Post-doc position on Biological Nitrification Inhibition in rice in Aberdeen (Scotland)! Join our nice team and environment! Deadline 23rd Sept! www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...
11.09.2025 09:21 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
New preprint from our team! Experimental evidence that ammonia-oxidizing archaea in sponges use branched chain amino acids as substrates - possibly also key for host interaction
#Nitrification
#MicroSky π§ͺ #ArchaeaSky
@bglasl.bsky.social @kathikitzinger.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
10.09.2025 20:30 β π 26 π 12 π¬ 1 π 0
Molecular Microbial Ecology Group Meeting 2025
MMEG registration is now live!
Resister now to Join us on the 15-16th December 2025 at the University of Birmingham.
appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
18.06.2025 08:28 β π 2 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
@royalsociety.org URF reunion at the #rhizo6 in Edinburgh. Beautiful dinner in the National Museum of Scotland.
From left: Carmen SΓ‘nchez
CaΓ±izares, @iandealidbury.bsky.social, Laura Lehtovirta-
Morley, Cecile Gubry-Rangin, yours truly and in the front Siul Ruiz. #rhizo6
πΈ @jeffinerca.bsky.social
18.06.2025 12:22 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Plant exudates effectively inhibit soil nitrification and reduce nitrous oxide emissions says Ellen E Smith. #Rhizosphere6 #PlantScience #BNI #N2O π§ͺ
17.06.2025 15:58 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The @royalsociety.org URF crew on tour at #Rhizosphere6 in @edinburghup.bsky.social
17.06.2025 23:22 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
In "The role of trade-offs between #niche breadth and fitness in
#microbial adaptation to fluctuating environments
Β» Prof. Cecile Gubry-Rangin says: "π¦ generalists have greater fitness following an env. change, except after an extreme change when specialists perform better" #Rhizosphere6 π§ͺ
16.06.2025 09:49 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Just a few days left to apply to a PhD studentship in my group on soil-plant-microbe interaction to join a dynamic team on this subject: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Happy to discuss informally before application!
02.06.2025 07:27 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Potential PhD opportunity studying soil virus ecology in our group. Please get in touch if interested!
22.04.2025 18:24 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
New study finds 1,450% increase in microplastic levels within soil after four years of sewage sludge application
A new Hutton study has shown an increase of 1,450% in microplastics found within soil samples after 4 years of sewage sludge application.
New research by @hutton.ac.uk found #microplastics in soil samples increased by up to 1,450% just four years after sewage sludge was appliedβ οΈ
Microplastics can impact #soil biota and pollute the wider environment due to their persistenceπͺ±
Article β¬οΈ www.hutton.ac.uk/new-study-fi...
20.03.2025 10:36 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
π£ Come join us at the ACTIONr PhD summer school in Greece!
βBiological Nitrification Inhibition: Integrating Microbial Functions, Plant Traits, and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Nitrogen Cyclingβ
Free registration & lodging! ππ
07.03.2025 16:06 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
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 ...
Are you a student, scholar or professional interested in the wonderful world of the rhizosphere? If yes, we look forward to welcoming you in Edinburgh in June for www.rhizo6.org an exciting platform to exchange ideas to enhance plant and soil health. Still two weeks to go for abstract submission!
10.02.2025 09:37 β π 11 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
π’ Climate change -soil - microbes - adaptation - growth - dormancy - resilience - temperature!
PhD position still open! Join a dynamic team with @lancasterlt.bsky.social and Chris Allen in Aberdeen (Scotland)!
06.02.2025 21:39 β π 2 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm sure worth reading and maybe there is progress in practical measurement of soil C changes but I still worry about so much effort devoted to this topic. Yes we should increase C for soil functioning (health). But may be easier to achieve GHG cuts by improving N management.
17.01.2025 21:13 β π 15 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Still time to apply to this PhD studentship to join my group, to be co-supervised by @pdhallett.bsky.social, Jo Smith (UoA) and Fiona Fraser (SRUC) at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social and @srucnews.bsky.social
Deadline to apply 17th January!
07.01.2025 17:41 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Welcome from our new President - British Society of Soil Science
Professor Paul Hallett from the University of Aberdeen has officially commenced his term as British Society of Soil Science President for 2025 and 2026, as of 1 January. Prof Hallett works in the Scho...
I have just started as President of the British Society of Soil Science. This is a tremendous organisation with over 900 members, spanning from students to educators, technicians, scientists, professionals and basically anyone with an interest in soils. Read more- soils.org.uk/blog/welcome...
06.01.2025 12:26 β π 17 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1
Santa Clausπ
is early this year π€©#justout paper led by @stuartsoil.bsky.social with @andreajilling.bsky.social @agent-sprout.bsky.social & others
"A microbial framework for nitrogen cycling solutions in agroecosystems" @cp-oneearth.bsky.social
Permanent link here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.on...
20.12.2024 16:36 β π 10 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
A screenshot of the pdf of my contribution to this Voices collection, with my photo on the left and the text on the right, entitled "Understanding the belowground half of ecosystems". The text reads: Soils are the belowground half of ecosystems, with the total biomass of roots and soil organisms and their diversity equaling or even surpassing that of the aboveground half. Just as it is impossible to identify one property that defines βa healthy ecosystem,β it is impossible to define one property that defines healthy soil. A healthy, well-functioning soil is a healthy belowground ecosystem, and this will be very different between a heathland or a cropland, a forest or a grassland.
Most soil health indicators, monitoring initiatives, and laws focus on agricultural soils. It is relatively easy to define healthy agricultural soilβfertile soil that stably supports optimal plant growth and yield. But defining one soil health metric that works for agricultural soils ignores the fact that soils under different natural ecosystems, in different regions of the world, have vastly different properties and soil biodiversity, and that the processes that determine the functioning of those can be very different from those that we value in agricultural soils.
The fact that we try to capture soil health in a simple metric to me signifies how far the field of belowground ecology is lagging behind that of aboveground ecology. To improve our understanding of the properties that constitute healthy belowground ecosystems we need to set up and expand national and global soil monitoring networks, such as SoilBON, that donβt just focus on agricultural soils. This will help us include crucial properties of the belowground part of ecosystems in frameworks for assessing ecosystem quality.
I really like these Voices articles in One Earth, and am honoured to be part of this great collection on 'Understanding soil health'.
In my opinion, a healthy soil is a healthy belowground half of an ecosystem.
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
20.12.2024 19:44 β π 26 π 8 π¬ 0 π 2
EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
πJob offers!π’. We will have a few post-doc and PhD studentship positions to join our research team in Aberdeen. Please apply or disseminate the first one below on:
π’ Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
20.12.2024 17:43 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Just arrivedπ! Better late than neverπ
12.12.2024 21:52 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Assistant Professor in the Plant-Microbe Interactions group at Utrecht University, Managing director of NPEC Utrecht, interested in the molecular mechanisms by which plants recruit beneficial microbes and shape their microbiome.
Plant-Microbe Interactions group Utrecht University. We work on: plant immunity, plant microbiome, hormone crosstalk, plant-microbe phenotyping (NPEC) and, above all, "raising" the next generation of plant scientists within our UUPlants community.
Interested in computational biology, microbial toxins, plant microbiome, and microbial adaptation to different hosts.
PI at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
https://www.asaflevylab.com/
Expressing my personal opinions.
Soil and rhizosphere science and mathematical modelling. Professor of engineering.
Microbiologist β’ Royal Society URF deciphering bacterial regulatory networks at @OxfordBiology β’ Nitrogen fixation β’ College advisor @KelloggOx β’ Volunteer at @ComunidadCERU ππͺπΈπ¬π§
*Mum of three*
π±πΎPlant roots + nutrient uptake + beneficial microbesπ¦ | dabbing into bacteriophages for plant health| Head of research Root Dynamics Group @ IBG 2 - Plant Sciences, @fz-juelich.de | π²π°
Microbial ecologist (PhD, docent) turned data scientist. R, HPC, biocrusts, peatlands. Ukulele & melodeon player, concertgoer, stargazer.
Plant Microbial Ecologist | SynComs | Currently Postdoc @PurdueAg | Former Postdoc @microUCPH | PhD @IIT Delhi | University of Fribourg | Hindu College
CNRS Researcher | Group Leader | Soil Microbial and Viral Ecology and Biogeochemical Cycling | https://soilmicrobes.fr/ | @soilmicrobes.bsky.social
Head of School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. Director of QUADRAT-DTP. Director of QUARTILES-DLA. A soil scientist.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow based at the University of Exeter, interested in understanding the ecology and evolution of public goods, cooperation and plant-microbe interactions in metal- polluted soils
Assistant professor University of Copenhagen, Plant and Environmental Sciences | Visiting researcher AIT, Austrian Institute of Technology Bioresources.
Plant-microbe interactions | Subsurface microbiology | Microbial ecology | Football
Director of Mycology and Microbiology Center
#mycorrhiza #fungal ecology #microbiology plant-microbe interactions #mushroom hunting #biodiversity #conservation #molecular ecology #biogeography #DNA-based taxonomy #long-read sequencing #PacBio #
Scientist bridging #Climate and #Biodiversity...
Education, research and consulting at the heart of our natural economy- with campuses and facilities across Scotland. Follow for the latest news, research and updates. π±
Microbial ecologist at University of Aberdeen. Love extremophiles.
