Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut - Nature
Human host-associated cellular products may act as induction agents for bacteriophages.
Very excited to share the latest work from our lab, which was published today in Nature!
nature.com/articles/s41...
PhD graduate and now post-doc Sofia Dahlman, along with co-senior author Sam Forster from The Hudson and other researchers from our lab and others.
15.10.2025 21:40 โ ๐ 181 ๐ 75 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 3
Broadcaster and scrรญbhneoir Manchรกn Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchรกn Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
This is a real loss. Few people did as much as Manchรกn Magan to connect the Irish landscape to its language and culture. His books are impressive works of accessible scholarship and will hopefully be read for many years to come. #SpeirGorm
03.10.2025 10:01 โ ๐ 41 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
A teal flyer for a PhD opportunity to investigate how warming may change antimicrobial resistance. The project will use experiments on Klebsiella bacteria to answer questions about how temperature affects their response to antibiotics, plasmid transfer, and fitness costs. The research involves microbiology lab work, bioinformatics, and mathematical modeling. The flyer includes contact details for Dr. Daniel Padfield and the logos of the sponsoring institutions.
I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. ๐งช๐ฆ #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
16.09.2025 08:08 โ ๐ 39 ๐ 44 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
Check out this new article on null model selection for multiple stressor research. Fantastic work by Iris Pimentel from @leeselab.bsky.social within the @crc-resist.bsky.social.
Freely available at: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
12.08.2025 15:45 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Man seated, in red coat, white trousers and black boots. Dog sitting to left with head on manโs knee. Skin of wolf on floor under their feet
Wolves were treated as a threat to livestock and hunted to extinction in Ireland, aided by bounties. Portrait of John Watson with hound at his side and skin of โlast wolf in Irelandโ 1786 under their feet. Royal Dublin Society collection #InternationalWolfDay
13.08.2025 13:38 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0
Was great to attend a Summer Academy of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. Really creative and clever students - enjoyed the seminar with the students and felt honored to give an evening talk in such a nice location on trends in insect populations. #Neubeuern #Studienstiftung #Insectdecline
12.08.2025 21:11 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (ยฃ2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share ๐ www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
05.08.2025 12:45 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 26 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2
Thrilled to announce our webinar series:
๐ฑ๐ย Quantifying Ecology ๐๐ฑ
We are collaborating with our SIG friends to bring you quantitative methods in different ecological contexts.
Kicking off with Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social and @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social on 5th August. More details to come!
24.06.2025 12:31 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
16.05.2025 01:26 โ ๐ 37 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Honoured to receive the 2024 Robert May prize !! ๐ ๐ Many thanks to the @britishecologicalsociety.org
& @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
18.04.2025 03:14 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2
Ecosystems have multiple interacting processes that buffer against co-occurring stressors
There are multiple processes that buffer the effects of anthropogenic stressors. Much is known about how single buffering processes (e.g., biodiversitโฆ
Very happy to see this paper out, wonderful collaboration with Gaowen Yang and @jamesaorr.bsky.social & other friends
Kong et al. @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
Ecosystems have multiple interacting processes that buffer against co-occurring stressors
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
30.03.2025 02:45 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
We have announced the 2024 Robert May Prize shortlist, our award for early career researchers! ๐
Follow the link below to see our shortlisted authors and their papers ๐ ๐งช ๐
20.03.2025 10:00 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 6
Poster for Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales
Summer School, June 23-27, 2025, UMD
https://bit.ly/phageschool2025-umd
Reminder: application deadline upcoming for applications from MS + PhD students + postdocs for a Summer School on
Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales
U of Maryland, College Park, June 23-27, 2025
Apply by 3/21/25:
bit.ly/phageschool2...
15.03.2025 11:41 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 3
We are looking for a #PhD student to work on the impacts of multiple stressors on native #oysters as part of the BRICONS Project co-supervised by @annikaclements.bsky.social - contact me for details on how to apply @tcddublin.bsky.social
18.03.2025 11:28 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Check out our dispatch on apicomplexans that infect corals!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
These parasite-like partners have lost photosynthesis but retained chlorophyll... are they friend or foe?
@currentbiology.bsky.social #protistsonsky #symbiosky #microsky #coralreefs
13.03.2025 12:11 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 25 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Coexistence Theory for Microbial Ecology, and Vice Versa
Classical models from theoretical ecology are seeing increasing uptake in microbial ecology, but there remains rich potential for closer cross-pollination. Here we explore opportunities for stronger ....
In our new paper we discuss how modern coexistence theory can help microbial ecologists tackle fundamental & applied questions, and how microbial systems can help to push coexistence theory forward! With Andrew Letten and Dave Armitage (@darmitage.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1111/1462...
12.03.2025 05:35 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 23 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2
We are excited to announce our new seminar series highlighting research on population biology and theoretical ecology from academics and post-grads based in the Asia-Pacific. We have a great line up of speakers for the next few months. Stay tuned for more info!
07.03.2025 02:13 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Now accepting applicants for 25-26 intake of our #StatisticalEcology MSc: bit.ly/3ooHNyc. A unique opportunity to develop skills at the interface of #statistics and #ecology (some partial scholarships available too). Please help me share!
29.01.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 45 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A pinhole camera photo taken from Summer to Winter Solstice. It's a bit blurry as the aperture was made with a tiny needle and no focus mechanism. There are yellow to green lines across the photo, that's the Sun moving across the sky over the course of a day. The top line is from the Summer Solstice, the bottom line from the Winter Solstice. Cloudy days don't have any lines or broken lines as the Sun was obscured by clouds. There are some trees on the left, right and in the background.
A pinhole camera photo, a 6 month exposure from Summer to Winter solstice. There are trees on the right side and background. A house with two cars in the drive are visible almost in the center of the photo. The lines are made from the Sun moving across the sky with the bottom line being the Winter Solstice and the top line the Summer solstice. On cloudy days the lines are broken or not visible as the sun was obscured by clouds. The lines show some reflections from a tree trunk. The lines are mostly a white color with some hints of blue, green and yellow in places. Some of the colors could be from rain or snow staining the paper I was using.
Happy Winter Solstice!
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
21.12.2024 14:01 โ ๐ 5170 ๐ 1495 ๐ฌ 171 ๐ 67
#ESAus2024: alcohol/food didn't affect guesses on the number of species observed in our house (answer 1,168, average ESA guess 200). An excuse to indulge at tonight's dinner. Find Andrew Rogers if you want to chat about our house biodiversity study ๐ doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... ๐ @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
11.12.2024 02:07 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thanks Khuong! It's been a long journey haha
02.12.2024 20:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Variability of functional and biodiversity responses to perturbations is predictable and informative
Nature Communications - Measures of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning show variable responses to perturbations, complicating the prediction of responses to global change. This study shows that...
Big thanks to Jeff Arnoldi (at CNRS) who mentored me through this work ๐
Thanks also to TCD Zoology and @oxfordbiology.bsky.social, to the reviewers for their motivating comments, and to the rest of our team: Jeremy Piggott, @yodacomplex.bsky.social, and @michcjackson.bsky.social!
rdcu.be/d1V4O
02.12.2024 07:45 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Hereโs a tutorial aimed at empirical ecologists interested in applying our framework to their own data (e.g., from large experiments, syntheses, or biomonitoring programs): jamesaorr.github.io/community-pr... - sorry about any typos!
02.12.2024 07:45 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Using the brilliant dataset produced by Zhenghu Zhou and colleagues (doi.org/10.1038/s414...), we demonstrate how our framework can provide new insights into speciesโ contributions to functions and species' response to perturbations using only information about community-level responses.
02.12.2024 07:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
We propose a framework, built on geometric arguments, that uses the variability of community-level responses to quantify:
(i) the similarity of functions
(ii) how many species contribute to functions
(iii) the response diversity of communities
(iv) the biomass scaling of perturbations
02.12.2024 07:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Assistant Professor @ Cornell AgriTech
Plant Pathology in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Studying the ecology and evolution of plant diseases
Phages, cats, coffee and scicomm
Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group - University of Galway.
PI: Dr Aoife Boyd. Host-microbe interactions: pathogenic Vibrio bacteria. Marine aquaculture. Natural antimicrobial molecules. Microbes & venomous animals.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9792
Bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. Focus on global change ecology, greenhouse gasses, wetlands. Mechanisms, causal inference & modelling. I actually love to write ๐ Postdoc at Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Berlin
Assistant Prof | Environmental Biology & Sustainability @maynoothuni.bsky.social
Ecologist | lab website: https://dirilgenecology.com/
Affiliate @UCDEarth | Exec Group @aicbrn.bsky.social | Alumnus @IrishResearch @UCDSBES
PhD on snow petrels with geogdurham.bsky.social and @bas.bsky.social funded by @erc.europa.eu โ๏ธ | seabird movement & diet | fatty acids & stable isotopes ๐ชถ๐๐ฆ | R | marine predators | polar ECR training & support with @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ | ๐ฎ๐ช in ๐ฌ๐ง
Rapid evolutionary dynamics in viruses, cancer and bacteria. Assistant professor at UW Genome Sciences. federlab.github.io
Postdoctoral researcher at Georgia State University
Microbiology, ecology, and evolution
Azimi Lab
Staff scientist @ Fred Hutch.
PhD Candidate | Evolution/Complex Systems, University of Michigan | kumawatb.com
any pronouns | Postdoc in the Margolis Lab at St. Jude | UAB Microbiology PhD | LSU alum | cat and plant parent | Views are my own | #NativeinSTEM #LGBTQinSTEM
Research scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology. Eco-evo | Host-pathogen interactions | Survival | Coexistence. Loves microbes and math. Self-taught illustrator. Frog enthusiast. Punk.
www.canankarakoc.com
Microbiologist ๐งซ๐งช | Microbe-Microbe interactions in infection | Mom of ๐ง๐ผ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ถ| Asst. Professor at UTK | Views my own
Evolutionary genetics: microbes, microbial communities, models; academic at the University of Manchester
Assistant professor of biology @ NYU. Studying microbial ecology and evolution, changing environments, mathematical modeling. abreulab.org
Evolutionary genomics of bacteria pathogens with particular interest in Pseudomonas syringae, plant-microbe interactions, and effector function and evolution.
Evolutionary and Mathematical Biology, sequence structure and function, genomes evolve, statistical theory and knowledge, empirical-theoretical interface, communication of evolutionary genetics, collaboratives, the mind-body problem, humanism
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Kansas State University.
My research examines how gene-environment interactions shaped the evolution of differentiated multicellularity.
dinahdavison.net
Postdoc at @RutgersCABM | Ecology and evolution of microbial communities | https://qevomicrolab.org