Maggie Lau

I follow Jesus Christ. I love the Nature and treasure all lives nurtured by it. I study microorganisms in extreme ecosystems because they are fascinating.

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

New #mLife review discussed electroautotrophy—how microbes fix CO₂ using electrons from rocks or electrodes—and its implications for life in extreme & extraterrestrial environments.
🔗 https://t.co/lpJr2YtIK6

[Tony Z. Jia @t_z_jia]

If you’re curious about what I’ve been working on over the last few months, and what we’re building at various universities in the Chugoku-Shikoku region of Japan, tune on 12/5/25 @ 4PM JST, where I’ll introduce the @HIRAKUGlobal program, and explain how you can get involved!

[Maggie Lau @MicrobesDecoder]

@KeithCowing Thank you for sharing this paper on https://t.co/0lEJS6IbJ3

[Maggie Lau @MicrobesDecoder]

Our new review and perspective article: Current understanding of electroautotrophy and its relevance in astrobiology-related research https://t.co/epRq289NlW

[Hiro Imachi @hiro_imachi]

The first isolate of Asgard archaea, MK-D1, now has an official name: Promethearchaeum syntrophicum.
The new archaeal kingdom, Promethearchaeati, is also approved!

Huge thanks to @masarunobu and JCM members (@skato_jcm) for their incredible efforts.
https://t.co/R8MD9w77nM

[Xin Sun (bsky: xinsun-putiger) @XinSun_PUtiger]

Our lab is so nice in many ways! Check out the opportunity below!

[Maggie Lau @MicrobesDecoder]

I am out of date. why now Twitter is called X ?

[Maggie Lau @MicrobesDecoder]

@electromicRowe @Hypothesisfund Congratulations

[Maggie Lau @MicrobesDecoder]

@0_minyaaa I did that too 🤪😎so delightful to know that I am not alone

[Simon Roux @simroux_virus]

Ok, this is getting more real, so: if you are/know a bioinformatician interested in metagenomics, phage:host interaction, and/or tool development, and maybe tempted by a postdoc with us starting ~ Fall 2023, please DM or email ! Note: work related to human microbiome (for once) !

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

A battle between a pathogen and host as the cover story of new #mLife issue: #Salmonella employs a T3SS effector to attack host cells, but the hosts defend utilizing a ubiquitin E3 ligase that degrades the virulence effector. @WileyEcolEvol @wileymicrobio https://t.co/nMITqsozvq

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

New #mLife article: a perspective article that summarizes the expanding archaeal diversity and introduces the influence of Asgard lineages on understanding the Tree of Life and eukaryogenesis.
@wileymicrobio
@wileyinresearch
https://t.co/SyXjEeOJbw

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

#mLife article: A tribute to Carl Woese who pioneered the use of genetic markers to study evolution. His proposals of 3 domains of life, and rooting between Bac, and Arch & Euk are still being discussed even to this date. @wileymicrobio @wileyinresearch
https://t.co/PSRXChPjb2

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

New #mLife article: An efficient genome editing tool and a reporter gene system are developed for Thermus thermophilus HB27, making this thermophilc strain an attractive chasis for bioindustry and synthetic biology.
@wileymicrobio @wileyinresearch
https://t.co/mxcLvk2GUw

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

Issues 1-4 (2022) are available online. Thanks to all the authors, reviewers and editors.

https://t.co/hOdOWhY5LO
https://t.co/oKdNVrIxsL
https://t.co/zTcJDunToB
https://t.co/VHFRCS0ctQ

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

New #mLife article: Methanosarcina acetivorans catalyzes direct metal-to-microbe electron transfer to support methane production via multiheme, outer-surface c-type cytochrome MmcA.
@wileymicrobio @wileyinresearch
https://t.co/yIpeESTUxv

[Maggie Lau @MicrobesDecoder]

A potential crossover : methane oxidation X iodate reduction

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

New #mLife article: Genome of a novel anaerobic methanotroph, Candidatus Methylomirabilis iodofontis, assembled from cavern biofilm metagenomes, suggests its capacity for methane oxidation, oxygenic denitrification and iodate reduction.
@wileymicrobio
https://t.co/x5wWnq96rt

[Maggie Lau @MicrobesDecoder]

@EmilRuff I always have this question at the back of my mind

[Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz]

Updated and expanded!
Download our curated list of 375 postdoctoral fellowships: https://t.co/EbTahdhzVP

The database lists the dollar amount, eligibility criteria (such as citizenship), deadline, and description for each fellowship.

Good luck.

[mLife Journal @journal_mlife]

New #mLife article: Antibiotic chloramphenicol that inhibits bacterial growth is found to kill Bacillus subtilis mutants unable to produce signaling nucleotide (p)ppGpp.
@wileymicrobio
https://t.co/pqsX1ArBtb