Anne Thompson

@npoulton.bsky.social Congrats to Nicole on the Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education!! @aslo.org

Excited to host Kishana Taylor of @blackinmicro.bsky.social here at Portland State today. Thank you for visiting us!

U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo

Into the Great Wide Ocean A seagoing scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on Earth

Hi ocean lovers and those who want to be. Am loving Sonke Johnsen's Into the Great Wide Ocean - about the people and creatures that thrive at sea far from land. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Prey particle surface property mediates differential selection by the ubiquitous appendicularian Oikopleura dioica Cell surface properties can strongly mediate microbial interactions with predators in soil and host-pathogen systems. Yet, the role of microbial surface properties in avoiding or enhancing predation ...

Our new paper shows how particle surface charge influences grazing by the magnificent appendicularian. Spoiler, it may matter most to the smallest cells doi.org/10.1002/lno.... With Kelly Sutherland, Terra Hiebert, and @msarscentre.bsky.social in Norway.

We look forward to meeting @fishguy.bsky.social at Portland State University next week.