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Michelle Munguia

@michibicho.bsky.social
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Host-microbe interactions; ecosystem functioning; entomophagy; cuatro venezolano; salsa & bachata

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Arwyn Edwards @arwynedwards.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Lovely to feature alongside the brilliant Birgit Sattler & Tom Battin in this story about life in Earth's dying ice. www.the-scientist.com/the-ice-is-a...
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The Ice is Alive: Uncovering the Vanishing World of Glacial Microbes
Glaciers are flush with microbial life. But, as climate change speeds glacial melting, scientists rush to establish microbial biobanks to preserve them.
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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Glacial microbes might be tiny but their message is huge: climate change is erasing ecosystems we never knew existed. ❄️🔥 Have a read of this article about our own @arwynedwards.bsky.social 🔗https://www.the-scientist.com/the-ice-is-alive-uncovering-the-vanishing-world-of-glacial-microbes-73825
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Justin Stewart @thecrobe.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
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ericamhartmann.bsky.social @ericamhartmann.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Beautiful piece about microbes, buildings, and health 🤩 www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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The Probiotic Home
Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌 To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Reindeer in Ljungris, Berg Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden. Arild Vågen.
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Arwyn Edwards @arwynedwards.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
A powerful piece by @mountainogre.bsky.social on #microbes and #Arctic change, featuring our work on glacier ecology @aberdlsagb.bsky.social and work on methane cyclers by colleagues at UNIS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG) aims to make “post-publication peer review” more accessible Project headed by @reeserichardson.bsky.social @cosig.net retractionwatch.com/2025/06/04/c...
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‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review
For years, sleuths – whose names our readers are likely familiar with – have been diligently flagging issues with the scientific literature. More than a dozen of these specialists have teamed up to cr...
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 01/04/2025
If you'd like to read the 'Guide to communicating microbiomes in the media' document, as mentioned by Professor Lindsay Hall in their lecture this morning it's available here
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Guide to commiunicating microbiomes in the media
From the use of bacteria to redefine our life on Earth to the role of microbes in space exploration, this issue looks to the opportunities microbiology provides for all of us.
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Also, native pollinators *are* important for a resilient food system, including many common US crops! They often contribute as much as managed honeybees to pollination, even in agriculturally intensive areas: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Most of the world's crops depend on pollinators, so declines in both managed and wild bees raise concerns about food security. However, the degree to which insect pollination is actually limiting current crop production is poorly understood, as is the ...
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
With Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan we are very happy to announce the upcoming Latsis Symposium " Shaping microbial life in a changing environment" over July 8-10 at #EPFL Registrations are open til May 23rd. LINK: www.epfl-latsis-2025.org
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Jay T Lennon @jaytlennon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Microbes are key to tackling climate change! A new report from the @asm.org and IUMS Scientific Advisory Group highlights microbial solutions to reduce carbon reliance, enhance food security and mitigate methane. Read the report: asm.org/climatesolutionsn.
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Arwyn Edwards @arwynedwards.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We are losing ice, which more than just frozen water. Any interventions to save glaciers beyond reducing carbon emissions must protect icy ecosystems. Out now in @nature.com building on work from @riverepfl.bsky.social @matthias-huss.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
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Luis Teixeira @lmvteixeira.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
SymbNET PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses 2025 with great lecturers: J. Akorli, @berasymbionts.bsky.social, M. Blaser, T. Bosch, @nicoledubilier.bsky.social, @fkttkm.bsky.social, I. Gabanyi, G. Dominguez-Bello, and... 1/2 #SymbioSky #MicroSky gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...
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PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses 2025
Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) & Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) July 06...
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Justin Stewart @thecrobe.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Gradual domestication of root traits in the earliest maize from Tehuacán www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Michelle Munguia @michibicho.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Is this a funded opportunity? Can international students apply?
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Jai Mehat @jaimehat.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨An exciting #PhD opportunity in my group🧫 @UniSurreyBioSci with Linda Oyama @QUB to work on #phage modulation of the poultry #microbiome and suppressing AMR. Closing date for applications is 3rd Feb Apply here: tinyurl.com/y57huecd Please share!! #MicroSky #PhDSky #AcademicSky Details🔽
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PhD Opportunities - FoodBioSystems
Four-year funded PhD projects are available in areas that span the food chain from farm to fork. Closing date: 3 February 2024 (10:00 GMT)
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Michelle Munguia @michibicho.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Hi! Do you know how we can access the full list of signed-up professors to the programme?
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Aris Katzourakis @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Want to do a PhD on the interactions and evolution between viruses and their hosts? I am one of many signed up supervisors to the ILESLA programme:
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
🚨🌍 SUMMER #INTERNSHIP ALERT (for Columbia University students only): We are currently seeking law students, undergraduates and graduates who are interested in working on cutting-edge #climatechange, #energy, and environmental policy issues. Please apply by 2/16. Details ➡️ buff.ly/3tGRpKt
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PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 04/01/2025
Anne Telnaes, Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, has resigned. The paper censored a cartoon that criticized billionaires. Democracy dies in broad daylight, too. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Fully-funded PhD scholarship at Massey University to study alpine insect microbiomes and ice nucleation. NZ$35,000 stipend/year for 3 years. Starts March 2025. More info: www.massey.ac.nz/study/scholarships… #evoldir #phd
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PhD Scholarship: Freeze-tolerant insects and the microbiome
Two fully funded PhD scholarship are available at Massey University Manawatū New Zealand to study the evolution of freeze-tolerant alpine insects.
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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 29/11/2024
Want to improve your bioinformatics & data science skills? We’ve got you covered! Our world-class Training programme empowers scientists at all career stages 🖥️🧬 On-demand training ⬇️ www.ebi.ac.uk/training/on-... Upcoming live events ⬇️ www.ebi.ac.uk/training/liv... @ebitraining.bsky.social
People taking part in a training session sitting in front of computers
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
My piece on what US government scientists can do to prepare for the Trump administration is featured in this list of the Revelator's top environmental commentaries of 2024. 🧪🌎 therevelator.org/environmenta...
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14 Must-Read Environmental Commentaries • The Revelator
In 2024 our experts explored subjects ranging from autocratic governments to green jobs and new ways to help endangered species.
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Michelle Munguia @michibicho.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Thank you! I've already sent you an email with CV a week ago. I'm resending the email right now.
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Michelle Munguia @michibicho.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
I'm very interested in this opportunity. Can overseas students apply too?
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Arwyn Edwards @arwynedwards.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A PhD opportunity funded by the BBSRC #FoodBioSystems DTP - Awakening the dormant soil microbiome. Based in @aberdlsagb.bsky.social with Dr Amanda Gibson, Prof Luis Mur and me, and @rwheatley8.bsky.social at QUB. Please share! research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
The only thing I've tried generative AI for is making images like this, to advertise new projects which explore invisible facets of life. This picture shows a sleeping bacterium in a field. It's estimated over 80% of microbes in soil are dormant, and it is important to learn why, and how this interacts with agricultural processes.
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William L King @drmicrowill.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Deadline is approaching (Jan 8) - reach out if you want to chat about this environmental microbiology PhD opportunity! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social #findaphd #newPI #phdopportunity #phd #education #ecology #sustainability #conservation #microbiology #microbiome
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Greg Hurst @greghurst.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
BBSRC funded PhD - evolution in the early stages of symbiosis, using Arsenophonus as model. tinyurl.com/Edgeofsymbio.... Apply by 30/01/2025. Available for UK and International students. With @brockhurstlab.bsky.social and @acdarby.bsky.social. #symbiosky
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BBSRC NWD: On the edges of symbiosis: how insect symbionts evolve in newly established interactions at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC NWD: On the edges of symbiosis: how insect symbionts evolve in newly established interactions at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Norman van Rhijn @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🚨Job Alert PhD opportunity with Manchester Fungal Infection Group at University of Manchester looking at mycobiome in response to fungicides🍄‍🟫💊 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Paul Hallett @pdhallett.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Microplastics in soil PhD project combining soil physics and microbiology - applications due by 17 January. Working with a multidisciplinary supervisory team including @micecoevo.bsky.social . www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Paul Kardol @paulkardol.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Curious how forest microclimate and soil microbes drive carbon cycling in a changing climate? 🌡️🌳🍄We're offering a 4-year PhD position at @mycopat.bsky.social, SLU-Uppsala. A cool new project in collaboration with @linegreis.bsky.social Apply now or help spread the word! www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"What makes a super-spreader? Unravelling the genetics of host infectiousness" Funded #PhD position in my lab exploring the drivers of host heterogeneity in pathogen transmission. Get in touch if interested. Deadline 17 Jan 2025. #HostPathogen #DiseaseEcology www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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EastBio: What makes a super-spreader? Unravelling the genetics of host infectiousness. at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: What makes a super-spreader? Unravelling the genetics of host infectiousness. at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
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James Salter @jsalter90.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Fully-funded PhD positions @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeternews.bsky.social as part of new NERC CDT 'UNRISK'. Projects at intersection of climate/data/decision science, all info and list of projects + supervisors found at unrisk-cdt.ac.uk Deadline to apply 13th January
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Understanding Uncertainty to Reduce Climate Risks – NERC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This year up to 26 funded PhD studentships in environmental sciences are available in our YES-DTN across the University of Leeds and the University of York UK yes-dtn.ac.uk. Find out more about projects and the application process via webinars on 13th and 17th December. Details via the link.
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Home - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
YES•DTN Applications are now open. Closing date: 8 January 2025, 17:00 GMT We are a partnership between the University of Leeds, the University of York, the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and...
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 03/12/2024
Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 06/12/2024
I'm looking forward to the @srti.bsky.social #agu24 calendar of events: Out of the Lab and Into the Streets! It's unfortunate how timely these trainings and events are but they couldn't be more important. www.srturtleisland.org/agu/ #scientistrebellion
Scientist Rebellion: Join us at our AGU 2024 Science to Action events
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Our "Nostradamus of Conservation" @billsutherland.bsky.social and his people have spoken! 16th Horizon scan of issues novel or a considerable step-change and have the potential to substantially affect #conservation of biological diversity in coming decade. 🌍🧪🦑 🌐 www.cell.com/action/showP...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 03/12/2024
I know there's so much news to track at the moment, but let me add some important science to the list: "An unknown disease killed 143 people in a south-west province of Democratic Republic of the Congo in November." www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Unknown disease kills 143 people in south-west DRC, local authorities say
Infected people described as having flu-like symptoms including high fever and severe headaches
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Jan Wieringa @janwieringa.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Job alert!! Two PhD positions on freeze-tolerance in insects. You will have to move to New Zealand, but it gives the opportunity to study (a.o.) wetas!!! They are so cool.....
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Michelle Munguia @michibicho.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Do you know where can we find the recording?
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 06/12/2024
Have you ever wondered what kind of research impacts real-world policy and practice? 💭 @jappliedecology.bsky.social 's new Virtual Issue showcases a range of articles that have led to management changes or have been highly cited in online policy documents! 📚 Read more: buff.ly/3OE10IY
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Dr. Gita Gnanadesikan @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Applications are open for the AWIS (Association for Women in Science) 2025 scholarships, including awards for undergraduate students (~$2k), doctoral students ($10k), and women re-entering the STEM workforce ($2.5k)! More info: awis.org/awis-announc... #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM 👩🏽‍🔬
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AWIS Announces 2025 Scholarship Cycle
The Association for Women in Science is proud to announce its 2025 scholarship program, designed to support women in scientific fields at various stages of their academic and professional journeys.
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Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🚨 PhD Opportunity @halllab.bsky.social! 🔬 Decoding Early Life Microbiota & Host Interactions 🧬 Ideal for those with bioinformatics/microbiome experience 🌍 Open to international candidates (MSCA mobility rules apply). 📅 Deadline: 18th Dec 🌐 Apply now: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Decoding Early Life Microbiota and Host Interactions at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Decoding Early Life Microbiota and Host Interactions at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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ARIES DTP @aries-dtp.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Salt marshes are critical but vulnerable systems. Join us in a #PhD #opportunity to measure the plant-microbial drivers of nutrient cycling in these habitats under a changing climate. buff.ly/4dZ1fsh
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Michelle Munguia @michibicho.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Also from outside of Europe?
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Michelle Munguia @michibicho.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Can internationals apply too?
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Neeltje Boogert @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Come do a PhD with Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social , Dan Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social and me on Gulls! GPS- and Bluetooth-tracking! Microbiomes & AMR acquisition & transmission! Human-wildlife conflict & mitigation! should be fun :-)
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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
An updated list with those added who wanted to join go.bsky.app/VVLoMPx
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Ian Lidbury @iandealidbury.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... What to determine the mechanisms driving plant-fungi-bacteria interaction? Come and do a PhD with us @sheffielduni.bsky.social
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Exploring bacteria-mycorrhizal fungi-plant interactions regulating nutrient exchange at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Exploring bacteria-mycorrhizal fungi-plant interactions regulating nutrient exchange at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
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