This Fungia mushroom plate coral reminds us this Earth Day that we are all interconnected holobionts smiling under the same galactic Sun 🌌☀️🪸🌎🌌 #coralmorphologic #miami #earthdayiseveryday #earthday
April 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This Fungia mushroom plate coral reminds us this Earth Day that we are all interconnected holobionts smiling under the same galactic Sun 🌌☀️🪸🌎🌌 #coralmorphologic #miami #earthdayiseveryday #earthday
Re-reading this journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... “Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts” and agreeing with a lot of it
Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts | mBio
ABSTRACT The advent of relatively inexpensive tools for characterizing microbial communities
has led to an explosion of research exploring the diversity, ecology, and evolution
of microbe-host systems...
journals.asm.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Re-reading this journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... “Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts” and agreeing with a lot of it
Rereading these two papers:
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts | mBio
ABSTRACT The advent of relatively inexpensive tools for characterizing microbial communities
has led to an explosion of research exploring the diversity, ecology, and evolution
of microbe-host systems...
journals.asm.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Rereading these two papers:
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
Hello bluesky. I've migrated over and finding my way into communities interested in #sts, #hps, #artscience #holobionts, social dimensions of #microbiomes and #gaia. Also the joys and troubles of #multispecies societies. Will be posting about interdisciplinary research, engaged STS— and holobionts.
November 29, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Hello bluesky. I've migrated over and finding my way into communities interested in #sts, #hps, #artscience #holobionts, social dimensions of #microbiomes and #gaia. Also the joys and troubles of #multispecies societies. Will be posting about interdisciplinary research, engaged STS— and holobionts.
Transplant experiments in deep-sea vesicomyid clam holobionts? Impressive. A new @science.org Advances study finds tiered molecular adaptations and resilience. Symbionts shift metabolic pathways while hosts regulate lysosomal dynamics to adapt to environmental stress
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In situ evidence of tiered adaptations buffering a chemosynthetic clam holobiont against environmental sulfide fluctuations
Deep-sea holobionts adapt to extreme environmental fluctuations, but the molecular mechanisms underlying resilience remain poorly understood. We investigated the vesicomyid clam Archivesica marissinic...
www.science.org
October 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Transplant experiments in deep-sea vesicomyid clam holobionts? Impressive. A new @science.org Advances study finds tiered molecular adaptations and resilience. Symbionts shift metabolic pathways while hosts regulate lysosomal dynamics to adapt to environmental stress
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Next week, we welcome @cmarin.bsky.social in our ROTO Lecture Series. César will speak about understanding plant holobionts through complexity science. 🌿 Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#HPBio #PhilSci #PlantScience
#HPBio #PhilSci #PlantScience
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Next week, we welcome @cmarin.bsky.social in our ROTO Lecture Series. César will speak about understanding plant holobionts through complexity science. 🌿 Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#HPBio #PhilSci #PlantScience
#HPBio #PhilSci #PlantScience
More fascinating understanding of #microbiome. Our world of holobionts is so much more complex than we used to think
Here we show that transmitting the Microbiome can transfer a host trait, independently of selection on the host genome. In mice, with selection for low activity levels. Correlates with levels of lactobacilli and indolelactate: transferring these alone also reduces activity.
January 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
More fascinating understanding of #microbiome. Our world of holobionts is so much more complex than we used to think
"While breast milk was long considered sterile, it has been found to host its own unique microbiome."
So much we are just starting to learn about the #microbiome, and ourselves as holobionts
So much we are just starting to learn about the #microbiome, and ourselves as holobionts
New research on enzymes naturally found in milk, and how they act on proteins found in baby saliva to generate molecules that influence oral microbes.
Such a fascinating system! 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Such a fascinating system! 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Xanthine oxidase-lactoperoxidase system: Dose-dependent antibacterial effects and global gene expression changes in infant oral microbiota
Xanthine oxidase (XO) and lactoperoxidase (LPO) are highly abundant enzymes in milk. Their substrates, xanthine and thiocyanate, are found in elevated…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"While breast milk was long considered sterile, it has been found to host its own unique microbiome."
So much we are just starting to learn about the #microbiome, and ourselves as holobionts
So much we are just starting to learn about the #microbiome, and ourselves as holobionts
Two new gastropod holobionts from Atlantic hydrothermal vents showing different levels of endosymbiosis dependence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.05.756691v1
October 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Two new gastropod holobionts from Atlantic hydrothermal vents showing different levels of endosymbiosis dependence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.05.756691v1
seems that protists were way ahead of us with the invention of the circular economy 😊 great to hear of 'holobionts' again 👍
#SymnioSky #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
#SymnioSky #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
Protist–bacteria partnerships are more common in wastewater treatment plants than we thought. In this ISME communications paper, we uncovered widespread denitrifying endosymbionts inside ciliates, their global distribution, and their temporal dynamics across WWTPs.🦠
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Occurrence and temporal dynamics of denitrifying protist endosymbionts in the wastewater microbiome
Abstract. Effective wastewater treatment is of critical importance for preserving public health and protecting natural environments. Key processes in waste
academic.oup.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
seems that protists were way ahead of us with the invention of the circular economy 😊 great to hear of 'holobionts' again 👍
#SymnioSky #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
#SymnioSky #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
Finally, starting to think about #microbiotoxity.
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
Everyday household products could be harming your gut microbes
Study finds hidden microbiome toxicity in everyday pollutants, with some chemicals linked to antibiotic resistance.
www.earth.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Finally, starting to think about #microbiotoxity.
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
We are holobionts, and we need to think a great deal more about our #microbiome: be #probiotic
www.earth.com/news/more-th...
shoutout to holobionts
February 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
shoutout to holobionts
Great talk this morning from @ambonacolta.bsky.social on apicomplexans in marine holobionts including Anthozoans.
Really enjoying this lovely microbiome symposium by @ryanehulett.bsky.social and @wrong-whale.bsky.social! Great way to start SICB 2026!
Really enjoying this lovely microbiome symposium by @ryanehulett.bsky.social and @wrong-whale.bsky.social! Great way to start SICB 2026!
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Great talk this morning from @ambonacolta.bsky.social on apicomplexans in marine holobionts including Anthozoans.
Really enjoying this lovely microbiome symposium by @ryanehulett.bsky.social and @wrong-whale.bsky.social! Great way to start SICB 2026!
Really enjoying this lovely microbiome symposium by @ryanehulett.bsky.social and @wrong-whale.bsky.social! Great way to start SICB 2026!
Congrats to #philsci Derek Skillings, Pat Forber, & Rory Smead on Templeton grant! "research will focus on holobionts or “superorganisms”... coral reefs or lichens... “We used to think these… amalgamations of symbioses were exception in nature. But now we are realizing...it’s probably everything”
March 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Congrats to #philsci Derek Skillings, Pat Forber, & Rory Smead on Templeton grant! "research will focus on holobionts or “superorganisms”... coral reefs or lichens... “We used to think these… amalgamations of symbioses were exception in nature. But now we are realizing...it’s probably everything”
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing
These creatures evolved over millenia to create nature’s finest circular economy, but are now struggling to survive
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I have an essay in the latest @clarkesworldmagazine.com!
Symbiosis, holobionts, alien viruses, and biocyborgs, oh my...
#writing #science #biology #holobiont 🧪
Symbiosis, holobionts, alien viruses, and biocyborgs, oh my...
#writing #science #biology #holobiont 🧪
The May Issue of Clarkesworld features original stories by Angela Liu, Rati Mehrotra, Alex T. Singer, Wole Talabi, Ann LeBlanc, Caryanna Reuven, and Marie Vibbert.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I have an essay in the latest @clarkesworldmagazine.com!
Symbiosis, holobionts, alien viruses, and biocyborgs, oh my...
#writing #science #biology #holobiont 🧪
Symbiosis, holobionts, alien viruses, and biocyborgs, oh my...
#writing #science #biology #holobiont 🧪
Rewiring holobiont systems with synthetic biology
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
Rewiring holobiont systems with synthetic biology
Holobionts are complex communities comprising a host and its diverse microbiota. Their
intricate relationships are crucial for biological processes like nutrient uptake,
immune function, and environme...
www.cell.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Rewiring holobiont systems with synthetic biology
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
www.cell.com/trends/biote...
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing
These creatures evolved over millenia to create nature’s finest circular economy, but are now struggling to survive
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bik lab postdoc Alejandro De Santiago just gave a fantastic talk on phylogenetically divergent MAGs we recover from nematode holobionts, in the Tree Of Life session at #ISME20! Preprints here (meioBIOME software pipeline + nematode MAGs research paper): www.biklab.org/publications
August 17, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Bik lab postdoc Alejandro De Santiago just gave a fantastic talk on phylogenetically divergent MAGs we recover from nematode holobionts, in the Tree Of Life session at #ISME20! Preprints here (meioBIOME software pipeline + nematode MAGs research paper): www.biklab.org/publications
The "immune system" of plant holobionts. Boy is it complicated.
That we can hope to simplistically "engineer" such systems with simple changes, such as through gene editing, is clearly absurd
@gmwatch.bsky.social
That we can hope to simplistically "engineer" such systems with simple changes, such as through gene editing, is clearly absurd
@gmwatch.bsky.social
🍅🌿🛡️ SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🛡️🌿🍅
Ethylene signaling is essential for mycorrhiza-induced resistance against chewing herbivores in tomato – Lidoy et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Ethylene signaling is essential for mycorrhiza-induced resistance against chewing herbivores in tomato – Lidoy et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
May 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The "immune system" of plant holobionts. Boy is it complicated.
That we can hope to simplistically "engineer" such systems with simple changes, such as through gene editing, is clearly absurd
@gmwatch.bsky.social
That we can hope to simplistically "engineer" such systems with simple changes, such as through gene editing, is clearly absurd
@gmwatch.bsky.social
A new review paper from our lab courtesy of @jazzsynbio.bsky.social is published in Trends in Biotechnology
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A new review paper from our lab courtesy of @jazzsynbio.bsky.social is published in Trends in Biotechnology
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
In this review, we look at the many opportunities for synthetic biology to be used in the research and applications of Holobionts.
It’s exciting to see converging evidence across systems! 😀
Alongside the new work on gutless worms, our study shows that organosulfur cycling is also essential in lucinid holobionts. Lucinid host provides DMSP to its symbionts, sulphur-oxidising Thiodiazotropha and, a new member, Endozoicomonas.
Alongside the new work on gutless worms, our study shows that organosulfur cycling is also essential in lucinid holobionts. Lucinid host provides DMSP to its symbionts, sulphur-oxidising Thiodiazotropha and, a new member, Endozoicomonas.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It’s exciting to see converging evidence across systems! 😀
Alongside the new work on gutless worms, our study shows that organosulfur cycling is also essential in lucinid holobionts. Lucinid host provides DMSP to its symbionts, sulphur-oxidising Thiodiazotropha and, a new member, Endozoicomonas.
Alongside the new work on gutless worms, our study shows that organosulfur cycling is also essential in lucinid holobionts. Lucinid host provides DMSP to its symbionts, sulphur-oxidising Thiodiazotropha and, a new member, Endozoicomonas.
#PhD position - Identifying #macrophyte #holobionts using #environmental #DNA #metabarcoding: importance in #biomonitoring and #ecosystem #management
@hosmic.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social
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@hosmic.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social
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Doctor of philosophy in marine ecology - Identifying macrophyte holobionts using environmental DNA metabarcoding: importance in
New Career Opportunity! Ifremer has an opening for a Doctor of philosophy in marine ecology - Identifying macrophyte holobionts using environmental DNA metabarcoding: importance in in Sète, Occitanie,...
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March 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
#PhD position - Identifying #macrophyte #holobionts using #environmental #DNA #metabarcoding: importance in #biomonitoring and #ecosystem #management
@hosmic.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5n6dzbuf
@hosmic.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social
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If you're looking for some fun weekend reading, check out our recent review on marine apicomplexans, out now in ICB (@sicbjournals.bsky.social)! #ProtistsOnSky
Endosymbiotic Apicomplexans of Marine Holobionts: Microbial Parasites in a Warming Ocean
Synopsis. Apicomplexans are a large group of protists, including several species of major medical importance, most notably those which cause malaria and to
academic.oup.com
February 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
If you're looking for some fun weekend reading, check out our recent review on marine apicomplexans, out now in ICB (@sicbjournals.bsky.social)! #ProtistsOnSky
At the annual meeting of the Leverhulme Centre for the Holobiont - with Jazz from our group presenting how he is engineering sentinel cells within holobionts of interest to allow long term stable environmental sensing. @leverhulme.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
At the annual meeting of the Leverhulme Centre for the Holobiont - with Jazz from our group presenting how he is engineering sentinel cells within holobionts of interest to allow long term stable environmental sensing. @leverhulme.bsky.social