Denise Akob
Microbial ecologist, biogeochemist, mom, & crazy cat lady. All around microbial cheerleader and science nerd. Chair of the 2025 Appl Env Micro @ GordonConf.
- My good friend Joe (@tallcuppajoe.bsky.social), founder of @binningsingletons.com unexpectedly lost his wife Sarah on Christmas. If he touched your life, please consider contributing to his children’s education as a show of support 🧪🧫🦠 gofund.me/65e0c557e
- My dear friend @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social founder of @binningsingletons.com unexpectedly lost his wife on Christmas. If he touched your life, please consider contributing to his children’s education as a tribute to his wife and a show of support. 🧪🧫🦠 gofund.me/65e0c557e
- Reposted by Denise AkobAustria is a gorgeous place and the University of Vienna’s CeMMS one of the top places in the world to do microbial ecology.
- Austria is stepping up to support US postdocs: stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi...
- Congratulations and thanks to @femsmicro.org @femsjournals.bsky.social for highlighting the excellent work of early career researchers!
- Cheers go out to Brielle Hrymoc of Casey Hubert's Lab @ucalgary.bsky.social and Ania Szlembarska of Brett Poulin's Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social for two well-deserved poster prizes for ECRs at the 2025 AEM GRC Conference. Thanks to #FEMSMicrobiolEcol @femsjournals.bsky.social for sponsoring!
- Reposted by Denise AkobFederal agencies hiding out in a bunker
- Reposted by Denise AkobNotice of Award is in! Join our team at NIU to study marine microbial ecology & disease dynamics in sea urchins 🧫🌊🦠 PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9 Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC... More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com @ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
- Thanks Jen! Can’t wait for the GRC next month!!
- Y'all, @deniseakob.bsky.social is planning a GREAT week of things for the AEM GRC in July. So hard to remember that Microbe is next week, not the GRC. Can't wait for dorm life next month!
- Reposted by Denise AkobCongrats Dr. Huber @juliehuber.bsky.social for your well-deserved induction into the American Academy of Microbiology! Thanks for all that you do for science and the many amazing people, from all walks of life, that make it happen.
- The 2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (AEM GRC/GRS) will be held in July! Apply soon - we expect the conference to fill up quickly so please apply early to guarantee a spot. Hope to see you at Mount Holyoke College! www.grc.org/applied-and-...
- Reposted by Denise AkobThe first #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology issue of 2025 is out! And here are the articles selected for the Spotlight section, a 🧵 doi.org/10.1128/aem....
- Reposted by Denise AkobJob opportunity! ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 2) IN PLANT RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY #plantscience #plantscijobs academicjobsonline.org/ajo/UBC/Bota...
- Reposted by Denise AkobDisappointed by the commercially available ABC books for toddlers and young kids, that either get things wrong or focus on immunology rather than microbiology (boooh!), I made a ABC of Microbiology for my son. Feel free to share. nebula.wsimg.com/bf929d050fcd...
- Reposted by Denise AkobFunded 4-year PhD with me & @barriewilks.bsky.social. We've found a way to make Streptomyces bacteria over-produce antibiotics in the presence of glucose. Could be a game changer. This PhD project aims to understand how it works. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/rel...
- Reposted by Denise AkobWe're hiring a lab technician to help with high-throughput culturing and other aspects of our research. Please help spread the word. Find out more and apply using the link below. Requisition ID: REQ20156462 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
- Reposted by Denise AkobA friendly reminder that we all thought the 2016 election would be a no-brainer. If you're registed, please, don't listen to the polls, don't assume - vote.
- Reposted by Denise AkobCheck out another new paper from the lab in GEB, where we examined microbes within the pitcher plant system and uncovered unique ecological processes governing the community assembly of distinct microbial guilds. #NSFfunded onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Congratulations to @USGS colleagues on their new publication in Science: Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply depths in the United States #pfas #prediction #drinkingwater www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Denise Akob🚨We are also hiring a postdoc to work on our newly funded Lyme disease phage project at Montana State! Are you a spirochetologist interested in phage biology? Come work with us in beautiful Bozeman, MT! Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43811 🧫🧪🦠
- 🚨We're hiring a lab manager/research scientist! Come work with us at Montana State University in beautiful Bozeman, MT We are a phage lab with diverse projects related to infectious disease, check us out here: patsecor.wixsite.com/mysite-1 Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43723 🧫🧪🦠
- Reposted by Denise Akob🚨We're hiring a lab manager/research scientist! Come work with us at Montana State University in beautiful Bozeman, MT We are a phage lab with diverse projects related to infectious disease, check us out here: patsecor.wixsite.com/mysite-1 Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43723 🧫🧪🦠
- The Ruyle lab @New York University is recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2025. The lab examines how human activity, the biosphere, and climate change impact water quality. Research includes work on PFAS contamination. Learn more: wp.nyu.edu/ruylelab/
- Reposted by Denise AkobMy department at Montana State University is starting a faculty search for the position of Assistant Professor of Biochemistry: jobs.montana.edu/postings/43522 Feel free to contact me with questions. #Ilivewhereyouwannagoonvacation
- Reposted by Denise AkobNSURP T-shirts! Buy a shirt and support this awesome program! I had a great time mentoring an NSURP scholar over the summer. She is headed to ABRCMS this fall to present her research. Fundraisers like this support these young scientists. www.customink.com/fundraising/...
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I am happy to share a preprint of recent microbe mineral interaction research from our team led by Nicole Fiore demonstrating calcium carbonate as the sole source of inorganic carbon for methanogenesis. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4... - Reposted by Denise AkobIt was a privilege to work with @markabelan.bsky.social on an infographic that summarizes the role of microbes in methane cycling, both cells that make or break methane. We have English, German and Spanish versions! Use widely and freely :)
- NEW PIECE: The Microbial Role of Climate Change Check out this infographic I made with @environmicrobio.bsky.social that introduces this unique intersection between methane, microbes, and climate change!
- Reposted by Denise AkobWhat’s black, white, and blue? @deniseakob.bsky.social and I are having convergent fashion again today (totally unplanned) #ASMicrobe 🧪🧫👩🔬
- Reposted by Denise AkobAnd please join the EEB meet up today at 4pm in the track hub space for some very exciting announcements about the future of the track!
- Hey #MicroSky - who’s here at #ASMicrobe? Come hang out in the EEB track with us!
- Reposted by Denise AkobHey #MicroSky - who’s here at #ASMicrobe? Come hang out in the EEB track with us!
- Registration is open for the International Symposium AquaDiva "Unraveling the Linkage of Surface and Subsurface Ecosystems in a Changing Environment". The meeting is 6-7 June 2024 in Jena, Germany. www.aquadiva.uni-jena.de/internationa...
- Reposted by Denise AkobWe are in our fifth year of NSURP, and we couldn't have done it without the mentors. You all help make this program great. We are once again calling on you. Visit NSURP.org to sign up as a mentor today. This is a great mentorship opportunity for trainees. Looking forward to seeing you this summer!
- #JobAlert #geochemistry The US Geological Survey in Reston, VA is hiring a geochemist to investigate the fate and effects of organic contaminants. Learn more at www.usajobs.gov/job/783751500 Apply starting April 1st. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens and recent graduates.
- Reposted by Denise AkobWe're hiring @microbesplanet.bsky.social! There is an open PhD position in my group to explore the effects of oxygen fluctuations on aquatic microbiomes. Apply here: microplanet.at/wp7.3-phd2 @cemess.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
- #JobAlert #microbiology #microbiologyjobs I am hiring a scientist to work with me at the US Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. Interested? Apply at www.usajobs.gov/job/783135100 starting April 1st (note that only 50 applications will be accepted). Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
- Reposted by Denise Akob🚨Job claxon🚨 The School of Biosciences (U of Birmingham) is looking to appoint two Assistant Professors in the broad field of microbiology. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... and edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Come and join us in Birmingham!
- #JobAlert USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Sci Ctr is hiring a permanent Physical Scientist in Lakewood, CO with expertise in geology, mineralogy, and geochemistry. See the USA Jobs for more info: www.usajobs.gov/job/777501500 www.usajobs.gov/job/777501900
- Excited to have a new paper in press at #AEMJournal #ASMicrobiology lead by former student Mitra Kashani. We present unique insight into how illegal dumping of oil and gas wastewater dramatically alters arid soil microbial communities. doi.org/10.1128/aem.... #AppEnvMicro #ASMnewsroom #USGS
- Reposted by Denise AkobIt’s Thursday! That means a new episode of #MattersMicrobial. This time, a wonderful chat with Cameron Thrash of USC about mysterious marine microbes! Please spread the word! @microbe.tv @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @jcamthrash.bsky.social youtu.be/awQcXPvkZRc?...
- Reposted by Denise AkobSo excited to announce a special collection on Planetary Microbiology in AEM❗️ I set to grow this topic as soon as I stepped in as Editor in Chief. Two years later, here it is. And with a fantastic guest editor: Prof. Betül Kaçar Please share within your networks! journals.asm.org/journal/aem/...
- Reposted by Denise AkobTwo PhD positions available in our lab @FBM_UNIL. We are looking for microbiologists interested in microbiota-host interactions, symbiosis, metabolomics, and social bees! Lausanne is amazing: Vibrant scientific environment & high quality of life 🇨🇭🚞🏂🌄🧪🐝🦠 shorturl.at/ptyOT shorturl.at/dipvA
- Reposted by Denise AkobIf you're going to #ASMicrobe for the first time this June and are a master’s or doctoral students from historically excluded communities check out the FLMF. It's a 2 year program that matches students with experts (mentors) across varied career sectors. Deadline is 2/15/24 asm.org/fellowships/...
- Reposted by Denise AkobThree-year postdoc available on anti-phage defense systems and phage biocontrol of phytopathogenic Ralstonia solanacearum at Helsinki (FIN) in collaboration with @hauryliuk.bsky.social and gemmaatkinson.bsky.social. Application deadline 29.2.2024. #phagesky #microsky jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
- Reposted by Denise AkobPlease repost! Deadline Oct. 27. Faculty job for bacteriologists! Join our Department of Microbiology @med_umontreal as Assistant/Associate Professor! #Bacteriology #FacultyJob #AcademicJobs #TenureTrack More info: bit.ly/3LE3fuz
- Reposted by Denise AkobI posted this job ad here and to Twitter yesterday. It has received 2X the engagement on BSky. Situation has changed rapidly. I have been on Twitter for 15 years, have 3700 followers, and was verified for years. I have less than 150 followers on Bsky
- We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Biology at Fordham University! Search is broad but interested in phylogenomics, evol genomics, and people that can teach computational bio and/or biostats. Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/128986
- Reposted by Denise AkobWe are hiring an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Biology at Fordham University! Search is broad but interested in phylogenomics, evol genomics, and people that can teach computational bio and/or biostats. Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/128986
- Reposted by Denise AkobWe are hiring!!! Assistant Professor in Emerging Zoonoses - based in the departments of Integrative Biology & Public Health aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04076
- Reposted by Denise Akob🚨Psst: we are hiring in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in Pitt’s School of Medicine. Microbiologists wanted! 🧪🧬🦠 (ad soon to follow)
