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Paper Out: Kin discrimination promotes horizontal gene transfer between unrelated strains in Bacillus subtilis
Although this blog has entered a period of dormancy (and I have moved to twitter), I willkeep adding brief posts about new papers. This was a study led by Polonca Stefanic and Ines Mandic-Mulec at the University of Ljubljana that … Continue reading
Breaking (ahem): I have f i n a l l y joined twitter. Although some of my misgivings about this medium were rapidly confirmed, I hope it will be a useful tool to keep abreast of new findings and also … Continue reading
Paper Out: Does Diversity Beget Diversity in Microbiomes?
A collaboration I was lucky to be involved in led by Jesse Shapiro and PhD student Naima Madi (University of Montreal, although Jesse has now moved across the road to McGill) and with Carmen Lia Murall and Pierre Legendre has … Continue reading
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Tagged 16S, Carmen Lia Murall, collaboration, Earth Microbiome Project, ecology, eLife, evolution, Jesse Shapiro, microbiomes, Naima Madi, Pierre Legendre
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Paper Out: The evolution of bacterial pathogens in the Anthropocene
A review paper I wrote just came out in Infection Genetics and Evolution. Inspired by my undergraduate teaching on environment and human health, and an interesting FEMS symposium last year, I chose to explore the relationship between environmental degradation and … Continue reading
PhD Opportunity
The South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership is currently advertising PhD projects. This is a slightly complicated process, but basically comes down to prospective students picking a project offered by scientists working at participating universities and institutions and applying to … Continue reading
Posted in cool science, Cornwall, environment and human health, PhD opportunity
Tagged BBSRC, ECEHH, ESI, GW4, Mahasweta Saha, Michiel Vos, PhD, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, PML, Ruth Airs, seaweeds
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Magic Seaweed
Long time no post in these strange times. Lots of upheaval with closed labs and online teaching preparations, which has meant more work to do in less time (half my time was spent homeschooling). This post has nothing to do … Continue reading
Global Climate Strike
I will take part today in the Global Climate Strike, specifically, the event held here on the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus. I teach two undergraduate modules ‘Living with Environmental Change’ and ‘Oceans and Human Health’. Both modules focus on … Continue reading
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