@MorganMicro

Assistant Professor, Texas State University. Microbial Ecology ◊ Astrobiology ◊ Bioinformatics. Interested in early life evolution 🔭🧬🦠 @msobol.bsky.social

 San Marcos, TX
Joined August 2012
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Replying to @kiseokmicro
Congratulations!
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Morgan Sobol retweeted
Betül Kaçar@betullandJan 30
Our new paper, out today! We resurrected an enzyme first used by life on Earth 3 billion years ago. We validated a #biosignature in rocks that helps reveal ancient life on Earth to guide the search for ancient life on other worlds! @NASA #astrobiology nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Resurrected nitrogenases recapitulate canonical N-isotope biosignatures over two billion years

Nature Communications - The study shows that nitrogenase enzymes have maintained stable isotope signatures over billions of years, revealing how ancient microbes shaped Earth’s nitrogen cycle...

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This position has been filled.
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The Earth is in space. Explore it. For health. For wealth. For humanity.
The Hill
@thehill14 Aug 2025
Sean Duffy says climate science will "move aside," with NASA only focusing on space exploration trib.al/hhk8zFS

Duffy says climate science will ‘move aside,’ with NASA only focusing on space exploration

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will “move aside” as it refocuses solely on space exploration. “All the climate science and all of th…

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How did life begin, and why does it matter today? Proud to be one of the organizers of a new @ASMicrobiology report supported by the @MooreFound, exploring microbial origins & how they inform biotech, climate, and search for life in the universe. ➡️ asm.org/reports/early-microb…

Early Microbial Life: Our Past, Present, and Future

The Academy report, funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, examines the origins and trajectory of early microbial life to inform and inspire future research.

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🚨New preprint! Origins of life research is fragmented across disciplines. We built #ChemOrigins, a community curated searchable database of experimental prebiotic chemistry. Read ➡️ biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… Visit ➡️ chemorigins.bact.wisc.edu For feedback contact: @BrZuviria!
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Replying to @RaulGoch @txst
Welcome to the @Txstbiology department Raúl! 😊
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Morgan Sobol retweeted
PCE3@PCE3_Sci21 May 2025
NASA is facing historic cuts. As these must first be negotiated in Congress, there is time to advocate against these cuts. Luckily, The Planetary Society has made it extremely easy to advocate to your member(s) of Congress. Please, click the links below and TAKE ACTION!
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Morgan Sobol retweeted
Ancient Biology@KacarLab8 Apr 2025
🚨New preprint alert!🚨 Biology’s been metal since the very beginning🤘 We mapped Mo-dependent pathways across microbes and show this reliance emerged before oxygen showed up. Our results challenge assumptions about Mo scarcity on early Earth. @UWBact biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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So sorry to hear that. It’s not fair!
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab is hiring scientists to study enzyme evolution across geologic time. Learn more about one of our projects here:⬇️ microbiology.wisc.edu/2025/0… Folks who recently lost jobs are especially encouraged to apply! #ScienceJobs Contact: kacarlab.org

MDTP trainer Betül Kaçar receives Keck Foundation grant!

Betül Kaçar will be leading a group, including MDTP trainers Jean-Michel Ané and Brian Pfleger, investigating the origins and evolution of nitrogenase with generous support from the Keck Foundation. ...

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Replying to @ArlinStoltzfus
For a second I thought this was Arrival of the Fittest by Andreas Wagner, but seems they are two different books with the same title 🤔 I can also recommend Wagner’s book as well!
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I'm excited to be co-hosting a new seminar series on Protein Structure Evolution. Talk 1: Andrei Lupas Topic: "Highly repetitive genomic ORFs: a source of new fibrous proteins?" 📅 Feb. 11, 3PM GMT 🔗 tinyurl.com/prose-seminar1 Please share!
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Opportunity for a Masters, PhD student, and Post doc at the University of South Alabama/Dauphin Island Sea Lab to work on an EPA-funded water quality project! More information on the job descriptions available at disl.edu/about/employment/ Please share! :)
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Replying to @betulland @txst @Txstbiology
Thank you! You all will be dearly missed 🫶🏻
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Nitrogenase Structural Evolution Across Earth’s History astrobiology.com/2024/12/nit… #astrobiology #genomics #evolution
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Out today! 🚨 We explore how planetary oxidation ~2.5 billion years ago shaped the puzzling history of metal use in nitrogenase, key to nitrogen fixation! 🌍🔬 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… work led by @MorganMicro, @hollyr_rucker, in collab. with Eric Libby & Ariel Anbar. @UWBact
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Come be my colleague @txst @Txstbiology! 😁
David Rodriguez@texcroc19 Nov 2024
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@TXST and @Txstbiology invites applications for an open rank position in Aquatic Microbiology specializing in the study of microbiomes of aquatic resources (broadly defined) 🦠🧬🖥️🌊🚰🚱🏊‍♂️🔬🐸🐟🦐🪼🌱👨‍🌾🦟 More info here: microbiology.wp.txstate.edu/ Apply here: jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings…
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I’m thrilled to be opening my lab at @txst in the @Txstbiology dept. this January!! We will be studying early microbial ecology and evolution. 🦠 🌎 I’m extremely grateful for the support of my mentors, colleagues, family, and friends! ❤️ Contact me for openings. #newPI #1stgen
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