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Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub based at Bath University with partners at Aberystwyth, Birmingham, Bristol Universities, Royal Agricultural Uni and UCL

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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fascinating interactions at the @carmahub.bsky.social Waymarker event at @sciencemuseum.org.uk today. Great to see the discussions between researchers, stakeholders and members of our citizens forum #science #academicsky #greensky #whatscooking #cellularagriculture #publicengagement
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Global Alliance for the Future of Food @futureoffood.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🚨 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! Our #webinar is today! 🚨 Join us at 15:00 UTC to discover how #philanthropy can use global #FoodSecurity architecture to respond to #crises and catalyze long-term #resilience. Don't miss this crucial conversation. 🌾 Register👇 futureoffood.org/events/crisi...
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Crisis as Catalyst: How Philanthropies Can Use Global Food Security Architecture to Respond to Shocks and Strengthen Resilience
Explore how philanthropy can strengthen food systems resilience, support crisis response, and work to address future shocks.
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Climate Outreach @climateoutreach.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
❗The UK isn't equipped for extreme heat - we need urgent action to protect the people & places we love. How do we build mass support for a safer, cooler future to drive faster change today, whilst cutting our emissions? 🗓️ Thurs 16 July 🕜 11am–12pm 👉 Register: climateoutreach.org/webinar-adap...
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Exciting opportunity at @gfieurope.org gfieurope.org/careers/lead... #science #AcademicSky #GreenSky #What'sCooking
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Lead Scientist, Fermentation (18-month fixed-term contract) - Remote - GFI Europe
Learn more about this exciting role and how you can apply here.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Congratulations to Thomas Cradduck from @aberuni.bsky.social for winning the poster prize at the 3rd @carmahub.bsky.social conference - Green Seaweed Extracts: A possible media supplement for cultivated meat #Greensky #Science #Academicsky #whatscooking
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Sign up here to find out more about sustainability at University of Bath: mailchi.mp/bath/sustain... #GreenSky #AcademicSky #Science
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Sustainable Bath Newsletter
Subscribe to the Sustainable Bath Newsletter
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
As we approach Earth Day on 22nd April, we wanted to take this opportunity to share the climate change and sustainability priorities for the CARMA academic partners: #science #greensky #academicsky
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We have received some fascinating conference abstracts and looking forward to meeting the authors in Birmingham next month - will you be joining us too? carmahub.co.uk/carma-confer... #Science #Academicsky #greensky #whatscooking
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CARMA Conference 2026 – Carma Project
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Rob Majteles @robmajteles.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We’ve finally begun to tackle the ‘primary energy fallacy’ that underlies the insane inefficiency of fossil fuels. It’s now time, past time, to tackle the ‘primary calorie fallacy’ that underlies the insane inefficiency of agricultural policy. drawdown.org/news/only-ha...
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Only half of calories produced on croplands are available for human consumption, study finds
Study: 1/2 of the calories produced on croplands are unavailable for human consumption
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Introducing the organising committee for the 3rd CARMA conference "Responsible Cellular Agriculture" 28th April, Birmingham, UK carmahub.co.uk/carma-confer... #Science #GreenSky #AcademicSky
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
If you are working on research related to any aspect of Cellular Agriculture, we would love to know more - submit an abstract for our 3rd Conference before 31st March forms.office.com/e/qahqcm9D7s #Science #Academicsky #greensky #whatscooking
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We are excited to open the registrations for our third CARMA - conference on 28th April in Birmingham! The theme for 2026 is Responsible Cellular Agriculture. Please find the outline agenda and further details on our website. carmahub.co.uk/carma-confer... #science #greensky #academicsky
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We are happy to share our latest CARMA - Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub newsletter. This edition we celebrate publications from our talented team, news on our upcoming conference in April and interview one of our researchers: sway.cloud.microsoft/ZeHiuzjXAV4s...
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CARMA Newsletter
Welcome to the new (and nearly spring!) edition of our quarterly newsletters bringing you updates and news from the Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub (CARMA) project.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The next round of funding applications for CARMA pump priming projects is open until 12th November 2025 carmahub.co.uk/about-us/pum... #academicsky #sciencesky #greensky
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Pump Priming projects – Carma Project
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Meet the CARMAnauts - the early career researchers working on the Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub #academicsky #greensky #sciencesky
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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 07/07/2025
Industrial food systems are driving fossil fuel use – and vice versa. @foodtank.bsky.social covers our #FuelToFork report, unpacking how food's fossil fuel addiction drives risks for climate, ecology, health, and food access – and how we can break the cycle. 🔗 foodtank.com/news/2025/07...
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The Food System’s Fossil Fuel Crisis
From fertilizer to packaging, fossil fuels are flooding the food system—this report shows what it will take to stop it.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Excited to share the updated schedule for the 2nd CARMA conference - if you are working in the field of cellular agriculture, please submit an abstract carmahub.co.uk/carma-confer... #GreenSky #AcademicSky #Science
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Still time to book for Cultivate 2025, a multi voiced forum for discussion cellular agriculture from UK perspectives - Birmingham, 7th July find out more: www.cultivate-uk.org #AcademicSky #Science #GreenSky #Whatscooking
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Cellular Agriculture | Cultivate
Cultivate is a multi-voiced forum intended to support informed dialogue about the emergent field of cellular agriculture from UK perspectives.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Check out this fantastic, winning 3 Minute Thesis pitch from CARMA PhD student Lucy Wilkinson - "Can we eat meat and save the planet?" Good luck to Lucy for the UK national final! #AcademicSky #GreenSky #Science #Whatscooking vimeo.com/1095580902
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Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2025 - University of Bath - Lucy Wilkinson
Lucy Wilkinson, Department of Chemical Engineering - Institutional 3MT winner 2025
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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Delighted to share the latest @ipes-food.org report Fuel to Fork that unpacks the myriad ways fossil fuels are embedded in #foodsystems The report also lays out a clear blueprint to build fossil-free, resilient food systems. Link below!! ⤵️ ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...
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Fuel To Fork - IPES-Food report
Our food system uses 40% of petrochemicals and 15% of fossil fuels – yet it's left out of the climate conversation. Here's the path to fossil-free food.
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Bath Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change (ISCC) @bath-iscc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Fantastic to see Prof Marianne Ellis, core member of @bath-iscc.bsky.social, named among the Top Women in #Engineering! #IWED @carmahub.bsky.social
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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 09/06/2025
🌊 #ThisWorldOceans was yesterday—but the ocean needs our attention every day. It feeds 3B+, holds most of Earth’s biodiversity, and is facing rising threats. One way to protect it? Rethink how we source seafood. Here’s how diversifying our seafood supply could support a thriving blue economy:
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A boost for the blue economy: The essentialism of alternative seafood - The Good Food Institute
Scaling plant-based and cultivated seafood could help satisfy growing global demand while creating resilient jobs and livelihoods that minimize the climate and biodiversity impacts of seafood consumpt...
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
If you are involved in research in the field of Cellular Agriculture, please consider submitting an abstract to the 2nd CARMA Conference - closing 31/7/25 easychair.org/conferences/... #GreenSky #AcademicSky #Science
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New Interventions such as implementing Paris climate agreement, shift to a healthier diet, improved food, & water/nutrient-use efficiency, can reduce transgression of the planetary boundaries... but several, incl. climate change, biogeochemical flows & biodiversity, will remain transgressed in 2050
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 03/06/2025
Nature’s puzzle: Cracking walnuts for a greener tomorrow! Notburga Gierlinger's research team is turning discarded walnut shells into strong, biodegradable materials. Their unique cell structure makes them ideal for eco-friendly alternatives to plastic and leather, reducing waste sustainably.
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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 29/05/2025
Think animal serum such as fetal bovine serum (FBS) is required for cultivated meat production? Think again! Scientists have developed numerous innovative media formulations that enable cultivated meat production without any animal-derived inputs. See our new fact sheet for details: bit.ly/3ZAHL8V
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Serum-free media for cultivated meat - The Good Food Institute
A summary of the development of serum-free media in cultivated meat research and manufacturing.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We are really grateful for the support and contributions of our industry partners carmahub.co.uk/about-us/our...
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Our Industry Partners – Carma Project
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We are hiring a PT PDRA - please help spread the word #academicsky #greensky #science #engineering www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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KK12728 Research Associate - Jobs at Bath
Research Assoiciate
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Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) @ifstnews.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🔬 SciMed x RSSL x IFST | Free Seminar – 18 June Explore cutting-edge food testing methods from AAS to XRF at this in-person event in Reading. Network with peers, meet specialists, and tour RSSL’s state-of-the-art labs. 📍 Reading 🗓 18 June 💷 Free to attend 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/WOBxOJc
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Check out the Systems Change Lab's new Food & Agriculture dashboard! Explore tons of data on status and trends of 3 major shifts needed for sustainable food systems: 1. Increase agricultural productivity sustainably & resiliently 2. Reduce food loss & waste 3. Healthier & more sustainable diets 🧪
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Food and Agriculture
To equitably and nutritiously feed a growing population while limiting warming and biodiversity loss, we must transform how we produce and consume food.
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Pierpaolo Morgante (He/His) @piermorgante.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Let's say it out loud for those in the back: #FAIR data is good data! Well done @clarakirkvold.bsky.social for putting this together👏🧪⚗️ #ChemSky #CompChemSky
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Second annual @carmahub.bsky.social conference - 9.9.25 - London. From Process to Plate: Progressing Cellular Agriculture Products to the Market Announcement of first keynote speaker: Professor Robin May, CSA at Food Standards Agency #Science #AcademicSky #GreenSky #Engineering
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"The most powerful actions a person can take to cut their emissions include getting rid of a petrol car, eating less meat & avoiding flights. But efforts to challenge car culture & promote plant-based diets have provoked furious backlashes from pundits, who perceive it as an attack on masculinity."
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Shomari Lewis-Wilson @shomarilw.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The scheme offers a flexible funding package of up to £200,000 for project expenses plus salary if required for research activities or activities adjacent to research to support successful onward career progression in academia. More information can be found here: wellcome.org/research-fun...
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Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome
Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Chaired by the Director of CARMA Hub, Professor Marianne Ellis, this online event will explore how well the UK is placed to deal with a range of threats to food security www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/securing-o...
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Securing Our Food Supply: Building Resilience in the UK
Join our panellists as they discuss UK food security and policy.
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Eirini Theodosiou @eirinit.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Thrilled to have won this funding from @carmahub.bsky.social which will allow us to test the performance of our mycelia-based 🍄 microcarriers in stirred tank tractors. Also very grateful to Myconeos Ltd for providing the fungal strains and helping with material development.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Delighted to announce that @eirinit.bsky.social will be leading a @carmahub.bsky.social funded pump priming project at @astonuniversity.bsky.social titled: Food-grade mycelia as scaffolds for the large-scale production of cultivated meat
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TABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Can we farm for people and the planet? TABLE, @britishecologicalsociety.org & @naturerecovery.bsky.social are facilitating a symposium (19-20 June) to bring together science, policy & practice. Earlybird discount registration wraps 16 May 2025 at 17:00 BST. More info here: buff.ly/cgK15pB
A flyer for the British Ecological Society Symposium called "Nature, Farming and Food: How we value our land" happening 19-20 June 2025. The symposium is a partnership with BES, TABLE and the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. Early bird registration and call for presentations is now open.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 31/03/2025
The #4Betters are at the heart of the work of @FAO.org. A sustainable and food secure world for all is possible. We need more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems to future-proof our planet and leave no one behind. Learn more about our work 👉 buff.ly/YZJ9GGm
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Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) @ifstnews.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Final Reminder: Early Bird Registration Closes Tomorrow (1 April 2025)⏰ 📅 Date: 10 July 2025 📍 Location: Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography, 3 South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QY ⏰ Early Bird Deadline: 1 April 2025 🔗Register now: buff.ly/vCDXeop #IFSTOxfordFoodSummit
Event poster for the IFST Oxford Food Summit 2025, focusing on sustainable food systems, featuring Oxford's iconic buildings and event details.
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CARMA Hub @carmahub.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Further details and online booking coming soon...
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News from UK Research and Innovation @news.ukri.org · 28/03/2025
ICYMI: UK Research and Innovation publishes gender pay gap report #EPSRC #AcademicSky
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UK Research and Innovation publishes gender pay gap report
The sixth annual gender pay gap report highlights the percentage difference between the average hourly earnings for males and females across the organisation.
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Developing Business-Aware Academics @dbaa-exeter.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Every Friday, we’re sharing the publications, events, and opportunities from around the HE sector that feed into the DBAA project’s goal of supporting PGRs and ECRs to engage beyond academia and transform their ideas into action Some of our favourite from this week: #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDChat
An image of a woman sitting typing on a laptop. Overlaid is the DBAA logo and the text "Weekly readings round-up"
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Ana Pineda, PhD @anapineda.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Before you switch off today the computer, here I little reminder to practice some gratitude! We do it on Fridays, not only thinking about today but for the whole week 🥰 buff.ly/3Q2hcEo #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
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Andrew Lloyd ALA @andrewlloydala.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
💡 To mark the 80th anniversary since admission of its first female members, the Royal Society is launching a year-long series of events to assert the rightful place in history of its first female fellows, Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale. www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #WomenInSTEM
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Royal Society honours pioneering scientists who were first female members
A year-long series of events marks 80 years since admission of Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale in 1945
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Event today! ⚖️ Join us and @granthamlse.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion about the groundbreaking legal dispute between a Peruvian farmer and German energy giant — potentially setting a powerful new precedent for corporate climate responsibility. 📺 Live stream available: buff.ly/9qLqayy
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Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE
Join us on Tuesday, 25 March 2025 at 6 p.m. at the London School of Economics (LSE) for a hybrid panel discussion on the landmark climate litigation case, Luciano Lliuya v RWE
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 25/03/2025
How can foresight drive agroecological transformation? 🔎 🌿 @fao.org @cirad.bsky.social & @giz.de launch a new guidance document to help decision-makers & practitioners integrate foresight into sustainable food system transitions. 📖 Read more: openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50... #Agroecology
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Climate risks rise, but businesses stay focused on short-term challenges rather than long-term resilience: Beazley report Only 20% of executives rank climate-related catastrophic risk as a top concern... www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/risk-mana...
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Climate risks rise, but businesses stay focused on short-term challenges: Beazley report
There's a disconnect between rising climate-related threats and corporate risk priorities
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Kaptein von BØfjell @vonblefjell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Just putting this here for anyone who wants to come to Norway and work at the intersection of e.g. climate science, computational science or data science
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DSTrain - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in Computational and Natural Sciences – up to 18 positions (273057) | University of Oslo
Job title: DSTrain - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in Computational and Natural Sciences – up to 18 positions (273057), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, April 6, 2025
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 24/03/2025
The successful conclusion of resumed COP 16 "in this same room" shows that environmentalism “can work and must work.” We must now translate these achievements into action by placing agrifood systems at center of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans @astridschomaker.bsky.social #CGRFA
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