Marine Scientist | Reef Genomicist | PhD @CoralCoE @JCU @aims_gov_au | ex @CSIRO | ex @IMBatUQ #coral #microbiome #climatechange #adaptation @NYUAD

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Joined August 2012
Check our #coral #microbiome review "The coral microbiome: Towards an understanding of the #molecular #mechanisms of coral-microbiota interactions" with @DiatomsBacteria. Exciting times ahead #metaomics #multiomics @NYUAD_Science Hope you find it useful! academic.oup.com/femsre/adva…
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Steroid hormones produced by coral-associated Endozoicomonas influence coral immune response during thermal stress dlvr.​it/TW1MZB #MicroSky
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The October issue is live, featuring... 📈a history of bacterial growth rate 🌥️pollution and pneumococcal diseases 🦔hedgehog merbecovirus receptors 🌡️microbial responses to global change 💦how Mtb survives aerosolization ...and more! 👇 nature.com/nmicrobiol/volume…
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Probiotic and postbiotic treatment improves coral health and promotes specific metabolic and microbiome changes in situduring a heatwave sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Amin Mohamed retweeted
Replying to @MattWallace888
What a LOSER 😆🤡
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Happy to share that my colleague Trent Haydon will be presenting our research at #icrs2026! We show an unrecognized role for "unusual" bacterial steroid production in regulating #coral immune responses during #thermalstress! @DiatomsBacteria @TrentHaydon @NYUAD_Science
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Happy to share the latest preprint with @DiatomsBacteria Vitamin B6 catabolites, long regarded as inert metabolic waste, are in fact potent & information-rich chemical signals between eukaryotic #phytoplankton and #bacteria biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Excited to announce the 4th International Conference on Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology to explore the Microbial Frontiers of the Middle East and launch the Middle-Eastern Society of Microbial Ecologists (MEsME) along with interesting science!! See u in Oman April 13-16, 2026
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PSA: pre-print of Symbiodiniaceae chapter for the upcoming coral microbiome book; was super fun to write w/ @parkinsonje & @peixotors ; I find this very accessible & hopefully fun to read, have a look & stay tuned for the upcoming book doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dpq5… @UniKonstanz
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Congratulations @peixotors 🥳
Join me in Congratulating Prof Raquel Peixoto for her appointment as the new President of the International Society for Microbial Ecology!!!🥳👏👏 @peixotors @KAUST_News @KAUST_BESE @ISME_microbes
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Uni Oldenburg is starting a genomics facility, and we are looking for a bioinformatician. uol.de/stellen?stelle=70513 The position is initially for 3 years, but there are chances of permanency after the 3 years. Please share!
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A study published in @NatureAging reports that molecular changes during aging are nonlinear with two major waves of age-related changes at approximately 44 years and 60 years of age. go.nature.com/3SPblnS
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Had a wonderful week attending #isme19 in the splendid #CapeTown!This was an amazing experience! Thanks to the local organisers @Thuls_M for having an excellent meeting and to the marine micro chairs @vincentflora for giving me the chance to present our #coral #microbiome work!
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😱 OMG #isme19
Replying to @vincentflora
That’s actually quite a massive auditorium 😅
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