The Microbial Ecology Group of the British Ecological Society

Joined February 2016
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Hello followers! If you are a BAME/POC #microbiome #microbialecology scientist, please retweet with a summary of your research and we will amplify your voice! Also looking to create a database for speakers 🦠🔬🧬🥼🤎🖤 @BritishEcolSoc
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Cool job alert!!! @BES_Microbial
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 @NatureMetrics are looking for a Bioinformatics Research Scientist and a Junior Bioinformatician. Must have experience analysing metabarcoding and/or metagenomics data. Remote working will be considered. Please RT! naturemetrics.co.uk/careers/…
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Calling all #microbiome peeps with experience in 16S rRNA library prep! @cbenvenuto73 and @IanGoodhead have two months funding to finish up a Newton-funded grant at Salford. Includes a nice room in a flat with views of Salford Quays if required! Pls RT.
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Time to find a 31 year old whisky, because this new piece is out and about @JEcology! @radboudscience besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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We are hosting two of these workshops on amplicon sequence data! Come one, come all!!!!!
We are excited to announce the workshops running at a Festival of Ecology. Workshops are interactive sessions encouraging networking, skills development, and creative thinking. All session will be run live. #BES2020 ow.ly/zLrG50BPYRV
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New pre-print out from @Fr_Cle et al. shows that coral reef degradation affects fish gut microbiomes - lots of important implications for #conservation @MMUEcolEnv @BES_Microbial
Our preprint is out: we found that fish gut microbiomes are vulnerable to coral reef habitat degradation @JSourisse & I w/@rfpreziosi @phylogenomics Catalina Guerra Jarrod Scott @M_helvetiae Andrew Altieri Owen McMillan @Matt_Leray disq.us/t/3rszdvm @stri_panama @EcolGenLab
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Online teaching is an opportunity for community sharing. We are posting "Plant Ecology in a Changing World" lectures/models/campuswalks (plantecology.net) and YOUTUBE videos (youtube.com/channel/UC_lKrGP…). Subscribe if you would like as videos will be uploaded weekly.

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The @britishecolsoc are delighted to invite you to a Festival of Ecology! Join them this December as the largest and most welcoming ecology conference in Europe – the BES Annual Meeting – moves online. #BES2020 ow.ly/q8Ag30r9Nll
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Influence of PCR cycle number on 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of low biomass samples sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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I am very excited to announce that 2 PhD positions are available in my group to work on the ecology and evolution of metabolic cross-feeding interactions in soil-living bacterial communities. Please RT DM me in case of questions. More information here: shorturl.at/uN245
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Join us! @BugsInYourGuts and I are happy to chat informally about this post. jobs.ac.uk/job/CBD429/lectur… @AROM_NTU
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The lab is hiring a postdoc and a technician thanks to new funding from an NIH R35 MIRA and a Jeffress Trust Award! Please reach out if you're interested. Full ads linked below:
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It's true! We're hiring a postdoc in viral immunology! Here's the ad for the new position. Come work as part of our multidisciplinary team focusing on dengue and Zika virus immunology. I look forward to reading your applications :)
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Three days until the deadline for our Associate Editor open call! There's still time to apply to our board here: britishecologicalsociety.org… @WomenInSTEM20 @BlackWomenSTEM @PrideinSTEM @BlackAFinSTEM @BEcologists #DiversifyEEB #AfricansInSTEM @500womensci #LatinxSTEM @STEM_south

Just under 2 hours til the #ESA2020 live discussion on committing to diversity. @MethodsEcolEvol has an open call for Associate Editors & is committed to inclusion. More info: britishecologicalsociety.org…
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We've updated our Microbiome Methods Forum! Wet lab and analysis protocols plus lots of links to juicy stats chat. (Mainly amplicon stuffs at the moment but metagenomics to follow one day...) microbiomemethods.wordpress.…
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🔊Our 2nd round of funding for 2020 is OPEN! Applications are now live for Training & Travel, Ecologists in Africa, Small Research, Large Research & Outreach grants. Deadline: 17:00 (BST) Mon 7 Sept ow.ly/gXLX50xOaWI #ecology #grants #outreach #research #funding
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The @BritishEcolSoc are looking for people to join their grant Review College - highly recommend joining! Info and application here: britishecologicalsociety.org…

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Apply apply! Great team and great project, wish I could do it!
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