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Marcela Hernรกndez

@matehg.bsky.social

Environmental microbiologist, biogeochemical cycles, AMR in the environment Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at UEA Editor-In-Chief LAM Journal ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆally | mum of 2 | I love ๐ŸŒ‹ www.marcelahernandez.com

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โ€ผ๏ธ PhD opportunity: Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils
With @matehg.bsky.social @ UEA, also me & Marc Dumont.
Work at the intersection of antimicrobial resistance, Arctic soil microbiology, C cycling, & climate warming
๐Ÿฆ โ„๏ธ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ˜ท
Apply below ๐Ÿ‘‡

09.10.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont โ€œLinking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soilsโ€

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

07.10.2025 06:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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What a fantastic group of outstanding ECRs โ€“ our first cohort of Junior Editors!
I'm so proud of each of you for your hard work, dedication, and commitment. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours, and I look forward to seeing many of you take on even more roles as Editors in the future!

19.09.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The FEMS Summer School in Macedonia was a truly rewarding experience.โ€จI was very impressed by our ECRs, such a talented group!
Huge thanks to the organisers Joanna, Tillmann, and Vaso, and to FEMS for inviting me to join as a mentor. @femsmicro.org @luederslab.bsky.social

18.09.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Phosphate solubilization and mobilization: bacteriaโ€“mycorrhiza interactions Abstract. Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. However, most of the P in the Earth's crust is insoluble, making i

Happy to share a review we wrote with our collaborators from Senegal and Benin, led by Tobi Moriaque AKPLO, on phosphate solubilisation and mobilisation, focusing on bacteriaโ€“mycorrhiza interactions

doi.org/10.1093/lamb...

22.08.2025 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Applications are now open to recruit our next cohort of Junior Editors and Junior Reviewers.

Apply by Thursday 18th September!
@amiposts.bsky.social

appliedmicrobiology.org/about/our-te...

30.07.2025 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations ๐ŸŽ‰ now on line at @isme-microbes.bsky.social : Comparative genome analysis reveals broad phylogenetic and functional diversity within the order #Nitrospirales
Linnea Kop et al
#microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social (RIBES) icw
@univie.ac.at academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

23.07.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Marcela Hernรกndez, Will Tallon & James Bradley on Vestre Brรธgerbreen glacier, Svalbard. Credit: James Bradley

Marcela Hernรกndez, Will Tallon & James Bradley on Vestre Brรธgerbreen glacier, Svalbard. Credit: James Bradley

Emanuele Pallozzi & Marcela Hernรกndez at the REMUS soil warming chamber site, Svalbard. Credit: James Bradley

Emanuele Pallozzi & Marcela Hernรกndez at the REMUS soil warming chamber site, Svalbard. Credit: James Bradley

Fieldwork at the REMUS soil warming chamber site. Credit: Emanuele Pallozzi

Fieldwork at the REMUS soil warming chamber site. Credit: Emanuele Pallozzi

WARMIC - our #SIOS Svalbard project w. @matehg.bsky.social
& Marc Dumont - at the forefront of Arctic climate & soil carbon. Huge thanks to SIOS funding, Will Tallon, Emanuele Pallozzi, Olga Gavrichkova @carlottavolts.bsky.social Federica D'Alรฒ, CNR, Dirigibile Italia & NPI Sverdrup

17.07.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What an amazing two weeks of fieldtrip we had with @drbradbrad.bsky.social, our @biouea.bsky.social PhD student Will Tallon and our amazing CNR colleagues from Italy. Huge thanks to #SIOS Svalbard and Norwegian Polar Institute for supporting this campaign!

15.07.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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14.07.2025 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Molecular Microbial Ecology Group Meeting 2025

MMEG registration is now live!

Resister now to Join us on the 15-16th December 2025 at the University of Birmingham.

appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...

18.06.2025 08:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Classification of MAGs associated with trace gas metabolism in volcanic soils named following SeqCode rules Trace gas metabolism is important for nutrient flow in all ecosystems, particularly volcanic ecosystems. Microbes in volcanic ecosystems are among theโ€ฆ

New paper accepted from our team: Classification of MAGs associated with trace gas metabolism in volcanic soils named following SeqCode rules

This was for an special issue titled "Application of the SeqCode to name uncultivated microorganisms"

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

09.06.2025 05:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Office and journal vacancies Become a part of the team who keep the organisation running.

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Editor (Environmental Microbiology) who is committed to mentoring our Junior Editors for the journal Letters in Applied Microbiology. Happy to have an informal chat.

appliedmicrobiology.org/about/work-f...

@amiposts.bsky.social

03.06.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Open postdoc position in my lab @earlhaminst.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
We will generate large-scale soil metagenomes to research the impact of agriculture on healthy soil microbiomes, developing strategies to increase carbon retention: jobs.earlham.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
Please RT

07.05.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Collaborations are essential in science! This week, we're sampling at Mount Etna to study plant-microbe interactions in native pioneer plants thriving at high altitudes on the volcano!

07.05.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Microbial dormancy as an ecological and biogeochemical regulator on Earth - Nature Communications Dormancy enables microbes to withstand periods of environmental harshness. It occurs throughout diverse ecosystems and spans vast timescales, and could play an important role in shaping the co-ev...

How can zombie microbes interact with the Earth system? ๐Ÿฆ ๐ŸงŸ๐ŸŒŽ

Microbes, even when dormant, play a massive role in shaping Earth's ecosystems & biogeochemistry ๐ŸŒŽ

In @natcomms.nature.com I explore dormancy in the context of Earthโ€™s geosphere-biosphere co-evolution

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

28.04.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiomeโ€“gutโ€“brain axis (MGBA).

PhD opportunity with us at UEA (home fee students only)

@biouea.bsky.social

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/des...

28.04.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜Š thank you!

26.04.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Metabolism of CO and H2 by pioneer bacteria in volcanic soils and the phyllosphere Abstract. Trace gas degradation is a widespread metabolic adaptation in microbial communities, driving chemosynthesis and providing auxiliary energy that e

Iโ€™m happy to share our recent review published in The ISME Journal! Here, we explore the role of CO and Hโ‚‚ oxidisers in oligotrophic environments. This work was a collaboration with Philippe Constant, Gary King, and @hendrikschaefer.bsky.social.

Hope you enjoy it!

academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

25.04.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Summer Research Experience Placements available for undergraduate students to join my group at UEA!

Explore the impact of Arctic warming on antimicrobial resistance, in collaboration with Marc Dumont and James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social

www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/reps/impact-...

16.04.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Registration is open for LAM ECS Symposium on 12 June 2025 at the University of Liverpool.

The closing date for abstract submissions from attendees intending to apply for an AMI Student Travel Bursary is 12 April 2025.

02.04.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Accessory Genomes and Evolutionary Strategies of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Accessory Genomes and Evolutionary Strategies of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

Another PhD opportunity to join the growing Microbiology community in Southampton ๐Ÿ’ช ๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ”ฌ
Interested in how bacteria adapt to challenges like temperature changes and antibiotics? Join my lab at UoS to explore the role of accessory elements!
tinyurl.com/PhDbacteriaUoS
Apply here: tinyurl.com/MicroUoS

02.04.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Coupling soil bacterial and fungal community traits to multifunctionality in grassland ecosystem Understanding how bacterial and fungal community traits affect ecosystem functions, and thus provide ecosystem services, is becoming increasingly neceโ€ฆ

Happy to share our latest paper with our Chinese collaborators! Our findings highlight the critical role of bacterial and fungal abundance and diversity in sustaining soil multifunctionality within grassland ecosystems.

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

28.03.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) in Microbiology/Microbiome Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the Gut Microbiome Group, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton. The University of Southampton is a wor...

๐Ÿ“ฃ Exciting opportunity! We're hiring a #postdoctoral fellow in #gutmicrobiome research to explore the activity and function of the gut microbiome in situ and its regulation by the immune system.๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿ”ฌ

Post based at @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social

Apply here ๐Ÿ‘‡
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

27.03.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Special consultant with expertise in biodiversity and nature conservation - Ledig stilling pรฅ Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Institut for Ecoscience - Biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet

Permanent job in lovely Aarhus, Denmark, as a special consultant in biodiversity and nature conservation.

www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

๐Ÿงช ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸฆŠ #WomenInSTEM #ScienceJobs

19.03.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

#FEMS_SSPD_2025
Speakers and mentors include @gabrieleberg.bsky.social, @matehg.bsky.social, @pbaldrian.bsky.social, @roeyangel.bsky.social, @kolb2018.bsky.social and many others!
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ˜

19.03.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#FEMS_SSPD_2025
Come and join Joana, myself and our suite of distinguished guest speakers in Ohrid for over a week of vibrant lectures and team work, an exciting scientific agenda, and targeted mentoring and career development.
๐Ÿ‘ @femsmicro.bsky.social

19.03.2025 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Applications are now open for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025!

Thank you so much for the invitation, Tillmann and Joana. I'm really happy to be part of this great event! I can't wait to be there and mentor our fantastic ECRs.

#FEMS_SSPD_2025 #Mentorship #ECRs @femsmicro.bsky.social

19.03.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Role of Microorganisms in Ecosystem Services Letters in Applied Microbiology is pleased to publish the themed collection โ€˜The Role of Microorganisms in Ecosystem Servicesโ€™. This collection was collated in

The collection is now closed! ๐ŸŽ‰ We have 10 published papers (with more to come).

To our Guest Editors: Huge thanks for your commitment! ๐Ÿ™Œ , I hope you enjoyed learning about the editorial process and gained valuable experience.

@amiposts.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/lambio/pages...

12.03.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Prevalence and dynamics of antimicrobial resistance in pioneer and developing Arctic soils - BMC Microbiology Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in soil is an ancient phenomenon with widespread spatial presence in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the natural processes shaping the temporal dissemination of AMR in ...

Thrilled to share another piece of work from our team, with fantastic collaboration from @drbradbrad.bsky.social! In this study, we explore how competition and facilitation among microbes can regulate the spread of AMR over time in the Arctic.

27.01.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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