Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow working on cable bacteria at Geobiology, UAntwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Joined May 2018
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Yesterday was the opening of #ISMET 9. Very happy to have already met so many interesting people in only an evening. Excited for what the program today holds :D
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JamieLustermans retweeted
If you're interested in reading the "behind the paper" story of how we discovered this microbe, have a look at our blog post here: communities.springernature.c…
Sometimes, new discoveries begin not with a grand project, but with an unexpected observation while chasing another story. This one started with cable bacteria and enthusiastic friends. It ended with an interesting bacterium with an unconventional metabolism—and reminds us that nature still holds many surprises.
@CEMAarhus @BiologyAarhus
We isolated a new electroactive microbe from the sediment oxic-anoxic interface and were surprised to see it respiring Fe and O2 simultaneously. Thrilled to share the publication now: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Sincere thanks to coauthors @JLustermans, Naja and Leonid. @ISMETsociety
Want to hear more about this amazing bacterium? Come to my presentation @FEMSmicro 2025 in Milan next week!
We isolated a new electroactive microbe from the sediment oxic-anoxic interface and were surprised to see it respiring Fe and O2 simultaneously. Thrilled to share the publication now: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Sincere thanks to coauthors @JLustermans, Naja and Leonid. @ISMETsociety
New electroactive Gram+ microbe ✔️
New simultaneous Fe and O2 respiring 🦠✔️
New hybrid G+/G- mechanism for EET ✔️
New manuscript @NatureComms ✔️
Very happy that we could publish something like this with friends @kartiksaiyer, Naja, Leonid Digel
We isolated a new electroactive microbe from the sediment oxic-anoxic interface and were surprised to see it respiring Fe and O2 simultaneously. Thrilled to share the publication now: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Sincere thanks to coauthors @JLustermans, Naja and Leonid. @ISMETsociety
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Jesper R. Van Dijk defending his PhD today on #cablebacteria and their life cycle. Proud to say that he created a comprehensive work that furthered our knowledge of the #cablebacteria in sometimes unexpected directions
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Dr. Anwar Hiralal just defended his PhD about an incredible genomic adventure about #cablebacteria at #Uantwerpen.
Again, many congratulations @anwar_hiralal
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That one moment where you go to work and think "such a beautiful place I work at". Before you sit in an old building all day ;) #CampusDrieEiken #Uantwerpen For anyone who reads this, do you also have a picture that makes you feel like that at work?
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Bent Smets defending his PhD on the #cablebacteria conductor (both the longest and the best biological electron conducting structure known to date!), now not less miraculous but a little more known. @UAntwerpen
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Tinder with #cablebacteria, a great talk by @Jespervdijk during #pintofscience.
Interested, curious? Look them up on microbial-electricity.eu/
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I am extremely excited to share that I was awarded a #marieskłodowskacurieactions last week for my proposal: ENTER at #UAntwerp. During my MSCA fellowship, I will work with @FilipMeysman on discovering what is happening in #cablebacteria communities.
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Congratulations @DigelLeonid on defending an amazing thesis on #cablebacteria
It is weekend, but I could not resist thinking about this. We tested some techniques at our colleagues @VUBrussel on our #cablebacteria (these are the long black lines) and they decided to become a jellyfish. Clear evolution 🤣
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Endlessly enjoyable talk of Stuart Lindsey (a physicist, not a biologist) who ends with a visual explanation of DNA polymerase activity like I've never seen before at the Electromicrobiology 2023 conference @CEMAarhus
Beautiful first day at my new job as #postdoc with Filip Meysman, working on #electric #cablebacteria (microbial-electricity.eu)
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JamieLustermans retweeted
Cable bacteria are long, "filamentous bacteria that conduct electrons via internal wires."
New study: Anaerobes — in lakes and ponds — swarm around these cable bacteria & give electrons for respiration. Cut the cable, lose the microbes.
Beautiful. 📽️
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
JamieLustermans retweeted
Today we celebrate 👏👏a milestone day with @JLustermans as she defends her PhD degree "Electric Interactions with Cable Bacteria" in a full auditorium @BiologyAarhus @AarhusUni_int #proudofyou phd.nat.au.dk/about-us/curre…
Thanks @GrundforskFond for this amazing competition that is really showing the beauty of science! And for featuring my image (bottom middle) from last years competition in the call 😀
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JamieLustermans retweeted
TU Delft Dept. of Biotechnology has a vacancy for an ast. prof. in Environmental Microbiology.
Interested in becoming our new colleague and develop leading edge research and teaching in field of microbiology of engineered ecosystems?
Make sure to apply! shorturl.at/agtS5
JamieLustermans retweeted
Almost every conversation on how to increase diversity and inclusion in science compels someone to claim that 'we can either pursue diversity or excellence'.
I'm saving this editorial by @hhillebr1 to help those who are willing to reconsider their conclusions on excellence.
ALT A screenshot of the editorial by Helmut Hillebrand titled "Diversity is an Investment in Excellence", which talks about why diversity and excellence are not mutually exclusive concepts. The rest of the text is at the URL https://241806.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/13916069