Jake Robinson

Join us online at #SoilYourselfSeptember to learn 'how diet, microbiome & gut hormones work together to influence our health' - with the amazing Alyce Martin, PhD!

Tickets are limited but free!

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Nature. Gut. Brain. Welcome to Nature. Gut. Brain. I'm Dr Jake M. Robinson, and I explore how biodiversity, from soils to microbes, shapes human health and how we can live more connected to nature. Here, you'll find e...

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Can Birdsong Ease Anxiety? The Science, Mechanisms & 3 Ways to Try It Today | Nature. Gut. Brain.

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Our new article is now out in mSphere (open access).

'Opportunities, challenges and policy implications of the aerobiome paradigm shift'

journals.asm.org/eprint/DARU6...

Excited to launch my new YouTube channel, Nature. Gut. Brain., part of a wider innovation ecosystem I'm building in the coming months.

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This channel is a science-backed space where I explore the multitude of biodiversity and human health connections.

Check out our new paper in Nature Cities: 'Unforeseen high continental-scale soil microbiome homogenization in urban greenspaces' - led by Xin Sun.

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TL;DR: Cities boost local soil biodiversity but make soils more similar across regions, reducing large-scale diversity and stability.

We're honoured to have Prof. Bruce Pascoe (author of the bestseller Dark Emu and many other books) speak at the #SoilYourselfSeptember series.

Book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soil-yours...

Excited to announce #SoilYourselfSeptember! A speaker series promoting the soil, gut and mind connection!

Led by the Grounded Minds Consortium (a Deakin University & Flinders University collaboration).

Book your free tickets here: jakemrobinson.com/sys

#soilhealth #guthealth

Come join me in Unley (Adelaide) on Thursday, 14 August 2025 | 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM for a talk about the #InvisibleBiodiversity all around and inside us!

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#InvisibleFriends #NatureGutBrain

🦠🩷Could love be microbial? ❤️🦠

Does a microbial-endocrine interplay shape love-associated emotions in humans? A hypothesis

New paper out:
journals.asm.org/eprint/HH8FA...

From code to pathogen: Are AI viruses on the horizon?

Could AI be used to design real viruses? You know, the kind that infect us, not our computers!

As synthetic biology and AI converge, some researchers are sounding the alarm.

Latest blog: www.jakemrobinson.com/blog

In the same week, Australia recorded:

First Hendra spillover (horse death) since 2022

First human death from lyssavirus since 2013 (100% fatality rate)

Flying foxes carry both 🦇
<1% carry lyssavirus, but stress + habitat loss = higher risk

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#OneHealth

Why do fungi respond to sound?
How can time in a forest shift your immune system?
Why do microbes shape your mood?
How can imagination save humanity?

Most of my posts fork and fan, into soil, the gut, the mind and the tangled spaces between.
Read more: jakemrobinson.com/blog

Invisible Friends by @jake1.bsky.social is now available in paperback! 🔬

'...nobody could fail to be intrigued' - @rdawkins.bsky.social

Learn more ➡️ https://loom.ly/1VKsmUk

The branching principle: Why so much of life forks and fans

Trees, lungs, rivers, neurons, fungi—all fork and fan for a reason. It’s nature’s way of moving energy, nutrients and ideas efficiently, adaptively.

Check it out here👇

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Exciting PhD Opportunities in Restoration Ecology 🌳 at Flinders University!

See the following post for details:
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Thanks, Steve! Good to meet you.

Looking forward to sharing more in the coming months. #NewBook #Pandemics #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #Zoonoses #Biodiversity #Microbiome #TheNatureOfPandemics #TheLastOfUs 6/6

The Nature of Pandemics When will the next pandemic arrive? For wildlife, it’s already here. The Nature of Pandemics explores an unspoken truth: how our actions are driving wildlife pandemics across the world. Highlighting t...

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Thanks to everyone who’s helped shape this (including the wonderful Jennifer Smith for the beautiful cover art)! 5/

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔 connects ecology, microbiology, public health and philosophy to ask how we can build a future where pandemics are less likely—by restoring the natural systems we’ve disrupted. The book is also very solutions-focused. 4/

––they’re happening constantly in the animal (and plant) world, but we rarely pay attention. To this end, I draw attention to infectious disease outbreaks occurring in (the rest of) nature—hence the double meaning embedded in the title. 🌳 🦇 🦅 🐸 🐕 🍄‍🟫 ☘️ 🐀 🦜 🦠 3/

Spoiler alert: it’s not just about what we find in the lab, but what we overlook in landscapes—pandemic risk is deeply rooted in how we shape our environments. This book digs into how ecological change drives disease emergence, & why pandemics aren’t just a human phenomenon- 2/

📘 Thrilled to announce that my new book, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔, is coming out this October with Pelagic Publishing!

It explores big questions: what kind of pathogen might cause the next pandemic—and what might we do now to prevent/reduce its impact? 1/6

🚨Exciting news!

🦠#InvisibleFriends🦠
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Support the Trails for Trees Challenge! 🚵‍♂️ 🌳

www.gofundme.com/f/the-trails...

🚴‍♂️In just 5 days, I’ll be hitting the road for a solo 2,000 km endurance ride across SA to raise funds for ecosystem restoration🌱

Support the ride. Support the planet.
👉 www.gofundme.com/f/the-trails...

Thanks!

Join me for an online talk on 'Urban soil #biodiversity: the hidden key to healthy communities and thriving ecosystems'

This Thursday (March 20th) at 4 pm (ACDT).

Register for free here:
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ZooKeys ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed, open access, online and print, rapidly published journal, launched to support free exchange of ideas, data and information in all branches of Zoology. It is one of the most...

‘Biodiversity restated: >99.9% of global species in soil biota’

Revised estimate of % of species that live in soil

zookeys.pensoft.net
Biodiversity restated: > 99.9% of global

Join me for a talk on 'Urban soil biodiversity: the hidden key to healthy communities and thriving ecosystems!'

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Online on Thursday 20th March at 4 pm (ACDT; GMT+10:30).

Hosted by #GreenAdelaide

Be sure to register (for free) here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/da41a8...

Donate to The Trails for Trees Challenge (2,000 km)!, organized by Jake Robinson Hi, I'm scientist and author Jake Robinson. I'm raising money for Trees for L… Jake Robinson needs your support for The Trails for Trees Challenge (2,000 km)!

Smashed the $1,000 mark overnight. Thanks all! 🙌

Let’s keep the momentum going—every dollar supports Trees for Life and The Forktree Project, two incredible SA ecosystem restoration charities.

Learn more and contribute here: www.gofundme.com/f/the-trails...

Thanks to Peter, Lareen, Natalie and Carlos for your recent donations! 🙏

Not far off $1,000 now - please donate to restore ecosystems and find out more about my 2,000 km endurance ride:
www.gofundme.com/f/the-trails...
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