Are you at VAAM congress 2026?

👉 Join us for our lunch symposium and explore how and where wet-lab research meets AI—discussed by experts from the field.

This panel discussion brings together experts from experimental microbiology, applied microbiology, and computational biology to explore how AI is currently intersecting with wet-lab practice.

📅 Mon, 23 March
🕒 13:30–14:30
📍 Lecture Hall B

More info: https://tinyurl.com/y6vb5p78

…and come visit us at the booth 👋!

#microbiology #microbes

🐿️🌋 In 1980 researchers helicoptered #gophers onto the barren slopes of Mount St. Helens to test their role as #ecosystem engineers.

By digging through volcanic #ash, the #rodents brought vital mycorrhizal #fungi to the surface and sparked a #plant explosion that's still visible four decades later.

👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a70780384/gophers-mount-st-helens-eruption/

#volcano #ecology #nature #science #biology #washington #mountsthelens #microbes

"In a new study published in The ISME Journal, my colleagues and I show that Antarctic microbes make energy from the air at temperatures as low as –20°C. This finding improves our understanding of how life survives at temperature extremes in Antarctica – and how climate change will affect this important process."

https://theconversation.com/microbes-in-antarctica-survive-the-freezing-and-dark-winter-by-living-on-air-276384

#MIcrobes #Antarctica #Energy #Aerotrophy

11-Mar-2026
Study finds function–#evolution trade-off in #urban park #soil #microbes

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119869

#science #ecology #microbiology #urbanEcology #urbanEvolution

💎🌡️ The Cueva de los Cristales is home to giant beams of selenite that grew over hundreds of thousands of years in extreme heat. Scientists recently found dormant #microbes trapped inside the #crystals that may provide clues about how life survives in the harshest environments on #Earth.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/crystal-cave

#cave #mexico #geology #microbiology #extremophiles #science #nature #exploration #minerals #discovery #earthscience #biology

🏥🦠 Modern #research shows that the appendix is not a useless evolutionary leftover but a reservoir for healthy #microbes.

When the digestive system is compromised by illness, this small organ helps repopulate the gut with the #bacteria necessary for proper digestion.

👉 https://theconversation.com/what-does-the-appendix-do-biologists-explain-the-complicated-evolution-of-this-inconvenient-organ-277012

#biology #evolution #health #science #anatomy #nature #education

Breaking news: tree wood hosts two separate microbiomes

#bacteria #microbes #methane #wood #til