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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

How does variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity affect tree growth? What are the knowledge gaps to more fully answering this question? See my review out today in Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 24/01/2025

We all know more and more people are hiring private firefighting crews in L.A. But who are the private firefighters? Their price? Their vibe? I drove up the Sierra Hwy to spend the day with a stuntman/teamster/firefighter to find out… For @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them

Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Happy to share this work that just came out. Emily Bechtold and co-authors collated a huge amount of field microbiome data to identify microbial signals associated with high methane fluxes from freshwater terrestrial wetlands - more here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Metabolic interactions underpinning high methane fluxes across terrestrial freshwater wetlands - Nature Communications

The authors created a multisite database to link microbial methane-cycling networks to CH4 fluxes across diverse wetlands, revealing differences in microbial cross-feeding and methanogen dynamics that...

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François-Xavier Joly @fxjoly.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

📣 Our paper on soil carbon response to tree planting is out in J. of Env. Management: 🌲 Temperate grassland conversion to conifer forest destabilises mineral soil carbon stocks Open access ➡️ tinyurl.com/3krerb92 A short thread ⤵️

Conceptual diagram representing hypothesised mechanisms leading to observed differences in SOM pools between grasslands and coniferous forests. Differences in flux sizes are represented by varying arrow widths. Differences in the size of functionally distinct litter and SOM pools are represented by varying icon numbers.

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

10 degrees and snowing means perfect weather to get rid of some slash piles….

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Took about 20 seconds of the Severance season 1 ‘recap’ for me to realize I had absolutely no recollection of what happened. Re-watch it is then…..

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 12/12/2024

With today's report outlining risks on mirror life www.science.org/doi/full/10.... many have asked: Could mirror life survive in the wild? Yes. While mirror life in the wild could have some significant disadvantages (like finding food it can digest), they do not appear to be insurmountable: 🧵

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Confronting risks of mirror life

Broad discussion is needed to chart a path forward.

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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Well I guess it's time to restart the postcards from the anthropocene thread over here 📷 @asssociatedpress.bsky.social

Firefighters monitor the Franklin Fire approaching Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. Photo by Jae C. Hong for AP

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CSU Department of Soil & Crop Sciences @csusoilcropsci.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The Willige Lab in the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences at CSU is looking for new graduate students. Position and application details below 👇

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CSU Department of Soil & Crop Sciences @csusoilcropsci.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Christmas gathering for members of the Colorado State Microbiome Network!

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Great end to the semester in our grad student presentation class! Kya Sparks spoke about her work investigating forest soil microbiomes, capping off 16 weeks of engaging presentations from grad students in the Soil & Crop Sciences department. Pic courtesy of Kelly Wrighton @jchrispires.bsky.social

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The outcry over the Hunter Biden pardon is a symptom of a party that has not yet mourned the kind of political norms that will never return. Wrote about it for Bad Faith Times: bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-dogs-con...

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The Dogs Continue To Dunk On Us

It’s well past time for leading Democrats to lead a national mourning of the norms that will never return.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Smart of Jerry Jeudy to conserve his effort for his last two seasons in Denver just so he could be fresh for this game

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Lejo Flores, Ph.D. @hydrolejo.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Hey Colorado peeps, especially those that live in Summit/Park Co. Someone I attended high school with is missing. Please be on the lookout for Jayna Lang. Last seen 11/24 in her 2016 white Toyota 4Runner, license plate “JAYNA.” If you’ve seen it please call the police. Share this widely

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Pair of mountain lions cruising on through the property… 📍Bellvue, Colorado

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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 30/11/2024

I know Georgia beating Georgia Tech isn't an upset but you should rush the field after 8 overtimes just to avoid deep vein thrombosis

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🇨🇦 Marc Strous @marcstrous.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I'm looking for a new grad student interested in microbiology of ancient groundwaters, a fascinating journey into an enigmatic environment with opportunities for fundamental discovery and relevance to groundwater remediation. Contact me if you like fieldwork, mesocosm experiments and metagenomics.

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It was a pleasure to work on this project! Check it out if you’re interested in genome-resolved insights into river microbiomes

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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs

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Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Today, I wrap up teaching the writing part of my #SciComm class for the 8th (& possibly last) time. It is so gratifying to see the growth and reflection amongst the students in the class. At the end, I give the class my synopsis "Schimel Sheet": burginlab.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... Please share.

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Starter pack of biogeofeminists (I have missed many if not most - pls add yourself below & I can update 🩵💜 go.bsky.app/784EKsF

Biogeofeminists starter pack image with 7 little circles of the over 130 Bluesky accounts included

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Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

A rollercoaster read: Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Do... do borgs package themselves in capsids... or vaults ?

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Almost a work of art: gas bubbles trapped in the ice in a beaver pond in northern Colorado

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Karen Lloyd @karenlloyd.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

I consulted for a Kurzgesagt cartoon about the Deep Subsurface Biosphere, and it turned out AMAZING! These guys must have had a blast putting all this together. Check it out here m.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6x...

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There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

New National Academies report on linkages between soil and human health. Discussions on the microbial components will be happening this afternoon at ASM, 515p, room 304 nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2745...

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Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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Jay T Lennon @jaytlennon.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

"Priorities, opportunities, and challenges for integrating microorganisms into Earth system models for climate change prediction" Now available in mBio: tinyurl.com/mswta3dd

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Don't let the door hit ya on the — never mind, there's no door

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

Predicting microbial growth conditions from amino acid composition www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs

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Denise Akob @deniseakob.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

#JobAlert #microbiology #microbiologyjobs I am hiring a scientist to work with me at the US Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. Interested? Apply at www.usajobs.gov/job/783135100 starting April 1st (note that only 50 applications will be accepted). Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 09/03/2024

Big congratulations to @ameliarnelson.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD earlier this week!

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Andreas Richter @andreasrichter.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Excited to share our new study showing that soil warming does not increase bacterial growth rates, as previously thought, but causes twice as many taxa to become active. Great work by Dennis Metze! @christinakaiser.bsky.social, @cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Soil warming increases the number of growing bacterial taxa but not their growth rates

More active taxa, not faster growth rates, drive warming-induced increases in bacterial community growth.

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

For the NSF DEB community - see the new solicitation for the core programs. What’s to note? SG (Small Grants) changed to STAR - new acronym with more $, now $400k. Great for theory, synthesis, postdoc initiated ideas, etc. Only 10 pages too. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Division of Environmental Biology

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

Jerry Jones hasn't been this disappointed since they desegregated his hometown swimming pool

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

“Absolutely, we’ll pay for forehead”

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Ann Gregory, PhD @gregoryannc.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

I am excited to officially announce that I will be starting my own lab at the University of Calgary in January 2024 to study the human virome! I am recruiting grad students and postdocs. For more details, please check out my lab’s website: www.integrativeviromicslab.com

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Home | Gregory Lab

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Matthew Kirk @microbialmatt.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

For those who prefer hard copies, my open geomicrobiology textbook is now available in print for small charge via Amazon - a.co/d/84LBGDl. It also continues to be available online for free - newprairiepress.org/ebooks/53/#:....

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Mike Wilkins @mjwilkins.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Come join us at Colorado State in beautiful Fort Collins! Our department (Soil & Crop Sciences) is hiring for a tenure-track soil scientist position. Details at the link below: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/136...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

My sources tell me that Yaccarino replied "whether it's soup or ice cream, #spoons are an absolute must!"

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