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Kyle Mason-Jones

@kylemojo.bsky.social
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Junior Professor of Soil Microbial Interactions, University of Tübingen, Germany

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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great fun at the Tübinger Erbelauf this past weekend with work and running teammates
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The deadline for EGU session proposals is looming (Sep 23)! But there's still time to team up with you favourite colleagues and come to Vienna in spring www.egu27.eu
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How is this not, by far, the most pressing political issue of our time? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals
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ManzoniLab @manzonilab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📢#PhD position on soil microbial resilience and resistance to drought @rousklab.bsky.social @lunduniversity.bsky.social. Apply by September 18 here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Doctoral student in Biology with a specialisation in Microbial Ecology
Description of the workplace You will work within the Microbial Biogeochemistry in Lund (MBLU) environment, hosted at the department of Biology, at Lund University ( Microbial Biogeochemistry in Lund
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
1,8 Millionen Euro für neue Ansätze gegen antibiotikaresistente Bakterien: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung fördert Phagenforschung von Maik Wolfram-Schauerte an der Universität Tübingen 👏https://sohub.io/vksn @cmfi.bsky.social @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social
Dr. Maik Wolfram-Schauerte auf dem Campus Morgenstelle der Universität Tübingen.. Foto: Jonas Ritz/CMFI / Universität Tübingen
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Was great to host @annecmg.bsky.social in Tübingen this week for fascinating discussions on viral bioinformatics and more 😃
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc position to work on plant robustness in an interdisciplinary project. Great for somebody with experience who can take a central role, coordinate experiments and co-supervise students, and contribute conceptually. @greenrobust.de @unituebingen.bsky.social Please re-post.
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Maik Geers-Lucas @mud-maik.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
PhD Opportunity in Soil Science @ TU Berlin Interested in how plant roots, soil structure, and soil organisms shape carbon cycling? Join the DFG-funded ROOT-DECAY project and work with X-ray CT, ¹³C isotope tracing, and field, greenhouse & lab experiments. #PhD #SoilScience #CarbonCycling
X-ray CT image of particulate organic matter with the shape of a heart
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Extinction Rebellion Nederland @xrnl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Ze zeiden dat we overdreven. Dat het alarmisme was. Dat de markt het wel zou oplossen. Ondertussen bevestigen wetenschappers opnieuw wat al decennia bekend is: de extreme hitte in Europa draagt duidelijk de handtekening van klimaatverandering. [1/4]
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Heatwaves in Europe kill 3x more people than car crashes, 16x more than murders, and 10,000x more than terrorists 😳 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Mind-bogglingly crazy’: climate experts alarmed by deadly spring heatwaves searing Europe
Scientists warn of ‘new reality’ of heat extremes that claim three times more lives than car crashes and 16 times as many as murderers
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
New workstation arrived 😃 I'm ditching Apple and returning to #Ubuntu, part of uncoupling our core work from US tech (as far as we can)
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Onze bijdraag over #bodemleven en #koolstofopslag in Tijdschrift Milieu, nog een super leuke samenwerking met Lisa van Sluijs milieu.vvm.info/milieu-2026-...
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Milieu Dossier: Bodemleven heeft sleutelpositie voor ondergrondse koolstofopslag | Milieu 2026-2: Lang leve de actieve burger!
Om koolstofopslag in bodem te behouden of vergroten, is inzicht in bodemecologie nodig. Dit artikel bespreekt kennis, belang en toekomstig onderzoek.
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I'm excited to be the newest member of the Biology subdivision committee for Soil System Sciences at the @egu.eu, joining @nbilyera.bsky.social and @loutsi.bsky.social for the coming years 😊 #EGU26 #EGU27
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This week we're saying goodbye to Shuo Wang, who returns home with the furry phage to finish her PhD and start her post-doc, after an 18 month visit in Tübingen. How time flies!
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Back this week from my visit to China, three weeks of inspiring scientific discussion, cultural exchange and of course great food (I've gained >4 kg 😳). Super grateful to my hosts including Lichao Fan, Huadong Zang, Fan Ding, Jie Zhou, Luo Yu, Weichao Wu, Tida Ge.
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Sullivan Lab at OSU @sullivan-lab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚨NEW PAPER @isme-microbes.bsky.social on phage-bacteria dynamics. Collab between us and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social labs. "Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics". 👉 doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics
Abstract. Diverse phage-bacteria communities coexist at high densities in environmental, agricultural, and human-associated microbiomes. Phage-bacteria coe
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Strong reason to #QuitGPT (just as I was warming to AI - but at least there are many alternatives) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New paper alert! With Ciska Veen @ciskaveen.bsky.social , Lama Ramadan, Esmer Jongedijk et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Interactions between polypropylene microplastics and emerging contaminants increase soil respiration and alter microbial community structure
Emerging contaminants (ECs) are increasingly detected in terrestrial environments, where they can adversely affect soil ecosystems. Biodegradable ECs …
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 12/02/2026
The science is clear. The stakes are real. AGU condemns the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding — a decision that rejects the overwhelming evidence and undermines climate accountability. We will continue to defend science and advocate for evidence-based policy. buff.ly/wX1BQ2t
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Joana Bergmann @joanabergmann.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The project will be co-supervised by Maire Holz and myself @zalf.bsky.social as part of @bexplo.bsky.social. You will spend time in the greenhouse and the lab as well as in data synthesis and conceptual thinking. jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/a...
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PhD researcher (f/m/d)
At our locations in Müncheberg and Paulinenaue we are looking for a PhD researcher within the project “BExudation - Integrating exudation into the root economics space to better understand carbon and ...
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Great CMFI symposium today with Kirsten Küsel @kuesellab.bsky.social and many cross-cutting discussions of groundwater, soil & health. Thanks to @cmfi.bsky.social for the invitation
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Bas E. Dutilh @bedutilh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We have an open position for a bioinformatics/theoretical microbial ecology PhD student to study viral strategies in the global Microverse! Join us at the @microverse.bsky.social at @uni-jena.de, please apply through this link: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/9...
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PhD student bioinformatics: Viral strategies in the global Microverse
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tcamenzind.bsky.social @tcamenzind.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My colleague Christian Poll offers a PhD position in our group at University of Hohenheim, we would be glad if you share this opportunity with potential candidates. His project EcoFuture KAP4 is an interesting collaborative project with University of Tübingen. dbges.de/assets/Uploa...
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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Brilliant idea by @arjenlubach.bsky.social: The NAAGGA hat. ‘Naagga’ means ‘No’ in Greenlandic. Sold out already! lubach.shop/product/naag...
Arjen Lubach, a Dutch comedian, wearing a white chortle and a dark tie, putting on a red cap with white letters NAAGGA, meant to look like a MAGA cap worn by Trump supporters. More red caps on the desk.
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
It’s EGU abstact time! Welcoming submissions in “Microbial metabolism and turnover in soil: new insights into C cycling and soil function”, with keynote @michaeladippold.bsky.social and convenors @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social and Sergey Blagodatsky. Deadline Thu 13:00 CET www.egu26.eu/session/56566
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
New publication alert - Pushing the envelope on isotope labelling approaches in SOC tracing, with Tida Ge and colleagues www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Our #EGU26 session “Microbial metabolism and turnover in soil: new insights into C cycling and soil function” is welcoming abstracts: Support deadline on Mon! with S. Blagodatsky & @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social & keynote @michaeladippold.bsky.social meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Do please join me on World Soil Day, 5 December, 2pm GMT, for the global launch of the most exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with: The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
At last a little bit of good #climate news www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Next #job hire: Our own PhD position within #MultiStress to be funded as KAAD scholarship @unituebingen.bsky.social is out: You're East African scholar interested in #maize #root & #rhizosphere traits +their response to #biotic & #abiotic stress? Ready to perform work in #Germany & #Kenya? APPLY NOW
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Great PhD opportunity to discover how phages disperse with nematodes through soil. Applications close next week! An exciting project extending Lisa van Sluijs @w-u-r.bsky.social and our work on phage hitchhiking doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
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PhD position - Ecological, Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nematode-phage Hitchhiking
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Wow, US govt. agencies not even pretending at apolitical status anymore
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Keen to come from China to Tübingen for a PhD? The 2026 CSC-Tübingen PhD scholarship call is open, including an opportunity to join our team to investigate soil phage ecology in synthetic communities uni-tuebingen.de/de/114003
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China Scholarship Council Program
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply! Please re-post!
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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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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Last week was filled with amazing discussions about our TERRA excellence cluster - including an intense planning workshop for the Diversitorium, a unique experimental platform to investigate geo-biosphere interactions in the field, greenhouse and lab.
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Job Alert! We're hiring a BIOINFORMATICIAN / NGS SPECIALIST to support our new Molecular Biodiversity Lab in the @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Like the idea to use your skills for understanding biodiversity? To work on diverse questions in a wonderful place? Apply! Please repost!
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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Use your chance to join the #TERRA team @unituebingen.bsky.social: 7-year position waiting for sbd. to advance #bioinformatic analysis in the context of bio-geo-diversity relations. Tübingen itself is a convincing reason, but our amazing #cluster team even more. We look forward to your application!
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Our Fast and Phageous team this morning at the start of the Tübingen #ErbeLauf
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Today wraps up our week at #DBG2025!
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We are hiring! On the search for an ambitious post-doc with hot skills in metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and bioinformatics to join our EcoEnergeticS project with @michaeladippold.bsky.social Find the ad here: uni-tuebingen.de/zh/266340
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Awesome weekend in the Black Forest looking at soil profiles with the legendary Karl Stahr. Tomorrow: #DBG2025
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Late summer Tuesdays - perfect for hiking and bbq with colleagues our colleagues in @michaeladippold.bsky.social group
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Hiring for our new TERRA Cluster of Excellence @unituebingen.bsky.social has begun! Starting with the coordination office (see below for openings)
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Meaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Got married!!!
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Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Dürre-Monitor des Helmholtz-Zentrums: „Das Frühjahr 2025 war im deutschlandweiten Vergleich im Boden bis 25 cm Tiefe stärker von Dürre betroffen als alle Jahre zurück bis 1950“
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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Maybe we could spend 5% of GDP on saving our planet's life-support systems? Before it is too late?
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Universität Hohenheim @unihohenheim.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Congratulations to TERRAs spokespersons Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold, Prof. Dr. Kira Rehfeld und Prof. Dr. Olaf Cirpka (all Tuebingen) and our PIs Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger und Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck. 🧵 6/6
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