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Cecile Gubry-Rangin

@micecoevo.bsky.social
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Prof microbial ecology, University Aberdeen. Soil, plant-microbe interaction, specialisation, diversification, climate change. Mum, mentor, traveller, foodie, hiking-lover and gardener www.gubry-rangin.com

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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Enhancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Barley? Yes, it's likely possible via Biological Nitrification Inhibition www.the-microbiologist.com/news/barley-...
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Barley discovery reveals nitrogen cycling pathway that could offer a nature-based solution to fertilizer loss
A new study reveals the presence of a nitrogen cycling pathway in barley that could prove valuable in cutting fertilizer requirements as the cost to farmers rises.
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Fully-funded PhD studentship (only available for UK applicants...) on microbial ecology, soil biophysics and sustainable agriculture in Aberdeen, Scotland www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Borjana Arsova @borjana-a.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🆕📃: #Pseudomonas🦠 helps #plants🌾 grow better under #Nitrogen limitation by stimulating mild protein changes, in the #root, only @⬇️#N. #phenomics #PlantSci #Botany #proteomics #lipidomics #phenotyping #PlantMicrobeInteractions #PMI 🧪 #Brachypodium #PlantCellEnvir #PCE doi.org/10.1111/pce....
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Systems‐Level Plant Responses Reveal Pseudomonas‐Mediated Growth Promotion in Brachypodium Under Nitrogen Limitation
The plant growth–promoting bacterium Pseudomonas koreensis improves Brachypodium distachyon growth under limited nitrogen by modulating plant-encoded N acquisition and metabolic organization within a....
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New scheme to increase your chances of joining us in Aberdeen (beautiful Scotland) with a fellowship! www.abdn.ac.uk/sbs/blog/ear... I am interested in hosting people on soil microbial projects, either applied or fundamental. See our lab webpage for our science and email me if interested :-)
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Connor G G Bamford @connorggbamford.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
One Week left to apply for this exciting PhD via the QUARTILES DLA w/ @micecoevo.bsky.social , @timskvortsov.bsky.social & Julianne Megaw) on understanding drivers of virus ecology in the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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QUARTILES DLA: Understanding phage-host dynamics in cyanobacteria for sustainable biocontrol of harmful algal blooms at Queen’s University Belfast on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA: Understanding phage-host dynamics in cyanobacteria for sustainable biocontrol of harmful algal blooms at Queen’s University Belfast, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon
Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry. Ac...
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Alejandra Ordonez @alejandra1909.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The pre print of my PhD research is out! 📣 Check it out for some cool results on high-throuhput microbial isolation, #SynComs and #Tree #Microbiome 🌳🧫 doi.org/10.1101/2025... #PhDone 💯
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Large-scale culturing of the tree microbiome enables targeted disease suppression
The tree microbiome is essential for host health and pathogen suppression. Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) are emerging as important tools to understand microbiome dynamics and engineer micr...
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Post-doc position on Biological Nitrification Inhibition in rice in Aberdeen (Scotland)! Join our nice team and environment! Deadline 23rd Sept! www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New preprint from our team! Experimental evidence that ammonia-oxidizing archaea in sponges use branched chain amino acids as substrates - possibly also key for host interaction #Nitrification #MicroSky 🧪 #ArchaeaSky @bglasl.bsky.social @kathikitzinger.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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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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barleymicrobreed.bsky.social @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Sincere gratitude from #BarleyMicroBreed to #Rhizosphere6 for an inspiring conference👏. We received fantastic and truly inspiring feedback on our presentations - keynote by Mette Vestergård, talk by Menghui Dong and posters by Karl Körber and Andrea Visioni🙏🌾🌞.
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Tiina Roose @tiinaroose.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
@royalsociety.org URF reunion at the #rhizo6 in Edinburgh. Beautiful dinner in the National Museum of Scotland. From left: Carmen Sánchez Cañizares, @iandealidbury.bsky.social, Laura Lehtovirta- Morley, Cecile Gubry-Rangin, yours truly and in the front Siul Ruiz. #rhizo6 📸 @jeffinerca.bsky.social
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Borjana Arsova @borjana-a.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Plant exudates effectively inhibit soil nitrification and reduce nitrous oxide emissions says Ellen E Smith. #Rhizosphere6 #PlantScience #BNI #N2O 🧪
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Ian Lidbury @iandealidbury.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The @royalsociety.org URF crew on tour at #Rhizosphere6 in @edinburghup.bsky.social
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Borjana Arsova @borjana-a.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In "The role of trade-offs between #niche breadth and fitness in #microbial adaptation to fluctuating environments » Prof. Cecile Gubry-Rangin says: "🦠 generalists have greater fitness following an env. change, except after an extreme change when specialists perform better" #Rhizosphere6 🧪
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Just a few days left to apply to a PhD studentship in my group on soil-plant-microbe interaction to join a dynamic team on this subject: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Happy to discuss informally before application!
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Graeme Nicol @graemenicol.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Potential PhD opportunity studying soil virus ecology in our group. Please get in touch if interested!
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) terminates dormancy among diverse soil bacteria #mSystems by @jaytlennon.bsky.social et al journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) terminates dormancy among diverse soil bacteria | mSystems
Dormancy is a process whereby individuals enter a reversible state of reduced metabolic activity. In fluctuating environments, dormancy protects individuals from unfavorable conditions, enhancing fitn...
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QUARTILES DLA @quartiles-dla.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Fully funded QUARTILES DLA PhD opportunity supervised by @micecoevo.bsky.social and @lancasterlt.bsky.social at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Apply now, deadline 30th April! UK/Home applicants only www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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QUARTILES DLA: Microbial thermal tolerance in the context of climate change at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA: Microbial thermal tolerance in the context of climate change at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Fidra @fidrango.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
New research by @hutton.ac.uk found #microplastics in soil samples increased by up to 1,450% just four years after sewage sludge was applied⚠️ Microplastics can impact #soil biota and pollute the wider environment due to their persistence🪱 Article ⬇️ www.hutton.ac.uk/new-study-fi...
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New study finds 1,450% increase in microplastic levels within soil after four years of sewage sludge application
A new Hutton study has shown an increase of 1,450% in microplastics found within soil samples after 4 years of sewage sludge application.
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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📣 Come join us at the ACTIONr PhD summer school in Greece! “Biological Nitrification Inhibition: Integrating Microbial Functions, Plant Traits, and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Nitrogen Cycling” Free registration & lodging! 😁👇
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Davide Bulgarelli @bulgarelli-d.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Are you a student, scholar or professional interested in the wonderful world of the rhizosphere? If yes, we look forward to welcoming you in Edinburgh in June for www.rhizo6.org an exciting platform to exchange ideas to enhance plant and soil health. Still two weeks to go for abstract submission!
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Rhizosphere 6 - Rooting for Earth
Welcome to Rhizosphere 6 We are looking forward to welcoming the global rhizosphere research community to Edinburgh for Rhizosphere 6 in June 2025. The meeting will foster exchange, interaction and ...
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Rhizosphere 6 meeting in the middle of the summer in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.rhizo6.org/home
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Rhizosphere 6 - Rooting for Earth
Welcome to Rhizosphere 6 We are looking forward to welcoming the global rhizosphere research community to Edinburgh for Rhizosphere 6 in June 2025. The meeting will foster exchange, interaction and ...
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📢 Climate change -soil - microbes - adaptation - growth - dormancy - resilience - temperature! PhD position still open! Join a dynamic team with @lancasterlt.bsky.social and Chris Allen in Aberdeen (Scotland)!
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Fully funded PhD studentships in the University of Aberdeen in microbial adaptation: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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QUARTILES DLA: Microbial thermal tolerance in the context of climate change at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA: Microbial thermal tolerance in the context of climate change at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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davidpowlson.bsky.social @davidpowlson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I'm sure worth reading and maybe there is progress in practical measurement of soil C changes but I still worry about so much effort devoted to this topic. Yes we should increase C for soil functioning (health). But may be easier to achieve GHG cuts by improving N management.
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Still time to apply to this PhD studentship to join my group, to be co-supervised by @pdhallett.bsky.social, Jo Smith (UoA) and Fiona Fraser (SRUC) at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social and @srucnews.bsky.social Deadline to apply 17th January!
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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I have just started as President of the British Society of Soil Science. This is a tremendous organisation with over 900 members, spanning from students to educators, technicians, scientists, professionals and basically anyone with an interest in soils. Read more- soils.org.uk/blog/welcome...
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Welcome from our new President - British Society of Soil Science
Professor Paul Hallett from the University of Aberdeen has officially commenced his term as British Society of Soil Science President for 2025 and 2026, as of 1 January. Prof Hallett works in the Scho...
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Rémi Cardinael @remicardinael.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Santa Claus🎅 is early this year 🤩#justout paper led by @stuartsoil.bsky.social with @andreajilling.bsky.social @agent-sprout.bsky.social & others "A microbial framework for nitrogen cycling solutions in agroecosystems" @cp-oneearth.bsky.social Permanent link here: doi.org/10.1016/j.on...
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I really like these Voices articles in One Earth, and am honoured to be part of this great collection on 'Understanding soil health'. In my opinion, a healthy soil is a healthy belowground half of an ecosystem. www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
A screenshot of the pdf of my contribution to this Voices collection, with my photo on the left and the text on the right, entitled "Understanding the belowground half of ecosystems". The text reads: Soils are the belowground half of ecosystems, with the total biomass of roots and soil organisms and their diversity equaling or even surpassing that of the aboveground half. Just as it is impossible to identify one property that defines “a healthy ecosystem,” it is impossible to define one property that defines healthy soil. A healthy, well-functioning soil is a healthy belowground ecosystem, and this will be very different between a heathland or a cropland, a forest or a grassland.
Most soil health indicators, monitoring initiatives, and laws focus on agricultural soils. It is relatively easy to define healthy agricultural soil—fertile soil that stably supports optimal plant growth and yield. But defining one soil health metric that works for agricultural soils ignores the fact that soils under different natural ecosystems, in different regions of the world, have vastly different properties and soil biodiversity, and that the processes that determine the functioning of those can be very different from those that we value in agricultural soils.
The fact that we try to capture soil health in a simple metric to me signifies how far the field of belowground ecology is lagging behind that of aboveground ecology. To improve our understanding of the properties that constitute healthy belowground ecosystems we need to set up and expand national and global soil monitoring networks, such as SoilBON, that don’t just focus on agricultural soils. This will help us include crucial properties of the belowground part of ecosystems in frameworks for assessing ecosystem quality.
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
🔊Job offers!📢. We will have a few post-doc and PhD studentship positions to join our research team in Aberdeen. Please apply or disseminate the first one below on: 📢 Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Excited to share our new study in @ismepublications.bsky.social showing that microbial niche breadth specialisation (being a generalist or a specialist) impacts ecological and evolutionary adaptation following environmental change doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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Niche breadth specialization impacts ecological and evolutionary adaptation following environmental change
Abstract. Ecological theory predicts that organismal distribution and abundance depend on the ability to adapt to environmental change. It also predicts th
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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Just arrived🎉! Better late than never😆
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