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tomthirkell.bsky.social
Mostly mycorrhizas - Crop Science Centre, Cambridge. Trying to get crops and soil microbes to play nice. And highly questionable outings of every other kind.
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A must read for AM symbiosis afficionados nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal genotype and nuclear organization as driving factors in host plant nutrient acquisition and stable carbon storage nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

❗️The abstract submission and registration for Rhizosphere 6 is now open! 🌾🌿 www.rhizo6.org/home please join us in Edinburgh next year for what should be an exciting meeting. @hutton.ac.uk #rhizosphere6

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

Does anyone have experience with low-input high-throughput (96 well plate) RNAseq library preparation from plants (bonus points if it is with plant roots...)

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome @bipinpandey.bsky.social to Bluesky! Check out his amazing #plantscience work on soil compaction 🌱 www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Post-Doc position for 3 years available jointly between University of Tartu (Estonia) and University of Aarhus (Denmark) on soil microbiome and biogeography. Skills required: bioinformatics, metagenome analysis, microbiology Contact: [email protected]

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

We have a research laboratory technician post available in my group - the role will support plant work, and molecular biology, associated with our research on centromeres. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47342/

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

📢Are you an early career researcher, interested in how science is communicated, reported, & the evolution of the scientific ecosystem? Applications are open for the Royal Society Publishing Early Career Researcher Advisory Panel. Find out more: ow.ly/MaTk50U71W3 #ECRs Please repost!

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

Excited to share a new opportunity in my new lab at Cambridge! We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation. 3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/

submitted 90 days ago • 3 comments

Take a look at this excellent array of PhD projects in plant and soil science that are nowopen for applications! Please share with potential students 🤩

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

I've got 5-6 months money for a Postdoc ecological modeller, linking mathematical (translated via statistical) models to insect lab popn. time-series data; starts Jan 2025. Must be UK-based (not cost/time effective for applicants to get such a short-term visa 😔). Please contact me if interested! 🌍🧪

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Next Thursday 28th, 6-8 pm, I will be giving a public lecture for @linneansociety.bsky.social here at Edinburgh University and live over Zoom. I will be talking about the evolution of botanical spirals! Free to attend and all welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-origin...

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

New faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

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The Rowe lab is recruiting a #PlantScience PhD student for 2025! You'll use our new ABACUS FRET biosensors to map the dynamic leaf #AbscisicAcid accumulations at low humidity in Arabidopsis, wheat and rice. #PhDposition www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

Tenure track job in Soil Water Interactions at Penn State, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management. Awesome group in an awesome place. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment