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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hiring two postdocs, 3-years each, at @unisouthampton.bsky.social. 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 March 30 @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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

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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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I had an absolute blast at the #rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh! It was so lovely catching up with some many existing and new colleagues! Very first conference with my lab! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

First ever conference for my PhD student, Sarah Connery! Representing @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social at #rhizosphere6 - playing around with synthetic communities

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PlantEcoHutton @plantecohutton.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Davide Bulgarelli opened Day 2 of #Rhizosphere6 with a great plenary talk, highlighting how domestication and plant breeding shape the rhizosphere microbiota — and how these insights translate from lab to field. 🌱 @bulgarelli-d.bsky.social

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social MRes Evolution are looking at the @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social to understanding how our view of prehistoric life has changed... WaterhouseHawkins' models were amazing introductions of dinosaurs to the world of the 1850s. @uosmedia.bsky.social @drmicrowill.bsky.social

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International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

📢 The new deadline to submit your abstract for #Rhizosphere6 is March 28 (new extension). Join us in Edinburgh to share your root and rhizosphere research! 🤩

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Jeff Thompson @echinerd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Like morphometrics, micro-CT scanning, and morphological evolution? Then please consider applying for our 18 month postdoc position at the university of Southampton! Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF402/r...

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Ben Hafner @benscharmin.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

#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. See our paper with @drmicrowill.bsky.social and the Bauerle lab.

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Interested in root exudates at early plant life stages? Have a look at our recent paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.plan… #Exudates decrease strongly during #plantdevelopment and #metabolome shifts from sugar-dominated to secondary exudates. Work led by Ben Hafner at TUM and Taryn Bauerle’s Cornell lab

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Deadline is approaching (Jan 8) - reach out if you want to chat about this environmental microbiology PhD opportunity! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social #findaphd #newPI #phdopportunity #phd #education #ecology #sustainability #conservation #microbiology #microbiome

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Breaking Rhododendron: understanding the drivers of rhododendron success at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com

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

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Interested in root-microbe interactions? Want to uncover how plants influence microbes and vice versa? Thinking about doing a PhD? Come join my lab on a fully funded PhD project. Rolling deadline - will screen candidates every cpl weeks. Details here: t.co/40ixDwUauS

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Deciphering the mechanistic drivers of plant-microbe feedback at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Deciphering the mechanistic drivers of plant-microbe feedback at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Deadline is fast approaching for a FUNDED PhD at @sotonbiosci @SoCoBioDtp Please reach out for info + if interested in plant micro and working on basic + applied questions Opportunities to collab/network in US, Canada, and Aus. Definitely will collab with UPortsmouth and Niab

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Are you interested in plant-microbe interactions? 🦠🌾 Learn to work with microbes, plants, and applied questions to improve Ag sustainability Fully funded PhD project @SoCoBioDtp at @sotonbiosci. Deadline is 8th of Jan tinyurl.com/mppnk7uc Please reposted #PhD #findaphd #newPI

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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Just a teaser, I will be recruiting a fully funded PhD student through @SoCoBioDtp (project 2437; dedicated post coming) to look at microbe-root interactions and another fully funded PhD to look at microbe colonisation dynamics on roots for improving Ag #newPI #scijob #findaphd x.com/drmicrowill/...

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