Group for Environmental Metagenomics, led by @alexjprobst.bsky.social Microbial, viral, & geochemical interactions by linking meta'omics & microscopy Managed by @geomicrosoares.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3mij2nx4r2k2c🤯 Manual MAG refinement? Still doing it by hand?? We’ve been there... You could just leave those messy, ill-assigned contigs/scaffolds in your data for NCBI to pick up during your submission… …OR you could add itBins, our new automated MAG refiner by @jmk-ude.bsky.social, to your pipeline!! 🔥02 Apr 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij2nx4r2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3mgcj66u6pk2tWe’re out and about yet again, this time in the vulcanic Eifel region drilling with Jens Kallmeyer @gfz.bsky.social 🌋05 Mar 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcj66u6pk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3m75trsbu3s2pNear-zero temperatures, but field sampling is still a-go for the Probst lab 😎 @geomicrosoares.bsky.social @feriel.bsky.social @pengyaoz.bsky.social are out in Regensburg! @unidue.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social04 Dec 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75trsbu3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3m5t6v62lac2nWe are excited to share @probstlab.bsky.social's latest publication on the diversity of CRISPR-Cas spacers, led by @katharinasures.bsky.social !! 🧬 Have a read!! ➡️ https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf201 @emilruff.bsky.social @alexjaffe.bsky.social @geomicrosoares.bsky.social & others not in Bluesky!17 Nov 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5t6v62lac2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3m222rvcank2wOur own @alexjprobst.bsky.social @geomicrosoares.bsky.social and Cristina Moraru have recently authored a @natmicrobiol.nature.com Consensus Statement where they discuss new mechanisms for sequencing data reuse! 🧬💻 Check out their manuscript here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02116-230 Sep 2025 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m222rvcank2whttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lvsbpjdhrc2jFresh out of the oven! 🍞 We're happy to see this preprint out, fruit of a recent collaboration with @wei-biogeochem.bsky.social! 🧬💻 Small 🧵 below going through the main points 👇 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.27.666752v107 Aug 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvsbpjdhrc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lvbg6kvdws2lPlease RT this awesome opportunity to do a PhD at @unidue.bsky.social in collaboration with @jgi.doe.gov!! 🔥 Thanks! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbg6kvdws2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lu3ny2sn7s2gWe’re happy to announce Dr. Lennard Stach!! 🥳🥳 Well done Lennard for a brilliant defense and thesis!! We will miss you! Finally, thank you @leeselab.bsky.social for sitting in the thesis committee! 🫶16 Jul 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3ny2sn7s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lrhx7gsczk2nOur @umweltstiftung.bsky.social fellow Linda Labecka presented her work at the most recent DBU conference! She works closely with the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (@unidue.bsky.social & University Medicine Essen) and Universitätsklinikum Bonn (@unibonn.bsky.social)! 🧬💻13 Jun 2025 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrhx7gsczk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lqs723cxss2kOur latest work is out - here, our own Dr. Sarah Eßer compares transcriptomic patterns of Altiarchaeum in Crystal Geyser (US) and the Muehlbacher sufidic spring (Germany)! 🧬 Read more below: https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-2229.70096?af=R04 Jun 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs723cxss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lqeuoxv3xs2cExcited to welcome @hsintunglai.bsky.social and @renaandraes.bsky.social as PhD students to our group!! They will be working within Phase 2 of @crc-resist.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social under the supervision of @alexjprobst.bsky.social and @cristinamoraru.bsky.social. https://media.tenor.com/1_TTtVcevzwAAAAC/eppendorf-eppy.gif?hh=280&ww=49830 May 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqeuoxv3xs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3llwcli7xac2y#TBT to @joernstarke.bsky.social and @katharinasures.bsky.social presenting their amazing work at the @vaam-microbes.bsky.social AC 2025 which took place at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de just last week! Well done you two! @crc-resist.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social03 Apr 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwcli7xac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3llnxwfznic2yHere's our latest group photo! Our lovely team keeps growing, as does our enthusiasm for doing great science together! 🦠🧬31 Mar 2025 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llnxwfznic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3ll43pxx6ek27We’re looking forward to meeting all our science friends at the @vaam-microbes.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de !! 🧬🦠 On our side, we’re exceptionally giving two talks about our latest work: ⬇️24 Mar 2025 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll43pxx6ek27https://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lklcyvspkc2vSuper happy to be hosting Prof. Richard Allen White III AKA @raw937.bsky.social from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte at @unidue.bsky.social for 3 surprisingly sunny weeks!! Great to have you around Rick!! 🦠🧬17 Mar 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklcyvspkc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lk3mtf64fc22Want to know who’s replicating and who’s just hanging out in your enrichment cultures? Our new study led by @soansi.bsky.social shows how @nanoporetech.com long-read sequencing can reveal replication states, shedding light on microbial growth. 🦠🧬 See our latest publication: https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf04111 Mar 2025 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk3mtf64fc22https://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lilyokiv6c2rIs stress response in stream sediments uniform across catchments? 🌊🦠 With @TheWrightonLab at CSU, we built river MAG & gene DBs and used metaT data to explore this while uncovering active stream microbiome metabolic functions! Read our preprint here: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.16.638492 @unidue.bsky.social20 Feb 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lilyokiv6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lily6tj7nk2rQuick PSA: we’ve officially deactivated our profile on Twitter/X and will henceforth only use Bluesky to communicate our science 😁20 Feb 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lily6tj7nk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3lfmttp32tc24We’re kicking off our Archean Park ERC project at @uni-muenster.de with @alexjprobst.bsky.social Jens Kallmeyer, Ivan Berg and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs & respective groups! Thanks very much to @donatogiovannelli.bsky.social and Prof. William Martin for giving invited talks to get us started!13 Jan 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmttp32tc24https://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3ldoehiwdbs2lWe’re hiring!! Come do a PhD with us using -omics to better understand river microbiomes responses to drought processes! ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2024 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoehiwdbs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/probstlab.bsky.social/post/3kge5d7f3fy2iWe are grateful for the privilege of hosting Sigrid Neuhauser @sigridneuhauser.bsky.social today. She delivered a fascinating talk about her work on Phytomyxids. As part of the university network AURORA she currently visits the ProbstLab to foster scientific cooperations. 🥬🧬🥦12 Dec 2023 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:5ugyzpvx3sum3xz5bkpzohy7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kge5d7f3fy2i