Sydney Plant Ecophysiology Group (SPEG) Sydney Plant Ecophysiology (SPEG)

I’m excited to announce Sydney Plant Ecophys Group is hosting two talks 16 April from 4PM (Australian Eastern time)
Thomas Roberts: Australian native grass seeds as indigenous grains
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Shreya Veeravelli: NSC storage & allocation in almond crops
sydneyplantecophysiologygroup.wordpress.com/talks/

Behavioural, physiological, and biochemical responses of two species of scleractinian coral to butterflyfish predation The negative effects of coral loss on fish assemblages are well established, particularly for obligate corallivores. In contrast, the impacts of coral…

It was great to contribute to paper led by Tsai-Hsuan Tony Hsu on fish corallivory. Turns out storage lipids may play a role in resilience of corals to chronic butterflyfish predation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nitrogen availability alters the contribution of ex-vivo and in-vivo pathways to carbon formation in particulate- and mineral-associated organic matter Soil carbon (C) sequestration depends on the formation of particulate- and mineral-associated organic matter (POM and MAOM). These soil organic matter…

Paper led by by @bahar (not on Bluesky) is methodological tour de force: 13C labelling, mass spec, NEXAFS. Nitrogen availability alters the contribution of ex-vivoand in-vivo pathways to carbon formation in particulate- and mineral-associated organic matter www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

PhD opportunity: Maximising the resilience of grasslands in an age of rapid environmental change

Brief Project Summary: This project aims to address the significant knowledge gap of how species composition may change due to extreme rainfall events (droughts and flooding rainfall), grazing and…

I moved into a “new” #lab last week. A welcome surprise is finding I’m not the oldest thing in the lab. Case in point: Schott bottle labelled 9/5/71

Sydney Plant Ecophysiology Group (SPEG) Sydney Plant Ecophysiology (SPEG)

I’m excited to announce Sydney Plant Ecophys Group is hosting two talks 9 Dec from 4PM (Australian Eastern summer time)
Andrew Merchant: plant source-sink dynamics using low field NMR
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Davide Siclari: thermal metrics in a warming climate

sydneyplantecophysiologygroup.wordpress.com/talks/

Here copilot offered to compare chloroplast and mitochondrial ETC. Another case of #genAI reinventing biochemistry

We’ve all seen pictures of weird #genAI images, well #biochem images are equally confused. Copilot offered to draw isocitrate to ketoglutarate. It failed!

Microbial physiology conserves phosphorus across long-term ecosystem development - Nature Geoscience Microbial physiology conserves phosphorus by reducing phosphorus contributions in membrane lipids and increasing intracellular carbon storage during long-term ecosystem development, according to measu...

⚒️ Article: Microbial physiology conserves phosphorus by reducing phosphorus contributions in membrane lipids and increasing intracellular carbon storage during long-term ecosystem development

@charlesrwarren.bsky.social @manzonilab.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbial Ecology Full time, 3-year fixed term position. Located at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences on the Camperdown Campus Opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research and collaborate with leading...

We're hiring! 3 year #postdoc position in microbial ecology of gut and soil at University of Sydney. Suits folk with expertise in experimental microbial ecology (e.g. microbiome manipulation, chemostat measurements, metabolomics, metagenomics) tinyurl.com/4yn4ed5u

We investigated heat tolerance mechanisms of sorghum genotypes differing in heat tolerance. Spoiler: there are multiple constitutive and inducible responses, thus multiple targets for breeding. t.co/YijVjjotu6

Out now. Orpheus Butler used root splitting to determine if #soil #microbial biomass is affected by #plant nutrient status. Spoiler: microbial P is lower when plants are P limited. rdcu.be/d8xjK

Understanding extractable metal species relationships with phosphorus sorption and organic carbon in soils Context Iron and aluminium oxides are important in phosphate sorption capacity of soils and preservation of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, there is a complex interplay between among Fe/Al oxides,...

Paper published by PhD student Bright Amenkhienan: Understanding extractable metal species relationships with #phosphorus sorption and #organiccarbon in #soils www.publish.csiro.au/SR/SR24118