Susheel Bhanu Busi

Effect-based and (non-)target chemical analyses reveal concerning levels of emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa Water contamination by micropollutants is a global issue, yet there is limited information from low-income regions. To address this, we evaluated surf…

@oxonandrew.bsky.social has been on a paper publishing streak recently!

As well as the above he has also published a paper on emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧪💊💧

check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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 “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils”

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

Huge thanks to our team across @ukceh.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social, @uor-research.bsky.social & @ukri.org #NERC #ASSIST & #BBSRC #DECODE 🙏

🧬Soil eDNA isn’t a replacement for traditional surveys!

📣It’s a powerful complement, boosting scale & efficiency⚡ in biodiversity monitoring 🌿🌍

Even more exciting → #eDNA abundances correlated with plant cover in multiple habitats 🌳🌾

🌾 Grasslands & 🌳woodlands showed the strongest associations.

And #MachineLearning🤖 models could 📊 predict habitat types from eDNA data with promising accuracy!

From nearly 800 soil samples paired with 1 m² field surveys, we found:

✅ Genus-level eDNA captures comparable richness & composition to field surveys

📉 Slightly lower Shannon diversity, but strong overlap

Deciphering Landscape‐Scale Plant Cover and Biodiversity From Soil eDNA Biodiversity surveys are essential but challenging to conduct at scale, prompting this study to evaluate soil-extracted eDNA as a proxy for traditional field-based surveys for describing plant commun...

🚨 New #OpenAccess paper in #Environmental #DNA! 🚨

Led by #TimGoodall @ukceh.bsky.social with @danread.bsky.social we tested whether #soil #eDNA metabarcoding can capture plant #biodiversity & vegetation cover across the UK 🌱

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

Have you ever looked at some differentially occurring gene clusters in a microbial #pangenome and thought to yourself "I wonder if they contribute to any metabolic modules"?

With the most recent changes, the answer is a few clicks away in #anvio 😇

Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠

Protecting the unique biodiversity of the Falklands Emily Williams, an ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, discusses a project to tackle invasive non-native species on the Falkland Islands, which included a recent visit to share knowled...

🧪 NEW: Emily Williams reflects on a recent visit to the Falkland Islands as part of a project working with UK Overseas Territories to tackle invasive non-native species — a major threat to island #biodiversity and livelihoods🌿

Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

#INNS #blog

Social card for vacancy which reads "Research Scientist. Develop pipelines for metagenomic and amplicon sequencing data to understand the role of prokaryotes in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Salary: £36,720 to £42,000. Contract length: 9 months. Apply by 8 July 2025".

🆕 Vacancy! If you want to work with sequencing data derived from cultivated and natural soil microbiomes to understand the role of prokaryotes in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, check our vacancy 🦠

@bioinf.bsky.social‬

💷 £36,720 to £42,000 p/a
🗓️ Apply by 08 July 2025
➡️ buff.ly/BSB0Qfh

We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change.

Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word:

jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...

Rain or shine ☔️🌞, our #NERC-funded #MICROCYCLE teams are sampling Thames & Avon, uncovering how microbes influence the fate of organic matter🧫💧.

@amycthorpe.bsky.social
& #TimGoodall in #MolecularEcology in action at
@ukceh.bsky.social
🧪

🔗 tinyurl.com/46469ztn
#FreshwaterQuality #RiverHealth

Dr Stuart Wainwright and quote "It's great to see the launch of NERC's Forward Look, with themes that closely align with our own. This highlights both the global challenges we face and the essential role of environmental science in addressing them. Our shared priorities reflect a common belief in the power of world-class science to drive positive change-and we look forward to working closely together to make a meaningful difference

🎂👏 Congratulations to the Natural Environment Research Council on 60 years of enabling world-leading environmental science and the launch of an ambitious new 10-year vision.

We look forward to working with NERC to make a meaningful difference.

🔗 NERC Forward Look: www.ukri.org/publications... 🧪

The Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH are hosting this great community engagement event a Loch Leven, Scotland. A chance to talk to our scientists about what the Loch means to you: eu1.hubs.ly/H0knhrs0

@ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco 🧪💦

A banner for our conference, which is on the 15th-16th September 2025 at ZSL London

Hi all, have you seen that the Aquatic Ecology & Microbial Ecology Groups of the BES are holding a science conference at the Zoological Society of London in September?

Registration/abstract submission still open...

@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social @bes-microbialgroup.bsky.social #BESAG2025

(1/5) 🧪🌊

@clairecarvell.bsky.social showing how collaborative work between @ukceh.bsky.social & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social leveraged the #BIOSCAN pipeline to uncover 135+ insect families sampled as part of the #UK @pomscheme.bsky.social

Presented at @ukdnawg.bsky.social conference at the #RoyalSociety

Canoe Safari - Windermere Science Festival Did you know that it takes around 260 days or 8.5 months for water to travel through Windermere? Take a canoe trip with freshwater ecologist Dr Ellie Mackay and learn...

This weekend, Ellie Mackay from the UKCEH Aquatic Ecosystems Group will be talking to the community about the ecology of Windermere (by canoe safari!). A great public engagement event!

www.windermeresciencefestival.org/portfolio/ca...
#UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social @ellie-mackay.bsky.social

Research Experience Placements 2025 — NERC GW4+

Are you an undergraduate student interested in a PhD? Apply now to gain experience in a NERC-funded Research Experience Placement this summer – UKCEH scientists are leading some of the projects!

E4 placements: e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/further-nerc...

GW4+ placements: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/undrgrad-pla...

Image of gauging station by a river and text: ROBIN is a remarkable initiative, creating an open, harmonized foundation for global climate research. It supports scientific collaboration and boosts the visibility and use of regional datasets in international scientific efforts." Dr Camila Alvarez Garreton

Gauging station at Troutbeck

ROBIN logo

📢 We're excited to announce the #ROBINHydro dataset & paper are published! 🌏

This makes available for wider use data for 2,386 global gauging stations with natural or near-natural catchments— a major step forward in accessible, global-scale streamflow data.

🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

Study reveals how wet soils can amplify heatwaves in vulnerable regions A UKCEH-led study investigates how humid heat extremes are influenced by soil moisture, particularly from recent rainfall, in regions vulnerable to heatwaves. It highlights the potential for high-reso...

🌡️ A new study by UKCEH & @universityofleeds.bsky.social reveals how wet soils can amplify heatwaves in vulnerable regions

See our news: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Read the full study: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

@johnmarsham.bsky.social @agu.org #heatwaves #HeatStress

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

I’m happy to share our recent review published in The ISME Journal! Here, we explore the role of CO and H₂ 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...

Implementing FAIR Wizard at UKCEH Our implementation of FAIR Wizard showcases the value of innovative tools in transforming research data management. By simplifying the creation of high-quality data management plans and promoting unde...

🧪 How do you embed #FAIRdata principles into research workflows?

Our data stewardship team share how they've customised @fair-wizard.com to improve data management & collaboration—and support the wider NERC research community.

🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

#EnvironmentalScience #OpenScience

GTDB Release 10-RS226 (16th April 2025) has been published
gtdb.ecogenomic.org

A new @britishecologicalsociety.org report assesses the evidence around #RegenerativeAgriculture approaches 🌱🌾

Co-authors include UKCEH ecologists Prof Bridget Emmett (current President of BES) and Dr Lisa Norton, & contribution from greenhouse gas flux scientist Dr Jenny Rhymes

#soil #farming 🧪⤵️

Eight distinguished individuals join the ISC Governing Board - International Science Council The ISC Governing Board has been reconstituted and re-energized at a critical moment for science and society globally.

We're very proud of our international relations coordinator María Estelí Jarquín on her recent appointment to the Governing Board of the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social 👏🏼

Congratulations to María who will be a strong voice for young scientists across the globe 🌎

🔗 council.science/news/isc-gov...

If you are interested in a postdoc opportunity in Europe, I'd suggest you to consider the EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship:

ec.europa.eu/info/funding...

If you are into marine microbial ecology and evolution, I'd love to support your application (see more at merenlab.org).

E-MAIL ME NOW! :)

Catch me and Isobel Stanton discussing #AMR in the environment and wastewater, and what this means for human health 🦠💊🥼

Podcast link below 🔽

🎧 Resistance Rising: 1.14 million - new podcast episode coming soon!

Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠

🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪

Protecting glaciers 🏔️❄️means protecting the future by
- securing ecosystems 🌏
- strengthening resilience🔄

We safeguard biodiversity, water resources, and communities (including microbial 🦠) for generations to come. 🌍🏔️❄️

Check out the #𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

Fonte des glaciers : une diversité biologique invisible menacée Avec la disparition progressive des glaciers sous l’effet du changement climatique, c’est bien plus que de l’eau qui disparaît. Rivières et ruisseaux alimentés par l’eau de fonte nourrissent une diver...

Right in time for the UN International Glacier Day: nice contribution on the latest findings from the Vanishing Glaciers Project by @layeb.bsky.social & @riverepfl.bsky.social in theconversation.com/fonte-des-gl...