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Ocean scientist at @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social. Confused by #shells, #oceans and #carbon. More at: https://biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/

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PostDoc Wanted! Modeling biomineralisation processes.

2. PostDoc Position (3 years)

Must start by 1st October

** DEADLINE 26th May **

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/leverhul...

06.05.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD Student Wanted! Modeling biomineralisation processes.

1. PhD Studentship (3.5 years)

Starting 1st October.

** DEADLINE MAY 16th **

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/biomin/l...

06.05.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Building Shells Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Biomineralisation

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ TWO FULLY FUNDED POSITIONS ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ

Both working out how shells are made, building quantitative models of the #biology, #mineralogy and #geochemistry of #biomineralisation.

Come join our cross-disciplinary team funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk !

#phd #postdoc ๐ŸŒŠ

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/gra...

06.05.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5th May - Extension โ€” ICP15 Deadline extension!

Registration deadline is TODAY for #ICP15

Sign up now to avoid disappointment!

www.icp15.com/news/5th-may...

05.05.2025 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5th May - Extension โ€” ICP15 Deadline extension!

The Registration and Abstract Deadline submission deadline for #ICP15 has been extended to the 5th May.

We know you were all busy at #EGU25 ๐Ÿ˜

@egu.eu

www.icp15.com/news/5th-may...

02.05.2025 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So exciting to be able to support so many ECRs!!

Looking forward to #ICP15!

19.04.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
#ICP15 perspective speakers are Raja Ganeshram, B N Goswami, Sidney Hemming, Bridget Wade and Thomas Westerhold

#ICP15 perspective speakers are Raja Ganeshram, B N Goswami, Sidney Hemming, Bridget Wade and Thomas Westerhold

#ICP15 #perspective #speakers are Raja Ganeshram @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social , B N Goswami, Sidney Hemming @lamontearth.bsky.social @bridgetwade.bsky.social Thomas Westerhold @marumunibremen.bsky.social
All our #pleanry #speakers are now announced ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜Š
www.icp15.com/themes

17.03.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
#ICP15 invited speakers on past climate state reconstructions from proxies and models are Alex J Farnsworth, Heather Ford, Lucas Jonkers, Johann P Klages and Pam Vervoort

#ICP15 invited speakers on past climate state reconstructions from proxies and models are Alex J Farnsworth, Heather Ford, Lucas Jonkers, Johann P Klages and Pam Vervoort

#ICP15 announces #invited #plenary #speakers on past climate state reconstructions from #proxies and #models Alex Farnsworth
Lukas Jonkars @marumunibremen.bsky.social
Johann allege @awi.de
And
Pam Vervoort @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Complete line of theme speakers:
www.icp15.com/themes

10.03.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
#ICP15 announces speakers for #ocean ocean-climate dynamics: (left to right) Cristiano M Chiessi, Sophie Hines, Frerk Poeppelmier and Xu Zhang

#ICP15 announces speakers for #ocean ocean-climate dynamics: (left to right) Cristiano M Chiessi, Sophie Hines, Frerk Poeppelmier and Xu Zhang

#ICP15 announces #invited #plenary #speakers on #ocean-climate dynamics
Cristiano Chiessi
Sophie Hines @whoi.edu
@fpoeppelmeier.bsky.social Margit Simon @bjerknes.bsky.social
And Xu Zhang @bas.ac.uk

10.03.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
#ICP15 invited speakers photos (from left to right): Tripti Bhattacharya, Pedro DiNezio, Ed Hathorne, Anta-Clarissa Sarr, Chuan-Chou (River) Shen and Arun Deo Singh.

#ICP15 invited speakers photos (from left to right): Tripti Bhattacharya, Pedro DiNezio, Ed Hathorne, Anta-Clarissa Sarr, Chuan-Chou (River) Shen and Arun Deo Singh.

#ICP15 presents #invited #plenary #speakers for #paleomonsoon #monsoon dynamics theme @triptychphrases.bsky.social Pedro DiNezio @edhathorne.bsky.social @antacl.bsky.social Chuan-Chou (River) Shen and Arun Deo Singh

www.icp15.com/themes

06.03.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
#ICP15 invited speakers of Theme 5 are: (from left to right) Hana Jurikova, Lenart De Nooijer, Matt Osman, Yi Wang and Martin Ziegler.

#ICP15 invited speakers of Theme 5 are: (from left to right) Hana Jurikova, Lenart De Nooijer, Matt Osman, Yi Wang and Martin Ziegler.

#ICP15 presents #invited #speakers in theme 5, #innovation / #novel approaches in #paleocenaography and #paleoclimatology
Hana Jurikova -> Uo St Andrews
Lenart De Nooijer ->
Matt Osman -> UoCambridge
Yi Wang -> Tulane Uni
Martin Ziegler -> Utrecht Uni

www.icp15.com/themes
(Scroll down to theme 5).

04.03.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Theme 1 invited speakers at the ICP15, Eleni Anagnostou, Alex Auderset, Tom Chalk, Kate David, Jesse Farmer and Arun Singh.

Theme 1 invited speakers at the ICP15, Eleni Anagnostou, Alex Auderset, Tom Chalk, Kate David, Jesse Farmer and Arun Singh.

#ICP15 presents theme 1 #invited #speakers #biogeochemistry #Climate
@eleniwater.bsky.social @alexauderset.bsky.social @chalkyoceans.bsky.social @seavdavis.bsky.social @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social and Arvind Singh

03.03.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Paleo peeps: ICP15 website is live!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Bengaluru next year! ๐ŸŒŠ

20.12.2024 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ICP15 website is live!!

20.12.2024 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ICP15 - 15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography, Bangaluru, India 15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography, Bangaluru, India

Know what you're up to next Summer? Come join us for an exciting conference in India!

www.icp15.com

#ICP15 ๐ŸŒŠ

20.12.2024 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1


Website for #ICP15 is now live ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

www.icp15.com

Please create an account to be on ICP15 email-list and receive conference updates:

www.icp15.com/account/logi...

20.12.2024 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
New NERC CREATES PhD funding programme announced | Department of Earth Sciences The Department of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a series of new PhD studentships, starting from October 2025.

Deadline for applications is 7 January 2025. More information on how to apply may be found here: www.esc.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ner...

28.11.2024 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited for a fun day of #coral talks at #RCUK2024!

30.11.2024 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD Student Wanted! Modeling biomineralisation processes.

๐Ÿšจ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿš Fully Funded PhD Position!! ๐Ÿชธ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿšจ

Carbonate biominerals are a big deal. For global carbon cycling, and our understanding of past climates... But how do they form?! There's a lot we don't know. Come and join us to build a computational model of these mysterious processes!

#ocean #carbon #shell

22.11.2024 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A geochemical schematic of the biological and crystallographic processes of biomineralisation. A mineralized skeleton (bottom) grows from a calcifying fluid which is separated from external seawater by a layer of tissue. There are multiple possible ways to transport ions across this tissue layer to the site of calcification
(solid arrows), which are often associated with the co-transport or counter-transport of other ions (dashed arrows).

A geochemical schematic of the biological and crystallographic processes of biomineralisation. A mineralized skeleton (bottom) grows from a calcifying fluid which is separated from external seawater by a layer of tissue. There are multiple possible ways to transport ions across this tissue layer to the site of calcification (solid arrows), which are often associated with the co-transport or counter-transport of other ions (dashed arrows).

A conceptual space for exploring the dynamics of biomineral geochemistry, with labels for a calcite biomineral.

A conceptual space for exploring the dynamics of biomineral geochemistry, with labels for a calcite biomineral.

Biominerals play a central role in Earth's past, present and future climate, but there are major gaps in our understanding of how they form. In this chapter, led by @oscarbranson.bsky.social, we show how the geochemistry of CaCO3 biominerals can fill these gaps tinyurl.com/3uvmfuc8 ๐Ÿงชโš’๏ธ๐Ÿชธ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒŠ

02.09.2024 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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PostDoc Wanted! Geochemistry of Marine Calcification Mechanisms

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ JOB ALERT ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ

3-year #postdoc position to study the #geochemistry of marine #calcification!

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/leverhul...

Come join my @leverhulme.bsky.social project to work out how shells are made!

@eurogeosciences.bsky.social @eageo.bsky.social @geochemgroup.bsky.social

21.06.2024 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD Student Wanted! Outside the comfort zone: geochemical changes in marine calcifiers in response to extreme environmental conditions.

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ 9 days left!! ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ

To apply for this fully funded PhD studentship studying the geochemistry of biominerals!

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/biomin/l...

10.01.2024 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

9 days left for UK students (or internationals with independent funding) to apply for this!

10.01.2024 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Paper: Kgen! Kgen: reducing inconsistencies in seawater carbon calculations.

One for the carbon chemistry nerds...

Check out our preprint about Kgen - a new, cross-platform tool for calculating ocean carbon speciation constants in modified seawater composition!

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/pap...

04.01.2024 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Import your Twitter follows to Bluesky

I imported 15 friends from Twitter to Bluesky

02.01.2024 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loads of PhD openings, some with me, some not (a thread ๐Ÿงต)- please spread the word (๐Ÿ™). First is a @PETRARCHproject one with me at @UoBEarthScience , open to all nationalities, working on the causal drivers of Cretaceous OAEs with boron isotopes bit.ly/petrarch2 . . 1/7

20.12.2023 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Research Fellow โ€“ AR2903HM Research Fellow โ€“ AR2903HM, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Salary: ยฃ37,099 - ยฃ40,521 per annum Start Date: 1 February 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter Fixed Term: 3 years, <p>We ...

๐Ÿšจ2 geochemistry positions ๐Ÿšจ
in beautiful St Andrews(1 postdoc, 1 lab tech) studying volcanic forcing of climate. FWIW I am definitely better at science & supervising than social media!๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Deadline extended Jan 10.ย tinyurl.com/29c6ebxcย &ย tinyurl.com/mpd7tphh

19.12.2023 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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PhD Student Wanted! Outside the comfort zone: physiological responses of marine calcifiers to extreme environmental conditions.

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ Fully-Funded PhD Project ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ

Interested in shells, corals or plankton? Ever wondered how they form? Come join our group @Cambridge on this @leverhulme.bsky.social project!

A fun combination of culturing, geochemistry, physiology and modelling.

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/biomin/l...

16.12.2023 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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