Andrew E. Allen

Prof @UCSanDiego, @Scripps_Ocean, @JCVenterInst; #oceanography, #evolution, #ecology, #genomics, #diatoms, #microbes, #phytoplankton, #algae; Biophiliac, Dad

[Andrew E. Allen @andreweallen]

Photo of the Week: Putting Science in your Comic-Con. @andreweallen @lzeiglerallen @angiezoumplis https://t.co/BId8z7VxKQ

[Steffaney Wood-Rocca @steffwould]

First paper from my PhD is officially out! We uncovered how benthic diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica makes the neurotoxin domoic acid. Grateful to all our collaborators in the @BradMoore_SIO, Todd Michael, @andreweallen, and Mari Yotsu-Yamashita labs! https://t.co/tZPDjYXOc3

[mBio @mbiojournal]

The benthic #diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica harbors massive genomes and an expanded domoic acid (dab) gene cluster (>60 kb). Genomics + biochemistry reveal enzyme diversification driving a unique toxin chemotype. @andreweallen @BradMoore_SIO https://t.co/S0p0JOyn5L #enzymology

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Global currents, microbial footprints
@Lcs_Paoli & Co Preview @science_doodles @andreweallen @BanfieldJill @ScienceMagazine work integrating oceanographic measurements w/molecular sampling to show hydrographic features shape microbial functional landscape
https://t.co/RNZqSqnLAi

[Scripps Institution of Oceanography @Scripps_Ocean]

🌊 Deep ocean currents help shape the diversity and function of microbial life across the South Pacific Ocean, according to a groundbreaking study led by @JCVenterInst & Scripps Oceanography scientists. More on the study published by @ScienceMagazine. ⬇️ https://t.co/hKsJIxeNvN

[Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash]

Overturning circulation structures the microbial functional seascape of the South Pacific https://t.co/E0rW0AOOW0

[Andrew E. Allen @andreweallen]

New paper from our lab and finds water masses as microbial provinces across a full ocean section in the South Pacific. Exciting work by former Allen Lab PhD student @science_doodles. @Scripps_Ocean @JCVenterInst @ScienceMagazine
https://t.co/eRiMfXuUrz

[Bethany Kolody @science_doodles]

Many of you gave me so much encouragement when I posted here earlier about my 10 year long passion project to make a microbial map of the ocean. Pinch me because I can't believe I get to update you that today that research was published in the journal SCIENCE! (@aaas)

[Andrew E. Allen @andreweallen]

Former @JCVenterInst, @Scripps_Ocean, and Allen Lab PhD student @science_doodles tells her extraordinary scientific tale from classroom to ocean voyage to data generation and interpretation. Dr. Kolody overcame numerous challenges and was intrepid and curious at every step!!

[Bethany Kolody @science_doodles]

I’m very excited to finally share the results of a passion project that has been on my mind for nearly a decade. You can find the pre-print below, but what follows is the saga of how this project came to be:

[Elena Litchman @ElenaLitchman]

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms, etc . Please get in touch if interested. More info: https://t.co/GEuuT5KHDq.

[Salk Institute @salkinstitute]

Joe Ecker @JoeEcker, Joseph Swift @_joseph_swift, and team have revealed the genetic details of 30-million-year-old question: How did some plants evolve from less-efficient C3 photosynthesis to C4 photosynthesis? Their findings pave the way for the creation of more robust, efficient plants that withstand the effects of climate change and can feed a growing global population 🌱 @Nature
https://t.co/yZao0qsLEl

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

A new paper led by Sebastian Sippel just appeared in Nature arguing that ocean temperature measurements in the early 20th century have a cold bias.

It's a fun story illustrating the process of scientific discovery, so let me talk about it a bit. 🧵

https://t.co/hAzvDYoDyZ

[Rob Lampe @robhlampe]

New preprint out on integrating phytoplankton pigments with 'omics

[Andrew E. Allen @andreweallen]

@bielleogy @ATinyGreenCell Absolutely

[J. Craig Venter Institute @JCVenterInst]

A team of researchers from JCVI, @Scripps_Ocean, and collaborators published a groundbreaking study on predicting harmful algal blooms (HABs) that contain high levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid.

https://t.co/AKmFIjcnsW

[Shepard Fairey @OBEYGIANT]

#KamalaHarrisForward I believe VP Kamala Harris and her VP pick Tim Walz are our best chance to move forward. They are our best chance to push back on encroaching fascism and threats to democracy, and our best chance for creating the world we all desire and deserve. Politics is messy... but messy is no excuse for checking out. Messy is the work and the work can be joyful. Messy is what it takes to get through the daunting mess in pursuit of a better future. But we only win if we show up.

FULL STATEMENT: https://t.co/B8XlrkQNG5

[Scripps Institution of Oceanography @Scripps_Ocean]

Using @NASAInSight data, a new analysis led by Scripps Oceanography geophysicist Vashan Wright (@DrVasshe) provides the best evidence to date that Mars contains liquid water deep in its crust. Learn more about the study published in @PNASNews. ⬇️ https://t.co/8O6rntesZ8

[Rob Lampe @robhlampe]

Our review Molecular Mechanisms for Iron Uptake and Homeostasis in Marine Eukaryotic Phytoplankton is out in advance @AnnualReviews - https://t.co/byDT1GHefW. Thanks to @NSF @cce_lter @NOAA @PriME_SimFdn @JCVenterInst @Scripps_Ocean

[Scripps Institution of Oceanography @Scripps_Ocean]

Bioluminescence is back! 🌊 ✨ @UCSanDiego photographer @erikjep captured these shots of agitated dinoflagellates (the organisms behind the magic) last night at #ScrippsPier. Learn more about #bioluminescence from the Scripps Oceanography Latz Lab. ⬇️
https://t.co/MpCfgYVBNS

[Holly Bik @hollybik]

Still recruiting PhD students in my lab - especially looking for candidates with marine nematode taxonomy skills right now! Base stipend is $32,000 at UGA, w low(er) cost of living here in Athens & great food/greenspace/events (inc. a halloween costume parade for dogs, COME ON!)

[Martin Polz @MartinPolz]

We have 2 PhD positions open in highly interdisciplinary projects to work on microbial growth in the environment using novel technologies and on the influence of phage in structuring microbiomes.

Please email: [email protected]

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