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. 
this-is-mitsos @this-is-mitsos.bsky.social 🟣 You think Karma is a bitch ?
Wait until you piss off a Capricorn ♑
Christos Papamichalis @xpapamic.bsky.social Τι σταυρό κουβαλάμε κι εμείς;! 🏳️🌈 Ραδιοφωνικός Παραγωγός, Back Catalogue curator @MinosEmi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xpapamic/
Katherine Helliwell @kehelliwell.bsky.social Algae enthusiast, Associate Professor @UniofExeter, joint appointment @thembauk
Algal ecophysiology | signalling | microbiome | molecular microbiology | diatoms!
Rob Lampe @rhlampe.bsky.social Postdoc at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution interested in phytoplankton ecology
Isabel Ferrera @iferrera.bsky.social PI in Marine Microbial Ecology @IEO_Malaga. Secretary of @sibecol. Views are my own. #GenderEquality
👩🔬🌊🦠🧬🔬
Petra Pjevac @ppjevac.bsky.social Microbiologist, JMF UniWien
Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social environmental microbiologist fascinated by the unseen majority | scientist at division of microbial ecology, university of vienna
Christian Diener @cdiener.com Lifelong relationship with microbes, now studying them for a living. Assistant Professor at MedUni Graz. Opinions are my own. He/him 🦠+💻=❤️
More socials at cdiener.com. Lab website at dienerlab.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.
David H, PhD @laudatosea.bsky.social Dad • Husband • Cognitive Scientist • Research Lead in Tech • Underwater Photographer • Ocean Conservation • Grieving Cosmopolite • PNW Adventures
Emeline Vidal @emvidal.bsky.social Postdoc at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Ruff Lab.
Studying microbes in deep ecosystems 🧬🔬🧪
MicroLab@Bristol @microlabbristol.bsky.social Polar microbiology research group led by Chris Williamson
Deep Ocean Observing Strategy @deepoceanobs.bsky.social DOOS is a community-driven, international initiative strategically aligning the deep ocean observing community toward collective solution-based science.
Lucas Medeiros @lucaspdmedeiros.bsky.social Postdoc at WHOI | PhD from MIT | understanding and predicting the dynamics of ecosystems and their responses to perturbations | lucaspdmedeiros.com
Dan Sprockett @danielsprockett.bsky.social New Assistant Professor | sprockettlab.com
My lab works on the ecology and evolution of the microbiome.
Former CIHMID Postdoc Fellow at Cornell. Stanford M&I Alum. NMDC Microbiome Data Champion @microbiomedata.org- 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/
Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social Supporting a dynamic network of scientists working across disciplines to understand the ocean's role in climate and the global carbon cycle. Learn more: us-ocb.org
Michael Love @mikelove.bsky.social Genetics, bioinformatics, comp bio, statistics, data science, open source, open science!
Elaina G @perilousunknown.bsky.social Bioinformatician at Viridos | Microbial Ecology | Functional and phylogenetic diversity one cell at a time
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
Mak Saito @maksaito.bsky.social Biogeochemist, oceanographer, proteomics scientist, guitarist for Deep Six, half-Scottish half-Japanese American
Ask A Microbiologist @askamicrobiologist.bsky.social Get advice on anything bacterial, viral, or super weird and read what others are asking. 🦠🧫🧪
I'm Mo, your friendly Neighborhood Microbiologist! I'm here here to answer all your questions about microbes! - C @ctepolt.bsky.social @ctepolt.bsky.social
Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social Professor of microbial ecology and evolution at Univ of Texas Austin.
JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social Microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes | they/she 🏳️⚧️ | https://microbialgamut.com
Daniel MacArthur @dgmacarthur.bsky.social Genomics, big data, open science, diversity. Director of the Centre for Population Genomics, focused on building a more equitable future for genomic medicine. Opinions my own.
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
Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University ::: Science Journalist / Communicator ::: National Geographic Explorer
Swetha Sridhar @cysteinechapel.bsky.social Graduate student at SSPB, Rice University. Microbe-mineral interactions | Biosensing | Bioenrichment. It's all about the 'crobes! Sapere aude.
Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social Asst Prof @ Ithaca College 💙
Marine microbes 👩🔬 Coral disease 🪸 Metagenomics 🧬 Bassoonist 🎶
Miah Manning @miah-manning.bsky.social Ph.D student in Biological Oceanography in MIT-WHOI Joint Program || Rutgers University ‘23 || she/her 🧬🧪🌊🔬🦠
https://miahmanning.github.io/
Dra. Eli Leon-Palmero @eleonpalmero.bsky.social Biologist👩🔬 Aquatic Biogeochemist & Microbial Ecologist & Ecofeminist💚🌊N lover, N2O nerd🔥🌍 Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University 🌍 Former Marie Curie Fellow 👩🔬 Ella/she/her🏳️🌈💜
🌐Website: https://eleonpalmero.com/- N NanoGeoBio @nanogeobio.bsky.social https://nanogeobio.info
Purple sulfur bacteria, chemolithoautotrophic sulfur oxidizers, sulfate reducers, and their interplay with metal-sulfur geochemistry
Uli Klümper @ulikluemper.bsky.social Microbial Ecologist @ TU Dresden
Focusing on Evolution, Ecology and Environmental dimensions of AMR & plasmids
Formerly @ DTU & UoExeter
He/him
Kai Cartwright @kaicartwright.bsky.social Environmental microbiology, genomics and molecular ecology. PhD student at UCL/RBG Kew researching Trichoderma-plant interactions.
Jennifer L Beatty @jennifer1beatty.bsky.social Microbial Oceanographer interested in protistan ecology / Post-doc at Station Biologique de Roscoff, France / PhD Caron Lab at USC / Happiest when outside / She/Her/Hers
Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social News from our Biogeochemistry & Climate Change lab: https://www.gomez-saez-lab.com/
Group leader (DFG Emmy-Noether) investigating
#deoxygenation, #warming, #DOM, #sulfur, #microbes @ LMU Munich
Views are my own
Julia Huggins @biogeojules.bsky.social Postdoctoral scientist at WHOI.
🧪 Research: microbial biogeochemistry, oxygen/nitrogen/sulfur, climate.
🦠 Outreach: public education, science advocacy, place-based learning.
Brittany N. Zepernick, PhD @zepernickbn.bsky.social Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Phytoplankton Ecology & PhySiology Lab
Algal Blooms•Aquatic Continuum•Climate 🔼
Multi ‘omics 🧬🌊🦠
Rhys Allen @rhysallensysbio.bsky.social #BlackLivesMatter
Microbiologist postdoc-ish. 🦠😍 Systems metabolic engineering, synthetic ecology. 🧬✂️ @RhysAllenSysBio@genomic.social 🔬
Rogier Braakman @rogierbraakman.bsky.social Studying metabolic evolution, microbial macroevolution, biospheric self-organization, and the feedbacks between Earth and life. Dad, Husband, Scientist.
https://rogierbraakman.com/
Luciana Santoferrara @lusantof.bsky.social Microbiology | Associate Professor @HofstraU
Ecology and Evolution of Ciliates and other Microbial Plankton
Dan Ohnemus @dohnemus.bsky.social Savannah-based oceanographer. linktr.ee/capecodnative
Gretta Serres @nrwegian.bsky.social Researcher and teacher of microbiology. In awe of microbes, some of the smallest and most influential and diverse members of our planet.
Dr. Blythe Layton @blythelayton.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist @ Clean Water Services: ‘omics applied to wastewater treatment & ambient water quality; + eDNA. 🧬 Nerding out on #rstats, #dataviz & #SciComm. Views mine.
Julian Damashek @mesohaline.bsky.social Microbial ecology, ‘omics, and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems.
Water Quality Scientist, Riverkeeper
Formerly: Hamilton College, Utica University
https://amoebalab.me
Karen Romano Young @karenromanoyoung.bsky.social Science communications, comics, children's books, and illustrations. Snow, ice, summer breezes, sea waves, and big dogs. I Was A Kid IWasAKid.com profiles of people in STEAM for middle and high schoolers. 
Laura Villanueva @villanueva-laura.bsky.social Marine microbiologist and lipid lover from Barcelona, living in Texel with a dutch husband, three dutch-spanish kids and two cats. She/her
Guy Leonard @guyleonard.eurosky.social Bioinformatician w/ Tom Richards & Team at @oxfordbiology.bsky.social
Homebrewer. WSET Beer Level 2.
Rejoiner 🇪🇺🤝🇬🇧
AI is not 'inevitable', resist its uncritical adoption.
I unfollow everyone who hypes/uses genAI/LLMs/agentic coding.
Mercè Montoliu Nerín @mmontonerin.bsky.social Postdoc at the Tree of Life/Wellcome Sanger Institute🌳 Genomics of complex eukaryotes in symbiosis 🧬👩🏻💻 She/Her🌈
Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social Data scientist, data journalist, I like all things related to science, programming, discussions, societies, writing. Danish webpage with samples of work: tekstogtal.dk
Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social Professor of microbial physiology and biochemistry, University of Southern Denmark.
Working on interspecies interactions, electroactive metabolisms, methane cycle
#electromicrobiology
Lab website: https://rotarulab.com/
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
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)
Indu Sharma @sharma-indu.bsky.social Educator, microbiologist, ecologist, and a happy mom....
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0940-5034
Jan Leitinger @janleitinger.bsky.social Birds, Bugs & Benthos 🐤🐞🐚▪️Zoologist into Invertebrates, Taxonomy, Marine Ecology ... Science in general 👨🔬🔬🖖🧩▪️Dadof2▪️He/Him 📍Rostock, Germany
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Leitinger 
Stefan Schmollinger @schmolli.bsky.social Scientist, currently as Research Assistant Professor at the Plant Research Laboratory and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department at Michigan State University, interested in nutrient acclimation strategies (Fe/N) and algal biology
Josh Steele @joshasteele.bsky.social I live with a menagerie and with humans. I study environmental microbiology in the coastal zone and in sewage. I also have hobbies I sometimes do. Views are my own.
Alison Gould @algould.bsky.social Marine biologist | Microbiologist | Evolutionary ecologist
Host-microbe interactions | #TeamFish
Assistant Professor at Temple University
Research Associate at Cal Academy
https://gouldlab.squarespace.com
Unhidden Curriculum @unhiddencurriculum.bsky.social Info and advice to support folks interested in STEM grad/programs/careers, with a particular focus on ecology, evolution, conservation and marine science. 
Daniela Strenkert @dstrenkert.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the DOE-Plant Research Lab and the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University. Using systems biology to study photosynthesis, metal metabolism and epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic green algae.
Willm Martens-Habbena @willmmh.bsky.social Microbiologist studying microbes in soils, sediments and water. * husband * dad * yogi * nature lover
Isabela Le Bras @oceanslebrasi.bsky.social Physical Oceanographer @WHOI
Kathryn (Katy) Appler @katyappler.bsky.social 💻 Postdoc, Institut Pasteur | Dr. Simonetta Gribaldo
🌊 Ph.D. in Marine Science @UTMSI, University of Texas at Austin | Dr. Brett Baker’s Lab
🧬 Exploring Asgard archaea, deep-sea ecosystems, and the evolution of complex life.
Ashley B. Cohen @ashleybrookecohen.bsky.social NRC Research Fellow at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory. Machine learning, AI x bioinformatics, Stony Brook University alumna, Low-O2 biogeochemistry. Drummer! Athletics. Native NYer. Proud cat mom.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashley-Cohen-4
Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social Postdoc @Carleton (Rizo Lab) @WHOI (Saito/NIRVANA lab) | Biogeochemistry | Critical minerals | Organic geochemistry | Omics | Ex-chief EGU CL | co-founder of Rock Archive | Chief EAG communications | ICDP outreach
Website: www.isugiyama.com
tristan cordier @trtcrd.bsky.social molecular ecology • communities of microbes in the ocean • environmental genomics • sedimentary DNA • @NORCEresearch & @BjerknesBCCR
Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social Director of Michigan Sea Grant, Professor in SEAS at University of Michigan 
CU Boulder Geobiology @cu-boulder-geobio.bsky.social We are scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder studying how life and geological systems interact.
Caroline Slomp @carolineslomp.bsky.social Professor at Radboud University, Nijmegen; Biogeochemistry, Geo(micro)biology, Marine Science, Climate and Environmental Change
Christina Pavloudi @cpavloud.bsky.social Microbial Ecologist, Marine Biologist, PhD. She/Her. Views are my own.
https://cpavloud.github.io/mysite/ 
Igor Pessi @igorspp.bsky.social Polar microbial ecologist, researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). I post about science AND politics. “Ecology without class struggle is gardening” (Chico Mendes). 🇧🇷🇫🇮
Ruth Isenberg, PhD @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social Microbe lover 🦠 | PhD in Microbiology | Assistant Professor of Biology at Macalester College | First-gen | she/her
Gemma C. Atkinson @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social Lecturer & group leader in Lund University. Computational microbiologist, mostly working on toxin-antitoxin systems, ribosomes and bacterial defence against phages. Director of the LU-Fold protein structure prediction infrastructure of LU.
Atkinson-lab.com
Tracy Heath @trayc7.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇺🇸Associate Prof. (she/her) - Studying phylogenetics, evolutionary biology
http://phyloworks.org
John Spear @spearmicrobe.bsky.social Professor, Colorado School of Mines: Environmental Microbiology; Geobiology; Life in Extremes; Environmental Policy; Climate Change. ORCiD: 0000-0002-4664-7438
https://people.mines.edu/jspear/
Justine Dees @justinedees.bsky.social Science writer and communicator, founder of Joyful Microbe
Martin Hartmann @martinhartmann.bsky.social Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Agroecosystems, ETH Zurich. Soil microbial ecologist. EiC of the European Journal of Soil Biology. Loves to study and teach about soil biodiversity. 🦠🍄🪱🌾
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.)
Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social Computational biology lab focusing on microbiomes in the human gut and the environment
Homepage: https://www.bork.embl.de/
Mastodon: https://mstdn.science/@BorkLab
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social As the only "marine" institute within the Max Planck Society, we do basic research in order to better understand microbial life in the oceans and its impacts the environment.
Stephen Beckett @beckettstephen.bsky.social Computational ecology. Viruses and microbes. Oceans. Bipartite networks. Dad. Scientist @UofMaryland Dept. Biology, and Institute for Health Computing. Searching learning & coffee converting. More about me: https://sjbeckett.github.io
Stephan Köstlbacher @stephkoe.bsky.social Scientific Computing Specialist @ AITHYRA
Opinions are my own
he/him
Microenvironmental Ecology and Symbiosis @microsensing.bsky.social We study the microenvironmental ecology of microbial communities & symbiosis. We explore corals, seagrass, macroalgae, biofilms & microbes. We work across disciplines to develop and apply microscale analysis tools.
Michael Kühl https://t.co/1qPNWHLjow
Fatima Pereira @fatimacpereira.bsky.social Lecturer @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social Microbiome research
Microbe & animal lover
Lionel Guy @lionelguy.bsky.social Evolutionary microbiologist. Host adaptation, endosymbionts, Legionella. Associate prof at Uppsala University.
https://www.uu.se/en/department/medical-biochemistry-and-microbiology/research/guy-lionel
Dr Diva Amon @divaamon.bsky.social 🇹🇹🇬🇧 | Marine Biologist | #deepsea
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu We're the world's largest independent non-profit dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education. Join us!
Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence University of Washington College of the Environment & Professor School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Director @uwmlel.bsky.social marine drone program. Star Wars fan. https://fish.uw.edu/faculty/corey-garza/
Pamela E. Rossel @prossel.bsky.social Biogeochemist, polar research 🧊❄️, deep-sea 🌊 and hydrothermal ♨research. 🇨🇱→🇺🇸→🇩🇪 #organic geochemistry
Ramunas Stepanauskas @rstepanauskas.bsky.social Microbial molecular ecologist with a soft spot for cell individuality
Jackie Goordial @jackiegoordial.bsky.social Microbial ecologist, Assistant Professor @U. Guelph
https://www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/ 
Ella Sieradzki @sieravirus.bsky.social Assistant professor @ Aarhus University | ERC starting 2024 | Microbial/viral ecology | crazy cat lady |
@EMG_Lyon @jemersonmicro @UCBerkeley @Firestone_lab @BanfieldLab @JedFuhrman 🇮🇱🇺🇦
Dr. Mo Kaze @mokrobial.bsky.social Former NASA space microbe scientist, current dork, dog friend.
“Bacteria obsessed weirdo.”
“Rambunctiously curious.”
I 💜 'omics, gen, meta, transcript, and c.
🚀🦠🧪🧫🔬🏳️🌈🏴☠️🖤 OT7️⃣
Benjamin Wolfe @benwolfe.bsky.social Associate Professor Tufts University
Ecology/evolution of microbes in food systems. Constant gardener. 
Elise Wilkes @ebwilkes.bsky.social Analytical Chemist | Mass Spectrometry, Metabolomics, Isotope Biogeochemistry
Vicky Petryshyn @rocksnruns.bsky.social Geobiologist. Ultra runner. USC Environmental Studies. Opinions are my own, especially the bad ones.