Excited to announce the following PhD position is available in my team: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

What looked like a hearing organ on a tiny stinkbug’s leg turned out to be something far stranger: a fungal nursery that mother bugs use to coat their newly laid eggs in protective symbiotic hyphae, shielding their offspring from parasitic wasps. Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/4nDrDNm

A #Bikebus attracts families that normally drive to #school. Today 60 kids in Edinburgh cycled to school in the 6 bike buses that ran across #edinburgh. That's 40 less cars polluting the city. It's an easy, safe, healthy and fun way to reducing congestion Let's roll it out to all school

If you are UK-based and working on any aspect of microbiomes (human, plant, insect, soil, animal, ...), please do sign up to Microbiome-Net for details of networking, funding and training opportunities. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

An opportunity of a lifetime for budding lichenologists. The National Trust and the Royal Botanics, Edinburgh are offering a PAID lichen traineeship in #Scotland! The work programme looks fascinating and a great opportunity to develop skills. Deadline: 3/10/2025. www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...

You can apply for up to £1000 to support relevant science outreach or public engagement initiatives that engage new audiences in the art and science of any aspect of microbiology. Find out more: microb.io/OutreachandE...

Seize the opportunity to share your research at Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes. Submit your abstract before 12 August, for a chance to present your work to leading researchers and peers. Find out more information on abstract submission and registration: microb.io/EukaryotesAb... #Eukaryotes25

Two #PhD projects available in my team! Are you interested in #fungi, #mycology, microbial interactions, rumen microbiology or plant biomass degradation, have a look below. Deadlines 17/1 and 31/1 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #WomenInStem www.findaphd.com/phds/project... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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🧬🧶 people, if you're interested in knowing a bit more about the molecules that your proteins simply act as scaffolding for, check out or starter packs and lists. go.bsky.app/QTL6EqT