Morgan Sobol
@MorganMicro
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Assistant Professor, Texas State University. Microbial Ecology ◊ Astrobiology ◊ Bioinformatics. Interested in early life evolution 🔭🧬🦠 @msobol.bsky.social
San Marcos, TX
Joined August 2012
I’m thrilled to be opening my lab at @txst in the @Txstbiology dept. this January!! We will be studying early microbial ecology and evolution. 🦠 🌎 I’m extremely grateful for the support of my mentors, colleagues, family, and friends! ❤️ Contact me for openings. #newPI #1stgen
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Our new paper, out today! We resurrected an enzyme first used by life on Earth 3 billion years ago. We validated a #biosignature in rocks that helps reveal ancient life on Earth to guide the search for ancient life on other worlds! @NASA #astrobiology
https://t.co/Em0bovaqED
nature.com
Nature Communications - The study shows that nitrogenase enzymes have maintained stable isotope signatures over billions of years, revealing how ancient microbes shaped Earth’s nitrogen cycle...
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How did life begin, and why does it matter today? Proud to be one of the organizers of a new @ASMicrobiology report supported by the @MooreFound, exploring microbial origins & how they inform biotech, climate, and search for life in the universe. ➡️
asm.org
The Academy report, funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, examines the origins and trajectory of early microbial life to inform and inspire future research.
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🚨New preprint! Origins of life research is fragmented across disciplines. We built #ChemOrigins, a community curated searchable database of experimental prebiotic chemistry. Read ➡️ https://t.co/INlO81fvUb Visit ➡️ https://t.co/AkYvYeLxOn For feedback contact: @BrZuviria!
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NASA is facing historic cuts. As these must first be negotiated in Congress, there is time to advocate against these cuts. Luckily, The Planetary Society has made it extremely easy to advocate to your member(s) of Congress. Please, click the links below and TAKE ACTION!
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🚨New preprint alert!🚨 Biology’s been metal since the very beginning🤘 We mapped Mo-dependent pathways across microbes and show this reliance emerged before oxygen showed up. Our results challenge assumptions about Mo scarcity on early Earth. @UWBact
https://t.co/dfHtE6zgcG
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab is hiring scientists to study enzyme evolution across geologic time. Learn more about one of our projects here:⬇️ https://t.co/18Q4jZ4xBK Folks who recently lost jobs are especially encouraged to apply! #ScienceJobs Contact:
kacarlab.org
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I'm excited to be co-hosting a new seminar series on Protein Structure Evolution. Talk 1: Andrei Lupas Topic: "Highly repetitive genomic ORFs: a source of new fibrous proteins?" 📅 Feb. 11, 3PM GMT 🔗 https://t.co/c5p9gO8Q92 Please share!
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Opportunity for a Masters, PhD student, and Post doc at the University of South Alabama/Dauphin Island Sea Lab to work on an EPA-funded water quality project! More information on the job descriptions available at https://t.co/ks7m7Rf834 Please share! :)
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Nitrogenase Structural Evolution Across Earth’s History https://t.co/mFTy9rOTS0
#astrobiology #genomics #evolution
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Out today! 🚨 We explore how planetary oxidation ~2.5 billion years ago shaped the puzzling history of metal use in nitrogenase, key to nitrogen fixation! 🌍🔬 https://t.co/DIe5KJ6gbd work led by @MorganMicro, @hollyr_rucker, in collab. with Eric Libby & Ariel Anbar. @UWBact
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Come be my colleague @txst @Txstbiology! 😁
@TXST and @Txstbiology invites applications for an open rank position in Aquatic Microbiology specializing in the study of microbiomes of aquatic resources (broadly defined) 🦠🧬🖥️🌊🚰🚱🏊♂️🔬🐸🐟🦐🪼🌱👨🌾🦟 More info here: https://t.co/PVxRMd3qwM Apply here: https://t.co/TU38zBbYz7
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Free alternative to BioRender: BioArt Source 2,000+ science and medical art visuals of high-quality, scientifically accurate vectors, icons, and brushes is freely available within the public domain https://t.co/iCjOQZAKX9
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Excited to share my review on reconstructing early life, out @AnnualReviews! It covers past and future prospects for reviving extinct biochemistry, and how integrating our 4-billion-year planetary history with biochemical evolution can advance biology. https://t.co/wtEgoUZfeZ
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Woodstoich 5 has wrapped up! Five papers finished, all received at least 2 peer reviews in <24 hours, first revisions for most are complete, and least two are already provisionally accepted! SUCCESS! Congrats to all.
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Have you ever dreamed of playing a retro video game themed on the origin of life and astrobiology? If yes, I just made the perfect game for you! Let me know your score and let's see if you can create life on your planet! https://t.co/TIa3FRiQZb
#astrobiology #spacebiology
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New online! Marine biogeochemical nitrogen cycling through Earth’s history https://t.co/1lYf06uMVb
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Interested in leading a dynamic, productive, and growing biology department in San Marcos located in the beautiful Texas Hill Country? We are still taking applications for our next Chair! Deadline 10/1. Please share or RT! https://t.co/xgx0xtd7Rc
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Many of my colleagues in the Department of Earth Science at UC Santa Barbara (myself included) are looking for grads to start in 2025. Coolest place to be! Topics go from tectonics and volcanoes, to the early evolution of life 🌎🦠🔬 Please share broadly!
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