Ryan Ziels

Some researchers get their boost from papers or grants. My adrenaline rush comes from pull requests and seeing others use our tools. I got two happiness shots today: - www.nature.com/articles/s41... using #quantms - github.com/PRIDE-Archiv... new PR to #pridepy tool ☕🔥

Very excited to finally have my thesis work out in the world! Hopefully it just got easier to understand the role of specific microbes in complex communities, even when they are really rare!

Activity-targeted metaproteomics uncovers rare syntrophic bacteria central to anaerobic community metabolism www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Nice work by @ryanziels.bsky.social lab that combines BONCAT, FACS, and genome-resolved metaproteomics using affinity capture of newly made proteins.

OUT NOW Activity-targeted metaproteomics uncovers rare syntrophic bacteria central to anaerobic community metabolism by @ryanziels.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited for this opportunity to work with excellent research scientists at EMSL and the @jgi.doe.gov to study the microbes driving clean biofuel production! 🙏🦠⚡️🔥

Welcome the six researchers accepted to the FICUS program for FY26! Focus areas for projects include biofuels, biomaterials & bioproducts; hydrobiogeochemistry; & novel applications of molecular techniques. 🖥️🧬 @axelvisel.bsky.social @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com @simrouxvirus.bsky.social

Occurrence and temporal dynamics of denitrifying protist endosymbionts in the wastewater microbiome. Very excited to see the preprint of this story online and big congrats to @louison-nicolas.bsky.social at @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Metagenome taxonomy profilers usually ignore unknown species. SingleM is an accurate profiler which doesn't, even detecting phyla with no MAGs. Profiles of 700,000 metagenomes at sandpiper.qut.edu.au. A 🧵

Are you interested in microbes that are rare but active? We combined BONCAT with SIP and metaproteomics to improve the recovery of labeled proteins from such microbes. In this case, it illuminated a new anaerobic syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium. tinyurl.com/a8j29dsr #microbiomesky #microsky

UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842

Interesting new study on emergence and disruption of cooperativity in a denitrifying microbial community, by postdoc in the lab Alex Carr (from his PhD work with Nitin Baliga). academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

High accuracy meets high throughput for near full-length 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing on the #Nanopore platform #microbiome

Refinement of the “Candidatus Accumulibacter” genus based on metagenomic analysis of biological nutrient removal (BNR) pilot-scale plants operated with reduced aeration journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

Diverse electron carriers drive syntrophic interactions in an enriched anaerobic acetate-oxidizing consortium www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

🚨 #anvio v8 (marie) is out 🚨 This version includes new toys for integrated studies of microbial metabolism, genomic inversions, & phylogeography of proteins among many fixes and improvements. Release notes: github.com/merenlab/anv... Installation page: anvio.org/install

Selection and enrichment of microbial species with an increased lignocellulolytic phenotype from a native soil microbiome by activity-based probing -in ISME Comms www.nature.com/articles/s43...

I'm excited to announce that the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology has TWO openings for tenure track Assistant Professors using genomics-informed methods to study critical questions in Plant and/or Microbial Biology. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/265...

three microbiology tenure track positions at Texas State San Marcos General research areas of particular interest include Microbial Functional Genomics, Microbial Ecology, and Molecular Microbiology. jobs.hr.txstate.edu/... deadline nov 6th 2023 🦠🧬🖥️

So, on my first day on this new (to me) platform, my fav science writer posts that he signed book copies in the SeaTac airport. Today, my flight unloaded in front of the bookstore, and I was lucky enough to snag a (signed) copy of An Immense World. Things are pretty good over here.

Faculty position opening at Université de Montréal 👇🏾 Assistant or Associate Professor position in Bacteriology in the Department Microbiology, Infectious diseases & Immunology. Please share!

Oregon State university is hiring an assistant professor in Microbiology #MicroSky 🧫🦠 t.co/8asoeXnif5

Come work with us in Microbiology at UMass Amherst! We're hiring a microbial immunologist. More info here --> careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u... Apply by the November 13, 2023 to ensure consideration! Learn more about us here: www.micro.umass.edu #microsky #jobs 🧪🦠🧫