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Tanya Cheeke

@tanyacheeke.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology at Washington State University, plant-soil-microbe interactions, mycorrhizal fungi, restoration ecology, conservation|she/her 🌱🍄🌲🔥🦋

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📣 NYBG is hiring a Part-Time Research Technician to support invasive species research, data management, and institutional policy implementation ⌛ 2y position, 20h/wk, hybrid eligible 🎓 Bachelor's or Master's 📊 data mgmt & analysis experience, incl. spatial 🗺️ 🤑 $26/h www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
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Employment | New York Botanical Gardens
Join us at the garden! Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New paper showing that it took 7 years post-inoculation to see effects on plant communities, highlighting the importance of longterm studies in restoration research esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Inoculation with old‐growth microbes improves restoration quality and reduces non‐native encroachment after seven years
Understanding the mechanisms that promote native seedling establishment in disturbed ecosystems is key to improving the biodiversity and function of landscape restorations. Over seven growing seasons...
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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...
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New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology.
New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Has anyone bought a new, full-size -80 freezer recently? If so, any recommendations & approx cost I should expect? The old one I’ve been using has died for the last time… Thanks!
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Job opening at the IGI's Plant Genomics & Transformation Facility at UC Berkeley: Assistant / Associate Specialist – Plant Transformation & Genome Editing ow.ly/7htY50ZyBqg #CRISPR 🌱🧬
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Another fun day at #MSAfungi26
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
FungalFashion at #MSAfungi26
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Fun day at the MSA foray! #MSAfungi26
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
MSA Foray 2026 #MSAfungi26
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Justin Stewart @thecrobe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
~1 billion times the distance from Earth to the Sun. That is approx the total length of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal hyphae in topsoils. These microscopic fungal networks form one of Earth’s circulatory systems moving carbon and nutrients. Out now in @science.org : lnkd.in/eKAsVN_Z
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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 03/06/2026
We have an unusual situation this year: we have more mentors than usual for our current number of Singletons! Please share the link with your network! We will match up as many as we can! #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🦠🧪🔬
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Dr. Sara L Middleton @saralilplants.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Such a devasting loss 💔 If you are able to, consider donating to support Adriana's family 👇🏽 www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Support for Jovani Catalan & Family, organized by Ivette Guzman
Dearest friends and family, We have set up this page to support Jovani Catalan and h… Ivette Guzman needs your support for Support for Jovani Catalan & Family
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Dr. Sydney Glassman @sydneyglassman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Heartbreaking loss of a colleague, fellow mushroom enthusiast, and friend. cnas.ucr.edu/news/2026/05...
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Remembering Adriana Romero-Olivares: Scientist, Educator, and Advocate
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Devastating loss of Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares this week. She was an amazing mycologist, a leader in her field, & my friend & collaborator. This is a tremendous loss for mycology, science, & the world. There is a meal train for her husband & two small children www.mealtrain.com/trains/l3kg64
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Meal Train for Jovani Catalan (Spouse of Adriana Romero Olivares)
Hi all, Please help out the family of Adriana Romero Olivares. Her husband, Jovani, and kids can be helped with meals over the next weeks as Adriana recovers.
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If anyone would like to do PhD work in my plant-soil-microbe & restoration ecology lab at WSU, please email me about this opportunity. Apps due by June 30
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tcamenzind.bsky.social @tcamenzind.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Come work with me at the Department of Soil Biology in Hohenheim, Postdoc position for three years. I am looking for someone who will support my current line of research and help establish novel methods of molecular soil ecology in the lab. Thanks for sharing. www.uni-hohenheim.de/stellenangeb...
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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim
Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.
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Dr. Amy Nusbaum @amynusbaum.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Friends! My university is hiring an Asst Professor of Biology and an Asst Professor of History and American Indian Studies. Our students are wonderful, my colleagues are great, we do good work. Please share! Happy to answer questions :) heritage.edu/wp-content/u... heritage.edu/wp-content/u...
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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Native Plant Trust (Wayland, MA) is hiring a Plant Conservation Scientist! 🌱 maintain research program on native plant conservation and ecological restoration 🫘 curate the conservation seed bank and herbarium 🎓MS, PhD or equivalent experience 💸 $75-85k www.nativeplanttrust.org/about/jobs-i...
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Jobs + Internships - Native Plant Trust
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Håvard Kauserud @drhyfe.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New study out from the EcoForest project: Long-term effects of clear-cutting on understory plant communities in boreal forests www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Long-term effects of clear-cutting on understory plant communities in boreal forests
After five centuries of selective cutting in the boreal Fennoscandian forest there was a shift to stand replacing harvest (clear-cutting) in the 1940s…
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UMR Eco&Sols lab @umr-ecosols.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A 2-year postdoc with Eco&Sols, hosted at CESAB (French Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity). Objective : a meta-analysis of tree diversity effects on forest drought resilience. Starting date: 1st September 2026. Application deadline : 17th May 2026 Job announcement 👇
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Job opportunities - Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité
Créée en 2008, la FRB recherche régulièrement de nouveaux collaborateurs. Elle constitue un point de convergence entre la science et la société, autour des défis que doit aujourd’hui relever la recher...
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Anurag Agrawal @anurag-asclepias.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Open postdoc position in my lab at Cornell, conducting comparative and experimental studies on transcriptomic responses to diet and toxins, utilizing the milkweed-insect community. Background in molecular bio & herbivory desired. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31867
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Cornell University, CALS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Job #AJO31867, WDR-00057721 Postdoctoral Associate, CALS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Michael Paul Nelson @michaelpaulnelson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Just spotted! - the rare and elusive tenure track position. This one in forest conservation genetics in my department - Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State. Help spread the word! jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/178...
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Assistant Professor: Forest Genetics and Genomics
The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track, Assistant Professor: Forest Genetics and Genomics position.We seek a scholar-edu...
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Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Postdoc (2 years) in mycorrhizal fungal biogeography & species distribution modelling @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Work with large-scale metabarcoding data and modelling. Deadline is 30th April www.umu.se/en/work-with...
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Postdoctoral scholarship (2 years) in mycorrhizal biogeography and species distribution modelling
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/pivot-... - a terrific opportunity for a cross-disciplinary focused postdoc training
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Pivot Fellowship
Pivot Fellowship on Simons Foundation
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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️ You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more! 👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/... Read and share ‼️ #sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
ROOT & SHOOT 2026 travel awards are open for SACNAS, MANRRS, or AISES student/mentor pairs. Up to $3,000 per pair (US) / $4,000 (intl) to attend select plant-science conferences. Apply by Dec 5, 2025. Details & application: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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NSF Research Coordination Network: ROOT & SHOOT. 2026 travel award application for members of SACNAS, MANRRS, or AISES
The NSF-funded LEAPS: RCN: ROOT & SHOOT (Rooting Out Oppression Together and SHaring Our Outcomes Transparently) aims to strengthen plant science to become more welcoming to all. Part of this mission ...
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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The Tumber-Dávila Lab and Michael Cox are looking for a postdoctoral Fellow to join the Environmental Studies Department at Dartmouth through the Society of Fellows Program 🌎🧪🌳🍁 apply.interfolio.com/176741
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
New paper out with my PhD student as a co-author. Nice work, Zac Shortt!
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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I started this #Mycologists Starter Pack, aiming to get all professional fungal researchers on BlueSky in one place. DM if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/UMrVSsp
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Jessie Uehling @fungaljess.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Have you heard about MycoEd yet? A model educational program offering training for students on fungal genome sequencing and analysis. how powerful!! #mycofam #thefutureisfungal journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Myco-Ed: Mycological curriculum for education and discovery
Fungi are important and hyperdiverse organisms, yet chronically understudied. Most fungal clades have no reference genomes, impeding our understanding of their ecosystem functions and use as solutions...
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Diversify Microbiology @diversifymicro.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Diversify Microbiology is now open to all professionals working in the microbiology field. Nominate yourself at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Diversify Microbiology
This is a self-nomination form, entries submitted on behalf of someone else will be deleted. This list is intended for individuals who have completed a PhD or otherwise are employed in a professional ...
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Dream job in an awesome lab if anyone is looking for a technician position: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
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Research Technician - University of Kansas - Job Details
Job Details: A full-time lab/field research technician position is available to support research in the ecology and evoluti
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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 24/07/2025
Mark your calendar for the International Monarch #MonitoringBlitz! 🦋 From July 25 to August 3, 2025 you can snap pictures of milkweed plants and monarch butterflies in any life stage - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis or adult - and upload your observations to iNaturalist.
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New paper out from the Cheeke Lab led by @raeberner.bsky.social with @balachaudhary.bsky.social & Geoff Zahn. Congrats Rae! academic.oup.com/femsle/advan...
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Annual grass invasion is associated with differences in the community structure and abundance of biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Abstract. Interactions between biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi may increase plant resilience to environmental stress in native grasslands.
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Another fun year at the Oregon Country Fair
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Fun times at #MSAFungi2025
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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Mojave Desert Land Trust is hiring a Field Coordinator with the Mojave Desert Seed Bank! 🫘 #seedjobs 2 positions posted, hiring 1 candidate depending on quals & experience. Coordinator/Lead – min 1 yr experience, $23-25/hr Supervisor – 2-5 yrs exp., $25-28/hr saveplants.org/forums/topic...
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Job Opportunity, Mojave Desert Seed Bank Field Coordinator - Center for Plant Conservation
Mojave Desert Land Trust is recruiting to fill a Field Coordinator position with the Mojave Desert Seed Bank! We are recruiting to fill the position of Seed Bank Field Coordinator/Lead – Field Supervi...
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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 17/05/2025
Microbiologists! Check out the the🧵below and then sign up for #BinningSingletons @ #ASMicrobe 2025 in LA! 🧪 binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...
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Geoff Zahn @geoffzahn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Zahn lab is transitioning into the TIDAL Lab this Fall and moving to the Appl. Sci. Department at William & Mary. Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026). RP please! gzahn.github.io
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Are you a microbiologist looking to move to Alaska? There is an opening for a microbiologist in a clinical lab in Bethel. Only requires a BS. Please share with your networks, they really need to hire someone ASAP. phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/ca... #AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
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Hiring BS Microbiologist, Laboratory - Bethel
View job details and apply now
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Dr Ecology 🌲 @ecologyphd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 The Battelle NPO manages the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) & is hiring a Field Ecologist II. Tucson, AZ $19.33-22.74/ hr 🌎🌾🧪🌿🌲🌳🌱🍁🪻🌵🏜️ #PlantScience #GenerationRestoration #JobAlert
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NEON Field Ecologist II - Instrumentation - AZ in Tucson, AZ | Biology at Battelle
Apply for NEON Field Ecologist II - Instrumentation - AZ job with Battelle in Tucson, AZ. Biology at Battelle
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Does anyone know where to get hairy root cultures of Daucus carota in the US? A grad student in my lab is looking for a source for their mycorrhizal research & can only find suppliers in Canada or Belgium, which are apparently proving difficult for material transfer agreements.
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Jonathan Myers @jamyersecology.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Ecology! Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥 Applications due Feb. 15 Reposts appreciated!
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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
#Diets affect the gut #microbiome, e.g. red #meat is a driver of #omnivore microbiomes linked to poor cardiometabolic #health, inflammatory bowel #disease, colorectal #cancer & low short-chain fatty acids; #vegan ones are linked to favorable markers: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #plant-based #nutrition
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Gut microbiome signatures of vegan, vegetarian and omnivore diets and associated health outcomes across 21,561 individuals - Nature Microbiology
Using 21,561 individuals, the authors present a cross-sectional study of how gut microbiome signatures are associated with dietary intake patterns and with host health outcomes.
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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Today I taught my 1st class of the term, Micro for non-majors. When I asked them what they were most excited to learn about, almost all said they were only taking the class bc they needed the credits. I’ll see if I can turn things around & help them learn to love microbes this semester!
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Dario Cantù @cantulab.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
New faculty job at UC Davis! We are recruiting an Assistant Professor of Applied Viticulture, based at the Oakville research station in the heart of Napa Valley. A dream job for anyone passionate about viticulture and industry outreach. Apply by March 15. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06900
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Assistant Professor of Applied Viticulture
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Carolyn Rasmussen @carolynplants.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
UCR REU applications are open! If you’re interested in plant bio or plant-microbe interactions and you are a second or third year undergrad, please apply below. Community college applicants encouraged. Please reskeet. #REU #Plants #UCR etap.nsf.gov/award/7573/o...
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NSF Education & Training Application | ETAP
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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📣GSBI Speaks is back this December. Join us in the second of the series to learn about the role of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in soil 🎉 Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET Register 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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