Stephen Noell

Postdoc at the Thermophile Research Unit, Waikato Uni; microbial physiology, culturing extremophiles, env micro; not around too much

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

Excited that our survey of Erebus microorganisms is out now!
https://t.co/QrsWpR69Ge

Congrats to the first author, Trine, who has been on a long journey to get this out!

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

Shoutout to all the great co-authors who have made these studies possible! And a special thanks to Craig Cary, without whom none of this work would've been possible. His legacy lives on

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

We now have three new preprints out about the ecology, taxonomy, and predicted functions of microbes (prokaryotes and otherwise!) inhabiting Antarctic geothermal microbes - see posts below for links and summaries!

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

Next: a survey of life across all three domains that inhabit geothermally heated soils on Mt. Erebus, from fumarolic ice cave soils to hot, steaming, exposed soils. Lots of very taxonomically novel fungi!
https://t.co/3dZF1VuQlT

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

And finally: comparing microbes from Mt. Erebus to other continental Antarctic geothermal areas, Mts. Rittmann and Melbourne, finding that there are very few regional generalists at these sites despite (or because of) lots of dispersal between them
https://t.co/nqrlbfiIZb

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

Thanks to everyone who attended the SCAR Open Science Conference 2024 in Chile - it was great to make new connections and learn about some awesome research going on in Antarctica! #SCAR2024

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

@angelazoumplis Thanks for attending!

[PeopleOnVolcanoesPod @Volcanoes_Pod]

Our Mt. Erebus episode is now live. Professor Craig Cary, who shared his amazing science and fascinating experiences with us, tragically passed away yesterday. It was a privilege to get to know him. https://t.co/CsPIP3BSYn

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

It's been a hard last few days, coming to grips with Craig's death. He was a fantastic mentor and he leaves a giant hole in our research unit and in my life.

[Chris Greening @greeninglab]

Professor Craig Cary tragically passed away yesterday. A brilliant scientist who wrote many influential papers in both Antarctic and hydrothermal microbiology. An even greater mentor, who uplifted so many with his relentless enthusiasm, creativity, and encouragement. 1/2

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

This was a fun project: we (former undergrad prof, his student, and I) cultured/characterized a taxonomically novel, cold-adapted Vibrio strain that has the genomic/physiological hallmarks of a moderate psychrophile, unique for the Vibrio genus (so far)
https://t.co/2ZcRryipDl

[MAGMA Project @MAGMAProject1]

We've returned from our work in Antarctica! We had success in our drilling operations and have a boatload of cultures growing in the incubators. For more information on what we've been up to, head over to our Facebook page, which we will keep updating:
https://t.co/VCck2XbC5D

[MAGMA Project @MAGMAProject1]

If you'd like to follow along with our field deployment in Antarctica (in 3 days!!), please see our Facebook page for updates as we will not be updating this account during deployment.
https://t.co/VCck2XbC5D

[MAGMA Project @MAGMAProject1]

Some things in science aren’t so glamorous…like spending endless hours punching holes in tape and cutting filters for culturing devices!

>12 hours of work later, 28 devices have been successfully assembled and are ready to go to Antarctica. 2 weeks till deployment!

[Simonetta Gribaldo @SGribaldo]

Need an up-to-date #TreeofLife for teaching/conferences/wall paper? Talented PhD student @BasileBeaud drew a schematic consensus ToL from the most recently published phylogenies. Hope this is useful! Downloadable version in the thread👇

[MAGMA Project @MAGMAProject1]

Planning for fieldwork on Erebus requires going over every step of the process. One important step is when we're collecting subsurface hot soil samples (50-70 C, 120-160 F) on Erebus, we need to keep the microbes inside these samples from freezing... (1/3)

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

We are in the full swing of preparation for our field season this November!

[MAGMA Project @MAGMAProject1]

A bit about our field season: we will be helicoptering up to Mt. Erebus, the southernmost active volcano in the world, and drilling ~4 meter holes in geothermally heated soils, with the goal of culturing new subsurface microorganisms unknown to science!
Pictured: test drill, 2019

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

Out now: Genome content predicts the carbon catabolic preferences of heterotrophic bacteria @MattiGralka @oxcordero @ALIFE_VU @MIT_CEE

https://t.co/zzBKtrw4LJ

[Stephen Noell @thefirstNoells]

We're going to Antarctica in just a few months!!

[MAGMA Project @MAGMAProject1]

We are gearing up for our upcoming field season on Mt. Erebus in Antarctica this year, doing our final planning and testing at the moment, packing soon! Stay tuned to see what it’s like to get ready for work in Antarctica and a bit about what we hope to accomplish this year…

[Ilnam Kang @ilnam_kang]

Our manuscript on the cultivation of the SAR202 clade has been officially published. Huge thanks to the editor and reviewers. (1/8)
https://t.co/L4dd157neS