Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Comment
  • Published:

A call for early-career teams in interdisciplinary microbiology research

Nature Microbiology volume 10, pages 2097–2099 (2025)Cite this article

Subjects

Early-career researchers play an integral role in building and maintaining interdisciplinary microbiological research.

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Bohleber, P. et al. Adv. Geosci. 53, 1–14 (2020).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Bridle, H., Vrieling, A., Cardillo, M., Araya, Y. & Hinojosa, L. Futures 53, 22–32 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Martin, A., Mori, J. & Froehlich, D. E. Merits 3, 569–582 (2023).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Gregor, R. et al. mSystems 8, e0043323 (2023).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Fortunato, S. et al. Science 359, eaao0185 (2018).

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  6. Cosentino, M. & Souviron-Priego, L. Front. Mar. Sci. 8, 574620 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Deininger, A. et al. Front. Mar. Sci. 8, 634999 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Brodie, S. et al. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 913459 (2022).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Biller, S. J. et al. Sci. Data 5, 180176 (2018).

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Rudzin, J. E. et al. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 855192 (2022).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Tully, B. J. et al. Front. Educ. 6, 711618 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Saito, M. A. et al. Oceanography 37, 162–166 (2024).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the US Natural Science Foundation (NSF) AccelNet grant no. 2201571. We acknowledge financial and logistical support from the Santa Fe Institute (SFI), specifically to the staff at SFI for providing the collaborative environment necessary to discuss the work. We also acknowledge NSF CAREER Award no. 2047057, ‘Microbial Lipidomics in Changing Oceans’ (MILCO), which provided support to E. Flores.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Arianna I. Krinos

  2. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA

    Daniel Muratore

  3. Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    Meriel J. Bittner

  4. Department of Chemistry, Kisii University, Kisii, Kenya

    Preston Akenga

  5. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

    Leslie Wallace Auerbach

  6. Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø–The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

    Michael Dills

  7. Sorbonne Université and CNRS, UMR 7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France

    Emile Faure

  8. Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

    Edgart Flores

  9. Department of Marine and Environmental Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Naomi M. Levine

  10. Laboratório de Estudos dos Oceanos e Clima, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil

    Thiago Monteiro

  11. Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Environnement Marin (LEMAR), CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, UBO, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Plouzané, France

    Camille Richon

  12. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, USA

    Benjamin S. Twining

Authors
  1. Arianna I. Krinos
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Daniel Muratore
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Meriel J. Bittner
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Preston Akenga
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Leslie Wallace Auerbach
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Michael Dills
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Emile Faure
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Edgart Flores
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Naomi M. Levine
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Thiago Monteiro
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Camille Richon
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  12. Benjamin S. Twining
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Arianna I. Krinos.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Krinos, A.I., Muratore, D., Bittner, M.J. et al. A call for early-career teams in interdisciplinary microbiology research. Nat Microbiol 10, 2097–2099 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02097-2

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02097-2

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing Microbiology

Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Microbiology newsletter — what matters in microbiology research, free to your inbox weekly.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing: Microbiology