ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

UA-Ruhr Professor. Microbiology. ERC Syg Awardee 2023. Germany Joined June 2013

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8 months ago

Only 8 days left to apply for one of two PhD positions in our department! We study microbiomes, viromes, plasmidomes, and epigenetics of rivers! Please RT! #phdstudent #fullyfunded #microbiology #bioinformatics

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9 months ago

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

9 months ago

#PhD #position alert 2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC #1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a #2 on virus-host stress response in rivers tinyurl.com/43cjd6es @CristinaMorar20 @zwu_ude @unidue Pls RT!

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

9 months ago

Looking for new microbes to cultivate? Check out our new paper "Earth's most needed uncultivated aquatic prokaryotes" by @Sophie_AnjaS et al. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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María Ángeles Lezcano @MAngelesLezcano

12 months ago

Proud of our work and happy that it is finally published!😀A huge microbial diversity in ancient sediments of Laguna Lejía, a lake in the Chilean Altiplano🧬. Great collaboration with @ProbstLab! Thanks to @C_Astrobiologia, @IMDEA_Agua, @unidue, @kieluni! link.springer.com/article/10.118…

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

a year ago

Check out this interesting article about fatty acid synthesis in archaea - does this bridge the lipid divide? cool stuff from the Siebers Lab @unidue

Bettina Siebers @BettinaSiebers

a year ago

Check out this interesting article about fatty acid synthesis in archaea - does this bridge the lipid divide? cool stuff from the Siebers Lab @unidue

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

a year ago

Had dinner at our place with another professor, 2 staff scientists & a science manager. Asked what they like most abt their job; answers: - researching whatever I want - doing exciting science - having a permanent job - my colleagues Freedom in academia’s amazing! Celebrate it!

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

a year ago

Check out our community-driven roadmap on fair reuse of public seq data in microbiology. We are happy to have such amazing supporters in the Data Reuse Consortium. This is the first of many collaborative steps in making data reuse a fair part of science. @RESIST_CRC @dfg_public

André Soares @GeoMicroSoares

a year ago

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Emily White @emc_white

a year ago

Today I am striking together with my Nature editorial and production colleagues in London for better pay. Thanks for all your support so far, it means so much. If you feel able to, please consider signing this open letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1Th… #springernaturestrike

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

a year ago

🚨 Job alert 🚨 We have an open PhD student position in #microbial #ecology and #metagenomics for 3 years at the @RARuhr @unidue in the @ProbstLab. Research topic: HGT in the deep biosphere. @dfg_public Link: tinyurl.com/3dhrpksk please RT and share @AcademicJobs

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

a year ago

Happy #international #Water #day! Dr. Vanessa Kramer introducing the #Water #Graduate #School and the upcoming speaker including @CterminiPhD Wonderful networking day with an inspiring talk by Hans-Peter Gossart from @LeibnizIGB at @unidue @RARuhr @Essen_Ruhr @zwu_ude

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Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol

2 years ago

OUT NOW! Phage proteins target and co-opt host ribosomes immediately upon infection @JoergLab & co nature.com/articles/s4156…

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Ivan Berg @Ivan_A_Berg

2 years ago

The Berg Lab is hiring two postdocs for the @ERC_Research funded Synergy project “Archean Park” (duration 3 years). #biochemistry, #microbiology Link to application: tinyurl.com/arnmw9p3 Please RT!

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ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ @AlexJProbst

2 years ago

There are few hours left to contribute to this poll and to help determine new standards for data reuse of public sequencing data. It's only 5-10 minutes but I can mean a lot for the next generation of scientists! Here is the link to the survey shorturl.at/NOUW2

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Pilhofer Lab @PilhoferLab

2 years ago

Bacteria can be pirates too... 🏴‍☠️ Let us introduce you to Captain Aureispira ⛵️ A bacterial pirate ship loaded with canons 💉 and grappling hooks 🪝🌴predating on other bacteria 🦠 Check the preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #predation #T6SS #T9SS #cryoEM #cryoET #teamtomo 🧵1/6

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André Soares @GeoMicroSoares

2 years ago

We’re nearing the finishing line for our survey!! If you work on #metagenomics or other #omics please fill our 5min survey and then pass it on to colleagues & colaborators!! Here is our survey: shorturl.at/NOUW2 Please fill it until the 31st January!