What a fantastic group of outstanding ECRs – our first cohort of Junior Editors! I'm so proud of each of you for your hard work, dedication, and commitment. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours, and I look forward to seeing many of you take on even more roles as Editors in the future!

The FEMS Summer School in Macedonia was a truly rewarding experience.
I was very impressed by our ECRs, such a talented group! Huge thanks to the organisers Joanna, Tillmann, and Vaso, and to FEMS for inviting me to join as a mentor. @femsmicro.org @luederslab.bsky.social

Happy to share a review we wrote with our collaborators from Senegal and Benin, led by Tobi Moriaque AKPLO, on phosphate solubilisation and mobilisation, focusing on bacteria–mycorrhiza interactions doi.org/10.1093/lamb...

Applications are now open to recruit our next cohort of Junior Editors and Junior Reviewers. Apply by Thursday 18th September! @amiposts.bsky.social appliedmicrobiology.org/about/our-te...

Congratulations 🎉 now on line at @isme-microbes.bsky.social : Comparative genome analysis reveals broad phylogenetic and functional diversity within the order #Nitrospirales Linnea Kop et al #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social (RIBES) icw @univie.ac.at academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

WARMIC - our #SIOS Svalbard project w. @matehg.bsky.social & Marc Dumont - at the forefront of Arctic climate & soil carbon. Huge thanks to SIOS funding, Will Tallon, Emanuele Pallozzi, Olga Gavrichkova @carlottavolts.bsky.social Federica D'Alò, CNR, Dirigibile Italia & NPI Sverdrup

What an amazing two weeks of fieldtrip we had with @drbradbrad.bsky.social, our @biouea.bsky.social PhD student Will Tallon and our amazing CNR colleagues from Italy. Huge thanks to #SIOS Svalbard and Norwegian Polar Institute for supporting this campaign!

🫶 @matehg.bsky.social

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...

New paper accepted from our team: Classification of MAGs associated with trace gas metabolism in volcanic soils named following SeqCode rules This was for an special issue titled "Application of the SeqCode to name uncultivated microorganisms" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Editor (Environmental Microbiology) who is committed to mentoring our Junior Editors for the journal Letters in Applied Microbiology. Happy to have an informal chat. appliedmicrobiology.org/about/work-f... @amiposts.bsky.social

Open postdoc position in my lab @earlhaminst.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social We will generate large-scale soil metagenomes to research the impact of agriculture on healthy soil microbiomes, developing strategies to increase carbon retention: jobs.earlham.ac.uk/Details.asp?... Please RT

Collaborations are essential in science! This week, we're sampling at Mount Etna to study plant-microbe interactions in native pioneer plants thriving at high altitudes on the volcano!

How can zombie microbes interact with the Earth system? 🦠🧟🌎 Microbes, even when dormant, play a massive role in shaping Earth's ecosystems & biogeochemistry 🌎 In @natcomms.nature.com I explore dormancy in the context of Earth’s geosphere-biosphere co-evolution 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PhD opportunity with us at UEA (home fee students only) @biouea.bsky.social biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/des...

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...

Summer Research Experience Placements available for undergraduate students to join my group at UEA! Explore the impact of Arctic warming on antimicrobial resistance, in collaboration with Marc Dumont and James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/reps/impact-...

Registration is open for LAM ECS Symposium on 12 June 2025 at the University of Liverpool. The closing date for abstract submissions from attendees intending to apply for an AMI Student Travel Bursary is 12 April 2025.

Another PhD opportunity to join the growing Microbiology community in Southampton 💪 🦠 🔬 Interested in how bacteria adapt to challenges like temperature changes and antibiotics? Join my lab at UoS to explore the role of accessory elements! tinyurl.com/PhDbacteriaUoS Apply here: tinyurl.com/MicroUoS

Happy to share our latest paper with our Chinese collaborators! Our findings highlight the critical role of bacterial and fungal abundance and diversity in sustaining soil multifunctionality within grassland ecosystems. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 Exciting opportunity! We're hiring a #postdoctoral fellow in #gutmicrobiome research to explore the activity and function of the gut microbiome in situ and its regulation by the immune system.🦠🔬 Post based at @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social Apply here 👇 jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Permanent job in lovely Aarhus, Denmark, as a special consultant in biodiversity and nature conservation. www.au.dk/om/stillinge... 🧪 🌍 🦊 #WomenInSTEM #ScienceJobs

#FEMS_SSPD_2025 Speakers and mentors include @gabrieleberg.bsky.social, @matehg.bsky.social, @pbaldrian.bsky.social, @roeyangel.bsky.social, @kolb2018.bsky.social and many others! 👨‍🎓😍

#FEMS_SSPD_2025 Come and join Joana, myself and our suite of distinguished guest speakers in Ohrid for over a week of vibrant lectures and team work, an exciting scientific agenda, and targeted mentoring and career development. 👏 @femsmicro.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025! Thank you so much for the invitation, Tillmann and Joana. I'm really happy to be part of this great event! I can't wait to be there and mentor our fantastic ECRs. #FEMS_SSPD_2025 #Mentorship #ECRs @femsmicro.bsky.social

The collection is now closed! 🎉 We have 10 published papers (with more to come). To our Guest Editors: Huge thanks for your commitment! 🙌 , I hope you enjoyed learning about the editorial process and gained valuable experience. @amiposts.bsky.social academic.oup.com/lambio/pages...

Thrilled to share another piece of work from our team, with fantastic collaboration from @drbradbrad.bsky.social! In this study, we explore how competition and facilitation among microbes can regulate the spread of AMR over time in the Arctic.

Excited to share our team's first paper! In this study, we present two CO oxidisers from volcanic deposits, including a Cupriavidus - the first CO oxidiser identified from this genus. Hope you enjoy reading it! rdcu.be/d7CCx

Happy to share our latest paper published in Environmental Research, a collaborative effort with our colleagues from China. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thank you @amiposts.bsky.social for awarding our Master's student Deepal a travel grant! It was her first conference, and she truly enjoyed the experience! #ECR #MMEG

ELSA lab at #MMEG Southampton 2024

Latinos at #MMEG2024 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇨🇱 @unisouthampton.bsky.social @alejandra1909.bsky.social @matehg.bsky.social

📢 Calling all Polar/alpine microbiologists, biogeochemists & soil scientists ❄️🦠🌱 🌚 Working on cold/dark season processes? Consider our EGU session 🇪🇺👇 🕐 Abstracts 15 Jan 📍 Vienna, Austria 👪 Convenors Laura Helene Rasmussen, Emily Pickering-Pedersen & me meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

🚨 PhD opportunity to join my group at UEA investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury. Deadline 1st January 2025. UK “home” students only (uni rules for this call) #PleaseRT www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Get in touch if you want to develop your next research project in my lab. royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

UK-based ECRs, MMEG registration is still open. appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...

Job opportunity at The University of Manchester - 'Senior Lecturer in Geological Data Science'. Come work with us, including if you work with Planetary Data #PlanetaryScience www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

We are excited to announce the launch of our MSc in Microbiology at UEA! Please feel free to reach out if you would like to learn more about this exciting opportunity. www.uea.ac.uk/course/postg...

🚨 MMEG: Thank you to those who submitted an abstract! Registration is still open if you want to join us at the QMUL in London on 18-19 December 2023. @AMIposts @mmeg2023 Molecular Microbial Ecology Group appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...

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