Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Effects of ectomycorrhizal fungi on decomposition #TansleyInsight by Lindahl et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience 0157
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownSoil Ecology Group @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Introducing.... The Soil Ecology Seminar Series 2026! Join us on Wednesday the 25th of February at 1 pm GMT for the first installment. We will delve into microbial ecology with exciting talks from Dr Ashish Malik and Josh Thurston: Register your interest here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...urldefense.comWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Soil Ecology Seminar Series - Microbial ecology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Soil Ecology Seminar Series - Microbial ecology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. 11712
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 09/02/2026New preprint with @luehea.bsky.social 🍄🌾 AMF prime barley immune genes against brown rust …but immunity ≠ resistance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #AMF #PlantImmunity #Barley #Preprint #PlantSoilMicrobebiorxiv.org 140
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownSoil Ecology Group @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social · 01/02/2026We are now on LinkedIn! Follow us for all things new and exciting in soil ecology including research papers, job postings, and information of upcoming conferences and seminars. www.linkedin.com/showcase/bri...linkedin.comLinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedInLogin to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career. 182
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownSoil Ecology Group @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Meet the soil ecology SIG steering committee for 2026! @nataliejoram.bsky.social (Co-Chair) - My research focuses on how grassland plant and soil communities withstand extreme weather events (such as drought), how they recover afterwards, and the role management plays in these responses. 681
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 17/11/2025🌾 PhD opportunity! Explore how mycorrhizal fungi shape crop resilience to fungal pathogens. A fantastic project for anyone excited about plant-microbe interactions with @luehea.bsky.social 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #PlantScience #MicrobialEcology #SustainableAgfindaphd.comEASTBIO: Resilient crops for a sustainable future: Unravelling the interaction between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal symbionts in barley at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - EASTBIO: Resilient crops for a sustainable future: Unravelling the interaction between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal symbionts in barley at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD... 020
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownSoil Ecology Group @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Love soil? Great with communications? Join us as a communications representative - apply by 17 Nov! 22516
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownSoil Ecology Group @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!britishecologicalsociety.orgSoil Ecology Group - British Ecological SocietyUnderstanding the vital ecosystem services provided by soil 03522
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Beautiful day for soil sampling in Roamers Wood. #SoilMicrobialEcology #SoilScience #SoilOrganicCarbon #CarbonStorage #Ecology 010
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownVoice of Young Science @voiceofyoungsci.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Huge thanks to our amazing host partner, Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, and our brilliant panelists, Prof Clare Taylor @edinburghnapier.bsky.social, @clairemb.bsky.social, Dr Barbora Skarabela, Angeli Mehta PhD, Rhona Crawford @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social and Dr Louise Scott! 011
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 28/07/2025www.linkedin.com/posts/univer... I'm excited to get started on my very first project as a PI!linkedin.comA project led by Dr Claire Moulton-Brown (PhD, MBiol, AFHEA) has been awarded funding by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) to examine how reforestation affects the soil and its ability to tackle… |...A project led by Dr Claire Moulton-Brown (PhD, MBiol, AFHEA) has been awarded funding by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) to examine how reforestation affects the soil and its ability to tackle cl... 020
Reposted by Claire Moulton-Browncemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 07/07/2025CeMESS is hiring! Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research. 🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...cemess.univie.ac.atWe are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global ChangeSoil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change. 02736
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownManjeet Dhull @manjeet-dhull786.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Spent last week at the microscope 🔬✨, and seeing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi up close for the first time—hyphae, arbuscules, vesicles—was absolutely mind-blowing. Small but mighty partners of plant roots 🌿. Sharing a few of my favourite shots. #Mycorrhiza #fungi 05810
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Just published my first ever article for Reforesting Scotland on Roamers Wood community woodland!! 🌳 roamerswood.org.uk/img/roamers_... #SoilScience #TreePlanting #ReforestingScotland 121
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 02/01/2025It's lovely seeing #RoamersWood community woodland in the different seasons. I wonder what changes we'll see in the soil microbes 🦠🍄🌳 roamerswood.org.uk 000
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownIñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · 17/12/2024🧬🦠 Exciting new resource for #protists lovers! The eKOI database to expand the power of COI metabarcoding with a focus on #protistsonsky & integrated in @pr2-database.bsky.social Lead by Rubén with @beaplab.bsky.social @fonamental.bsky.social @daniel-vaulot.bsky.social Link: t.co/3lqzRaFw9V 04310
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownAdam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Spatial separation of AM fungi allows fungal strains to complement one another without conflict. A 'white album effect'. A great explainer and article! Check out the plain language summary below (paper itself at doi.org/10.1111/1365...)doi.orgComplementary effects of beneficial and non‐beneficial mycorrhizal fungi on root phosphatase activity: A mycorrhizal “White Album” effectRead the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. 0133
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Had a wonderful time at #BES2024 with @luehea.bsky.social 🍄🚜🦠🌾 but I now need to catch up on a lot of sleep 😴 080
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Thank you to everyone who attended my talk yesterday at #BES2024 on temporal dynamics of AMF communities. Please get in touch if you have any ideas or questions! #AMF #SoilMicrobialEcology 091
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Another shameless plug for my talk at #BES2024 tomorrow at 16:45. See some cool data vis of AMF temporal dynamics 000
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It's brilliant to be part of the #RoamersWood project! I'm very excited to understand how soil microbes respond to afforestation #WorldSoilDay2024 030
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownKatie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I’m also looking for a PhD student to investigate crop-mycorrhizal interactions, more info about the project and application process here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comOptimising wheat-fungal symbioses for enhanced nutrition and sustainability at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Optimising wheat-fungal symbioses for enhanced nutrition and sustainability at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com 01623
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownProf Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · 26/11/2024It’s only 2 weeks until #BES2024 ! Looking forward to Liverpool, launching a new network with @anaspene.bsky.social and Rob Brooker (not here… yet…), helping out at the ECR CV drop in, and @clairemb.bsky.social giving her talk! It’s not just a meeting, it’s a @britishecolsoc.bsky.social meeting 🎉🌍 092
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Come and hear about the temporal dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their response to regenerative agricultural practices in 2 weeks time at #BES2024 with @luehea.bsky.social 🍄🚜🌾 000
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownAnthony Amend @fungaloha.bsky.social · 26/11/2024RP PLS! Iʻm hiring 3 postdocs at U Hawaiʻi to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4... 19886
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 08/03/2024A post for International Women's Day "Being embarrassed about periods, taboos for women talking about them, men not wanting to know, has all stopped us researching & treating it. It's wasting women's potential. Too little has changed in 50 YEARS. This has to stop" open.substack.com/pub/christin...open.substack.comPeriods! We need to stop ignoring women's pain & bleeding.For International Women’s Day, I’ve converted a Twitter thread I wrote 18 months ago, highlighting the problems women experience because of their periods & the shameful of lack of research / societal ... 25834
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 29/11/2023A beautiful morning for soil sampling at Roamers Wood to understand microbial changes associated with planting native trees 🦠🍄🌳 121
Reposted by Claire Moulton-BrownProf Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · 10/11/2023We have an exciting opportunity for a regenerative agriculture PhD - come and join us! 🌾🌏 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 0710
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 28/09/2023Hello Blue-sky! I'm a newbie but would like to share that I'm giving a talk at #BES23 in Belfast and I'm very excited 🎉🚜🍄🦠🌾 @luehea.bsky.social 021
Claire Moulton-Brown @clairemb.bsky.social · 19/09/2023Very excited to be setting up new experiments with @luehea.bsky.social to investigate the effects of #AMF inoculums on crop growth 🌾🌱(& other exciting things 😀) #PlantMicrobeInteractions #RegenerativeAgriculture #ArbuscularMycorrhizalFungi 020