tomjwebb

tomjwebb.bsky.social

19 February 2026 18:33

Do you ever worry that you over-share with students? For instance, I told the lecture theatre this morning that I feel nothing and am, effectively, dead inside.

Hassan Salem

hassansalem.bsky.social

16 February 2026 20:02

How specific are heritable symbioses? And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species? We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com! 1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eileen Kröber

organosulfur.bsky.social

09 December 2025 10:33

New preprint! We explore how gutless marine worms and their bacterial symbionts use organosulfur compounds like DMSP and DMS - key molecules in marine sulfur cycling. Our results show that these compounds support carbon and energy metabolism in the Olavius algarvensis symbiosis.

Marta Lidia Sudo

martasu.bsky.social

09 December 2025 10:33

It’s exciting to see converging evidence across systems! 😀 Alongside the new work on gutless worms, our study shows that organosulfur cycling is also essential in lucinid holobionts. Lucinid host provides DMSP to its symbionts, sulphur-oxidising Thiodiazotropha and, a new member, Endozoicomonas.

Gulnara Tagirdzhanova

metalichen.bsky.social

29 November 2025 17:42

New preprint: 🚀🧬 Starship in the genome of the lichen fungus Xanthoria. Discovery of giant transposons Starships challenged what we thought we knew about fungal genomes. But what about Starships in #lichen fungi? Let us present Tangerine! 🖥️ 🧪 🦠 🧫 #SymbioSky doi.org/10.1101/2025...