Esther Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) pioneered bacterial genetics, discovering lambda phage and F factor, inventing replica plating and furthered the understanding of the transfer of genes between bacteria by specialized transduction. She founded Stanford's Plasmid Reference Center. Despite groundbreaking work, she never got tenure and her discoveries are often credited to her Nobel laureate husband.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Lederberg

#microbiology #womeninStem

Selected through an international call for science communicators, I’m working alongside an international team of scientists from #geology and #microbiology. Operated by JAMSTEC/MARE3, the Chikyu is coring sediment from more than 7,600 m water depth in the hadal zone. These cores help uncover megathrust earthquake and tsunami histories, and offer new insights into deep-sea trenches, the #carbon cycle, and #climate.
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Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery

https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/11/28/great-women-science-dr-esther-lederberg-forgotten-heroine-genetic-discovery-49845

#Genetics #Microbiology #Science

Esther Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) pioneered bacterial genetics, discovering lambda phage and F factor, inventing replica plating and furthered the understanding of the transfer of genes between bacteria by specialized transduction. She founded Stanford's Plasmid Reference Center. Despite groundbreaking work, she never got tenure and her discoveries are often credited to her Nobel laureate husband.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Lederberg

#microbiology #womeninStem

Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery

https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/11/28/great-women-science-dr-esther-lederberg-forgotten-heroine-genetic-discovery-49845

#Genetics #Microbiology #Science

Selected through an international call for science communicators, I’m working alongside an international team of scientists from #geology and #microbiology. Operated by JAMSTEC/MARE3, the Chikyu is coring sediment from more than 7,600 m water depth in the hadal zone. These cores help uncover megathrust earthquake and tsunami histories, and offer new insights into deep-sea trenches, the #carbon cycle, and #climate.
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📢 Calling all microbiology researchers, software devs & data-management enthusiasts!
💻Join the NFDI4Microbiota Knowledge Base Coding Sprint!

📅 Nov 24–25, 2025 | Jena + online

✅ Contribute to content & code for better data management in microbiology.

👉 Details: https://nfdi4microbiota.de/newsroom/news/2025-10-15_kb-coding-sprint/

#rdm #Microbiology

📢 Calling all microbiology researchers, software devs & data-management enthusiasts!
💻Join the NFDI4Microbiota Knowledge Base Coding Sprint!

📅 Nov 24–25, 2025 | Jena + online

✅ Contribute to content & code for better data management in microbiology.

👉 Details: https://nfdi4microbiota.de/newsroom/news/2025-10-15_kb-coding-sprint/

#rdm #Microbiology

I was very fortunate to collaborate with Jonatas Abrahao on this study, in which his group discovered a novel giant virus with remarkable morphology!

Few giant viruses with a tail have been characterized so far, but recent findings suggest that these structures may be more common than previously thought.

Naiavirus: an enveloped giant virus with a pleomorphic, flexible tail

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63463-6

#viruses #virology #microbiology #science

I was very fortunate to collaborate with Jonatas Abrahao on this study, in which his group discovered a novel giant virus with remarkable morphology!

Few giant viruses with a tail have been characterized so far, but recent findings suggest that these structures may be more common than previously thought.

Naiavirus: an enveloped giant virus with a pleomorphic, flexible tail

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63463-6

#viruses #virology #microbiology #science