biogeography & lichen symbiosis.
botany.natur.cuni.cz/skaloud/
Raphael Gollnisch @rgollnisch.bsky.social Evolutionary genetics of calcifying protists
Postdoc at University of Oxford
@jongpad.bsky.social @jongpad.bsky.social PhD student | Laboratory of Microbiology | Wageningen University & Research
José Aguilar-Rodríguez @jaguilarrod.bsky.social Evolutionary systems/cell biologist. EMBO and SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow with Dmitri Petrov and Dan Jarosz at Stanford. PhD with Andreas Wagner at the University of Zurich. Studying how molecular and cellular systems shape, and are shaped by, evolution.
Lizah van der Aart @lizahaart.bsky.social 💚Science Illustrator on YouTube: MinuteEarth and xkcd's What If? 🌎
🌷Artist 🎪 Cosplayer ✨
Ross Waller @rosswaller.bsky.social Professor of Evolutionary Cell Biology, Director of Cambridge Biosciences BBSRC DTP, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Nicole Poulton @npoulton.bsky.social Sr Research Scientist, Director - Center for Aquatic Cytometry & co-Director of the Single Cell Genomics Center @ Bigelow Laboratory, plankton ecologist & educator. Msgs are my own.
Pieter Candry @pietercandry.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Systems & Synthetic Biology at Wageningen University, Netherlands. How can we better design microbial communities for stable, resilient technologies? In my free time I run, bike, eat, and read.
Luzia Stalder @luzia-stalder.bsky.social Computational biologist and microbial ecologist at NIOO-KNAW, advancing ecosystem resilience through integrated research on plant-microbe interactions and the biodiversity of unique systems like the Galápagos. Committed to interdisciplinary collaboration.
@raaijmakersjm.bsky.social @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social 
Toby Kiers @tobykiers.bsky.social Executive Director http://SPUN.earth
Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
Professor Evolutionary Biology (VU, Amsterdam)
Mycorrhizal Fungi, Evolution of Cooperation, Symbiosis
http://tobykiers.com
Stéphane Hacquard @hacquardst.bsky.social Research Group Leader at the MPI for Plant Breeding Research. Interested in plant-microbiota interactions.
Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social Microbial ecology and evolution | Professor at University of Lausanne | Theory | Experiments | Egyptian
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. 
Chrats Melkonian @cmelkonian.bsky.social Inspired by Microbial Ecology and Evolution - Microbial Bioinformatics. Postdoc at Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (UU) & Bioinformatics (WUR)
Microbiome @microbiomej.bsky.social A family of open access journals that seek to unite investigators conducting microbiome research in environmental, agricultural, and biomedical arenas🦠
Reinier Egas @raegas.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher | Biotechnologist | Anaerobic microbiology | Methanotrophs | aSRB | Microbial Physiology group @cuwelte.bsky.social
fischerlab.bsky.social @fischerlab.bsky.social Explorer of the viral universe. Advocate of exotic microbes.
ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org A life sciences research infrastructure, bringing together #bioinformatics resources across Europe to store, analyse, share and reuse data.
vandeWerkenLab @vandewerkenlab.bsky.social