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Bobbi Helgason

@sasksoilmicro.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Soil Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan. I ❤️ soil, microbes and agriculture. She/her.

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Call for Abstracts - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN The Program Committee is proud to announce that the submission of abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSB2026) is now open!. Submission deadline is...

📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission portal is NOW OPEN 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱

Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️

Submit an abstract 👇

globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

15.04.2025 15:48 — 👍 9    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2

Abstract deadline extended to March 14 - submit yours now! Looking forward to an excellent conference!

12.03.2025 03:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rhizosphere 6 - Rooting for Earth Welcome to Rhizosphere 6 We are looking forward to welcoming the global rhizosphere research community to Edinburgh for Rhizosphere 6 in June 2025. The meeting will foster exchange, interaction and ...

Join us at Rhizosphere 6 in Edinburgh, June 15-19! Abstracts due February 28!

12.02.2025 04:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Nutrien supports Be What the World Needs Campaign with transformational $15 million donation to USask - News Nutrien’s purpose is to Feed the Future. The University of Saskatchewan (USask) aspires to Be What the World Needs. By joining forces on new projects, these ambitious organizations will advance sustai...

A transformational $15 million donation from Nutrien to #USask will support students, new initiatives and critical research to advance sustainable agriculture and food security around the globe.

#FeedingTheFuture #BeWhatTheWorldNeeds #BetterTogether

news.usask.ca/articles/gen...

03.02.2025 21:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

There's such a tone of sadness to the CBC reporting right now. Adrienne Arsenault says, “I feel like the whole country, all of us, are getting both a history lesson and a politics lesson and an economics lesson and a lesson in heartache.”

02.02.2025 01:47 — 👍 18239    🔁 2132    💬 450    📌 114
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Thermodynamics of microbial decomposition of persistent carbon in erosion-buried topsoils Hillslope erosion in hummocky landscapes can lead to the accumulation of C-rich topsoil in depositional positions that eventually becomes buried if er…

Also just out - Amanda Mitchell’s excellent work on thermodynamic efficiency of microbial C cycling in erosion-buried topsoils

30.01.2025 04:40 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Evidence of the need for crop-specific N2O emission factors Crop residues are an important source of N for subsequent crops and contribute to cropping system nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Oilseed residues, par…

We’re excited to share Akeem Shorunke’s work on understanding and quantifying N2O emissions from decomposing crop residues using stable isotopes and microbial community profiling.

30.01.2025 04:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Rhizosphere 6 - Rooting for Earth Welcome to Rhizosphere 6 We are looking forward to welcoming the global rhizosphere research community to Edinburgh for Rhizosphere 6 in June 2025. The meeting will foster exchange, interaction and ...

❗️The abstract submission and registration for Rhizosphere 6 is now open! 🌾🌿
www.rhizo6.org/home
please join us in Edinburgh next year for what should be an exciting meeting.
@hutton.ac.uk
#rhizosphere6

09.12.2024 16:03 — 👍 25    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 1
Trees in an upland valley in Scotland, UK

Trees in an upland valley in Scotland, UK

I am offering a PhD opportunity at University of Edinburgh as part of the E5 DTP. CASE partner: Forest Research

On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Application deadline: 6th Jan. Please share with your network.

e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

25.11.2024 11:15 — 👍 53    🔁 49    💬 3    📌 1
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RUSSELL REVIEW Soil carbon stewardship: Thinking in circles The words we choose to describe our research ultimately directs its course. A dominant term in soil science now, is ‘sequestration’, referring to the removal of carbon (C) from air and its irreversib....

Now that I am here on Bluesky, for any new followers interested in soil organic matter, here is my recommendation of a recent review by Henry Janzen- his papers are always worth reading for wisdom and insight. Open Access bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

21.11.2024 17:14 — 👍 36    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0
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Rhizosphere 6 Welcome to Rhizosphere 6

Rhizosphere6 will be held 15-19 June 2025 in beautiful Edinburgh. Website to launch soon. Here’s the landing page. www.rhizo6.org

19.11.2024 06:58 — 👍 46    🔁 26    💬 0    📌 2

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