Chisholm Lab

Microbial oceanography and cross-scale systems biology laboratory at MIT. All things Prochlorococcus, the smallest known photosynthetic cell on the planet.

[Chisholm Lab @ChisholmLab_MIT]

The Chisholm Lab is hiring an entry level bioinformatics technician! If you have prior experience analyzing multi-omics datasets and are interested in learning more about Prochlorococcus (who isn't?!), please search and apply for MIT job 21923. Working remotely is a possibility.

[Chisholm Lab @ChisholmLab_MIT]

The Chisholm Lab is hiring! If you are looking for a entry level technician position and want to join a group researching the ecology of marine microorganisms, please apply through the MIT careers site (search for job 21106).

[Morgan D. Linney @LinneyMorgan]

Manuscript published today! Check out the method we used to isolate exocellular “free” DNA from the open ocean. Yes, nearly a THIRD of all the DNA in the ocean is nonliving! Available on LO Methods: https://t.co/ZwlC9hMLu2

How did it get there? Who is it coming from? Stay tuned!

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What microbes come along when we isolate Prochlorococcus? Find out in our paper “Microbial diversity of co-occurring heterotrophs in cultures of marine picocyanobacteria” https://t.co/NqIFeE8MCA

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New paper from the Chisholm Lab https://t.co/LhWMLBDI2Y

[Thomas Hackl @th4ckl]

How do abundant marine microbes maintain fast-adapting genomes in dilute open oceans?

With "tycheposons" - mobile genetic elements that move around in viruses and vesicles, shuttling genes and remodeling genomic islands

https://t.co/oifq5vwqyP

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New paper from the Chisholm Lab!

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

Microbial Diversity of Co-occurring Heterotrophs in Cultures of Marine Picocyanobacteria https://t.co/TyHVlSQiJs #biorxiv_micrbio

[PacBio @PacBio]

What is a pangenome, why is it valuable & how do you create one? Next up in our #Sequencing101 blog series: Looking beyond the single reference genome to a pangenome for every species. Hear thoughts from @ChisholmLab_MIT @sedlazeck & others on pangenomes: https://t.co/O8DWVhWIuY

[Tyler O'Keefe @OKeefeTyler]

Apply to take my job! Our incredible team (@ChisholmLab_MIT) is looking to hire two research associates interested in Prochlorococcus and the world of ocean microbes. I’m happy to answer any questions you have, so feel free to reach out.
https://t.co/NEVYb7UXKK

[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

Today's MIT homepage spotlight features biology major Rachel Shen! A sophomore UROP in the @ChisholmLab_MIT, she looks for microscopic solutions to big environmental challenges by studying the invisible processes that cycle nutrients in the ocean. https://t.co/oAqZgn0fLm

[Steve Biller @steve_biller]

Happy to see this out: >12,000 marine single cell genomes! An amazing data set, many more discoveries await within. Please take a look! Fun collaboration with @rstepanauskas and a fantastic group. https://t.co/m9CnaJ8hqW

[Chisholm Lab @ChisholmLab_MIT]

@MelisaLKO @segrelab @FulweilerLab @MelisaLKO We obtain our seawater from the Evironmental Systems Laboratory (ESL) at WHOI. They have a direct pipe in from the ocean with a series of in-line filters (final size 100-10um). Email Allison Coe if you have additional questions.

[Chisholm Lab @ChisholmLab_MIT]

@MelisaLKO @segrelab @FulweilerLab We obtain our seawater from the Environmental Systems Laboratory (ESL) at WHOI. They have a direct pipe in from the ocean and have a series of in-line filters (final filter 10-100um). Email Allison Coe and she can answer any additional questions.

[Chisholm Lab @ChisholmLab_MIT]

The disarming case to act right now on climate change (Greta Thunberg | TEDxStockholm) https://t.co/HS6kAaKBDd via @TEDTalks

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The official launch of the ProSynFest2020!
Come and celebrate decades of research on Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in Córdoba, Spain from 18-21 March 2020
https://t.co/WWzCHtDSKF

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We're happy to have #Prochlorococcus being part of the @NSF EDGE program!
https://t.co/0FyX0U1J8D

[Rogier Braakman @rogier_braakman]

Description of the first (and only!) Prochlorococcus-SAR11 co-culture, as well as the global biogeography of this abundant pairing: https://t.co/l5cGmcj5pf Congratulations on a groundbreaking effort, Jamie Becker! Also to @brochlorococcus, Kali Rosendo and Penny Chisholm!

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Our latest open access publication in @eLife by @pmberube et al. Emergence of trait variability through the lens of nitrogen assimilation in Prochlorococcus https://t.co/0zn6zW3Qf2

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The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2019 to Sallie W. Chisholm!
https://t.co/wNu82HpyXq