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Hazard & Nicol Labs. We aim to understand soil microbial interactions - prokaryotes, fungi, viruses, their contribution to biogeochemical cycling & mitigating their impact or harnessing their potential for reducing climate change. https://soilmicrobes.fr/

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๐Ÿ“ข ACTIONr Newsletter #05 is out! Get updates from the network & new research on Nitrification Inhibitors, events, and more.
๐Ÿ“ Editorial by Dr. Chiara Perruchon (UTH) ๐Ÿ”— Read the full newsletter here: www.actionr.eu/wp-content/u...

30.07.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The next ACTIONr webinar is today! Donโ€™t miss out!!

04.07.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A full fun week of nitrification at #ICoN9 in Bremen! We got to share our latest work on nitrifier viruses, NOB-AOA interactions, and discuss BNIs. ๐Ÿ˜

27.06.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great week at #esm2025 in Helsinki! We shared our latest work on soil methanotroph and nitrifier viruses ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿ˜

19.06.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are back from the ACTIONr Summer School! Fantastic week with a great group of early careers researchers studying BNIs!

21.05.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A few weeks ago we met in the Scottish Highlands to launch our HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social funded project on virus-prokaryotic interactions in wetlands and impact on the methane cycle. What a fantastic team to be part of. @karthik-a.bsky.social @soilmicrobes.bsky.social & Joanne Emerson

06.05.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ฃ PhD Scholarship Funding Opportunity!

Interested in pursuing a PhD in soil virus ecology and biogeochemical cycling? ๐Ÿฆ 

Have a Masters degree from abroad and ranked in the top 20% of your class? ๐ŸŽ“

Get in touch now! See our website for further details. Submission deadline in August.

21.04.2025 10:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Phosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-up Soil rewetting after a dry period results in a surge of activity and succession in both microbial and DNA virus communities. Less is known about the rโ€ฆ

Our paper is out and is open access!

Phosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-up.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@sieravirus.bsky.social @jeffinerca.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social @christinahazard.bsky.social

25.03.2025 05:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great week teaching DNA-SIP and participating in a workshop on microbial ecology and biogeochemistry at ESALQ, Uni Sรฃo Paulo. Great research and hospitality! Thank you @lucascanisares.bsky.social, Tsai Siu Mui, Maurรญcio Roberto Cherubin, @agenciafapesp.bsky.social and CCARBON/USP for hosting us!

22.03.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Beneath the surface: Unsolved questions in soil virus ecology Soil virus ecology is an exciting but still nascent field of research in soil microbiology. While there has been a recent surge in soil virus researchโ€ฆ

Our perspective on soil virus ecology research is out!

Fantastic collab with
@christinahazard.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social @lukehillary.bsky.social @urineri.bsky.social @simrouxvirus.bsky.social @gtrubl.bsky.social @KurtWilliams @jeffinerca.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social @JoanneEmerson

13.03.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Come join us at the ACTIONr PhD summer school in Greece!

โ€œBiological Nitrification Inhibition: Integrating Microbial Functions, Plant Traits, and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Nitrogen Cyclingโ€

Free registration & lodging! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘‡

07.03.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BNI Workshop

Come join us!!!
๐Ÿšจ ACTIONr's NI Workshop at ICoN9!
๐Ÿ“… June 27, 2025
๐Ÿ“ Max Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany
Explore nitrification inhibitors in agroecosystems. Limited to 50 participants โ€” register for ICoN9 first!
More info: www.mpi-bremen.de/en/ICoN9-Con...

05.02.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ฃ Exiting news! We have moved to a different university in Lyon. You can now find us at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory @ecomicrolyon ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿ„โ€๐ŸŸซ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿฅผ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ”ฌ

10.01.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Activity of novel virus families infecting soil nitrifiers is concomitant with host niche differentiation Abstract. Chemolithoautotrophic nitrifiers are model groups for linking phylogeny, evolution, and ecophysiology. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) typically

Check out our recent publication on our continued research on soil viruses of nitrifers! @MiaSungeunLEE @christinahazard.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

31.12.2024 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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