Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social We are an international community engaged in building a sustainable future and nurturing scientific interest among the public. Our mission is to explore life as a universal phenomenon and empower the next generation of scientists.
Gerhard J. Herndl @gerhardherndl.bsky.social Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at the University of Vienna
Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University ::: Science Journalist / Communicator ::: National Geographic Explorer
Sarah Hu @microhukaryote.bsky.social Microbial ecology | Biological oceanography | Single-cell microbial eukaryotes | Protists | Time-series nerd | Assistant Prof | 👩🏻💻🔬🌈☕🌊 she/her
shu251.github.io/sarah-hu/
Benjamin Wolfe @benwolfe.bsky.social Associate Professor Tufts University
Ecology/evolution of microbes in food systems. Constant gardener. 
Pierre Simon Garcia @pierresimongarcia.bsky.social Researcher in CNRS (France, Marseille)🇫🇷🏳️🌈
Bioinfo 💻
Phylogeny 🌳
Genomics 🧬
Bacteria and Archaea 🦠
Metabolism ⌬
DiegoHarta @diegoharta.bsky.social 
Maria Pachiadaki @microbiaki.bsky.social Microbiologist, Oceanographer, Explorer. Associate w/o Tenure at WHOI
Maria Papadatou @marypapadatou.bsky.social Microbial ecologist - Oceanographer
Postdoctoral Fellow @univie.ac.at
@microbialoceanv.bsky.social
#MSCA awarded project #MIMEPOC
#WomenInSTEM
Marilena Heitger @marinelena.bsky.social PhD candidate and microbial oceanographer @MOVie, University of Vienna
@microbialoceanv.bsky.social
Maria Pinto, PhD @mariatpinto.bsky.social Marine scientist turned science communicator. Interested in telling ocean and science stories. I also have a YouTube channel.
www.mariateixeirapinto.com
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
Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution @vdsee-univie.bsky.social Official Account | Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution | University of Vienna @unive.ac.at
Come find us also on our website: https://vds-ecology-evolution.univie.ac.at
National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org As advisors to the nation, we recognize and advance outstanding science for the benefit of society. Journals: @pnas.org and @pnasnexus.org | President: Neil Shubin (@neilshubin.bsky.social)
WGDip @wgdip.bsky.social Reappraising the role of whole genome duplication and rediploidisation in eukaryotic evolution.
Funded by BBSRC Strategic Longer and Larger scheme.
Check out our website for information about the project, team and more!
https://www.rediploidisation.org/
MoVie – Microbial Oceanography Vienna Group 🦠🌊 @microbialoceanv.bsky.social Exploring the role of microbes in ocean biogeochemistry employing molecular biology 🧬🔬, biogeochemistry 🧪🧫 and bioinformatics 💻 tools.
📍 Based at @univie.ac.at
🌐 Learn more: https://www.microbial-oceanography.eu
Leticia González @letigonzalez.bsky.social 🇪🇸
Chemist • Professor at University of Vienna • Theoretical chemistry, quantum chemistry, excited-state dynamics •
Home of SHARC 🦈
Senior Editor of ACS Central Science •
Board of Directors, Cluster of Excellence MECS ☀️
She/her/wife/Mom of 2
Alfred Wegener Institute @awi.de We research ice, oceans and climate.
Website: www.awi.de
Imprint: https://www.awi.de/en/imprint.html
Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social • a free recurring bite-sized alternative to multi-day #microbiome conferences •
➡️ Every month, a new event... join #MVIF community!
https://www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US
Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social Boldly exploring our unknown Ocean
Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at Offizieller Account der Uni Wien / Official account of University of Vienna.
Es postet http://communications.univie.ac.at 💬
Impressum: http://go.univie.ac.at/impressum Netiquette: http://go.univie.ac.at/netiquette
Shaul Pollak @envsysmicro.at Assistant Professor
Environmental Systems Microbiology.
Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, Ecology
w: https://www.envsysmicro.at
@dome-vienna.bsky.social
@cemess.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at.
Stephan Köstlbacher @stephkoe.bsky.social Scientific Computing Specialist @ AITHYRA
Opinions are my own
he/him
Frank Melzner @frankmelzner.bsky.social Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Vienna & guest researcher at GEOMAR, trained physiologist, interested in coastal invertebrates, algae, ecoevo & climate change, https://homepage.univie.ac.at/frank.melzner/?p=1
SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social 🌊 Official account of the conference #SAME18 – Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet 🌍
👉 Website: https://same18barcelona.com/
📍 Hosted at the PRBB, Barcelona @prbb.org
🗓️ September 28 – October 3, 2025
Organization at @icmcsic.bsky.social
Johannes Rebelein @rebeleinlab.bsky.social Nitrogenase, Metalloenzymes, CO2 and N2 Fixation, Professor for Sustainable Biotechnology at the University of Düsseldorf and Director of the Institute for Molecular Enzyme Technology at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. https://www.iet.uni-duesseldorf.de/
Dr. Mandy Joye @oceanextremes.bsky.social Mom.
Scientist. Explorer. Ocean advocate.
I study microbial dynamics in the ocean using HOVs, ROVs, and cutting edge tech. ❤️ extreme environments; seek to understand biological complexity and resilience.
Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist, biogeochemical cycles, AMR in the environment
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at UEA
Editor-In-Chief LAM Journal
🏳️🌈ally | mum of 2 | I love 🌋
www.marcelahernandez.com
Jolien van Hooff @jvhooff.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Laboratory of Microbiology | Wageningen University & Research
Evolution of genomes & protein complexes | eukaryotic origins & diversity. 
Marques-Bonet Lab @marquesbonetlab.bsky.social We are the Comparative Genomics Lab at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE). Our research focuses on primate molecular data, with a foot on evolution and conservation.
📍 PRBB (Barcelona, Spain)
🧑💻 biologiaevolutiva.org/tmarques/
Pilhofer Lab 🦠❄️🔬 @pilhoferlab.bsky.social Microbial cell-cell interactions | contractile injection systems | cytoskeleton | evolution | multiscale imaging | ETH Zürich
- run by lab members -
Carlos Santana Molina @santanamolina.bsky.social Protein evolution, phylogenetics, Tree of Life
PostDoc
Jaime Huerta-Cepas @jhcepas.bsky.social Microbiome, evolution, comparative genomics, biodiversity and a little bit of ecology: cgmlab.org
Group Leader at CBGP-CSIC/UPM in Madrid, former scientist at EMBL Heidelberg, CRG Barcelona and CIPF Valencia. 
Andrés Cumsille @cumsille.bsky.social Postdoc | Studying Microbial Interactions, Natural Products & BGCs
Into Science and travel
📍Madison, WI
@paulwilmes.bsky.social @paulwilmes.bsky.social 
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
Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net We mobilize the fight for science and democracy - because science is for everyone! 🧬🧪🌎
Donate here: https://bit.ly/SUFS_GIVING
Learn more ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/standupforscience_bluesky
Solomon McShea @solomonmcshea.bsky.social Studying the evolution of protein biophysics in San Francisco, California
Me: https://cyclase.github.io/
Phillips lab: https://aphillipslab.ucsf.edu/
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
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.
Archaea Power Hour @archaeapowerhour.bsky.social Official Archaea Power Hour seminar series! Website https://www.archaea.bio/archaea-power-hour 
Jennah E Dharamshi @jennahed.bsky.social Evolutionary microbiologist | VR postdoctoral researcher @uuuniversity & non-stipendiary EMBO fellow/visiting researcher at The Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) | microbial evolution, symbioses, host-symbiont interactions, multicellularity, protists
Jamie Foster - UF Astraeus @jamiefoster.bsky.social Space Biologist, Professor, but really just a girl trying to get her squid to space.
Nils Averesch @nils-averesch.bsky.social Recovering contractor / staff scientist (NASA / Stanford), now faculty member (University of Florida). Also a pilot, when/if all else fails.
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/
Alex Loy @loyteam.bsky.social Professor for Microbial Communities @dome-vienna.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social University of Vienna @univie.ac.at 🇦🇹, studying the role of microbes 🦠 in environmental and human health, sulfur microbes & gut microbiome
Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social archaea, methane, microbial ecophysiology, single cell activity, next generation physiology & boardgames / for evidence-based decision-making / I don’t mince words / posts reflect personal views / www.environmental-microbiology.com
Anouk Willemsen @willemsenanouk.bsky.social Scientist working on genome evolution, viruses, computational molecular evolution, and experimental evolution. 👩🏼🔬 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇪🇸🇫🇷🇦🇹
https://veelab.univie.ac.at/
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/
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
Luis Bolaños @lbolanos68.bsky.social Postdoc
@UniofExeter
| Environmental microbiology | Views own | lbolanos68.github.io
Chris Greening @greening.bsky.social Professor & NHMRC Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne. Using microbes to tackle global challenges in health and sustainability. #FirstGen 🐶🇦🇺🌈🎹🌱
Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social Prof. at Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at University of Vienna, Austria and at Aalborg University, Denmark. Director of Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health", Dad, Views are my own. 
Fabai Wu @fabaiwu.bsky.social Ass Prof of Microbiology at EITech Ningbo. www.microwulab.com
Alex Probst @alexjprobst.bsky.social Professor for Microbiology at Research Alliance Ruhr, Uni-DUE, #ERCSyg awardee, member of CRC RESIST
#microbiome #omics #microscopy #ecophysiology
Free time: Dad, weight training, cs2, nature, bbq, board games, pottery
Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social In search of a platform that widens and deepens our understanding of the world. Less re-posting, more reading. Listening more, talking less. My opinions are my own. Some of them aren’t even mine.
Nina Dombrowski @ndombrowski.bsky.social Bioinformatician at UvA, interested in microbial communities, phylogenomics, metagenomics/genomes
Sergio Muñoz-Gómez @sergiophyceae.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Purdue University | Evolution of Cells, Symbionts, & Organelles | ecsolab.com
Chris Rinke @chrisrinke.bsky.social Professor of Microbiology @ University of Innsbruck, Austria
Honorary Associate Professor @ The University of Queensland, Australia
Environmental OMICS (E-OMICS) team lead
http://www.rinkelab.org
(former twitter/x account: @ChristianRinke )
Alex Bisson @archaeon-alex.bsky.social 🇧🇷🇺🇸Evolutionary Cell Mechanobiology of Archaea.
Associate Professor at Indiana University.
Standing tall on the shoulders of tiny (salty) bugs.
Lab Website: bissonlab.com
Ben J Woodcroft @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social Yet another microbial bioinformatician, group leader, dad
github.com/wwood https://research.qut.edu.au/cmr/team/ben-woodcroft/
Donato Giovannelli @donatogiovannelli.bsky.social Microbiologist studying extreme environments and geosphere-biosphere coevolution @UNINA, @CnrIrbim & @ELSI • ERC CoEvolve • cofounder Nano-Tech SpA http://www.donatogiovannelli.com/
Archaea.bio @archaeabio.bsky.social A collaborative protocol exchange platform for archaeal researchers all around the world | www.archaea.bio #archaea
ASM @asm.org ASM is a global community shaping the future of the microbial sciences to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges.
Microbes Make Our World.
Geo Santiago-Martínez @geosantiagom.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at MCB UConn 🔬🧬🏳️🌈 (He/él)
#newPI Microbial Ecophysiology Lab
https://microbial-ecophysiology-lab.mcb.uconn.edu/
Mexican & Indigenous, 1st gen
#Methane #Microbes #Methanogen #Archaea #Microbiome #ArchaeaPower #OneHealth #Astrobiology #Proteins
Christina Bonsell @christinabonsell.bsky.social Marine Ecologist based in Alaska | Outdoor dabbler | Arctic enthusiast | Kelp fancier
Pablo Vinuesa @pvinuesa.bsky.social Microbiologist interested in #genomics, #evolution, and #host-microbe interactions. Professor #CCG-UNAM, #LCG-UNAM. Developer of #GET_PHYLOMARKERS and #GET_HOMOLOGUES. https://github.com/vinuesa | www.ccg.unam.mx/~vinuesa/ | #protists #amoebae #bacteria
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
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
Astrobiology @astrobiology.bsky.social Astrobiology.com - Exploring the living universe since 1996. Life Looks For Life. Vita quaerit vitae.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social Understanding and protecting the planet since 1903.
📍UC San Diego
Rafael Laso Pérez @gecko1990.bsky.social 
Veronika Kivenson @kivenson.bsky.social Recoding, genetic code flexibility, archaea, bacteria, microbial metabolism, and the microbiome
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.
Emil Ruff @emilruff.bsky.social Microbial ecology and ecophysiology. Associate Scientist at The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. https://rufflab.org/ Science, music, art, graphics, comics.
James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social Earth scientist 🌎
❄️ Polar & extreme environments
🦠 Geomicrobiology
🔬 Biogeochemistry
🇬🇧 in 🇫🇷 CNRS Chaire de Professeur Junior
🌊 Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
☀️ Marseille, France
🇪🇺 ERC StG #ERC_SIESTA
🙋♂️ My views; He/him
🏳️🌈-ally
www.jbradleylab.com
Willm Martens-Habbena @willmmh.bsky.social Microbiologist studying microbes in soils, sediments and water. * husband * dad * yogi * nature lover
Lukas Kuderna @lukaskuderna.bsky.social genomes and evolution. mainly primates.
work @illumina, all views my own
Maggie Langwig @maggielangwig.bsky.social PhD Candidate at UW-Madison
Studying microbes and viruses in the deep sea 🌊🦠
Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social Prof @ Colorado State University
Department of Soil & Crop Sciences
Microbial ecology of wildfires, wetlands, agricultural systems, and.....other stuff | wilkinslab.com
Also a first responder with Rist Canyon VFD in my spare time.....
Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado @luisvalentin.bsky.social HFSP Research Fellow studying microbes, mobile DNA & RNA-guided immune systems.
Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social Computational microbiologist
I like to post about: microbial genomics, microbial ecology, evolution, micro+plant biotechnology, climate, symbiosis, virology, ag, sci publishing and policy
DOME - Microbial Ecology 🧫🔬🦠🧬 @dome-vienna.bsky.social Division of Microbial Ecology
Centre for Microbiology & Environmental Systems Science @cemess.bsky.social
University of Vienna @univie.ac.at 🇦🇹
Hunting for microbes 🦠 since 2003
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
Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social Macrobe qui aime les microbes
http://www.shapirolab.ca/
Karthik Anantharaman @karthik-a.bsky.social Associate Professor at UW-Madison. Interested in Microbial and Viral Ecology, Computational Biology, Biogeochemistry, Sulfur Metabolism 🦠💻 Hero to a toddler • Metalhead • Views mine
Karen Lloyd @karenlloyd.bsky.social Subsurface microbiologist/biogeochemist, runner, laugher, wife, parent, TED speaker, Wrigley Prof. at U. Southern California, she/her, got a book coming out in May 2025 called INTRAterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
Cody Sheik @microbesheik.bsky.social I’m a geomicrobiologist with a geologically short attention span. AquaticGeomicro.com
Selene FeRNAndez @selfdz.bsky.social Genomics, bioinformatics & non-coding RNA
PI of the #RegRNALab @unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Board member @iscb.bsky.social
Visited #Antarctica in 2025 as part of #HBTransform
ARC Future Fellow
🇲🇽/🇭🇲 #Latina
Opinions == mine
Science News @sciencenews.bsky.social We report on the latest news in all fields of science. See also @snexplores.bsky.social
Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social Public health (meta)genomics & bioinformatics, Prof @unibirmingham.bsky.social, Director @imibirmingham.bsky.social & @climb.ac.uk
Mike Wilkins @ilk.bsky.social All Ilk, no cookies. 
maribel @maribel.bsky.social vibe fatigued 
Luis Zaman @luiszaman.bsky.social Assistant Prof. at University of Michigan in Complex Systems and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. We study coevolution with phage and self-replicating computer programs! 
Laura Hug @lhug.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist and CRC at UWaterloo. Tangent-prone story teller and compulsive frisbee chaser. Views are my own. 
Laura Eme @lauraeme.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist interested in the origin and early diversification of eukaryotes. Phylogenetics/(meta)genomics. Protists & Archaea. Reseach Director at Uni Paris-Saclay (France)/Associate Prof. Uni of Rhode Island (USA)
DEEMteam_Orsay @deemteam.bsky.social Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Microbes (DEEM) team. Posts by David Moreira. #treeoflife #evolution
Paris, France
https://www.deemteam.fr/en/
Daniel Tamarit @danieltamarit.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist studying archaeal and bacterial genomes | Assistant Prof @BinfUtrecht.bsky.social 🇳🇱
bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social