oceanography & astrobiology phd student | university of washington | trace metal biogeochemistry and siderophoreshttps://bsky.app/profile/pmonreal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pmonreal.bsky.social/post/3lfunprjffk2jSome pictures so far from our cruise over the Australian-Antarctic Ridge We’re looking for iron sources to a massive phytoplankton bloom that occurs here every year 🌊🐧16 Jan 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:np76bvzhdefdli6acaksfstg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfunprjffk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pmonreal.bsky.social/post/3lfg6spa3vs2jThanks Randie! It was fun to think about how whales (and their gut microbes) concentrate and transform iron + copper during feeding. We found high numbers, 40+ new copper compounds, and bioavailable iron. Lots of questions, but I think gut bacteria are important to ecosystem metal cycling! 🐋💩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:np76bvzhdefdli6acaksfstg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfg6spa3vs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pmonreal.bsky.social/post/3lbsdaua6cs2hExcited to share a new paper led by Colleen Hoffman, me, @rmbundy.bsky.social, and other awesome co-authors is finally out. We find strong ligands coupled to iron in hydrothermal plumes, detect putative siderophores, and identify some siderophore producers! 🌊🧪 https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/5233/2024/bg-21-5233-2024-assets.html25 Nov 2024 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:np76bvzhdefdli6acaksfstg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbsdaua6cs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pmonreal.bsky.social/post/3laznty5dwk2oironic to be fleeing to an app called bluesky during the time of the year when the sun sets at 4pm, but howdy everybody!16 Nov 2024 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:np76bvzhdefdli6acaksfstg/app.bsky.feed.post/3laznty5dwk2o