The IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group, the first IUCN body focused on protecting microbial life, outlines its goals, framework, and initial action plan in an ISME journal editorial. Read the editorial: isme-microbes.org/iucn-expan… #MicrobialConservation #Microbiome #IUCN

BESE research featured in The New York Times The New York Times spotlighted the newly formed IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group, a global initiative co-chaired by BESE Professor Raquel Peixoto (@peixotors), dedicated to bringing the planet’s microbial life into biodiversity and conservation policy. This recognition highlights BESE’s role in advancing science for sustainability and planetary health, from coral reef restoration to microbial conservation. 🔗 nyti.ms/47vEfRC #KAUST #BESE #MicrobialConservation #Biodiversity #PlanetaryHealth #ScienceForImpact

Out Now! Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity bit.ly/4nwTP4F #MicrobialConservation #Biodiversity #NatureMicrobiology

Proud to share our new Nature Microbiology paper: launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group! Microbes = the planet’s hidden life support system Now, they finally have a seat at the conservation table. Read here ➡️ rdcu.be/eFOE3 #MicrobialConservation

On #WorldMicrobiomeDay we launch the Microbiota Vault Initiative—think Svalbard Seed Vault but for microbes! Preserving global microbial diversity hand-in-hand with the new IUCN SSC for Microbes. Read our @NatureComms Perspective: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-6… #MicrobialConservation

Excited to share that Raquel Peixoto and I are the inaugural Co-Chairs of the @IUCN SSC’s first-ever Microbial Conservation Specialist Group! 🌍🧫 Microbes are foundational to biodiversity. It’s time they had a voice in global conservation. 🦠🌱 #MicrobialConservation #IUCN

Y ni pensar cuántas especies microbianas han desaparecido por la pérdida del hábitat y que no alcanzamos a estudiar #MicrobialConservation

Microbial life in Altiplano and Atacama Desert, northern Chile #MicrobialConservation #BiodiversityDay

How can we develop conservation strategies for organisms that we can't even see? #microbialconservation #conservationmycology