Nathan Ahlgren

Microbial ecologist: phage, cyanobacteria // Assoc. prof. @ClarkUniversity // @UWOcean grad // he/him //

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

Proud to announce that I was awarded an NSF CAREER grant (!) to study Fe nutrient adaptation in Synechococcus #cyanobacteria Seeking #PhD student for F25. Lab and field-based transcriptomics and physiology experiments. Dusting off my lab webpage w/ info but feel free to email me

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

Had a blast sharing the wonders of #cyanobacteria #phage & #MicrobialCentrism on #MattersMicrobial podcast
Also chatted about things like 3D printing, iron, photosynthesis, life in weird places, band names...
so much!
Thanks again @markowenmartin
#MicrobeTV
@ClarkUniversity

[Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin]

It's Thursday, so a new episode of #MattersMicrobial! This time, Nathan Ahlgren joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss marine cyanobacteria, oxygen, and the viruses that interact with them. #MicrobeTV @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology Please share!

https://t.co/ROafNoVinX

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@markowenmartin @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology What a fun time talking about #cyanobacteria #phage band names & more on #MattersMicrobial!
Thanks @markowenmartin

https://t.co/hCBlMP9lZ1

#MicrobeTV
@ClarkUniversity

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

Did you know there are more than bilayer #membranes in nature? Meet the #archaeal monolayer and its surprising mechanical properties! New #preprint! (1/7)

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

Thrilled to share that @B_Robicheau, postdoc in my lab, will be heading off to bigger and better things as a new tenure track professor! Congrats! 🎉

[Brent Robicheau @B_Robicheau]

Great news!!! 🎉 Happy to announce that I'll be joining the University of Prince Edward Island's Biology Department as new Environmental Microbiologist and tenure-track Assistant Professor in May 2025! My students and I will be working on marine phytoplankton and diazotrophs🦠

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@B_Robicheau Congrats! So excited for this amazing next step in your career!

[Jozef I. Nissimov ⚓👨🏻‍🔬🧪💮🧬🗺️🖖🏽🥃 @jin_oceanvir]

1/6 Excited to share our latest work @UWaterloo published in @Virus_Evolution on horizontal gene transfer of a #virus gene (nblA) involved in the disassembly of phycobilisomes, cyanobacterial light-harvesting complexes: https://t.co/BRU5QPngVt

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@markowenmartin @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology It was so much fun, and happy to share my love for #cyanobacteria Can't wait to see the finished cut.

[Curtis Suttle @Virosphere2012]

Excitement is building for the 12th iteration of the Aquatic Virus Workshop to be held at the fantastic Oceanologic Observatory in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France during 5-9 May 2025. We have a great lineup of speakers, and a nascent website: https://t.co/udBBHfGTUm

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@SieraVirus @AarhusUni_int Congrats!!!

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@kendraturk @Jonathan_Zehr Cool. thanks!

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

Today our lab finally read the fascinating nitroplast paper. So cool! And the SXT images are amazing.
We are wondering what are the pink structure in Fig. 2B and movies? Centrosome or something similar?@kendraturk @Jonathan_Zehr

https://t.co/GrETUuXt4T

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

The camera just loves you Manning! Front & center is Manning is the photo a masters student from my lab who graduated today!

[Clark University @ClarkUniversity]

“While this may feel like an ending, it really is just the beginning. It’s the beginning of a great adventure — the rest of your life — one that only you can define and shape,” Gary Labovich ’81, chair of Clark's Board of Trustees, told the Class of 2024. https://t.co/Mq6xY4ZWJ2

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

Such an honor to present @VirusesImmunity as an honorary PhD recipient at @ClarkUniversity commencement today. So impressed by her work on so many fronts. Immunology. Long COVID. Vaccine development. Representation in STEM.

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

Looking for postdoc in #marine #microbiology #virology? We have many avenues for phage-host research: single-cell methods, 100s of #cyano & #phage isolates, bioinf analysis of monthly & weekly time-series. Happy to sponsor application for Simons Postdoc
https://t.co/i84BtnUU2p

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@TN_Marine_Micro @ee_chase @ZepernickBN We just read this in our lab group meeting. Fascinating story and great work.

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

Phinding phellow #phage pholks
@MLMichelsen
#OSM24

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

#OSM24 conference highlight:
Catching up with my former MA student @Katie_Crowley0, seeing her poster & thriving in PhD program at @UConnMarineSci

@ClarkUniversity @ClarkUBiology

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@niccommawoo @MASSterList And I agree that a shortage of lifeguards is a problem for both pools and ponds. I know that community groups around Coes trying to help address this

[Nathan Ahlgren @Ahlgren_lab]

@niccommawoo @MASSterList I learned that University Park used to have a pool.
While I agree more pools would be helpful, it stresses the importance of stewarding the health of our ponds with beaches (Coes, Indian, Bell) & the city had built an amazing citizen volunteer water quality monitoring program