Peter Girguis @pgirguis.bsky.social 🌊 Marine scientist and co-founder of the Girguis Flying Circus™️. Aspiring blacksmith, father of sea monsters, and occasional yapper.
“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean”. -Arthur C. Clarke
Pia Sen @pia-sen.bsky.social PhD student at GW: microbial ecology of phages and phage defense in Antarctic deserts, volcanoes, and hot springs 🧫🌋
🎓UT Austin 2020
Hopkins Marine Station - Stanford University @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social Welcome to Hopkins Marine Station, a leader in marine science since 1892. Hopkins is part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, @stanforddoerr.bsky.social, the Oceans Department and the Biology Department.
AGQ- Queer Affinity Group of the AGU @queeragu.bsky.social A community of Earth and Space scientists supporting LGBTQIA+ people and intersecting identities within the geosciences.
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/queeragu
Thijs J. G. Ettema 🦠🔬🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 @ettema.bsky.social Professor of Microbiology @ WUR 🇳🇱 | Evolutionary microbiology | Exploring the Tree of Life | Archaea aficionado | Symbiotic interactions | husband, father, cat-person, eternal house renovator, secretly a Jedi knight
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
Berkeley Lab @berkeleylab.lbl.gov Official account of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a U.S. Department of Energy national lab. newscenter.lbl.gov
Susie Grigson @susiegriggo.bsky.social Postdoc @ DOE JGI Berkeley Lab 🇺🇸 | Former PhD Student @ Flinders University 🇦🇺 | #bioinformatics #viruses #AI 🦠💻🧬 | she/her
https://github.com/susiegriggo
David Talmy @dtalmy.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UTK, microbes, living systems, theory and observation. He/him.
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
Sheila Roitman @sheilaroitman.bsky.social Moving from Sci-Fi to Science 🔬📚🪴🤿🏕️🇦🇷 🇮🇱
Post-doc at WeigelWorld 🇩🇪, Plants & microbes
Past: PhD at Beja Lab, Marine microbiology
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
Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social Virus origins/diversity/evolution; mobilome; Archaea.
Head of the Cell Biology and Virology of Archaea Unit at Institut Pasteur:
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/archaeal-virology/
Sarah Lucas @saerobe.bsky.social Asst. Professor | Syracuse University 🍊 | Microbial Interactions and how they shape our health and the world around us.
www.lucaslab.org
Marian Dominguez-Mirazo @mariandm.bsky.social PhD student, Georgia Tech; Based at U of Maryland
Phage ecology, Computational biology
Ran Tahan @rantahan.bsky.social PhD student @ Lindell Lab, Technion 🧬
Exploring cyanophage host take-over genes | Microbiology | Phages | Genetic Engineering | Infection Physiology
CGUE 2026 @cgue2026.bsky.social Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes
October 5-10, 2026 - Sant Feliu de Guixol (Spain)
#Eukaryotes #Protists #Microbiology #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #ComparativeGenomics #Protistology #CellBiology
@larsenieff.bsky.social @larsenieff.bsky.social Aquatic microbial ecology, marine viruses, Host-Virus interactions.
Postdoctoral fellow at @mioceanologie.bsky.social
Former Postdoc at @biologytechnion.bsky.social in the Lindell Lab.
Former PhD Student at @sbroscoff.bsky.social
Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social Evo-ecologist (Assoc Prof at UC Berkeley) studying interactions among phages, microbiomes, and plants. Skeets (own view) about science, teaching, social justice, and politics. (profile pic unedited photo by my six-year-old son)
Eduardo Rocha @epcrocha.bsky.social Scientist, genomics, evolution, microbiology, computational biology, Institut Pasteur/CNRS, Paris
Thulani Makhalanyane @thuls.bsky.social African microbiomes| Professor and Chair: Stellenbosch University |
Editor in Chief: @ISMEJournal|
Senior Editor: mSystems
Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social 🧬 Sequencing biodiversity. Securing its future.
The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is a global moonshot for biology working to sequence, catalog, and characterize the genomes of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity.
🌍 Follow us:
linktr.ee/earthbiogenomeproject
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 🔬🏄
HIFMB @hifmb.de HIFMB develops the scientific basis for marine conservation & ecosystem management by analysing the functional role of biodiversity in marine ecosystems.
NEMPET @nempet.bsky.social Annual Meeting of Microbiologists in the Northeast U.S. held at Minnowbrook Conference Center in the beautiful Adirondack Mtns.. We encourage talks from students and post-docs. Learn all about us at www.nempet.org 
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.
Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social Assistant Professor@ASU | Microbial behaviour and interactions at the Microscale
https://www.microbialeco.systems/
Axel Visel @axelvisel.bsky.social Genome Scientist. Studies how DNA makes humans, mice, plants, microbes. At Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Joint Genome Institute. Views are my own.
@psaalgae.bsky.social @psaalgae.bsky.social 
Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social Mom/mentor/microbial ecologist. Soil C persistence & CDR for healthy soils and climate resilience. Using stable isotope probing, ‘omics, systems analysis. Lead of LLNL Carbon Initiative, Microbes Persist, & Terraforming Soil Earthshot. Roads2Removal.org
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Oceans at Stanford, Hopkins Marine Station 🌊 (she/her)
Algae, microbes, kelp conservation
https://weigel-lab.stanford.edu/
Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social 
Anna Golikova @annagolikova.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate at Silveira Lab, University of Miami
Vardilab @vardilab.bsky.social The official account of the Vardi Lab | Microbial Interactions in the Ocean | #phytoplankton #hostvirus #infochemical #stressresponse |
@WeizmannScience
Paul Fremont @pfremont.bsky.social I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Weitz group. I am currently developing population dynamics models of viral lysis of phytoplankton for integration in large scale ecosystem models.
L. Felipe Benites @lfelipeb.bsky.social Postdoc at @Beyond_ASU | Gardener and Evolutionary Biologist | Astrobiology | Virus evolution | Children's book author | Experimental musician | Brasileiro.
https://lfbenites.com/
Sarah Bagby @scbagby.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist at Case Western. She/her. https://bagby-lab.github.io/, https://emerge-bii.github.io/
Syracuse University College of Arts & Sciences @suartsciences.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the College of Arts and Sciences at @syracuseu.bsky.social 🍊
Carole Duchene @caroleduchene.bsky.social Algae enthusiast! Post-doc at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Denise Akob @deniseakob.bsky.social Microbial ecologist, biogeochemist, mom, & crazy cat lady. All around microbial cheerleader and science nerd. Chair of the 2025 Appl Env Micro @ GordonConf.
Cynthia Silveira @cynthiasilveira.bsky.social Microbial ecologist and phage enthusiast, Associate Professor at the University of Miami: www.silveiralab.com
Jed Fuhrman @jedfuhrman.bsky.social Dad, husband, nature lover, microbial ecologist, oceanographer, USC Professor. American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Am Acad Microbiology. Interested in how all life works together in the functioning of ocean ecosystems. Still just scratching the surface.
Kennedi Hambrick @kennedihambrick.bsky.social Department of Microbiology, University of TN - PhD student - Zinser Lab
Katelyn Houghton @houghtonka.bsky.social UTK Microbiology PhD Candidate.
Microbial Ecologist, Environmentalist, Dog Mamma, Dive Enthusiast. she/her.
@morgansteffen.bsky.social @morgansteffen.bsky.social 
Michael Cunliffe 🏳️🌈 @marinemicrobes.bsky.social Director of Science & Senior Research Fellow at the Marine Biological Association l Professor of Marine Microbiology at the University of Plymouth l Fascinated by the microbial world and other marine life
UT Knoxville @utknoxville.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. #GoVols
Emily Erin Chase, PhD @emilyerinchase.bsky.social Assistant Professor
University of Winnipeg | Department of Biology
viruses & microalgae
Chiara Gamberi @chiaragamberi.bsky.social Molecular developmental genetics and RNA regulation. Drosophila. 
Andrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social A #CellBio laboratory in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at @ualberta.bluesky.social We use #Drosophila (fruit flies) to understand human diseases. #peroxisomes #neurodev #devbio #scSeq #development #lipiddroplets
Natacha Le Grix @natlegrix.bsky.social 🌊 Postdoctoral researcher in oceanography interested in marine ecosystem stressors, (compound-) extreme events like heatwaves 🔥 and changing phytoplankton productivity
Frederik Schulz @fmschu.bsky.social 
Arthur Charles-Orszag @acharlesorszag.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UC Davis. Cell biologist interested in archaea and evolution. UCSF & Institut Pasteur alum. He/him 🇫🇷 🏳️🌈
https://www.charlesorszaglab.com/
Dyche Mullins et al. @mullinslab.bsky.social 
Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social Cell biology and microscopy researcher in the @MullinsLab at UCSF. I publish as Samuel J. Lord. https://blog.everydayscientist.com/
K. Skruber @skruberk.bsky.social Interested in how molecules work together to become cells and how we can work together to build a better world. Asst. professor in Biology at Gonzaga University they/them
Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social Professor of Microbiome Ecology at Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Bacillus subtilis, biofilms, plant microbiome, bacteria-fungi interactions and circadian clock within @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG
https://linktr.ee/atkovacs
Tapan Goel @tgoel.bsky.social Postdoc in the @weitz_group at UMD College Park. Working on eco-evolutionary models of phages and their hosts. UCSD Physics PhD. he/his
Julie Pourtois, PhD @juliepourtois.bsky.social Postdoc in Biology at UMD, College Park
The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social A leading UK marine biology research institute, promoting scientific excellence and representing the marine biology community since 1884.
🐚 https://www.mba.ac.uk/
🔗 linktr.ee/MarineBiologicalAssociation
Ursula Hofer @hoferu.bsky.social Desk-chair virologist, EiC of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, previously at different Nature journals, MD PhD. She/her/expert. Opinions my own.
Damien Piel @damienpiel.bsky.social PhD in Microbiology. Post-doctoral position at ETH Zurich
Scientific interest :To explore mechanistic foundations of phage-bacteria interactions
Syracuse University Press @syracuseup.bsky.social Syracuse University Press strives to create books that are challenging, creative, beautiful, and affordable.
Moin Sheam @moinsheam.bsky.social PhD Candidate at UNC Charlotte in Elaine Luo's Lab l Marine microbial ecologist l Study giant viruses 🦠
🎓 Ghent University / Sorbonne alum
He/him
https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/microbial-ecology-lab/home
Julie Huber, PhD @julesdeep.bsky.social I watch volcanoes explode in the deep sea and wonder how life continues to survive such drama. Scientist, Ocean Explorer, & Storyteller
Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
Microbial ecology 🚢 oceanography 🌊 viruses 🦠 metagenomics 🧬 first-gen 🎓
https://sites.google.com/stonybrook.edu/luo-lab
Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev Co-founder & editor, Works in Progress. Writer, Scientific Discovery. Podcaster, Hard Drugs. Advisor, Coefficient Giving.
Newsletter: https://scientificdiscovery.dev
Podcast: https://harddrugs.worksinprogress.co
🏳️🌈
Stable Isotope Ecology (CER, Kyoto Univ.) @stableisotopeecol.bsky.social Facility for Stable Isotope Ecology in CER, Kyoto U. (w Kei Koba, he/him). Papers using stable isotopes my AI (not me since Sep2026) just found, status of our IRMSs. http://www.ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~keikoba/english/KobaEnglish.html
Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social Assistant Professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 🌳 | President of CNY ASM | BS @ Georgia Tech, PhD @ Rutgers, Postdoc @ University of Georgia I Environmental microbiology | jenniferlgoff.com | I am not an institutional spokesperson
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.
Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology publishes the latest research and commentary in all areas of microbiology.
https://www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/
Erica Dinatale @ericadinatale.bsky.social Doctoral researcher @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social and curious human being
De-coding brown algae 🍙
Nicole Poulsen @nic-poulsen.bsky.social 
@ericamhartmann.bsky.social @ericamhartmann.bsky.social 
Carolina Martinez Gutierrez @carolinamicro.bsky.social Assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara 🌊 #newPI
Deeply interested in the ecoevolutinary interactions between life and planet Earth from the Archaean to the Phanerozoic
ELME Lab
https://elmelab.weebly.com/
Ben Tumolo @bbtumolo.bsky.social Freshwater Ecologist
Ran Duan @drduanran.bsky.social PhD candidate at Marine and Environmental Biology @USC
cyanobacteria/omics/evolution/climate change/trace metal
Prof Alessandro Tagliabue @altagliabue.bsky.social 🌊 ❄️ Professor @ University of Liverpool - ocean biogeochemical cycles and life in the seas - GEOTRACES SSC co-chair, IPCC AR7 coordinating lead author & AR6 SROCC lead author, ERC grant holder, Everton - he/him
bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social 
Dr. Robin Bond, biogeochemist at a PUI 🧪 @diygeochemist.bsky.social Ace/autistic biracial biogeochemist. I study life + trace metal cycling + reactive oxygen species & teach analytical chem. Also union gal, bookworm, Youtuber, DV survivor w/ PTSD. She/they. My views are my own and not those of my institution.
STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities.
Posts by Christoph, not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC) https://smallthingsconsidered.blog/
Sarah Hird, PhD @sarahhird.bsky.social Associate Professor at University of Connecticut studying evolution & bird microbiomes. More importantly: I’m an aspiring anti-racist, raging feminist & trying to ACT NOW on the climate crisis. Please read The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg et al.
Monir Moniruzzaman @giantvirus.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School. 
Jay T Lennon @jaytlennon.bsky.social microbiology | ecology | evolution | biodiversity | lennonlab.github.io
Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social Boldly exploring our unknown Ocean
Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
https://kranzuschlab.med.harvard.edu
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com Philosopher & Historian of Biology 🇲🇽 • Postdoctoral Fellow @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052825/the-organism-environment-pairing/ • #philsci #HPS #philsky
Maryse Berkhout @maryseberkhout.bsky.social Microbes & glycans 🤩 | Gut Microbial Ecology | Wageningen University, NL | https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=PhNYBVUAAAAJ&hl=nl&oi=ao
Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D. @ashleybulseco.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Coastal Microbial Ecologist & Biogeochemist interested in how we change the environment, one microbe at a time | Views my own | She/her 🏳️🌈🌊🌱🧬
http://ashley.bulseco.org
Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social Marine microbial ecology, corals shallow to deep sea, snorkeling to submersibles. Happiest when a little salty. Basis for characters in 2 fiction novels. Listens to '80s big hair bands when working in lab.
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
Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social Marine plankton, biology undergrad, autistic, non binary. Norfolk UK. Runs The Plankton Project
linktr.ee/elizabethbeston
Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social Microbial evolution / University of Manchester
Xiyang Dong @xiyangdong.bsky.social 
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/
Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com Nature Communications is an open access journal publishing high-quality research in all areas of the biological, physical, chemical, clinical, social, and Earth sciences.
www.nature.com/ncomms/
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social I study tiny cells with global impacts. I work to diversify and democratize science. #notinourname #stopthegenocide #goodtrouble
CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social The Central New York Chapter for the American Society for Microbiology 🦠🧫
Our website: https://sites.google.com/view/cnyasm
Explore our online presence: https://linktr.ee/cnyasm
Nathan Ernster @nathanernster.bsky.social Microbiology PhD student and occasional polar carpenter.
Interested in genomics, astrobiology, molecular evolution, the Arctic & Antarctic
Cathy Hernandez @cathyhernandez.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina | bacteria x (pro)phage x environment | hdzlab.com