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Marcela Hernández

@matehg.bsky.social
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Environmental microbiologist, biogeochemical cycles, AMR in the environment Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at UEA Editor-In-Chief LAM Journal 🏳️‍🌈ally | mum of 2 | I love 🌋 www.marcelahernandez.com

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Shamik Roy @shamikroy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Then came @femsmicro.org Summer School, which meant new connections, teamwork, and answers from mentors about academic careers in microbiology. Thank you to co-directors Prof. Max Häggblom and Dr. @matehg.bsky.social, all the mentors, and Roxana for helping with the administration!
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Does anyone by any chance have a Ni-CODH database they could share it with me? Thanks!
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Beyond excited to share our new Perspective just published in ISME Journal! This work is a joint effort with Shamik Roy, @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont exploring how warming and antibiotics influence carbon use efficiency. We hope you enjoy reading it! academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
PhD opportunity in my lab!
We’re looking for a proactive student to join our project on how CO dehydrogenase is regulated in response to atmospheric mercury. Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury FindAPhD.com
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PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
‼️ PhD opportunity: Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils With @matehg.bsky.social @ UEA, also me & Marc Dumont. Work at the intersection of antimicrobial resistance, Arctic soil microbiology, C cycling, & climate warming 🦠❄️🧬😷 Apply below 👇
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils” www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
What a fantastic group of outstanding ECRs – our first cohort of Junior Editors! I'm so proud of each of you for your hard work, dedication, and commitment. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours, and I look forward to seeing many of you take on even more roles as Editors in the future!
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The FEMS Summer School in Macedonia was a truly rewarding experience.
I was very impressed by our ECRs, such a talented group! Huge thanks to the organisers Joanna, Tillmann, and Vaso, and to FEMS for inviting me to join as a mentor. @femsmicro.org @luederslab.bsky.social
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Happy to share a review we wrote with our collaborators from Senegal and Benin, led by Tobi Moriaque AKPLO, on phosphate solubilisation and mobilisation, focusing on bacteria–mycorrhiza interactions doi.org/10.1093/lamb...
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Phosphate solubilization and mobilization: bacteria–mycorrhiza interactions
Abstract. Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. However, most of the P in the Earth's crust is insoluble, making i
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Applications are now open to recruit our next cohort of Junior Editors and Junior Reviewers. Apply by Thursday 18th September! @amiposts.bsky.social appliedmicrobiology.org/about/our-te...
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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Congratulations 🎉 now on line at @isme-microbes.bsky.social : Comparative genome analysis reveals broad phylogenetic and functional diversity within the order #Nitrospirales Linnea Kop et al #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social (RIBES) icw @univie.ac.at academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
WARMIC - our #SIOS Svalbard project w. @matehg.bsky.social & Marc Dumont - at the forefront of Arctic climate & soil carbon. Huge thanks to SIOS funding, Will Tallon, Emanuele Pallozzi, Olga Gavrichkova @carlottavolts.bsky.social Federica D'Alò, CNR, Dirigibile Italia & NPI Sverdrup
Marcela Hernández, Will Tallon & James Bradley on Vestre Brøgerbreen glacier, Svalbard. Credit: James BradleyEmanuele Pallozzi & Marcela Hernández at the REMUS soil warming chamber site, Svalbard. Credit: James BradleyFieldwork at the REMUS soil warming chamber site. Credit: Emanuele Pallozzi
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
What an amazing two weeks of fieldtrip we had with @drbradbrad.bsky.social, our @biouea.bsky.social PhD student Will Tallon and our amazing CNR colleagues from Italy. Huge thanks to #SIOS Svalbard and Norwegian Polar Institute for supporting this campaign!
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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MMEG @mmeg25.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
MMEG registration is now live! Resister now to Join us on the 15-16th December 2025 at the University of Birmingham. appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
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Molecular Microbial Ecology Group Meeting 2025
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New paper accepted from our team: Classification of MAGs associated with trace gas metabolism in volcanic soils named following SeqCode rules This was for an special issue titled "Application of the SeqCode to name uncultivated microorganisms" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Classification of MAGs associated with trace gas metabolism in volcanic soils named following SeqCode rules
Trace gas metabolism is important for nutrient flow in all ecosystems, particularly volcanic ecosystems. Microbes in volcanic ecosystems are among the…
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We are seeking to appoint a Senior Editor (Environmental Microbiology) who is committed to mentoring our Junior Editors for the journal Letters in Applied Microbiology. Happy to have an informal chat. appliedmicrobiology.org/about/work-f... @amiposts.bsky.social
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Office and journal vacancies
Become a part of the team who keep the organisation running.
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Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Open postdoc position in my lab @earlhaminst.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social We will generate large-scale soil metagenomes to research the impact of agriculture on healthy soil microbiomes, developing strategies to increase carbon retention: jobs.earlham.ac.uk/Details.asp?... Please RT
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Collaborations are essential in science! This week, we're sampling at Mount Etna to study plant-microbe interactions in native pioneer plants thriving at high altitudes on the volcano!
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
How can zombie microbes interact with the Earth system? 🦠🧟🌎 Microbes, even when dormant, play a massive role in shaping Earth's ecosystems & biogeochemistry 🌎 In @natcomms.nature.com I explore dormancy in the context of Earth’s geosphere-biosphere co-evolution 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Microbial dormancy as an ecological and biogeochemical regulator on Earth - Nature Communications
Dormancy enables microbes to withstand periods of environmental harshness. It occurs throughout diverse ecosystems and spans vast timescales, and could play an important role in shaping the co-ev...
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
PhD opportunity with us at UEA (home fee students only) @biouea.bsky.social biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/des...
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Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership
This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I’m happy to share our recent review published in The ISME Journal! Here, we explore the role of CO and H₂ oxidisers in oligotrophic environments. This work was a collaboration with Philippe Constant, Gary King, and @hendrikschaefer.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy it! academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Metabolism of CO and H2 by pioneer bacteria in volcanic soils and the phyllosphere
Abstract. Trace gas degradation is a widespread metabolic adaptation in microbial communities, driving chemosynthesis and providing auxiliary energy that e
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Summer Research Experience Placements available for undergraduate students to join my group at UEA! Explore the impact of Arctic warming on antimicrobial resistance, in collaboration with Marc Dumont and James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/reps/impact-...
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Registration is open for LAM ECS Symposium on 12 June 2025 at the University of Liverpool. The closing date for abstract submissions from attendees intending to apply for an AMI Student Travel Bursary is 12 April 2025.
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Nela Nikolic @nelani.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Another PhD opportunity to join the growing Microbiology community in Southampton 💪 🦠 🔬 Interested in how bacteria adapt to challenges like temperature changes and antibiotics? Join my lab at UoS to explore the role of accessory elements! tinyurl.com/PhDbacteriaUoS Apply here: tinyurl.com/MicroUoS
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Accessory Genomes and Evolutionary Strategies of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Accessory Genomes and Evolutionary Strategies of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Happy to share our latest paper with our Chinese collaborators! Our findings highlight the critical role of bacterial and fungal abundance and diversity in sustaining soil multifunctionality within grassland ecosystems. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Coupling soil bacterial and fungal community traits to multifunctionality in grassland ecosystem
Understanding how bacterial and fungal community traits affect ecosystem functions, and thus provide ecosystem services, is becoming increasingly nece…
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Fatima Pereira @fatimacpereira.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
📣 Exciting opportunity! We're hiring a #postdoctoral fellow in #gutmicrobiome research to explore the activity and function of the gut microbiome in situ and its regulation by the immune system.🦠🔬 Post based at @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social Apply here 👇 jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) in Microbiology/Microbiome
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the Gut Microbiome Group, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton. The University of Southampton is a wor...
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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Permanent job in lovely Aarhus, Denmark, as a special consultant in biodiversity and nature conservation. www.au.dk/om/stillinge... 🧪 🌍 🦊 #WomenInSTEM #ScienceJobs
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Special consultant with expertise in biodiversity and nature conservation - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Ecoscience - Biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet
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Tillmann Lueders @luederslab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#FEMS_SSPD_2025 Speakers and mentors include @gabrieleberg.bsky.social, @matehg.bsky.social, @pbaldrian.bsky.social, @roeyangel.bsky.social, @kolb2018.bsky.social and many others! 👨‍🎓😍
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Tillmann Lueders @luederslab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#FEMS_SSPD_2025 Come and join Joana, myself and our suite of distinguished guest speakers in Ohrid for over a week of vibrant lectures and team work, an exciting scientific agenda, and targeted mentoring and career development. 👏 @femsmicro.bsky.social
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Applications are now open for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025! Thank you so much for the invitation, Tillmann and Joana. I'm really happy to be part of this great event! I can't wait to be there and mentor our fantastic ECRs. #FEMS_SSPD_2025 #Mentorship #ECRs @femsmicro.bsky.social
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The collection is now closed! 🎉 We have 10 published papers (with more to come). To our Guest Editors: Huge thanks for your commitment! 🙌 , I hope you enjoyed learning about the editorial process and gained valuable experience. @amiposts.bsky.social academic.oup.com/lambio/pages...
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The Role of Microorganisms in Ecosystem Services
Letters in Applied Microbiology is pleased to publish the themed collection ‘The Role of Microorganisms in Ecosystem Services’. This collection was collated in
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Thrilled to share another piece of work from our team, with fantastic collaboration from @drbradbrad.bsky.social! In this study, we explore how competition and facilitation among microbes can regulate the spread of AMR over time in the Arctic.
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Prevalence and dynamics of antimicrobial resistance in pioneer and developing Arctic soils - BMC Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in soil is an ancient phenomenon with widespread spatial presence in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the natural processes shaping the temporal dissemination of AMR in ...
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excited to share our team's first paper! In this study, we present two CO oxidisers from volcanic deposits, including a Cupriavidus - the first CO oxidiser identified from this genus. Hope you enjoy reading it! rdcu.be/d7CCx
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Carbon monoxide-oxidising Pseudomonadota on volcanic deposits - Environmental Microbiome
Carbon monoxide (CO) oxidising microorganisms are present in volcanic deposits throughout succession, with levels of vegetation and soil influencing the communities present. Carboxydovores are a subse...
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Happy to share our latest paper published in Environmental Research, a collaborative effort with our colleagues from China. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Methane production related to microbiota in dairy cattle feces
Methane (CH4) emission from livestock feces, led by ruminants, shows a profound impact on global warming. Despite this, we have almost no information …
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Thank you @amiposts.bsky.social for awarding our Master's student Deepal a travel grant! It was her first conference, and she truly enjoyed the experience! #ECR #MMEG
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
ELSA lab at #MMEG Southampton 2024
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Dr. Adriana Torres-Ballesteros @drimaria.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Latinos at #MMEG2024 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇨🇱 @unisouthampton.bsky.social @alejandra1909.bsky.social @matehg.bsky.social
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
📢 Calling all Polar/alpine microbiologists, biogeochemists & soil scientists ❄️🦠🌱 🌚 Working on cold/dark season processes? Consider our EGU session 🇪🇺👇 🕐 Abstracts 15 Jan 📍 Vienna, Austria 👪 Convenors Laura Helene Rasmussen, Emily Pickering-Pedersen & me meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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Session BG3.19
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🚨 PhD opportunity to join my group at UEA investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury. Deadline 1st January 2025. UK “home” students only (uni rules for this call) #PleaseRT www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury (HERNANDEZM_U25SCI) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury (HERNANDEZM_U25SCI) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Get in touch if you want to develop your next research project in my lab. royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
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Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society
This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
UK-based ECRs, MMEG registration is still open. appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
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MMEG: Molecular Microbial Ecology Group 2024
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Romain Tartese @romiche29.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Job opportunity at The University of Manchester - 'Senior Lecturer in Geological Data Science'. Come work with us, including if you work with Planetary Data #PlanetaryScience www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Senior Lecturer in Geological Data Science :Oxford Road
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We are excited to announce the launch of our MSc in Microbiology at UEA! Please feel free to reach out if you would like to learn more about this exciting opportunity. www.uea.ac.uk/course/postg...
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MSc Microbiology 2024/25 | UEA
Study our MSc Microbiology degree and learn the core concepts and broader societal impacts in the function of microorganisms supported by research resources.
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
🚨 MMEG: Thank you to those who submitted an abstract! Registration is still open if you want to join us at the QMUL in London on 18-19 December 2023. @AMIposts @mmeg2023 Molecular Microbial Ecology Group appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
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MMEG: Molecular Microbial Ecology Group
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Paper rejected, how’s your week going?
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Hi everyone! 😊
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