Even more biased: I'm excited about the project 'Turbulent Partners: Unravelling Host-Virus Coevolution in Dynamic Environments' with Adam Monier and Daniel Kattnig. Drop me an email if interested! www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/rese...
I might be biased, but I highly recommend the LSI PhD programme. Our strength are interdisciplinarity and community. As a member of the committee, I've seen a number of students on a wide range of projects grow as scientists while discovering new findings!
While you wait for the next MEEhubs conference: We've written up the participants' impressions, the organisers' thoughts, reflections on the expectations we scientists have on conferences, and much more in @femsjournals.bsky.social, led by Ariane Wenger. Check out doi.org/10.1093/fems....
Another opportunity for a PhD studentship to study coevolution in a dynamic environment at the
@lsiexeter.bsky.social
and the Physics department. Please reach out with any questions. Deadline: 10th February 2025
www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...
It was fun talking about this project at a conference - I think for the first time - and a pleasure to give the very last talk at #MultiBac2025. I learned so much about multicellular bacterial systems at this meeting and take home a number of ideas and concepts.
Expert's Dilemma: the more specialized you become, the less open you are to creative solutions from other fields. But the more you explore other fields, the more you risk losing credibility in your home field.
Interdisciplinary work is still not really embraced by academia.
One more week to apply for the @lsiexeter.bsky.social
PhD programme! It is a great place to do science and learn more science. Consider joining us if you are looking for PhD positions!
Happy \sum_{k=1}^9 k^3 !!
20 more days to apply for the @lsiexeter.bsky.social PhD programme. Check out the list of projects following the link below. I might be biased, but one of the most exciting is on coevolution in turbulent environments. Drop me a message if you are interested!
A screenshot of a paper on bioarxiv illustrating the lack of blue sky share button!
Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know!
Had forgotten I didn't add my profile when I joined, my apologies. Fixed now.
Could you include me? Thanks!
New article by @jamesgyke.bsky.social, Jamie Shutler, and me @gsiexeter.bsky.social,
explaining why carbon offsetting should be removed from Net Zero plans.
theconversation.com/we-have-offi...
Let's welcome LSI Exeter @lsiexeter.bsky.social to Bsky!
A great time to announce that we have many exciting cross-disciplinary PhD positions available www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... page will be updated with more projects!
Are you looking for a PhD position starting 2025/26? Then check out our website www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... and apply for a PhD position at the Living Systems Institute in Exeter. It could be you in the photo next year. @uniofexeter.bsky.social
We are delighted to join the BlueSky community.
The Living Systems Institute at University of Exeter is a pioneering interdisciplinary research centre focused on understanding the fundamental principles of living systems and applying this knowledge to address challenges in health and life sciences.
Different type of conference for me today. It was a pleasure contributing to a session at EAUC conference on reducing aviation emissions, talked about @meehubs.bsky.social and new ways of conferencing. Encouraging to hear what is happening in the sector.
Elated that MEEHubs2024 was a huge success! I hope that others keep this experiment in mind when planning future conferences. A pleasure to work closely with
@prokaryota.bsky.social @wolframmoebius.bsky.social and @saramitri.bsky.social, but thanks to all hub organizers, sponsors and volunteers!
Thanks, Ákos. I struggled with the search function.
On my way home from #MEEhubs2024. Feeling exhausted, proud, and privileged to haved worked with amazing colleagues, amongst many most closely with Sara Mitri, @prokaryota.bsky.social and @erikbakkeren.bsky.social. Hopefully, the next @meehubs.bsky.social can have (even) more hubs across the globe!
I love seeing how people adapt to the hub format of @meehubs.bsky.social. Questions across hubs and with online participants all the time. Now a talk in Lausanne advertising a related poster in San Diego!
Hosted a session on sustainability at @MEEhubs tonight. Not surprising, but still good to see how people from near and far discuss the same topics we do at LSI Exeter, Exeter Physics and @uniofexeter.bsky.social. Local change is not a drop in the ocean!
Only a bit more than 12 hours till start of #MEEhubs2024. We have hundreds of registered participants, some shared their location and where they travel to on the map below! #MicroSky
So this for longer form. It is undoubtedly where we are headed.
two dogs watching dogs on a TV
Are you joining our conference virtually? Why not host a local Watch Party to watch the talks together with colleagues! It's super easy - more information on our website: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com#/event/4373/...
Illustrated version of: The role of fluid flow and luck in the evolution of microbial interactions in the vast ocean How can interactions in the ocean evolve if the descendants of the interaction partners will be swept far away by fluid flow? How often do descendants of microbes encounter each other in the ocean so they get to interact and co-evolve? How to model evolution in the ocean without needing to model all the flow? How to test some of these ideas in the lab? Interested? Join us in the Living Systems Institute at the University of Exeter! Two application opportunities with deadlines 8th January 2024 and 19th February 2024. More information: https://www.moebiuslabexeter.uk/join-us Questions? Reach out to: Wolfram Moebius (w.moebius@exeter.ac.uk), Adam Monier (a.monier@exeter.ac.uk), Daniel Kattnig (d.r.kattnig@exeter.ac.uk)
Updated advert! PhD project on the role of fluid flow and luck in the evolution of microbial interactions in the vast ocean - plenty of opportunity for the PhD student to shape this interdisciplinary project. Deadlines 8th Jan and 19th Feb 2024, see www.moebiuslabexeter.uk/join-us
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🔥 Just under 1 month until the MEEhubs 2024 conference! 🔥 Detailed program now online on our website - Submission deadline for virtual posters TODAY!! - Registration deadline in-person hubs TODAY!! (Oxford closed) - Registration for virtual-only attendance til Jan 5 2024! #MicroSky www.meehubs.org
Graphic showing plants and soils exposed to different climate change treatments, illustrating different mobile genetic elements in the resident microbiomes.
🚨#PhD opportunity!🚨Do plasmids help soil microbiomes adapt to climate change? Join me and Raj Whitlock to investigate, using the world's longest-running climate experiment 🌾🥵🦠 Please share, and get in touch if you are interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Illustrated version of: The role of fluid flow and luck in the evolution of microbial interactions in the vast ocean How can interactions in the ocean evolve if the descendants of the interaction partners will be swept far away by fluid flow? How often do descendants of microbes encounter each other in the ocean so they get to interact and co-evolve? How to model evolution in the ocean without needing to model all the flow? How to test some of these ideas in the lab? Interested? Join us in the Living Systems Institute at the University of Exeter! Two application opportunities with deadlines 8th January 2024 and 19th February 2024. More information: https://www.moebiuslabexeter.uk/join-us Questions? Reach out to: Wolfram Moebius (w.moebius@exeter.ac.uk), Adam Monier (a.monier@exeter.ac.uk), Daniel Kattnig (d.r.kattnig@exeter.ac.uk)
Updated advert! PhD project on the role of fluid flow and luck in the evolution of microbial interactions in the vast ocean - plenty of opportunity for the PhD student to shape this interdisciplinary project. Deadlines 8th Jan and 19th Feb 2024, see www.moebiuslabexeter.uk/join-us
PhD student advert for project 'The role of fluid flow and luck in the evolution of microbial interactions in the vast ocean'. Link in the post.
Are you interested in the ocean, stochastic processes, and evolution? Do you want to work with simulations, pen and paper, and in the lab? Consider applying to the
LSI PhD Programme in Complex Living Systems, exeter.ac.uk/research/liv...! Reach out if you have any questions.