Augustus (Gus) Pendleton
@augustuspendle1
Microbes 🤝 Lakes 🤝 Computers. Schmidt Lab @ Cornell. 🏳️🌈Scientist, 🇮🇪Fulbright, NOAA Davidson Fellow. Code-obsessed cat owner who likes to be outside.
The exciting part? We see consistent responses in the non-cyanobacterial communities (we'll call them heterotrophs for simplicity). Insights from our flow data strongly suggest that certain cyanobacterial cohorts support the abundance, diversity, and respiration rates of associated heterotrophs!
This diversity is spatially structured, and we link cyanobacterial abundances and taxonomy to prevailing hydrodynamic processes across the lake.
Cyanobacteria in the Western Basin receive intense focus, and for good reason! But we add to descriptions of exceptional abundance and taxonomic diversity of cyanobacteria in the Central Basin.
New preprint! Me and @sophiaaredas.bsky.social spent weeks on the Lake Guardian to bring YOU 🫵 new insights on cyanobacterial-heterotroph relationships across Lake Erie. What did we learn? (a thread) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Unbelievably grateful that I get to work with these folks at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve!
I always try and present like I'm about to tell you the juiciest gossip about bacteria
I stumbled into defining a variable ("Active" vs. "Inactive") defined by high X OR high Y, and we get a beautiful example of anticorrelation in the "active" group. Of course, even in random data like above, you get great anticorrelation when you "cut the corner" like this (glad I checked!)
Yup - self-imposed! The real data (above is a simulation) is characterized by mostly low levels of both variables, with periods of "peaky" highs. Those peaks look anti-correlated, but the two variable have an overall positive correlation! ...
Learned a very painful statistics lesson today (after investing a whole day of analysis)
Survived the 50km Winona Tourathon last Saturday, all in sub-zero temps! Skied an hour longer than planned but super happy with my 5th-place finish.
This reminds me when I was just messing around with codon usage in Julia and I found this out on my own - look at those AT-rich codons!! gus-pendleton.github.io/CUBScout_Rel...
Please share this letter written in collaboration with other NOAA Davidson Fellows. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) is a precious resource which directly benefits coastal communities. Projected budget cuts would destroy this system - please don't let it die in silence!
Had an amazing run at the Syracuse Mountain Goat 10-miler! New PR of 64:45 at 6:29 pace 🚗💨
This is me :) Go read about the incredible microbes and currents of Lake Ontario!
Wow, there's been some updates! Cuddling with my DOGS and renovating with my HUSBAND 😅
Quick intro! I’m a microbiologist at Cornell studying freshwater microbes using metagenomics 🦠🧬💻. I code in R and Julia, and teaching workshops in the Carpentries. Otherwise you’ll find me DIY renovating with my boyfriend🏳️🌈🛠️🏡, snuggling with my 🐶 , or running/biking/swimming/skiing/anything