Our team's NIL Club is now live!
Please support our team by joining the NIL Club or sharing this link with other people that might want to support us. nilclub.com/e/PzdGpS
We're hiring THREE positions for Fall 2025: Assistant Professor in the area of Molecular Biology AND Assistant/Associate Professor in the area of Microbe-Plant Interactions AND Assistant Professor in the area of Microbe-Animal Interactions.
As the world tries to move away from fossil fuels, nuclear power is gaining attention as a potential solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Analyst Michael Dorsey @GreenHejira discusses some of the concerns.
#Heat#climatechange#nuclearenergy
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lindsey Burcham @LindseyAtUTK for receiving a $1.82M NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for her groundbreaking research on the vaginal microbiome, impacting maternal, fetal, and pediatric health. micro.utk.edu/1-82-million-n…
My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in 1992.He collected rocks during amateur geology trips over 30 years. He says it had to be geologically correct and also aesthetically pleasing.He asked if I could share online as He wants to go viral so please share
He received the Rotary International Paul Harris Medal for Distinguished Service to Humanity and National Journal recognition as one of 200 national "energy and environment expert insiders." Learn more about Dorsey's work in climate and sustainability. buff.ly/3T6NCQo
A Perspective article written with colleagues during my all-too-brief sabbatical @NASAJPL about habitability, in this month's Nature Astronomy. They gave us the front cover with a very nice illustration from @jtuttlekeane. This issue is full of astrobiology.
How about studying Antarctic diatoms? There's a brand new PhD position available in our group at Charles University in Prague. More details in the pic below or at stars-natur.cz/phd-positions….
Application window for the 2024 course closes on Jan 12 - just one week left!
We are so excited to offer this amazing inclusive, accessible field geology course online and in person. @AccessibleGEO
This time last year I was exploring the awesome geology of Arizona with the incredible @GeospaceUF programme.
The importance of accessing field work is something I will never stop talking about. The confidence, joy and learning I gained from the experience is incalculable 🏜️♿️
A new IACS newsletter for November is out where we announce a new working group on the delineation of glaciers, ice sheets, and ice sheets basins. We also report on our IACS survey, @oneplanetsummit and words in memory of Richard Armstrong.
Happy 4th #PolarPrideDay! We're thrilled to see fun reports from around the world about how you're showing your #PolarPride! PiPR is shifting to offer more public vs behind-the-scenes advocacy. Stay tuned for details when our US-based social media team wakes up! #PolarPride2023
It was a privilege to honor UT's veterans Thursday evening. Our veteran students, faculty, and staff embody our Volunteer values, and I am grateful for their contributions to our campus community.
I am recruiting a PhD student to work on the sources of #lunar samples to be returned by the Artemis III mission. Project is experimental and model based. Details below, please reach out with any questions and help spread the word!
@UTK_EPS
As it's Halloween, you might like this book I wrote a couple of years ago. It's a re-write of Dracula, but with microbes. MicroDracula: A Story of Cytoplasmic Horror at the Micron Scale. #microbial#vampires#horrortinyurl.com/et928thw
Earlier this month, we asked you to submit photos to be featured at the 2023 CGE Global Gallery and you did not disappoint!
Now, we want YOU to tell us which of these photos best showcase global experiences that educate and resonate.
👉 Vote here: tiny.utk.edu/GlobalGallery23