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Jennifer Bell

@jbell-soil.bsky.social
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Assistant professor at the University of Wyoming. All things soil (and sometimes plant) microbial ecology. Over educated cat lady. She/her

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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Come work with me! UW and ESM are a great place to work. We also have a growing and young soil science community which we can grow together! eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Assistant Professor - Soil Microbial Ecology
Assistant Professor of Soil Science – Microbial Ecology
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes my students send me pretty pictures. LOI before and after.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Looking for collections experience? Love plants? Living in the Chicago region? If YES! then be an @mortonarboretum.bsky.social short-term research technician position in the Herbarium and Forest Ecology Lab's wood collection. Msg with questions, apply today: careers.hireology.com/themortonarb...
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
POM and MAOM fractionation happening in the lab this week!
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Camille Delavaux @camilledelavaux.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Today is the last day to apply to our open PhD position working on plant-associated above-belowground fungal microbiomes across the Galapagos! Based at the amazing @niooknaw.bsky.social 🌱🍄
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PhD: Biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galapagos islands
In this project, you will investigate the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of t...
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
An excellent example of the rhizosphere effect, look at all that soil sticking to the roots! Even more impressive, this western wheat grass was growing in a uranium mine that was only reclaimed two years ago. Stay tuned to see what AMF are colonizing this!
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I’m incredibly proud of my students, all of whom won awards at the American Society for Reclamation Science conference for their presentations!
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Prof Braj Singh @prof-braj-singh.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
2 X Scholarships in microbial ecology, soil health and crop disease management are available in our lab @uwanews The University of Western Australia. Both domestic and international candidates can apply More details & how to apply - visit web-link below researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/scholarships...
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Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 @gsb2026.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🎤 Early Career Showcase I
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A really good blog post by @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Soil Ecology researchers on their research into how brush pile burning affects restored woodlands. woodsandprairie.blogspot.com/2025/12/effe...
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Effects of Brush Pile Burning in the Chicago region
by  Antonio Del Vallé, Emma Leavens, Meghan Midgley Research project summary Over the past three years, we have conducted research on brush ...
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Very proud of my grad students and their first poster presentation, they both did great!
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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This week...
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Look, I wrote a blog post.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Come hangout with me next summer in Laramie! Also I might have an in with the technical program lead (it’s me, I’m the lead) so your abstract is likely to get accepted www.asrs.us/2026-confere...
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Call for Abstracts – American Society of Reclamation Sciences (ASRS)
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Update: the 17,000 weren’t enough and I just ordered 2,000 more.
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Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We're recruiting!! Myself along with Nathan Gill, Dylan Schwilk @schwilk.org, and Katharine Suding are recruiting people for Master's, PhD, and postdoc positions in GrassFire, an NSF funded project examining fuels and fire risk in grassland ecosystems across the Southern Great Plains! 🔥🌿🐮
A grassland on a sunny day near Boulder, CO
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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The first fieldwork as a PI was a success! #newPI #fieldwork #soilsampling #uwyo
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Update: I used 94 of my 17,000 tubes this week. Only 16,904 to go!
Dissolved organic carbon so extractions using 40 of 17,000 recently purchased tubes for science
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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Despite zero cases of non-citizens voting in Wyoming elections, voters will now be required to show citizenship documents, a move which will penalize women, the elderly, rural voters, and the unhoused for no reason at all, besides fueling xenophobic conspiracy theories and undermining voting rights.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
A News article about some of my post doc work! #mycorrhiza #restoration #bison #tallgrass uwagnews.com/2025/07/11/s...
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From Degraded to Restored: How Soil Mycorrhizal Fungi React to Restoration Management Practices
Native prairie ecosystems have been disappearing across North America since the agricultural revolution of the 1800s. The increased need for higher crop yields, infrastructure, and resource extract…
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regular slime guy @regularslimeguy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
from www.instagram.com/yeweijun98 Slime molds eat the microbes on decaying plants but not the microbes on decaying animals. Badhamia (Physarum) polycephala is an unusually adventurous eater who also enjoys mushrooms, oats, and probably a number of other things! I wonder what's up with the peanut
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Off to Edinburgh for #Rhizosphere6! Looking forward to seeing the latest research and going to a new place.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I have some money I need to spend by the end of June so I ordered 17,000 tubes of various shapes and sizes for my lab today. Needless to say we will be stocked for a while. If you need to store 0.2ul to 50ml of liquid, hit me up. #labsupplies #newPI
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
 quote on a dark blue and purple background from Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), criticizing proposed cuts to science funding in the FY26 U.S. federal budget. The quote reads:

“If enacted, the FY26 budget request would end America’s global scientific leadership. The cuts to science would imperil our nation’s future health, security and prosperity. This budget proposal stands in stark contrast to the President’s call for a renewed commitment to American scientific leadership. Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to answer the President’s call.”
The quote is attributed to Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of AAAS and Executive Publisher of the Science family of journals. The AAAS logo appears at the bottom right.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is not a science budget. This is a massacre. thebridge.agu.org/2025/05/05/t...
A table titled "Funding Levels Summary (in millions)" shows funding data for various U.S. federal agencies over fiscal years FY24, FY25, and the FY26 President's Budget Request (PBR). It includes five columns: 
Agency, FY24 Omnibus, FY25 CR (Continuing Resolution), FY25 Enacted, FY26 PBR, and % Change from FY25 to FY26 PBR.

Agencies and their respective funding levels (in millions) and percent changes are:

DOE (Department of Energy)

FY24 Omnibus: $50,246.75

FY25 CR: $50,246.75

FY25 Enacted: $49,800

FY26 PBR: $45,100

% Change: -9.4%

DOE Office of Science

FY24 Omnibus: $8,240

FY25 CR: $8,240

FY25 Enacted: —

FY26 PBR: $7,092

% Change: -13.9%

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

FY24 Omnibus: $9,158.89

FY25 CR: $9,158.89

FY25 Enacted: $9,100

FY26 PBR: $5,000

% Change: -54.5%

NASA

FY24 Omnibus: $24,875

FY25 CR: $24,875

FY25 Enacted: $24,800

FY26 PBR: $18,800

% Change: -24.3%

NASA SMD (Science Mission Directorate)

FY24 Omnibus: $7,334.20

FY25 CR: $7,565.70

FY25 Enacted: —

FY26 PBR: $3,908.2

% Change: -46.7%

NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

FY24 Omnibus: $997.02

FY25 CR: $997.02

FY25 Enacted: —

FY26 PBR: NA

% Change: NA

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

FY24 Omnibus: $6,319

FY25 CR: $6,319

FY25 Enacted: —

FY26 PBR: $4,799

% Change: -24%

NSF (National Science Foundation)

FY24 Omnibus: $9,060

FY25 CR: —

FY25 Enacted: $8,800

FY26 PBR: $3,900

% Change: -55.8%

USGS (United States Geological Survey)

FY24 Omnibus: $1,455.43

FY25 CR: $1,455.43

FY25 Enacted: —

FY26 PBR: $891.43

% Change: -38.8%

Red text is used to denote percentage decreases in FY26 PBR compared to FY25. Several entries for FY25 Enacted are missing or denoted with a dash. NIEHS has no FY26 PBR or percent change listed.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I got this quote for a pretty basic microscope today. What a fun time to be setting up a new lab.
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boehninglab @boehninglab.com · 02/05/2025
Budget released today: 40% cut to NIH 50% cut to NSF If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Found at my local Walmart for $4. I am incredibly skeptical of most of these products.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
They produce such important data here which is used globally. I literally showed the latest CO2 plot in my class today.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I loved doing an REU and have mentored several of my own REU students. This is such an invaluable program to foster the next generation of scientists.
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We are hiring a seasonal research intern to work in our Bur Oak ACE experiment at The Morton Arboretum. Our lab is a fun group, the experiment fascinating. Come join us! Application: careers.hireology.com/themortonarb... ... information: www.wbez.org/race-class-c... grist.org/science/to-u...
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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Geoff Zahn @geoffzahn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
That's how it's done! Nice and easy. Good job Mycological Society of America.
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I’m a very serious lecturer, only serious soil science happens in my classes.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 26/01/2025
One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Si la migra te detiene, ¡recuerda esta canción! No tienes que firmar ni decir nada. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio, y tienes derecho a un abogado. ¡Mantén la calma y recuerda tus derechos! #conozcasusderechos #knowyourrights #immigration
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Check out my latest paper from my postdoc at the Morton Arboretum. We found that bison grazing and fire helped shape AMF communities at Nachusa Grasslands. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Bison and burn timing shape arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity and community composition in tallgrass prairie restorations
Understanding how restoration and management practices of tallgrass prairie ecosystems impact soil microbial communities is vital to mitigating biodiv…
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Pipette update: they’re out and proud #newlab #pipettes #pride
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Jennifer Bell @jbell-soil.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
New year, new pipettes. #pipettes #eppendorf #startingalab #sonice #soil
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