Dr. Diego J. Jimenez Avella
@Jimenez_ADJ
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Research Scientist at KAUST 🇸🇦 Microbiome Engineer - Plastics and Lignocelllulose Transformations in a Changing World 🌎 🦠🧬🧫🐕👨🏽🍼🇨🇴💜@
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Glad to share our last preprint 🚨. In this work, reshaping of #mangrove soil microbiomes 🌱🌅🧬🌊 was used to unveil halophilic PET-degrading enzymes, characterized by 🤖 AI tools and 3D structures ! @KAUST @MegbLab @Uniandes @KAUST_BESE
https://t.co/6IS9ygm0da
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Mangroves are ecosystems located in land-sea transition zones, where they are continuously exposed to plant biomass inputs and plastic pollution. Their soils harbor extensive microbial diversity with...
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Glad to share our last preprint 🚨. In this work, reshaping of #mangrove soil microbiomes 🌱🌅🧬🌊 was used to unveil halophilic PET-degrading enzymes, characterized by 🤖 AI tools and 3D structures ! @KAUST @MegbLab @Uniandes @KAUST_BESE
https://t.co/6IS9ygm0da
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Mangroves are ecosystems located in land-sea transition zones, where they are continuously exposed to plant biomass inputs and plastic pollution. Their soils harbor extensive microbial diversity with...
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Super fungi survive extreme Mars-like environments A black fungus that can tolerate extreme salinity and intense radiation in a Mars-like environment provides insights into planet habitability and beyond. https://t.co/FjvyPXzZBF
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New paper out in @cellhostmicrobe. Here, I provide my personal view on "Plant-microbe interactions in the context of global change biology" @PSUPlantScience @PSUmBiome @huckinstitutes @agsciences
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A new collaboration between @LifeAtPurdue and @KAUST_BESE to unveil archaeal communities involved on methane production in Japanese 🪲 beetle. Congrats to Helena Avila-Arias and all coauthors 👏 https://t.co/O5D1DvMToC
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For talent microbiologists and/or computational biologists students (MS and PhD level) that wants to work with me at @MegbLab at @KAUST_BESE on platics degradation and mangroves, see below: https://t.co/1oLzVhmSyy
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An incredible week learning about engineering of plastic-degrading enzymes 👨🏽🔬… thanks to organizers and supporters @KAUST_BESE @Rosado_AS
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Good start to 2025! We need to work towards improving plastic degradation in marine environments. Lack of functional polyester-biodegrading potential in marine versus t... https://t.co/8uezZsNKxb
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Very proud to share my first pre-print as first author. This study was an international collaboration 🇺🇸 to unveil microbial communities associated to the Red Sea 🇸🇦 using field deployable technologies 🌊 🪸 🌱 @MegbLab @KAUST_News @NASA @Rosado_AS
https://t.co/5bTKeWxzzI
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Background In this study, xTitan, a field-deployable, automated, and versatile nucleic acid extraction system was employed to characterize microbial communities in Red Sea-derived samples, including...
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Read our #preprint on @researchsquare: Microbial community characterization in Red Sea-derived samples using a field-deployable DNA extraction system and nanopore sequencing https://t.co/tqCdrd27Ab
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Very proud to share my first pre-print as first author. This study was an international collaboration 🇺🇸 to unveil microbial communities associated to the Red Sea 🇸🇦 using field deployable technologies 🌊 🪸 🌱 @MegbLab @KAUST_News @NASA @Rosado_AS
https://t.co/5bTKeWxzzI
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Background In this study, xTitan, a field-deployable, automated, and versatile nucleic acid extraction system was employed to characterize microbial communities in Red Sea-derived samples, including...
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We’re proud to celebrate Prof. @Rosado_AS on his election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (@ASMicrobiology) This prestigious honor recognizes his groundbreaking contributions to #microbiology and his inspiring journey from Brazil to #KAUST, where he continues
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Yesterday, in an amazing day of science, we had highlighted achievements and upcoming aims in our annual @MegbLab workshop at @KAUST_BESE 💪🏼🙏🏽🧫🧬🦠 Thanks students and staff! @Rosado_AS
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Happy new year! Our January issue covers academic bullying (@MoriMahmoudi), mammalian cell programming, mRNA cell engineering (@bio_nano @ColinPouton), materials for macrophage activity (@DrErikaMoore @LabRaghavan), nucleic acid delivery (@ProfTomEllis), mangrove soil engineering
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Excited to welcome Luis Miguel to our lab at KAUST! Looking forward to an incredibly productive and collaborative week with him and the team. @KAUST_BESE @MegbLab
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Ahead of COP29, AMI partners with leading global scientific organisations to issue a unified call to action, spotlighting microbial solutions as pivotal in combating climate change. https://t.co/0fqRNIsw6L
@OUPAcademic @ISME_microbes @SpringerNature @FEMSmicro @ASMicrobiology
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Ahead of COP29, Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has partnered with leading global scientific organisations to issue a unified call to action, spotlighting microbial solutions as pivotal in...
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The biochemical mechanisms of plastic biodegradation
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This review synthesizes current knowledge on the biochemical mechanisms of plastic degradation by microbes to enable researchers to harness these activitie
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It is our pleasure to announce Raquel Peixoto, Associate Professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, as the new ISME President. Check out her vision for the next two years: https://t.co/R3bc9EwQdV
#MicrobialEcology #microbes
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