Phil Hugenholtz @xrefugee13.bsky.social Microbiologist
Dr Rachel Hale Marine Biologist @seafloorscience.bsky.social Dr of small crawly things that live on the ocean floor.
I study what they do, how they do it, and how they respond to disturbance, including climate change.
Marine Biologist, Ocean Optimist, Invert Advocate, "Worm Girl"
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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social Australia's leading publisher of science news, journals and books.
Not-for-profit, editorially independent and proudly part of the research community.
About us + print books: publishing.csiro.au
Digital content (news, journals and eBooks): connectsci.au
S Kolomyjec, PhD @freshwatersponges.bsky.social Abandoned twitter ages ago, finally making a bluesky profile! feb '26
Eman Etoom @emanetoom.bsky.social Mom of two ❤️
PhD Student at UAEU, CMHS I Biomedical Sciences | Genetics and Genomics | Dr. Nadia Akawi Lab | Precision medicine • Gene therapy • CRISPR • Rare genetic diseases • Functional Genetics/Genomics
@chloeestoque.bsky.social @chloeestoque.bsky.social 
Cheong Xin (CX) Chan @chancx.bsky.social Anything about evolutionary genomics of non-model systems, algae, microbes, symbiosis. Research + Teaching genomics + bioinformatics at @ace-uq, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences at The University of Queensland. Views are my own.
Zoe Kean @zoekeansci.bsky.social Evolution. Environment. Ecology. Based in lutruwita/ Tasmania. Author of "Why are we like this?", available in paperback in Australia and New Zealand and ebook worldwide.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation @moorefound.bsky.social We foster path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and preservation of the special character of the Bay Area.- C Kat Coyte @coytelab.bsky.social Ecology and evolution of microbial communities at the University of Manchester :) she/her
Hugo C. Barreto @hugocbarreto.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellow Institut Cochin Tenaillon-Matic Lab. PhD alumni Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. Interested in host-microbe interactions and evolution.
Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social Senior Scientist 👨🏽🔬 @dome-vienna.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at
🇲🇽🇪🇺(🇦🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸) Symbionts, bacteria, insects, leeches, viruses, bioinformatics, evolution, genomics. Opinions are my very own.
#SymbioSky
https://besymblab.univie.ac.at/
Karina Xavier Lab @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social Microbiologist working on Quorum Sensing, microbiota and microbe-host interactions. Working at Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine - GIMM, Oeiras, Portugal
Phillip Cleves @pcleves.bsky.social Symbiosis, cell and developmental biology, and corals.
Assistant Professor in Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development at UC-Berkeley.
Oleksandr Maistrenko @omaistrenko.bsky.social Genomics, symbiosis, evolution.
MicroHealth consortium
Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology
Postdoc University of Amsterdam; NIOZ 🇳🇱; EMBL🇩🇪; North Dakota State University🇺🇲, Fulbright Program; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine🇺🇦
Anna Michalik @annamichalik.bsky.social Associate professor at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Endosymbiosis, insects, cell biology, developmental biology, microscopy, genomics
Meghan Ferguson @micro-megs.bsky.social PostDoc in the Guse lab studying immune control of cnidarian-algal symbiosis.
Fascinated by microbes, microscopy and bioinformatics.
Lover of nature, music, art and hula hoops.
Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social Group Leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory | Chemical ecology of insect-microbe interactions 🪲🍄 🧬🇪🇸🇪🇺| PI of @ERC_Research: SymPathy
Jillian Lewis @jillianlewis.bsky.social UConn PhD candidate studying microbes + squid eggs 🦑
Scientist by training, swamp thing by nature
she/her 🍄🧶🥘🐸🧪🗺🌌🪻🧬🔬
Arne Weinhold 🧬🦋 @micromole.bsky.social Microbial Molecular Ecologist 🧫 |
Butterfly Microbiome Assembly 🦠 🦋| Buzzing around @LMU 🐝 | Dad in STEM #pollinator #microbiome #symbiosis
https://micromole.github.io/
Emily Yeager @emilyyeager9.bsky.social Marine Scientist 🔬| Adventurer 🧗♀️| Nature Lover 🌄 PhD Candidate @MiamiRosenstiel studying marine symbioses 🌊🦈🪸@Wellesley alumna. She/her. 🌈
Maria Elena Martino @memartino.bsky.social Ecology, Evolution & Microbiology. Wondering how microbes and animals evolve together 🦠🧫🐟🐚🌍
Associate Professor University of Padua
Aldo Arellano 🏳️🌈 @aldoaarellano.bsky.social Postdoc interested in microbial ecology and symbiosis | NSF-GRF | HHMI Gilliam Fellow | he/him 🦠🦟🍄| https://aldoaarellano.github.io/
alex jaffe @alexjaf.bsky.social marine microbial ecology + wastewater | stanford postdoc | he/him/his
Fabian Ruperti @fabianruperti.bsky.social Evolutionary molecular biologist/biochemist | Postdoc @ UQ, Brisbane | former PhD @ EMBL, Heidelberg | Sponges, other non-Bilaterians and proteomics
Jun B. Cai @junbcai.bsky.social PhD in Integrative Biology, Weis lab, Oregon State University | Interested in cellular and molecular mechanisms of cnidarian-algal symbiosis 🪸
Website: https://symbioticjun.squarespace.com
Steven Robbins @stevenjrobbins.bsky.social Do my science @ace_uq studying coral reef microbiomes. Data wrangler, meta-omics and long-read wonk, clean energy enthusiast, Saganist zealot, collector of weird zoology facts, other nonsense.
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.
The Symbiosis Courses Alumni Network @symbiosisalumni.bsky.social This Network connects alumni of the three international Summer Schools on Symbioses: Host-Microbe Symbioses (Portugal), ECODIM (Chile) and Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis (MBL, Massachusetts, USA). Supported by @moorefound.bsky.social
Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social Protecting our oceans for a peaceful and sustainable future. #30x30 🏊♂️🦈🌍
https://lewispughfoundation.org
Haley Womack @haleyrwom.bsky.social PhD student at DU - Nichols lab | Currently utilizing freshwater sponges for a curiosity in immune mechanisms and host-microbe interactions
Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social Assistant Professor@ASU | Microbial behaviour and interactions at the Microscale
https://www.microbialeco.systems/
Maryse Berkhout @maryseberkhout.bsky.social Microbes & glycans 🤩 | Gut Microbial Ecology | Wageningen University, NL | https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=PhNYBVUAAAAJ&hl=nl&oi=ao
Rhys Parry @rhyshparry.bsky.social Virologist at the University of Queensland. #virology #virusevolution #rnavirology
Kutand Alkım Bayer @kutandalkim.bsky.social IZTECH-Chemistry, I like to be Polymath(learning different subjects), Polygot(interested in the learning different languages) comments and opinions are my own RT≠ is not endorsement (he/him)
Scientia @scientiasocial.bsky.social Opening a dialogue between science and society
www.scientia.global
Australian Marine Conservation Society @marineconservation.org.au Bringing the blue to Bluesky 🌊
We are Australia’s leading national charity dedicated solely to protecting our precious ocean wildlife.
🪸 marineconservation.org.au
IG: @marineconservation.au
TT: @australianmarinecons
Emma L Johnston @dremmaljohnston.bsky.social Professor of Marine Ecology and Ecotoxicology at the University of Sydney, Australia. Director on the boards of GBRMPA, CSIRO, & IPF.
Prof Cynthia Whitchurch FAA🏳️🌈 @cwhitch.bsky.social Microbiologist, interested in alternate bacterial lifestyles - cell wall deficiency, biofilms, AMR
Helmut Hillebrand @hillebr1.bsky.social Scientist, marine community ecology, biodiversity change, phytoplankton
Works at University of Oldenburg and @hifmb.bsky.social.
Jazz aficionado
he/him
Views my own
Toby Spribille @spribille.bsky.social Microbial interactions; lichens; symbiosis. Naturalist, conservationist. Associate Professor/CRC in Symbiosis at University of Alberta
Cress Lab @cresslab.bsky.social The Cress Lab | Innovative Genomics Institute @ UC Berkeley | Microbiome Editing | Microbiome Delivery Technologies | Phage and MGE Functional Genomics | Hiring!
https://www.cresslab.bio/
Branko Rihtman @cyanoney.bsky.social Eukaryote growing prokaryotes so I can infect them with phages. 2024 BBSRC Fellow at the University of Warwick. Unapologetically leftist.
Alita Burmeister @aburmeister.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UW Milwaukee | Molecular Microbiology and Evolution Lab | Microbes, Mentorship, and More | she/hers 
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
Mike Blazanin @mikeblazanin.bsky.social Postdoc with @kayla-king.bsky.social and @sarperotto.bsky.social at UBC. Bacterial evolution with C. elegans, phages, and bacterial communities. Modeling and experimental evolution. Microbial and computational methods.
https://mikeblazanin.com/
Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology publishes the latest research and commentary in all areas of microbiology.
https://www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/
Kat Holt @katholt.bsky.social Scientist… pathogen genomics & antimicrobial resistance, computational biology & infectious disease epidemiology.
Co-Director LSHTM AMR Centre @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social
holtlab.net | klebnet.org | typhoidgenomics.org | amr.lshtm.ac.uk
Kelly Wyres @kelwyres.bsky.social Computational microbiologist; genomics, metabolic modelling, Klebsiella, capsules, population biology. Toddler mum and wannabe pilates enthusiast. 
Matt Doyle @doylemt1.bsky.social 🇦🇺 Senior Lecturer at @sydneyuni.bsky.social and former NIHer. Research: Bacterial outer membrane biogenesis - membrane protein folding - protein translocation across membranes - novel antibiotics. He/him.
McDevitt Laboratory @mcdevittlab.bsky.social The McDevitt lab studies bacterial pathogens, metals, transporters, and develops novel antibiotics.
Based in @thedohertyinst.bsky.social at the @unimelb.bsky.social
Lab head: @camcdevitt.bsky.social
ASM @aussocmic.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the Australian Society for Microbiology.
@blisscunningham.bsky.social @blisscunningham.bsky.social 
Christopher McDevitt @camcdevitt.bsky.social Scientist | Group Leader @mcdevittlab.bsky.social | Teaching & Research | Interested in Bacterial Infectious Diseases and Metals in Biology | Opinions are my own | He/Him
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment @natrevearthenviron.nature.com An online-only journal publishing high-quality Review, Perspective and Comment articles across Earth and environmental science. https://www.nature.com/natrevearthenviron/. 
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/
Nature @nature.com Research, news, and commentary from Nature, the international science journal. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://go.nature.com/get-Nature-Briefing
Stephen Dolan @stephenkdolan.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Clemson University. Fascinated by all things microbiology.
https://www.thedolanlab.com/
Science Magazine @science.org Cutting-edge research, news, commentary, and visuals from the Science family of journals. https://www.science.org
Timo Kohler @timokohler.bsky.social Junior group leader at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf |Prev. Postdoc at University of Cambridge | Fascinated by pluripotency and cell adhesions, passionate about species conservation
Happy amongst coffee and (bio)diversity.
(He/him)
Cell Reports Sustainability @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social A multidisciplinary, gold open access journal seeking research that addresses the world's grand challenges. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/home Published by @cellpress.bsky.social
EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) provides open biological data resources and tools, and performs basic research in computational biology. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/
EMBL @embl.org The European Molecular Biology Laboratory drives visionary basic research and technology development in the life sciences. www.embl.org
James Wagstaff @jamesmwag.bsky.social bio{chem|tech|sec} grantmaker
prev structural biology, microbiology & antibiotics @mrclmb.bsky.social & elsewhere
now mbdialogues.org
repost/❤️ = I want to find this again
Andrew Hayes @hayesscience.bsky.social Computational biologist specialising in microbiology and phylogenetics.
Nichollas Scott @nickescott.bsky.social Science, glycobiology, mass spectrometry, coffee. Assoc. professor @unimelb. Former ARC future fellow. he/his
Pidot Lab @pidotlab.bsky.social On the hunt for bacteria that kill bacteria! Interested in natural product antibiotics - discovery, biosynthesis and genome mining
Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social Avian influenza & avian virome ecology | "Expert in Ducks" | (she/her) | michellewille.com
Tim Stinear @tstinear.bsky.social Microbiologist
Magnus G. Jespersen @magnusgj.bsky.social PhD. student with Mark Davies at the University of Melbourne. Interested in microbial genomic and other omics.
Abdou Hachani @abdou-hachani.bsky.social Microbiologist at the Doherty Institute 🇦🇺
Ashleigh Rogers @ashleighrogers.bsky.social 
Maddie Wemyss @maddiewemyss.bsky.social Project Officer at The VIIN | Salmonella & cell death 🦠| TA at Monash. Still steadily thesis writing for my PhD with the Pearson Lab! Keen on equity & diversity, SciComm and good science 👩🔬📚🧫🔬She/Her. Views are my own.
Andre Mu @mu-andre.bsky.social Senior Lecturer & Lab Head
Integrative Microbiome Sciences Lab
Depart. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
📸⚽️🚴♂️🎵🎧
Bart Eijkelkamp @barteijkelkamp.bsky.social Associate Professor in Microbiology @ Flinders University | Bacterial pathogenesis | Lipids in infection biology | Host-pathogen interactions | www.eijkelkamplab.com
Claire Gorrie @clairegorrie.bsky.social Postdoc with MDU @dohertyinstitute @unimelb
Interested in bacterial genomics and bioinformatics, particularly re: AMR transmission in hospitals.
Views my own. She/her.
Michael Payne @mjohnpayne.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at University of Sydney.
Microbial genomics, Bioinformatics and Python!
Erin Brazel @erinbrazel.bsky.social Passe & Williams Research Fellow Uni of Adelaide & Director of Microbiology GPN Vaccines. Working on vaccines, membrane proteins, and new antimicrobials
ASM QLD Branch @asmqld.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Society of Microbiology
John Boyce @jdbbirder.bsky.social Microbiologist, birdwatcher, photographer, astro observer
George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social Elmer R. Pfefferkorn, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine, EiC of the Journal of Bacteriology; Bacterial Biofilms, Surface Sensing, c-di-GMP Signaling, Polymicrobial Communities & Gut Microbiota in Cystic Fibrosis
Dmitry Shvarev @dmitryshvarev.bsky.social Emmy Noether group leader at Osnabrück University.
CryoEM / Chlorophyll biosynthesis / Membrane proteins
https://shvarev-lab.com/
Chris Greening @greening.bsky.social Professor & NHMRC Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne. Using microbes to tackle global challenges in health and sustainability. #FirstGen 🐶🇦🇺🌈🎹🌱
John Atack @sciencyatackjohn.bsky.social Shiny-headed microbiologist - bacterial gene regulation, vaccines, host-pathogen interactions. Passed on his genes twice. Fond of dark ale.
Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), founded in 1888, is an international center for research & education in biology & ecology in Woods Hole, MA. www.mbl.edu
UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science @uq-cbcs.bsky.social Solving important #conservation problems around the world in partnership with #scientists, governments, NGOs, and industry
The National Sea Simulator (SeaSim) @seasim-aims.bsky.social An advanced marine experimental research facility at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, supported by NCRIS.
Dr Veronica Radice @drradice.bsky.social Data Scientist | Smithsonian Institution (remote - Australia). Love all things biodiversity, ecology, coral reefs, mesophotic, stable isotopes
Alum | University of Queensland, Coral CoE, Johns Hopkins
Hiker, brewer, mango farmer
Hisatake (Take) Ishida @hisatakeishida.bsky.social PhD candidate | Microbial genomics and evolution | Coral reef benthic microbiome | #Symbiodiniacae | Alignment-free phylogenomics | TeamCX | Australian Centre for Ecogenomics @ace-uq.bsky.social | Australia
Pauline M.L. Coulon @pmlcoulon.bsky.social Microbiology, Burkholderia, colony morphotype variation, ECR @AIMI
NLA International Ltd - Blue Economy solutions @nlai.bsky.social A Blue Economy solutions consultancy. Here we share Blue Economy news from around the world. www.nlai.blue
Ute Hentschel @utehentschel.bsky.social Professor of Marine Microbiology at GEOMAR. A particular interest in marine animal-microbe symbioses.
Matt Giles @mgiles808.bsky.social Biochem Grad Student at UofT🇨🇦 and UoM🇦🇺
Scott Nichols @scottnichols.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biology @ University of Denver. Sponges, evolution, cell biology. 
Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social Mom and sponge researcher at @mncn-csic.bsky.social and scientific associate at @nhm-london.bsky.social. Interested in evolutionary biology of 🧽 . FLS. Views are my own.
Dr. Lauren Olinger @reefecologist.bsky.social Building a marine robotics and AI lab on an island 🏝️
Director: @the-vicar.bsky.social
Caribbean reefs 🐠 robotics 🤖 AI 🧠 code 💻 stats 🧮 inverts 🦀
Debashish Bhattacharya @bhattacharyalab.bsky.social Professor who studies evolution with a focus on marine ecosystems. We aim to turn science into products of use to society.
Melinda Ashcroft (PhD) @biominnie.bsky.social Infectious Disease Epidemiologist - Nontuberculous mycobacteria: Research Fellow at the University of Queensland | Microbial Genomics | Also interested in evolution, pathogenesis and #AMR of clinically relevant bacterial pathogens | She/her | Cat lover
Jacob Pawley 🧽 🦠 🦕 @pawley.bsky.social University of Denver – Nichols Lab
Animal origins, evolution, sponges, innate immunity, microbes, symbioses. Also dinosaurs. he/him 🏳️🌈
Wenyi Li @wenyili68.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @latrobe, working on AMR and antimicrobial peptide/mimetics