Wild Microbes Take the Evolutionary Road Less Traveled!
Summary & Analysis by Deepika Gunasekaran of “Multivariate Divergence in Wild Microbes: No Evidence for Evolution along a Genetic Line of Least Resistance” by Gluck-Thaler et al.
Read now! https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Jan-2025-Gluck-Thaler.html
🦠 Synthetic biology could support future outposts on the moon and Mars
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-synthetic-biology-future-outposts-moon.html
#space #technology #manufacturing #molbio #biotech #biology #microbes #moon #mars
As humanity sets its sights on long-duration missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond, keeping astronauts healthy will be as critical as building rockets or habitats. A new paper appearing in npj Microgravity explores the possibilities of synthetic biology in accomplishing this.
How can #STS expand the view of #microbes beyond the pathogenic, the human, and toward complex #ecologies?
👀 Read Cañada Sariola, and Rest's introduction of the thematic collection Microbes and STS: https://doi.org/pzvj
Novel research reveals thriving microbial life in trees https://phys.org/news/2025-08-reveals-microbial-life-trees.html
A diverse and distinct #microbiome inside living trees https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09316-0
"A single tree hosts about one trillion #bacteria in its woody tissue... #microbes are partitioned between heartwood and sapwood with each having its own unique microbiomes with minimal similarity to other tissues... They are actively producing gases and cycling nutrients... these communities may have coevolved with #trees over time"
I am excited to introduce our new @EvolLetters paper that has just come out:
https://academic.oup.com/evlett/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evlett/qraf026/8223096
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#temperature #adaptation #enzyme #microbes #ProteinStructure
How can #STS expand the view of #microbes beyond the pathogenic, the human, and toward complex #ecologies?
👀 Read Cañada, Sariola, and Rest's introduction of the thematic collection Microbes and STS: https://doi.org/pzvj
The Editorial for 11.1 reflects on the end of our tenure + the thematic collection on #STS #Situating #Microbes by asking:
Why does it matter to hold a #transnational #OpenAccess space for recording multiple forms of life + life forms in #transformation?
American Naturalist
Paul Houle
EngagingSTSjournal
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺
Dimitris Kontopoulos
KTJ