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Christina Hazard

@christinahazard.bsky.social
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CNRS Researcher | Group Leader | Soil Microbial and Viral Ecology and Biogeochemical Cycling | soilmicrobes.fr | @soilmicrobes.bsky.social

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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Inspired by an incredible week at #ISVC2026! 🌱 Researchers from 5 continents, 14 countries & 28 institutions dug into soil virus ecology. Huge thanks to our invited speakers: Joanne Emerson, @gtrubl.bsky.social, @karthik-a.bsky.social, @simrouxvirus.bsky.social, and @jeffinerca.bsky.social 🦠
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Christina Hazard @christinahazard.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We'll be digging into this fertile ground at the upcoming International Soil Virus Conference! 🦠 ⛏️ Thanks @amiposts.bsky.social for sharing this piece! 🙌 #ISVC2026 #SoilViruses #ViralEcology #Microbiology #Virome #SoilScience
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Christina Hazard @christinahazard.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
🏰 Debate the frontiers of soil virology in a 13th-century French château. A few places just opened up! Join an international community of soil virus researchers for: 🎤 Keynotes from leading voices 💬 Roundtables on the field's biggest questions 🤝 Rare connections 👇 Register now
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ISVC2026
We are excited to announce and provide RSVP details for the next International Soil Virus Conference that will be held in Saint Loup Lamairé, France on June 16 – 18, 2026. The aim of the conference…
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Christina Hazard @christinahazard.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Come join our team! 😄
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Christina Hazard @christinahazard.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
A proud supervisor here - Congrats to these two! 🎊
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
📣 Only a few in-person spots left! Connect with the soil virus research community at #ISVC2026 Register now 👉 soilmicrobes.fr/internationa... #Virus #Phage #Virology #SoilMicrobiology
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The final edition of the ACTIONr Network Newsletter is now available! This issue includes the Editorial: “Insights from ACTIONr and Side Projects on Nitrification Inhibitors – Mechanisms, Performance, and Practical Implications” Read it here: www.actionr.eu/actionr-news...
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ACTIONr Newsletter #06 (October 2025) - ACTIONr
Read the last Newsletter of the ACTIONr network, and discover among others: -Editorial by the ACTIONr team: “Insights from ACTIONr and Side Projects on Nitrification Inhibitors Mechanisms, Performance...
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
📣 PhD Scholarship Opportunity for International Students! Are you looking to do a PhD in soil microbial and viral ecology? ✍️ Get in touch now!! ✅ Requirements: Masters degree, Distinguished CV, Highly motivated ⏳ Application deadline: November 24 www.univ-lyon1.fr/recherche/fo...
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APPEL A PROJET
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Ashish Malik @ashish-malik.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP. On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network. Pic: one of our Scottish sites. e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
An upland landscape in Scotland with trees and open areas.
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Latest publication! 📢 Using nitrifying microbes as a tool for testing the toxicity of agriculture pesticides ☠️! Congrats Eleftheria Bachtsevani -first paper of your PhD! Great collaboration with co-first author Maria Kolovou, and Dimitrios Karpoyzas & Evangelia Papadopoulou (Univ. of Thessaly)
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Single Species In Vitro Assays with Nitrifying Bacteria and Archaea for Assessing the Toxicity of Pesticides on Soil Microorganisms
Single species tests on surrogate organisms from different trophic levels constitute a cornerstone in aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology, representing a major tool for assessing pesticide ecotoxici...
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Christina Hazard @christinahazard.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
📢 We are thrilled to announce the International Soil Virus Conference 2026 in conjunction with the Saint Loup Research Institute. 🗓️ June 16 – 18, 2026 📍 Château de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France 👇 RSVP by October 31st, 2025 #virus #phage #ISVC2026
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ISVC2026
International Soil Virus Conference 2026! We are excited to announce and provide RSVP details for the next International Soil Virus Conference that will be held in Saint-Loup Lamaire, France on Jun…
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Hot off the press! 📣 We demonstrate that soil physicochemical gradients alter virus community structure but not the presence of those infecting individual (cultivated) bacteria hosts 🦠🧫 @Sungeun Lee @graemenicol.bsky.social @christinahazard.bsky.social
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Soil pH influences the composition of bacteriophage communities infecting individual hosts
Bacteriophages (phages) are predicted to infect a range of hosts in highly diverse soil bacterial communities. However, selection of host communities …
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
A full fun week of nitrification at #ICoN9 in Bremen! We got to share our latest work on nitrifier viruses, NOB-AOA interactions, and discuss BNIs. 😁
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Great week at #esm2025 in Helsinki! We shared our latest work on soil methanotroph and nitrifier viruses 🦠😁
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
📣 PhD Scholarship Funding Opportunity! Interested in pursuing a PhD in soil virus ecology and biogeochemical cycling? 🦠 Have a Masters degree from abroad and ranked in the top 20% of your class? 🎓 Get in touch now! See our website for further details. Submission deadline in August.
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Gareth (Gary) Trubl @gtrubl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our paper is out and is open access! Phosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-up. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sieravirus.bsky.social @jeffinerca.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social @christinahazard.bsky.social
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Phosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-up
Soil rewetting after a dry period results in a surge of activity and succession in both microbial and DNA virus communities. Less is known about the r…
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Great week teaching DNA-SIP and participating in a workshop on microbial ecology and biogeochemistry at ESALQ, Uni São Paulo. Great research and hospitality! Thank you @lucascanisares.bsky.social, Tsai Siu Mui, Maurício Roberto Cherubin, @agenciafapesp.bsky.social and CCARBON/USP for hosting us!
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Our perspective on soil virus ecology research is out! Fantastic collab with @christinahazard.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social @lukehillary.bsky.social @urineri.bsky.social @simrouxvirus.bsky.social @gtrubl.bsky.social @KurtWilliams @jeffinerca.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social @JoanneEmerson
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Beneath the surface: Unsolved questions in soil virus ecology
Soil virus ecology is an exciting but still nascent field of research in soil microbiology. While there has been a recent surge in soil virus research…
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📣 Come join us at the ACTIONr PhD summer school in Greece! “Biological Nitrification Inhibition: Integrating Microbial Functions, Plant Traits, and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Nitrogen Cycling” Free registration & lodging! 😁👇
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Come join us!!! 🚨 ACTIONr's NI Workshop at ICoN9! 📅 June 27, 2025 📍 Max Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany Explore nitrification inhibitors in agroecosystems. Limited to 50 participants — register for ICoN9 first! More info: www.mpi-bremen.de/en/ICoN9-Con...
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BNI Workshop
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Christina Hazard @christinahazard.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I’ve switched universities! You can find me here 👇
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Check out our recent publication on our continued research on soil viruses of nitrifers! @MiaSungeunLEE @christinahazard.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Activity of novel virus families infecting soil nitrifiers is concomitant with host niche differentiation
Abstract. Chemolithoautotrophic nitrifiers are model groups for linking phylogeny, evolution, and ecophysiology. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) typically
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