Associate professor at the University of North Alabama. Microbial ecology and evolution. Cats. Roar Lions! Hook em!
Alabama, USA
Joined May 2014
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Microbiology at its weirdest! #livingfossils #Desulforudis #deepsubsurface @ISMEJournal
Blog: Darwin’s finches in SLOW motion naturemicrobiologycommunity.…
Evolutionary stasis of a deep subsurface microbial lineage
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🚨 Looking to mentor a postdoc applicant for the 2026 Walder Foundation Biota Fellowship!
Project: microbes, nutrients in the MS River.
💵 $70k–$73.5k/yr
🔬 Aquatic micro, biogeochem, metagenomics? Let’s talk!
Info here: biotaawards.org/2026-applica…
#MicrobialEcology #BiotaFellowship
I would bet that Don Bryant knew more about phototrophic physiology than anyone who has ever lived on Earth.
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Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of Biology job opening at the University of North Alabama. There are currently many specializations that would compliment the department.
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☁️ M2 Masters Internship in Atmosphere Habitability Modelling
🎓 6-month paid opportunity starting early 2025
🦠 Investigate habitability & microbial ecology of the atmosphere
💻 Theoretical & numerical modelling
☀️ Marseille, France
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Excellent comparison of SAGs and MAGs.
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I just wanted to thank @DOEKBase for such an amazing platform bringing together so many bioinformatic tools in one easy to use place. Every time I try another program and browse the results I giggle about how fun and easy it is. Thank you!
I know there are mixed feelings about MDPI, but what journal doesn't have problems? Good science is good science.
Excellent special issue focusing on phototrophic lineages of bacteria:
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Here is our paper on Green Sulfur Bacteria:
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Omnitrophota are ultra-small (~0.2 μm) cells that are found in water, sediments and soils world-wide. Omnitrophota appear have genomic characteristics suggesting host-associated lifestyles consistent with obligate bacterial predators.
nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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I'm excited to hire a postdoc to study soil microbial communities in remnant and restored prairies!
Position starts as soon as January. See job ad and application info: barberna.wixsite.com/barbere…
Come join our lab group! Or consider if you know someone who would be a great fit.
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I'm so sad to say that my excellent colleague and friend Tullis C. Onstott passed away after a long illness, surrounded by family. His relentless optimism, infectious laugh, and deep knowledge of subsurface biogeochemistry made him a ray of light for many of us. We will miss him.
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After a long journey, we finally share our publication of the Metabolic potential of the Deep Ocean Microbiome from Malaspina Expedition 2010 ⛴️🌎 published with @SpringerNature in @CommsBio.
#openaccess in this link 👇
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Activity-guided single-cell genomics as a tool to guide novel biosynthetic discovery. Cool stuff! :)
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Nice story on our recent ISME paper examining evolutionary stasis in Desulforudis populations on three continents. @TheEconomist @rstepanauskas
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Microbe may have been in evolutionary stasis for millions of years. @EricBecraft @north_alabama @rstepanauskas @BigelowLab bit.ly/3uJrZXG
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Living fossils: Microbe discovered in evolutionary stasis for millions of years phys.org/news/2021-04-fossil… via @physorg_com This is amazing! Great work @EricBecraft et al.!
Evolutionary stasis of a deep subsurface microbial lineage @UNACOAS @UNAFlorAla @unaresearch @north_alabama
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I am so happy to announce our postdoc opening is live! Check it out if you would like to join our @NSF Rules of Life interdisciplinary team studying the relationship between prairie plant roots and soil microbes!
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