Steve Techtmann

Associate Professor in Biological Sciences @michigantech. Interested in environmental microbial communities and their biotech applications.

[Steve Techtmann @STechtmann]

We are hiring an Assistant Research Scientist working in environmental biotechnology. Come work with us. https://t.co/mgKESt5TLb

[Marina Sirota @msirota84]

We are so excited to share our work, a collaboration of over 50 authors led by @golob and @tomiko22 leveraging public microbiome data and crowdsourcing approaches to predict preterm birth, published in @CellRepMed today: https://t.co/tRhvQtvDmy @UCSFPrecision @UCSF_BCHSI

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs https://t.co/ySkPIEJZbq

[Steve Techtmann @STechtmann]

There is an opening for a postdoc in my group to work on a project related to environmental biotechnology, #metagenomics, and cryomicrobiology. Please share.

https://t.co/Y2lJHYbuWF

[Jonathan Jacobs 🧬🦠🕹️🏕️ @bioinformer]

There's a new Biologist opening on my team! This is a great opportunity for recent college grads or early career scientists to join a diverse and fun #genomics team at @officialATCC . We're always looking for people with 🔥!

Please share widely! 🤗🧬

https://t.co/7HlSBn2AdK

[@binningsingletons.com on bluesky @BSingletons]

Supporters and past participants, help us spread the word about #BinningSingletons @ #ASMicrobe so we can help as many folks as possible have a great meeting!

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[Jonathan Jacobs 🧬🦠🕹️🏕️ @bioinformer]

Is “#bioinformatics” dead? | via ⁦@PLOSBiology⁩ ⁦@pebourne⁩ https://t.co/NC5Sz02h1y

[Trends in Biotechnology @TrendsinBiotech]

Our February issue is online! Gene drives (@TargetMalaria @agroscope @EFSA_EU), plastic upcycling (@ProfPearce @rebecca_g_ong @stechtmann), membrane coculture (@JangUFChE), erythrocyte-derived bioimaging, plant genome editing (@PairwisePL) and more: https://t.co/WfMtg8zhb6

[George Huber @gwhuber2]

Where are ocean plastics coming from?

[Steve Techtmann @STechtmann]

Had a fantastic time at #ASMNGS. Both @LauraSchaerer and Isaac Bigcraft had great posters. I also got to hang out with old friends at @IMET_USMD

[Trends in Biotechnology @TrendsinBiotech]

Can we upcycle PET plastic waste into food? @ProfPearce, @rebecca_g_ong, @stechtmann, and colleagues review: https://t.co/ufwLWKDrEg

[Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) @HarvardMSI]

Bacteria, doing it again!!! (And by "it" I mean digesting plastic and turning it into protein powder. Yeah.)

https://t.co/rOqN0SoGc0

[MTU Engineering @mtu_engineering]

Another beautiful morning here @michigantech! We are situated along the banks of the Keweenaw Waterway, connected to mighty @LakeSuperior. Here's the RV Agassiz approaching the Great Lakes Research Center. Thanks to Biomedical Engineering Professor @MTU_SmithaRao for the photo!

[DARPA @DARPA]

DYK? There’s more energy in #MRE packaging than in the food inside.😲Our new Voices from DARPA #podcast, “The Future of Food: Meals from Microbes,” highlights 2 programs we’re working on – 1 w/ @MichiganTech - both aimed at #FoodSecurity & waste reduction https://t.co/QE0mFI7rfa

[The Alper Lab @LabAlper]

Plastic pollution endangers wild and human life more every day. Can we clean this up? What to do with the waste once collected? With the Ellington,@at_lynd, and Zhang labs, we’ve developed an enzyme that can break down PET plastic: FAST PETase. https://t.co/rsICQ0ATUk @EnergyUT

[Rebecca Ong @rebecca_g_ong]

Painting with microbes was a success! Who says engineers can’t be creative? #bioprocessing @mtuchemeng

[MTU Research @mturesearch]

Oil-eating bacteria that serves the greater good, addressing both world hunger and plastic pollution. ⤵️

@byJenAMiller @STechtmann #PlasticPollutionSolution #PlasticPollution
https://t.co/GUWVGnwi2g

[Michigan Tech College of Sciences and Arts @MTU_CSA]

Congrats to @AmyMarcarelli PI on receiving a $300,000 R & D grant from the @NSF.

The project is titled "Emergent linkages between DOM composition, microbial assemblages and respiration in streams."

Laura Brown, Evan Kane and @STechtmann are co-PIs on this two-year project.

[Sang Yup Lee @mbelmbel99]

https://t.co/H49vrkO2fP

Microorganisms repurposed for our food

[Olivia Rosane, PhD @orosane]

“The key concept underlying our project is transformation, a process that converts one form of material to another." Today for @Treehugger, I wrote about how two scientists won a prize for a process that turns plastic into food: https://t.co/6D3UFJv7Be