Graeme Nicol @graemenicol.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Very proud of these two - it was a pleasure supervising them. 000
Reposted by Graeme NicolSoil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 27/12/2025🎓 Congrats to Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang and Dr. Huaiyu Wang on successful PhD defenses!! 🎉 Dr. Zhang’s research on soil RNA viruses and Dr. Wang’s work on soil methylotroph viruses represent remarkable scientific achievements. We wish them every success on the next exciting chapters of their careers 🌟🚀 0101
Graeme Nicol @graemenicol.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 #ISVC2026soilmicrobes.frISVC2026International 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… 030
Reposted by Graeme NicolSoil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Hot 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.socialsciencedirect.comSoil pH influences the composition of bacteriophage communities infecting individual hostsBacteriophages (phages) are predicted to infect a range of hosts in highly diverse soil bacterial communities. However, selection of host communities … 063
Graeme Nicol @graemenicol.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Potential PhD opportunity studying soil virus ecology in our group. Please get in touch if interested! 063
Reposted by Graeme NicolGareth (Gary) Trubl @gtrubl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Our 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.socialsciencedirect.comPhosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-upSoil 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… 0199
Reposted by Graeme NicolSoil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Great 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! 2123
Reposted by Graeme NicolSoil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Our 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 @JoanneEmersonsciencedirect.comBeneath the surface: Unsolved questions in soil virus ecologySoil 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… 01814
Reposted by Graeme NicolChris Greening @greening.bsky.social · 10/12/2024New life goal unlocked! Getting to work on marsupials, including kangaroos, koalas, and my all time faves, wombats. Privileged to help on this great UQ-led study showing differences in hydrogen cycling and electron flow explain low methane emissions in marsupials. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgMetagenomic analysis of marsupial gut microbiomes provides a genetic basis for the low methane economyThe potent greenhouse gas methane is an end-product of plant biomass digestion by gut microbiota, though the amount produced and/or released varies among herbivorous animals. On a per unit of feed bas... 0203
Reposted by Graeme NicolEmily Solly @plantsoilemily.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Are you interested in soils, microbes and biogeochemistry? Join us at #EGU25 for session SSS4.5 ‚Soil microbial responses to climate change‘. With @loutsi.bsky.social @albertocanarini.bsky.social and Albert Brangarí we are thrilled to have @ashish-malik.bsky.social as solicited keynote speaker! 23915
Graeme Nicol @graemenicol.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Nice to see the formatted paper out in the wild. New ISME Journal paper by Sungeun Lee describing the use of differential inhibition to identify novel active virus families infecting soil nitrifiers. academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... 0101
Reposted by Graeme NicolAshish Malik @ashish-malik.bsky.social · 21/11/2024📢New paper in ISME Journal: 7 years in the making spanning three affiliations. Really excited to present a trait analysis in populations. Bacterial population-level trade-offs between drought tolerance and resource acquisition traits impact decomposition doi.org/10.1093/isme... 47621
Reposted by Graeme NicolMax Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024In June 2025 we are hosting #ICoN9 – the 9th #International #Conference on #Nitrification and Related #Processes! These are our invited speakers. Stay tuned for more news! 0118
