Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group (ITMERG)- a team of scientists working to understand fundamental earth system processes.

India
Joined September 2022
Members of team @ITMERG1 attended India's largest genomics festival- Genomics India 2026 @GenotypicTech @BhadPunyasloke
Some of our lab members @ITMERG1 are attending the Genomics India 2026 Conference in Bengaluru @Genomics_India @GenotypicTech
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Congratulations @arinmicrobe for being a recipient of DiP-FAST-S Acbotics microgrant from the eDNA collaborative @UW @ITMERG1
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Congratulations @Anweghosh for being nominated by @DAEIndia and for participating in the international training school on marine carbon-dioxide removal organized by @oaicc_project @iaeaorg in Monaco from 15-19 June @ITMERG1 @SAROA_Hub
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Sundarbans Biological Observatory Time Series in Indian Sundarbans mangrove is world's only dedicated mangrove time series- 17th year ongoing & providing information on climate change, biodiversity & tiger habitat @ITMERG1 @ForestDeptWB @cmowbgov @moefcc @ntca_india @iiserkol
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Ed Delong & myself will moderate a session on global ocean microbiomes in 20th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Auckland next week- going to be the largest gathering of microbial ecologists from Global South & North @ITMERG1 @iiserkol @uhmanoa @ISME_microbes
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Few weeks ago our team members @ITMERG1 trained more than 20 early career MSc Biotechnology students from @MITWPUOfficial on topics ranging from quantification of microplastics from diverse environments to extraction of environmental DNA (eDNA)
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Congratulations Arindam
Replying to @_arindamroy
@arinmicrobe presented his ongoing PhD work on nitrogen cycling of mangrove sediment in the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, Glasgow; his participation was made possible by an international travel grant from @CSIR_IND @ITMERG1 @theAGU
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Congratulations Yash
Yash presented his ongoing PhD research on blue engineering of integrated mangrove aquaculture systems in Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 in Glasgow. Thank you @ignitelsf for the travel grant which enabled the participation of Yash @ITMERG1 @theAGU
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Congratulations Nirupama @nirupamasaini
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@NirupamaSaini presented her PhD research on role of microplastics to organic carbon pool in mangroves at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 in Glasgow; Nirupama received an international travel grant from @ANRFIndia which made her participation possible @ITMERG1 @theAGU
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We are looking for a software developer to join our team @ITMERG1 to develop new tools for assessing biodiversity across global mangroves; for more details DM me iiserkol.ac.in/web/assets/im…
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Congratulations @Yash_y07 ; one step towards achieving indigenous microbiome driven sustainable shrimp aquaculture involving mangroves @BhadPunyasloke
Check this paper led by @Yash_y07 with @Anweghosh published in Access Microbiology where a potentially new bacterial species isolated from integrated mangrove aquaculture pond holds potential to tackle viral infection in shrimps @MicrobioSoc @ITMERG1 shorturl.at/TO1nI
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Anwesha @Anweghosh from our research group will present her ongoing research on mangrove phytoplankton and niche partitioning in Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 next week in Glasgow @theAGU @ITMERG1
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Yash @Yash_y07 from our research group has received travel grant from @ignitelsf and he will present his PhD work on carbon dynamics of integrated mangrove aquaculture systems next week in Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, Glasgow @theAGU @ITMERG1
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Thanks to @ITMERG1 and @ANRFIndia for the support. If you're attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, please join my talk on 26 February in Session HC43A. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Nirupama Saini @NirupamaSaini from our research group has received International Travel Support from @ANRFIndia to present her PhD research on microplastic driven carbon dynamics from mangroves in Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 next week in Glasgow @theAGU @ITMERG1
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Arindam Roy @arinmicrobe from our research group has received travel grant from @CSIR_IND to present his ongoing PhD research on mangrove sediment microbiome driven carbon dynamics in Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 next week in Glasgow @theAGU @ITMERG1
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Early morning in Deepor Beel, a Ramsar wetland of Assam and our team members led by @nikita_RK21 with @NikitaSingh0ct are back to monitor the stations of Deepor Beel Ecological Time Series @DBTimeSeries @RamsarConv @ITMERG1
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Replying to @SanahanbiKhang3
@SanahanbiKhang3 from our research group is attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. Please stop by to learn what she is doing and our group's work as part of IUCN SSC for conservation of horseshoe crabs and mangroves @ITMERG1 @IUCN
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Early career researchers from different institutions including @wii_india @klyuniv @FakirMohanUniv @azimpremjiuniv @ParulUniversity @UoA & @iiserkol presented their work in one day symposium- great start towards establishment of India ECR Freshwater Ecosystems Network @ITMERG1
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Great effort from our lab members.
Many congratulations to @nikita_RK21 & @Vats_Chakresh - two early career researchers from our research group for bringing ECRs across the country in this inaugural ECR symposium @ITMERG1
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Hurry! Seats filling up fast! If you want to learn basics of eDNA techniques and metabarcoding data analysis from eDNA, join this workshop @ITMERG1 Registration link: forms.gle/GHs2tEZAXiRna9YX7
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