Paul Berube

Microbial ecologist at MIT. Phytoplankton ecology, genomics, and physiology.

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

@ackero9 This is mostly based on memory, but I recall it worked really well. Layer equal volumes of your heavy and light solutions. Plug tube. Gently tip tube onto its side and let sit overnight. Gently tip back to vertical. Can check with refractometer

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

Really excited to be part of this amazing work out of @BigelowLab Not only a great resource for the community, but some fascinating insights on the diversity of marine microbes! Charting the Complexity of the Marine Microbiome through Single-Cell Genomics https://t.co/XpA5We04CO

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

Just out on @ISMEJournal open access by Jamie Becker, @brochlorococcus, Kali Rosendo, and Penny Chisholm: Co-culture and biogeography of Prochlorococcus and SAR11 https://t.co/rHgn5VaSi9 Not easy to get these two to grow together!!! Beautiful piece of work!

[Anna Hickman @hickman_anna]

Our Nature Comms paper just out: "The blues and greens of the ocean will become even bluer and greener by the end of the century as a result of global warming" - providing an early warning signal of changes to the ocean ecosystem #ClimateScience #phdchat https://t.co/3zvdTkSpdL

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

@biorxivpreprint Now peer-reviewed! Accepted author manuscript now available from @eLife Emergence of trait variability through the lens of nitrogen assimilation in Prochlorococcus https://t.co/IHZDxavqgu

[Geoffrey Supran @GeoffreySupran]

CNN: "Katharine, are you rolling in the dough, is that why you're [working on climate change], you're just cashing in?"

Katharine: "More like rolling on the floor laughing".

Phenomenal on-point interview by @KHayhoe about new National Climate Assessment #NCA4. Go Katharine!

[@followGP15 @followGP15]

NEW BLOG POST: Q&A with #GP15 Co-chief Scientists @CasciottiKaren and @PhoebeLam9.
The pair are the first female chief scientists in U.S. @GEOTRACES history.

https://t.co/R6yO4V8QQX

#nsffunded #oceanography #geotraces #rogerrevelle #scienceatsea #womeninstem

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

@CivilMicro I second Actinomycetes. The last time I tried transferring a Streptomyces isolate into liquid medium, I ended up with something resembling a lava lamp. Pretty wild!

[Pierre Deep Sea @pgirguis]

Boston area peeps...the Schmidt Ocean Institute is having an info. session at Harvard today at 2 PM. Meeting will be in “Agassiz room” in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (on Oxford street; easy to find).

They’ll be talking about research and ship time support so come on by!

[Laura Hug @LAHug_]

The #HugLab is recruiting a postdoc to study dioxane degradation in contaminated and municipal waste environments! Please RT to your excellent microbial folk.

[Dynamic Ecology @DynamicEcology]

My goal as a reviewer: pass the Poulin test https://t.co/ixGWLyOJzG

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

Saturday in the lab. With the help of the awesome ⁦@OKeefeTyler⁩ Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus chemostats are up and running! #MIT

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

If you’re in Montreal, I highly recommend making it to this talk!

[Sarah Piché-Choquette @sarah_pc]

The first conference of our “Montreal Microbial Ecology Seminar Series” will be held next week! Professor Erin Bertrand, Dalhousie University, will present her talk “Metaproteomics inquiries into microbial interactions and resource utilization in the Southern Ocean”. Please RT!

[Pia Moisander @MoiPia]

For early career #plankton scientists: Submit your paper to Journal of Plankton Research @JPlanktonRes and you'll be considered for the Cushing Prize, selected at the end of each year. https://t.co/Ph1Q7TsGRA

[Nigel Goldenfeld. @NigelGoldenfeld.bsky.social @NigelGoldenfeld]

This report marks the growing importance of astrobiology and underscores how it is transitioning from unbridled speculation to an empirically-driven field.

Needed now: more biology, more participation in mission planning. More funding! Enceladus awaits!

https://t.co/qswtOMt3Tm

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

Really awesome science outreach initiative by ⁦@KHayhoe⁩ and ⁦@henrifdrake⁩ ...will definitely check out the ⁦@climatefortnite⁩ channel on Twitch! https://t.co/kZ2bTK36TY

[Bigelow Laboratory @BigelowLab]

Phytoplankton produce half the oxygen we breathe and form the base of the ocean food web. On Nov. 6, join president and CEO Deborah Bronk at Brunswick's Frontier Theater to learn how changes to #phytoplankton are recoloring Arctic and #GulfofMaine waters. https://t.co/HHpyAObu8v

[Hugh Kearns @ithinkwellHugh]

Starting a #PhD? You need to read this article about: The care and maintenance of your supervisor. Download the Nature article on this topic here. https://t.co/XwBTiLwIgq #PhDchat #PhDforum #postgrad

[Paul Berube @pmberube]

@nekton4plankton @ctitusbrown @WHOI Congratulations Harriet!!! WHOI is so lucky to have you. Let me know when the next time you’re up at MIT!