Karthik Anantharaman
@KarthikGeomicro
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Associate Professor, UW-Madison - On Sabbatical at IIT Madras. Microbial/Viral Ecology, Bioinformatics, Biogeochemistry. Find me on 🟦sky @karthik-a.bsky.social
Madison, WI
Joined February 2016
Super excited to announce the 5th IBSE International Symposium - Microbiomes in Environment, Space and Human Health at @iitmadras in Chennai, India from Feb 19-21. Amazing sessions and and a great lineup of speakers. Please RT and spread the word! https://t.co/6UkNesHSj8
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A few more days until registration closes for our Phage Workshop at IIT Madras from 10-12 March. If you are interested in Phage, AMR, and biotechnology, this may be of interest. Come join us! And please spread the word.
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This is not true! Any phage scientist could tell you that phage are everywhere from sewage, to rivers, to human skin and human gut. Literally everywhere. They are not a barometer of river purity or anything else.
A groundbreaking study by renowned scientist Dr. Ajay Sonkar has revealed that the #Ganga River remains completely germ-free despite over 60 crore visitors taking holy dips during #MahaKumbh in #Prayagraj, #UttarPradesh. The research shows that Ganga is the world's only
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New lab paper alert: Presenting "Prophage-DB", a database of prophages mined from public databases along with metadata.
environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com
Background Viruses that infect prokaryotes (phages) constitute the most abundant group of biological agents, playing pivotal roles in microbial systems. They are known to impact microbial community...
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News and Views by @NatureMicrobiol on our recent papers describing the 20-year study of ecology and evolution of viruses and bacteria in freshwater systems. @archaeal @quendi @ZhichaoZhou_CHN @UWMadisonCALS @UWBact @AnantharamanLab
https://t.co/LgRXtX16W2
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Nature Microbiology - Three different studies in this issue use metagenomics to study the bacterial and viral dynamics of freshwater microbiomes, highlighting the ecological and environmental...
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VAST UNEXPLORED VIRAL DIVERSITY in FRESHWATER ! Amazing study which identified over 1.3 million viral genomes in the freshwater lake, highlighting the enormous untapped viral diversity in these ecosystems. https://t.co/G9OYSFqxQs
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OUT NOW Unraveling viral ecology and evolution over twenty years in a freshwater lake @KarthikGeomicro & co https://t.co/7egKf230cR
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Nature Microbiology - A long-term metagenomic time series reveals how viruses impact diversity, ecological dynamics and evolution of freshwater microbiomes.
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New paper alert: Our 20-year study of viral ecology and evolution reveals viral roles in microbial dynamics, phage genome evolution over time, and key interactions with hosts. @ZhichaoZhou_CHN @patriciatran_ @pCodyM @RobinRohwer @quendi @archaeal
https://t.co/nj4QSA7nXE
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Nature Microbiology - A long-term metagenomic time series reveals how viruses impact diversity, ecological dynamics and evolution of freshwater microbiomes.
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I will be conducting a workshop on "Phage Ecology and Evolution in Microbiomes" at IIT Madras from 11-14 December. lf you are interested in phage applications, therapy, or biotechnology, this may be of interest. Please spread the word. https://t.co/lhIqNnbYQR
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🧬🦠Join us for the 5th @IBSE_IITM International Symposium, on Microbiomes: Exploring Invisible Frontiers in Health, Habitat, Space, and Beyond! 📅Feb 19-21, 2025 📍@iitmadras Register now! https://t.co/iynYyo6ihY Early bird registrations close Nov 5! #Microbiome #Science
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New preprint alert: We define two new metrics V-score and VL-score for genomes and protein families with applications in viral genomics and ecology. These metrics for KEGG, Pfam, eggNOG, VOG, PHROG, are publicly available - https://t.co/bcn9GKPtiC. Pls RT. https://t.co/RrJCkHah9O
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This is great! @NIAIDNews have launched a collection of public domain illustrations (currently 550 individual icons) https://t.co/qYzIsbr0TH
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Deadlines for early bird registration have been extended to November 5. If you are interested in Microbiome Sciences, consider traveling to IIT Madras in Chennai and attending this fantastic meeting from Feb 19-21, 2025. We have a great line up of speakers and sessions. Please RT
Super excited to announce the 5th IBSE International Symposium - Microbiomes in Environment, Space and Human Health at @iitmadras in Chennai, India from Feb 19-21. Amazing sessions and and a great lineup of speakers. Please RT and spread the word! https://t.co/6UkNesHSj8
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Recently, I had the opportunity to talk to Victoria Atkinson for @LiveScience to discuss the origin of viruses and if they predated bacteria and archaea. Check out the article here: https://t.co/wnSfSQeNcz.
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Viruses and bacteria have been around for billions of years, but which came first?
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Diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism Zhou, Tran & co. explore the metabolic reactions by which microorganisms transform inorganic sulfur compounds across varied microbiomes & ecosystems, and explore the link between sulfur cycling microorganisms & climate change
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Super excited to share our new review article on the diversity and ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism. Please RT and share. @ZhichaoZhou_CHN @patriciatran_
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Nature Reviews Microbiology - In this Review, Zhou, Tran et al. provide a comprehensive overview of the metabolic reactions by which microorganisms transform inorganic sulfur compounds across...
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Thrilled to unveil PhageMaP—a powerful method for mapping phage gene essentiality and decoding gene-environment-function relationships. We created comprehensive gene essentiality maps for model and non-model phages across diverse hosts. Discovered key 'counters' & 'triggers' to
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Understanding core and conditional gene essentiality is crucial for decoding genotype-phenotype relationships in organisms. We present PhageMaP, a high-throughput method to create genome-scale phage...
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