Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP)

Had a fabulous time discussing microbes 🦠, metabolites, models, and ocean science education (& more!) at the 2026 C-CoMP Annual Meeting hosted @whoi.edu last week! Here's to another year of investigating the surface ocean chemical-microbial network 🌊! 🧪

Kick-off this morning of C-CoMP @microbialplanet.bsky.social annual science workshop on ocean microbes & metabolite, the chemical currencies & networks among phytoplankton and bacteria @whoi.edu

📣 Are you planning to attend #ASLO27 @aslo.org? Consider submitting your abstract to one of our four C-CoMP affiliated sessions by 9/15! Full session descriptions are available here: ccomp-stc.org/c-comp-sessi... and on the meeting website. 🧪

Job alert! Please RT! Looking for bioinformatics technician to help in projects using metagenomes to study microbial degradation of organic carbon in the ocean and in the human gut. Opportunity to gain research experience before graduate school. careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

The importance of interbacterial relationships in shaping cyanobacterial ecology www.cell.com/trends/micro... #jcampubs 🌊

C-CoMP had a whale 🐋 of a time teaching about tiny microbes 🦠 at the 2026 Woods Hole Science Stroll @whoi.edu! For the 2nd year, visitors imagined & visualized incredible adaptations of marine phytoplankton at our “Artistic Oceanographer” booth. Thanks to our volunteers & the Dyhrman Lab for inspo!🧪

📣 Does your research focus on overcoming barriers to including aquatic science content in K-12 classrooms? If so, apply to C-CoMP Session EP09 at #ASLO27 @aslo.org by 9/15 to share your work! Full session descriptions are here: aslo.org/san-juan-202.... 🧪 #OceanLiteracy #K12Education

📣 We are excited to advertise another C-CoMP #ASLO27 @aslo.org session! If you are researching "what works in research training" (e.g. mentoring, CUREs, post-bac research ed), submit your abstract to C-CoMP session EP07 with @erindolan1.bsky.social & Victoria Centurino. Abstracts due by 9/15!

📣 Attending @aslo.org #ASLO27? If your aquatic research involves multiscale modeling, submit your abstract to session SS35, led by C-CoMP members @akrinos.bsky.social and @maratimes.bsky.social! Abstracts are due by 9/15. Full session descriptions are here: aslo.org/san-juan-202.... 🧪

📣 Interested in attending @aslo.org #ASLO27? If your research explores metabolite distributions, production or loss rates, and/or microbial-metabolite interactions 🦠, submit your abstract to our session SS27 by 9/15! Full session descriptions here: www.aslo.org/san-juan-202.... 🧪

New 🌊 paper connecting ocean aerosol deposition, iron & nitrogen fixation @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @microbialplanet.bsky.social @solas-ipo.bsky.social @geotraces.bsky.social @usocb.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

📣🎉🌊Our 2024-2026 Bridge-to-PhD Fellows have completed their program! Thank you Mariana (@martorres.bsky.social), Emily (@yunqianhu.bsky.social), Amanda, Jill, & Daniella (@daniellaasturias.bsky.social) for your contributions to C-CoMP! We are excited to see where you go next. Stay in touch!

📣🌊🦠Today is the day! Applications for C-CoMP's 2026-2028 Bridge-to-PhD Fellowships are due today by 11:59 pm EDT! Learn more here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/ 🧪

This past June, C-CoMP members and alumni attended the 2026 Marine Microbes Gordon Research Conference to share research about marine microbes 🦠 and their metabolites, metabolisms, and impacts on ocean processes 🌊. It was great to catch-up!

📣 🌊There are just a few more days left to apply for a C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellowship! Applications are due on 06/26/2026. Learn more here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/ Please share with your networks! 🧪

📣 The next two virtual Q+A sessions for the C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD fellowship are tomorrow (6/17/2026) at 11 am and 3 pm ET. Register for a session here: tinyurl.com/yu8pxt7h Learn more about the C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD fellowship here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/ 🧪

📣 The first virtual Q+A session for the C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD fellowship is tomorrow (6/12/2026) at 2 pm ET. Register for the session (or others) here: tinyurl.com/yu8pxt7h Learn more about the C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD fellowship here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/ 🧪

📣🌊Save the Date! C-CoMP is hosting 4 virtual Q+A sessions on GatherTown about our Bridge-to-PhD Fellowships this June. Register to attend an info session here: tinyurl.com/yu8pxt7h. First session is this Friday! 🧪

Happy World Oceans Day from C-CoMP 🌊! Take a moment today to reflect on the tiny yet mighty microbes 🦠 that provide and recycle life-supporting nutrients & support marine food webs, ensuring a vital and healthy ocean that we all depend on. #WorldOceansDay 🧪

A few weeks ago, our Bridge-to-PhD fellows attended the 2026 @aslo.org - @sil-limnology.bsky.social conference to present their research. 📣Are you looking for more research experience in ocean science before pursuing a PhD? Apply now to our Bridge-to-PhD fellowship program: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/ 🧪

📣 Check out this new C-CoMP publication led by one of our Bridge-to-PhD fellow alums! Congrats to all authors! 🧪

📣Interested, but unsure about what grad school involves? Our Bridge-to-PhD Fellowship supports the transition of individuals with undergraduate degrees who are interested in research careers in ocean science 🌊 into research-based MS and PhD programs. Learn more here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/ 🧪

📣 We are accepting applications for our 2026-2028 Bridge-to-PhD Fellowships! If you are a recent or soon-to-be graduate of a 4 year, accredited university/college and interested in ocean science 🌊, learn more here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/! Apply by 6/26/2026 and spread the word 🧪

📣New today: A WHOI-led study uncovers a hidden mix of molecules released by marine phytoplankton, tiny compounds that feed ocean microbes and help power the planet’s carbon cycle. 📲Learn more about this @microbialplanet.bsky.social research: go.whoi.edu/phytoplankton-metabolites

Eye in the Sky: Tiny But Mighty Plankton My interview on phytoplankton, satellite ocean color & carbon cycle 🌊 With Good Reason, Virginia Humanities podcast @uvaenvironment.bsky.social @uvaenvisci.bsky.social @microbialplanet.bsky.social withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/eye-...

So excited to share our newest paper on #marine #exometabolites. A great effort led by Yuting Zhu, Hanna Anderson, and others in the C-CoMP team www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday Team work makes the dream work! We asked our cruise team and they agree - team work is essential for troubleshooting and creating a positive environment for all on board 🚢, laying the groundwork for forging lasting connections that last beyond the cruise! 🧪

Scientists from @microbialplanet.bsky.social 🌊 hosted a important panel at COP30 Ocean Pavilion Advocating for the Invisible Microbial Majority That Underpins a Healthy Planet Panel ccomp-stc.org/microbes-at-...

📣 Special thanks to our moderator and panelists for representing microbes 🦠 in the #oceanpavilion @cop30brazil.bsky.social in the only microbial panel at #cop30. Microbes play key roles in climate. They need to be considered in navigating what happens next for our planet 🌎!

Are you @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30 and interested in learning more about microbes 🦠 and how they impact our planet 🌎? Don't miss the panel hosted by our Director Elizabeth Kujawinski and Sonya Dyhrman @climate.columbia.edu tomorrow (Nov. 19) starting at 1:30 pm in the #OceanPavilion! 🧪

📣 Microbes 🦠 are a key player & stakeholder in what happens next for our planet 🌎. C-CoMP will host a panel this week at #COP30 in the #OceanPavilion to discuss how to include the invisible microbial majority in a sustainable future. ccomp-stc.org/microbes-at-... @whoi.edu @cop30brazil.bsky.social

🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday Interested in learning more about the people, samples, and research activities that were conducted on the C-CoMP March 2025 cruise (@biosstation.bsky.social ➡️ @whoi.edu)? Well if you are, you are in luck! Check out our AE2504 cruise report: zenodo.org/records/1675... 🧪

📣 C-CoMP Pub Alert! Check out this new paper that investigates how bacteria control heterotrophic respiration and net community production in the Sargasso Sea 🌊. Congrats to the authors 🎉! 🧪

📣New preprint alert! Check out this new preprint by Zhu et al. that quantifies and compares labile exometabolites from six axenic strains of marine phytoplankton 🌊 to identify key chemical currencies within the marine chemical-microbial network! 🧪🦠

🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday! C-CoMP focuses on microbes & chemicals, so it is easy for us to forget how vast our ocean is 🌊. Being at sea 🚢 is the loveliest reminder - there’s nothing as wondrous or humbling as floating in endless cerulean blue while receiving rare visits from animals🐦!

Congrats @maratimes.bsky.social!

Had a fabulous time meeting with C-CoMP members last week at our Annual Meeting in Woods Hole. Thanks for all the great discussions 🧪🌊🦠💻🚢🌎! We are looking forward to an exciting year of investigating bioreactive molecules within the marine chemical-microbial network!

Wrapping up a great week of science with some light LEGO dehydration synthesis! @microbialplanet.bsky.social @fuuchan20.bsky.social @maksaito.bsky.social