NEON-NIST Joint Postdoc in Soil Health Measurement working directly with NEON’s gold standard ecological sensing assets and NIST’s dual comb spectroscopy (DCS) technology platform.
www.indeed.com/job/neon-nis...
New pre-print out led by postdoc Dr Sarah Lane. Really proud of this work which allows for simultaneous metabolomics and phytohormone quantification in soils to expand our understanding of soil-plant interactions at ecological and agricultural scales through the power of analytical chemistry!
Anyone going to the Soil Ecology Society Meeting in May?
Announcing: Coming to PBS on April 1!
LIFE UNEARTHED with Ariel Waldman is a visually striking science-driven nature series that reveals Earth’s ecosystems through radical shifts in scale—from microscopic wildlife to the planet’s most iconic species, and even the potential for life beyond Earth. 🧪🦠
Is it bad that my department has an invited speaker who is actually outside of the college for once, but there was no communication with anyone about setting up meeting times with said speaker?
Calibrating for absolute microbiome abundances without spike-ins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
Two new & slightly different but complementary important pieces for microbiome translation: 1) CMI: roadmap on trials/regulation/stakeholders; 2) ISAPP presenting a consensus to define "gut health"👇
CMI: www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
ISAPP: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Researchers in the US might be having feelings about writing grants atm-I know I am!
We still need to write them. In this Evolution Exchange, I again chat with Sam Scheiner, who summarizes how to write a competitive proposal.
His advice is gold, and helpful regardless of funder. Pls RT!
Hiring: two 3-year Postdoc positions
We’re looking for postdocs who can design and run directed laboratory evolution experiments in microbial communities under electrochemical stimulation, and link adaptations to performance using shotgun meta-omics.
When the R code works!
Learn Microbial DNA Extraction from an Expert
Remember to join us for Mastering Microbial DNA Extraction on Feb 26 at 11 AM PST.
If you perform microbial DNA extraction, this is a session you won’t want to miss.
Save your spot: www.zymoresearch.com/pages/master...
#Microbiome #Webinar
AlphaGenome is out! Input 1 Mb DNA -> predict gene expression, transcription initiation, chromatin accessibility, histone modifications, transcription factor binding, chromatin contact maps, ..., up to single-base-pair resolution! Trained on human and mouse data 🧪🧬🖥️🦠✨
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Please check out our review on the impact of spatial structure in microbial ecosystems! In it, we discuss how spatial patterns impact microbial ecology and evolution, eventually impacting everything we see around us!
See @marcelbaecker.bsky.social's amazing summary below :)
🦠 𝚂𝙿𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂 ! 🦠
Not all heroes wear capes. Some grow grass, support livelihoods, store carbon, and stretch across vast landscapes.
Click the link to see why protecting Rangelands matters | bit.ly/4kiIbKd
#IYRP2026 #RangelandsAndPastoralists #SoilHealth
@fao.org @cifor-icraf.org @iyrp2026.bsky.social
If it helps #soilhealth that will be great
🌟 New paper investigating microbial communities associated with #soil organic matter priming www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... take homes: priming response associated with few bacterial taxa; mixture of r and k strategists; k strategists may be associated with stronger priming response in 1 soil
NEW in Frontiers in Soil Science
Biochar raises #soil health and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in #arid lands
doi.org/10.3389/fsoi...
lead by Said Al-Ismaily & Daniel Blackburn
#SoilOrganicMatter #sequestration #carbonsequestration #soilhealth
#CO2 #N2O #CH4 #global #landuse #metaanalysis
Soil health indicators are crucial for measuring the quality of soil yet choosing the right ones for your soil can be a complex and nuanced process. Our latest podcast explores the topic: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #SoilHealth #SoilMonitoringLaw
The surprisingly big health benefits of just a little exercise
‘Exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death.
i read this bad boy in a humanities class
Writing is thinking
"On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models."
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Major milestone unlocked for mycology! 🍄
We just published a massive genomic resource in 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚, releasing 2,695 complete circular mitochondrial species assembled from public data
This single dataset nearly 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐒 📈the known mitochondrial diversity of the Kingdom Fungi
rdcu.be/eYZ2h
I urge you to watch and learn from Deep Down and Dirty: the Science of Soil.
Don’t mess with the stuff!
#EnvironmentalScience #PlantSciences #Fungi #Soil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYXo...
This figure illustrates molecules and minerals discovered in samples of near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which were delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023. The upper left panel depicts precursor molecules like ammonia and formaldehyde, while the upper right depicts salts and clays. These early ingredients mixed with water inside the parent body to undergo chemical reactions and synthesize organic molecules, shown at bottom. The lower right panel depicts nucleobases, the genetic components of DNA and RNA, while the lower left depicts amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. The Bennu samples contain all five of the nucleobases that are found in DNA and RNA, and 14 of the 20 amino acids that life uses to build proteins. Credit: NASA
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January.
go.nature.com/40SlwfF
go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
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I am recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026! The Microbial Ecosystems Lab @hot-mes-asu.bsky.social at ASU studies microbial interactions, spatial ecology, and imaging-driven microbiome science. If you love microbes, microfluidics, or single-cell analysis, let’s talk! www.microbialeco.systems
Any future postdoc positions?!?
Hi everyone! I'm co-organizing this retreat/workshop June 15-19 for those looking to get started in mathematical/computational modeling of biological processes. Location is a beautiful farm in NC. Please share with students and others who want to build modeling skills. Interdisciplinarity welcome!
Instead of buying something on #Black Friday, have you tried SHIFT-ing? 🌍
SHIFT is an evidence-based guide that connects you with the most effective personal actions you can take. @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social
🔗 Ready to #makeSHIFThappen? Find your climate superpowers!
https://jointheshift.earth/
🌃 Night lights don’t just brighten the sky—they reshape earthworm communities and soil structure. Evidence shows that tailored management of artificial light at night, tuned to illuminance and spectrum can safeguard earthworm diversity and soil function 🪱
🌍 Read more: buff.ly/nu5sf87
