Haha, spectacular. You will be the first to know if I get a culture of press grubbing microbes going. I presume they will make brGDGTs
The glitter part is probably a media thing, the culture is of subsurface methanogens
Nah, probably just pH changes in the media
Yesterday we lost a great friend of geobiology, Jan Amend. His sudden passing is quite a shock, but as many of us remember, Jan always seemed to be living life to the fullest. He was a wonderful colleague and a supportive mentor. My heart goes out to everyone impacted, especially his family.
⚒️🧪 Hey L.A.! Did you feel that M4.3 earthquake offshore from Palos Verdes this morning? If you did, why not start 2024 with some citizen science and tell the USGS what it was like where you are! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Rejections on it around major holidays happen to me often enough I now expect it!
Eagerly awaiting my Christmas Eve grant rejections. Can we just send the emails already to get it over with? 🧪⚒️🦠🤞
This is cool new paper lead by a fantastic undergrad! This is a synthetic biology deep subsurface geomicro mashup. 🧪🦠⚒️ journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...