Mira Latva

Bats 🦇 and plastics 🫙

i.e., doctoral researcher (microbe–plastic interactions; Uni of Warwick) recently transitioned from academia to bat monitoring. 😊

[Mira Latva @m_latva]

My first first-author paper has now been published! Check it out 😉

[Joseph A. Christie-Oleza @JCO_lab]

Check out the first microbes (proks and euks) that colonise #plastics within the first hours in coastal marine waters. Those that seed the Plastispheres! Work from @m_latva

Microbial pioneers of plastic colonisation in coastal seawaters https://t.co/YrY4bjwlfG

[UEF Environmental and Biological Sciences @UEF_EnvBio]

A call for Doctoral Researchers (24 positions) open at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology! https://t.co/1m1iNxwhKU

[Nicole Posth @NPosth]

PhD vacancy in my lab working at the intersect of Minerals-Microbes-Plastics…if your curious, creative and concerned about this global environmental issue… join us @Geology_UCPH @science_ku as part of a new project funded by @Carlsbergfondet … https://t.co/LGGh8wuzEp

[Mira Latva @m_latva]

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[Robyn Wright @RobynJWright]

Great to see this book with a chapter I wrote with @m_latva and @VinkoZadjelovic finally out!!

[Jan-Philipp Quast @QuastJP]

Excited to announce the release of #ggplate on CRAN! ggplate is an R package that enables easy visualization of culture and microplate data.

Find out how to use it here:
https://t.co/JGr59FiA2Q

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#rstats #DataScience #datavisualization #Biology #microbiology #AcademicChatter

[maggi brisbin @MargaretBrisbin]

‼️ I'm starting a lab at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science @USFCMS in St. Pete next Summer! We will study microbial interactions in a changing ocean with multi 'omics and microscopy. Opportunities for MS and PhD students, DM! 🦠🧪🔬🌊❤️ #sciencedreams

[Iago Grobas @i_Grobas]

I couldn't have left @Munelectro's group without contributing to the topic of bioelectricity. Very exciting indeed and I hope to keep working on it in the future. For now, check this preprint on modulating bacteria membrane potential with light!

[Joseph A. Christie-Oleza @JCO_lab]

#isme18 come and see @viel_theo 's poster 143 today on polypropylene degradation. Rhodococcus is definitely an interesting bug with enormous potential. Work in progress

[IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC) @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC]

#IMEDEAPublication:

'Microbial pioneers of plastic colonisation in coastal seawaters' @sciencedirect

@m_latva @WarwickLifeSci et al. @RobynJWright @PolinMarco @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC @JCO_lab @UIBuniversitat

🔗https://t.co/74xhdB56v7

#microbial #plastic #plasticpollution

[Dr. Jennifer Provencher @jenni_pro]

Ping #microplastics #plasticpollution peeps!!! Our #plastics team at Gov't of Canada is starting to hire plastic pollution expertise!!! Come work with us!! 1 of 2 currently posted positions! https://t.co/iTo3MvjmUY

[Robyn Wright @RobynJWright]

If you weren’t in the workshop, you can find our metagenome taxonomic/functional tutorial here (and I’ve updated to work even if you don’t have access to the workshop servers): https://t.co/fdeQuliNsC

[Otto X. Cordero @oxcordero]

It's out! Historical contingencies and phage induction diversify bacterioplankton communities at the microscale | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/XquA2jhYlI

[Ilyas Alav @ilyas_alav]

Could any Gibson Assembly peeps help me out? I'm currently trying to assemble 4 PCR-amplified fragments (2923 bp, 714 bp, 500 bp and 1267 bp), but no luck. One of the fragments is a TcR marker, so my new construct should be TetR. Any tips/suggestions? #AcademicTwitter

[Joseph A. Christie-Oleza @JCO_lab]

Finally out this story on how an Alcanivorax strain isolated from marine plastic debris can biodegrade polyethylene (PE).
https://t.co/H2SH9HxCqw

[Mira Latva @m_latva]

😮🦠

[Sudarshan A. Shetty (सुदर्शन शेट्टी) @gutmicrobe]

A GIANT Bacterium Discovered! 👇
"A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA compartmentalized in membrane-bound organelles"
https://t.co/RuJTnp9HCi

[KnowYourRiver_UoW @knowyourriverUW]

Do you enjoy rivers and want to be a scientist for a day? We are looking for river water samples. If you want to be involved in the project collecting a sample, send us a request for a sampling kit. #CitizenScience #pollution #AMR
Info at https://t.co/yVArfVYj0X

[Mira Latva @m_latva]

@ilyas_alav Congrats! 🥳

[Joseph A. Christie-Oleza @JCO_lab]

@envmicro & @envmicrorep (one of my favourite journals 🤩) has opened a call for papers for a special issue on Microbes of the Plastisphere. Definitely a hot topic!! #plasticpollution #plasticwaste

[Applied Microbiology International @AMIposts]

CALL FOR PAPERS: Microbes of the Plastisphere. Environmental Microbiology is searching for papers for a special issue on the microbes that grow on plastics. For more info and to submit your paper, see here: https://t.co/vTm7OOKwfa

@wileymicrobio

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

Scientists have managed to power a microprocessor continuously for a year – and counting – using ALGAE!

The new system has potential as a renewable way to power large numbers of small devices as part of the Internet of Things.

@Arm @CamBiochem
https://t.co/rqg9CXP0Hj