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William L King @DrMicroWill

Asst Prof at the Uni of Southampton: plant-microbe interactions and microbial colonisation in soil. 🇦🇺 to 🇺🇸 to 🇬🇧

Joined September 2020
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William L King@DrMicroWill
Feb 26
Hiring two postdocs, 3-years each, at @unisouthampton. We're investigating bat guano in Mexico One postdoc in my group - plant/soil micro/microbiome: tinyurl.com/2zu8nrmv One postdoc in bat ecology ecoservices: tinyurl.com/27attrsc Deadline is March 30 2026

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow in Plant and Soil Microbiology

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton. The School hosts a vibrant, interdisciplinary research commun...

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PhD opportunity: Interested in plants, fungi, and bacteria? Want to understand the cross-talk between all of them get field and lab experience? Learn cutting-edge omics! Apply for a PhD with me (USoton) and Kew Gardens. Due Jan 8. Details here: shorturl.at/DAmn3

Deciphering multi-kingdom diversity relationships between plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and bacteria...

PhD Project - Deciphering multi-kingdom diversity relationships between plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and bacteria at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

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@unisouthampton @FindAPhD #phd #findaphd
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Phytobiomes Journal@PhytobiomesJ
30 Sep 2025
Editor’s Pick: Terrence H. Bell et al. believe that there is no single “best” approach to iterative microbiome passaging but that experimental design choices can have substantial impacts on outcomes. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-11-2… @DrMicroWill
Fig. 1. Here, we visualize how the impact of iterative microbiome passaging may differ with time.

ALT Fig. 1. Here, we visualize how the impact of iterative microbiome passaging may differ with time.
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I had an absolute blast at the #rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh! It was so lovely catching up with so many existing and new colleagues! Very first conference with my lab! @sotonbiosci @unisouthampton
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First ever conference for my PhD student, Sarah Connery! Representing @unisouthampton @sotonbiosci at #rhizosphere6 - playing around with synthetic communities
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PlantEcoHutton@PlantEcoHutton
16 Jun 2025
Today marks the first day of the #Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh. We look forward to a week of engaging presentations and discussions on the latest advances in root-soil-microbe interactions. 🌿
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Check out our recent paper about maize exudates (quantity and composition) at their youngest growth stages! Great study led by @bensch_armin from the lab of @TarynBauerle out of @Cornell
Benjamin Hafner@bensch_armin
27 Feb 2025
#Exudates decrease strongly during #plantdevelopment and #metabolome shifts from diverse, sugar-dominated to secondary exudates. Fast-growth genotypes exude root establishing, slow-growth more defensive compounds. @DrMicroWill @TarynBauerle @ScharfPlants: doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2…
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PlantEcoHutton@PlantEcoHutton
20 Feb 2025
❗️Don't forget to submit your abstracts for Rhizosphere 6 before 23:59 BST on the 28th of February. Just over one week to go ❗️🌿 #Rhizosphere @JamesHuttonInst @HuttonES rhizo6.org/home

Rhizosphere 6 - Rooting for Earth

Welcome address and drinks evening of Sunday the 15th June Conference proper starts at 08.20 on Monday 16th and closes at 13.30 on Thursday the 19th of June. Interactive Conference programme now...

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PlantEcoHutton@PlantEcoHutton
10 Jan 2025
The new look ISRR website is now live rootresearch.org/. See all the latest information on the society and if not already a member then join us for free.

International Society of Root Research

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Deadline is approaching (Jan 8) - reach out if you want to chat about this environmental microbiology PhD opportunity! @sotonbiosci #findaphd #newPI #phdopportunity #phd #education #ecology #sustainability #conservation #microbiology #microbiome
William L King@DrMicroWill
21 Oct 2024
PhD: Interested in conservation and enviro microbiomes? Want to work in a forest and in the lab root-microbe interactions and root exudation? Apply for the IGNITE DTP to join my lab. Due Jan 8. Conservation ecology placement in the forest! #phd @FindAPhD t.ly/KFP4N
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Chris Anderton@The_AnderPLANTS
5 Nov 2024
Our team is looking for a Post Masters Research Assistant! If you're interested in doing some really cutting edge Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Method Development, please apply! @PNNLab @asmsnews @IMSSNews careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/9932?l…
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Dr Peter Irga UTS@LabHydroculture
31 Oct 2024
New paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.202… 🌿 Green walls remove the most toxic VOCs in gasoline vapor 🌱 Phyllosphere bacteria show increased metabolic activity, boosting the green wall’s VOC removal power #GreenInfrastructure #AirQuality @plants_uts
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Matthias C. Rillig@mrillig
31 Oct 2024
Launching a new YouTube channel 'Life in the Soil', with the first video going online tomorrow at 15:00 Berlin time. Feel free to subscribe, there are another two videos coming until December 5th. Produced with Ahnen & Enkel, and w/ support from BMBF. youtube.com/@LifeintheSoil
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Cameron Thrash@jcamthrash
28 Oct 2024
Bacterial defense and phage counterdefense lead to coexistence in a modeled ecosystem pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pna…

Bacterial defense and phage counterdefense lead to coexistence in a modeled ecosystem | PNAS

Bacteria have evolved many defenses against invading viruses (phage). Despite the many bacterial defenses and phage counterdefenses, in most enviro...

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Kieran Samuk@ksamuk
28 Oct 2024
Hi all, my lab at UC Riverside is recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025! These positions will be fully funded and include NIH-funded projects on recombination rate evolution and chromosomal inversions. Get in touch with me at ksamuk@ucr.edu, and please RT!
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Trevor Keenan@trevorkeenan
28 Oct 2024
Exciting postdoc opportunity with @Sami_Rifai focused on geospatial forest ecology: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/e…

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PhD: Interested in conservation and enviro microbiomes? Want to work in a forest and in the lab root-microbe interactions and root exudation? Apply for the IGNITE DTP to join my lab. Due Jan 8. Conservation ecology placement in the forest! #phd @FindAPhD t.ly/KFP4N

Breaking Rhododendron: understanding the drivers of rhododendron success at University of Southam...

PhD Project - Breaking Rhododendron: understanding the drivers of rhododendron success at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Biological Sciences@sotonbiosci
25 Sep 2024
Closing date for all our advertised positions is Monday 30 September 2024 - Seven Faculty positions in Biological Sciences Including Microbial Biofilms, Plant Sciences, Neuroscience (x2), Computational Biology, Advanced Cell Models and Biological Sciences Apply Now!
University of Southampton
@unisouthampton
25 Sep 2024
We’ve got academic roles available for colleagues who want to join @sotonbiosci and help provide better health outcomes to make real and lasting benefits for all. Check out these roles and start your Southampton story today 👉 uosacademicrecruitment.webre… #JoinUoS #WeAreUoS
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Scholarships Corner
@scholar_corner
15 Sep 2024
Fully Funded Scholarships for International Students (Bachelors, Masters, PHD) 1) Commonwealth Master's Scholarship in the UK | Fully Funded Link: scholarshipscorner.website/c… 2) Global Korea Scholarship 2025 | Fully Funded Link: scholarshipscorner.website/g…
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