Today's job: microwave digestion of volcanic soil samples in nitric acid before ICP-MS analysis. Looking forward to see what the elemental chemistry could tell us. #ICPMS #Geochemistry #Geomicrobiology #Volcanology #Astrobiology #Research

📢 #PhD opportunity! A fully funded PhD available in Dr. @matehg.bsky.social lab at the University of Birmingham (October 2026). The project investigates microbial responses to atmospheric mercury and carbon monoxide in volcanic environments. Feel free to contact her if you're interested! 🌋

Not every day in research is about conferences. Today it's Raman spectroscopy on my volcanic samples. Every spectrum is another small piece of the puzzle. #RamanSpectroscopy #Geomicrobiology #Astrobiology #Volcanology #ResearchLife

A nice News highlight in @science.org on the work of my collaborator Bill Martin (we pitched in on one of the pre-prints). www.science.org/content/arti...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the surface of rocks that resemble traces of microbial activity

Happy to share that I'll be presenting at #COSPAR2026 in Florence this August! I'll be giving a talk on my work exploring microbial communities in volcanic soils and what they can tell us about early planetary biospheres. See you in Florence to talk about #geomicrobiology and #astrobiology!

Last week I had the pleasure to present @manmetuni.bsky.social for the LAMECS. This time as a speaker talking about microbial communities in early planetary biospheres analogue. Many thanks to @amiposts.bsky.social for organising the symposium. #Geomicrobiology #Astrobiology #EarlyCareerResearch

Spending the afternoon at @ucl.ac.uk 's Your Universe festival as part of the UCL200 celebrations. Looking forward to hearing about everything from Mars exploration and dark matter to atmospheric spectroscopy. #YourUniverse #UCL200 #Astronomy #PlanetaryScience #Space #ScienceCommunication

Just arrived in London and heading to Westminster for Parliamentary Links Day at the House of Commons, representing @amiposts.bsky.social to meet the members of the parliament. #ParliamentaryLinksDay #science

Looking forward to speaking at the LAMECS taking place in Manchester. My talk will explore how microbial communities in volcanic environments can help us understand the limits of life and its potential emergence on early Earth and beyond. #Geomicrobiology #Astrobiology #Research #Science

Just wrapped up a very busy week where I gave a talk at the @pintofscience.uk titled: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Life in the Universe. Thanks to everyone who came along and to the organisers for putting up the event. #PintOfScience #pint26 #Astrobiology #ScienceCommunication #Geomicrobiology

Last day at @egu.eu 2026 in Vienna. This gets me to know more about planetary atmospheres but also listening to topics very close to mine like geochemistry and geomicrobiology and the exchange of energy and elements between microbial communitie and rocks. #EGU26 #Geoscience #Astrobiology

The answer might be 42, but what’s the question? I’ll be giving a talk at @pintofscience.uk in Norwich on May 20: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Life in the Universe”. Come along if you’re around! #PintOfScience #Astrobiology pintofscience.co.uk/event/from-t...

Excited to see our work now live! In this study on the role of CODH-utilising microbes in volcanic astrobiological analogues. Huge thanks to Marcela Hernández and all collaborators! Happy to hear thoughts! #Astrobiology #Geomicrobiology #Extremophiles #Volcanology academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

PhD Opportunity: Habitability of Enceladus & Planetary Protection Join the us to explore the habitability of Saturn’s moon Enceladus and help shape international planetary protection standards. buff.ly/rQzOZgH - studentship P9

The call for abstracts for IOoL 2026 — the Interdisciplinary Origin of Life Meeting — is coming soon! 🧬 This year we're heading to Japan for a week of deep, interdisciplinary discussion on how life began. Stay tuned for details 🇯🇵

Really nice discussions at the @norwichmicro.bsky.social last week where I presented a poster on extremophiles in volcanic soils as analogues for early planetary biospheres and I had the chance to co-chair a session. Poster below for anyone interested 👇 #Astrobiology #Geomicrobiology #CMINorwich26

Excited to share our new paper on CODH in astrobiological analogues is finally out! Grateful to my supervisor at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and co-authors @unsw.edu.au and to @royalsociety.org for their support. #Research #Astrobiology #FEMSmicrobiology academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Venus has lava tubes! That's so cool! Or hot. Venus is a sucky place to live, but is super amazing for science. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/venus-has-... 🔭 🧪

Big news! I'll be co-chairing a session and presenting a poster at the @norwichmicro.bsky.social Annual Conference this March. Deadline for abstract submission coming up soon. #CMI2026 #Microbiology #Astrobiology #NRP #Extremophiles share.google/wFUzmSQdayFR...

I've been confirmed for the @egu.eu General Assembly 2026 in Vienna. It will be an honour to participate in one of the world's largest gatherings of geoscientists. If any of you are heading to the Austria for the conference, it would be good to catch up. #EGU26#Astrobiology#ResearchCommunity

Last Friday I attended the UK Planetary Forum at @ucl-bbk-cps.bsky.social. I presented my recently revised paper on CODH-utilising microbes in volcanic analogues. Thanks to the organisers and speakers for a rewarding experience. The paper is now under review. Stay tuned! 🪐🔬 #Astrobiology

It was nice to present my PhD work, at my department seminar on the "Characterisation of trace gas oxidisers at Mount Etna volcano". Next up, I'm taking the findings from my first publication to the UK Planetary Forum. #PhDresearch #ScienceCommunication #Geomicrobiology #Astrobiology

Mount #Semeru erupted violently today, sending a massive ash plume nearly 2 km into the sky. Explosive pyroclastic flows of hot rock, gas, and ash raced 7 km down its slopes, enveloping the surrounding area in a scorching, swirling volcanic cloud.🌋⚡️

Our new biosignatures paper is out in @pnas.org! This time we're using machine learning trained on organic chemical data to identify signs of life—including photosynthetic life—in ancient rocks.

Eight possible cave openings found on the Martian surface look to have once had ancient streams flowing into them, suggesting they are promising places to look for evidence of life

Hydrology Paper of the Day @eos.org on changes in microbial diversity in the Arctic and and possibility of soils acting as a carbon sink in a warming world: microbiome shifts and biogeochemical cycles in the pan-Arctic; samples from intact permafrost sites; and the mediating role of hydrology.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #protistsonsky

Microbial biosignatures associated with iron sulfides are among the prime targets in early life studies, but their formation and preservation are not yet understood www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As the ice cap forms, it traps air bubbles, which then remain isolated. It has allowed us to reconstruct our past climate of 800,000 years ago. This was the date of the oldest Antarctic ice sampling thanks to a ice core drilled near the base of the Antarctic ice sheet. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Although Sistema Sac Aktun has been surpassed by Sistema Ox Bel Ha as the world’s longest underwater cave, it remains one of the most scientifically fascinating and culturally rich submerged cave systems on Earth. 🧪 sites.northwestern.edu/monroyrios/s... #Karst #Yucatán #CaveDiving

Astronomers have discovered a ready-to-image super-Earth candidate less than 20 light-years away. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... . . #astronomy #exoplanet #superearth

EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026 Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social 🗓️ 4-5 March 2026 📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH ⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe

Microbes At Red Sea Vents Show How Life And Geology Shape Each Other astrobiology.com/2025/10/micr... #astrobiology #oceanography

Genomic Characterization of Microbacterium meiriae sp. nov., A Novel Bacterium Isolated From The International Space Station astrobiology.com/2025/10/geno... #astrobiology #microbiology

Growth, Physiology, And Metabolism Of Halomonas Meridiana In Aqueous Ammonium Sulfate With Implications For Icy Moon Astrobiology astrobiology.com/2025/10/grow... #astrobiology

Registration and abstract submission open! Calling all UK-based Early-Career Planetary Scientists 🪐 🌒 ☄️ 🚀 Please join us for the 19th UK Planetary Forum Early Careers Meeting on 9th January 2026, hosted by the Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, in London. www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Have research, results, or ideas to share with the microbial ecology community? Don’t miss your chance to present it at #MMEG2025 - abstract submissions close 2 November! 📨 Submit your abstract: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...

Technology developed at MSSL heading for space to search for life on Mars. #astrobiology #planetsci 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Submit your abstract for the UK’s largest annual gathering of microbiologists, Annual Conference 2026. Held in Belfast, UK, this year’s conference now features two-day attendance tickets.

In a time where it is hard to celebrate something, I just published my first news article in #TheMicrobiologist about how gases, made by microbes on Earth, help us detect alien life. Thanks @amiposts.bsky.social ! #astrobiology#biosignarure#microbes www.the-microbiologist.com/features/bre...

I'll join In sharing this incredible news. While the paper points to a biogenic origin for these minerals, a crucial part of the scientific process is to test alternatives. What plausible abiotic process could explain these low-temperature redox reactions on Mars?

We are setting up for our annual BIO Research Colloquium taking place tomorrow, 8 July. There will be talks by some of our amazing academics, researchers and PhD students, as well as a poster competition, and a chance to catch up with colleagues across the Norwich Research Park. #UEAScience

Had a great day at the BIO Research Colloquium at the @biouea.bsky.social I had the chance to present my poster again but I especially had the chance to listen to inspiring speakers and meet more people in the research. Big thanks to the organizers for the excellent event. #UEABioResearch

Fascinated to share this new work on how different stars might shape photosynthetic life on exoplanets. This has big implications for where we should look for oxygen biosignature. - - - #Astrobiology #Exoplanets #Biosignatures link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great work from one of my colleagues on the biominaralisation process from isolates in an alkaline lake from Pantelleria recently get published. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

This volcano never ceases to surprise me. A stark reminder of the last eruption event at the Mt Etna and Earth's dynamic geology of this planet captured by @esa.int #volcanism #scienceresearch #astrobiology #earthobservation #remotesensing #planetaryscience