Great teamwork getting these variety trials in the ground and taking advantage of a dry day at last! These trials will provide important data on Miscanthus performance across the 4 nations of the UK

Looking for jobs in the Highlands ⬇️

In GSBI's latest blog, Dr. Jake Robinson (Jake Robinson) discusses their latest advances in ecoacoustics 🎤 as an inference of abundance and diversity of soil organisms 🪱🐛🐜 in a restoration context.

Check it out 👇

globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath-o…

Unique (paid) opportunity to work with 🐝 this summer ⬇️ in our research group in the School of Biological Sciences and with the amazing Tegan Gaetano Please check eligibility conditions!

whoever buys this land, or if the seller decides to keep it, will be able to collect subsidies for planting new trees; similar trick to hedgerows: take them out and get paid to put them back.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers reported last year in Science.

Learn more on #ArborDay : scim.ag/6K5

We examined taxa-trait relationships behind the variable fate of SOC using proteomics and found some interesting trends.

Ultimately these trait changes alter the balance of decomposition/stabilisation of SOC through divergent pH-controlled pathways. 2/2

📢New bioRxiv led by Lisa Cole

We demonstrate how microbial community-level trade-offs in traits due to land use intensification were underpinned by changes in dominant taxa.

Also, CUE can be decoupled from SOC. 1/2

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The Call for Papers for the Scottish Conference is now open!

This conference will look at how nature restoration is being achieved in Scotland at present and what will need to be achieved in the future.

Submit a presentation proposal now ➡️ events.cieem.net/Events/EventPa…

The joint XIX International Colloquium of Soil Zoology (ICSZ) and the XVI International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA) will be held this August 26-30 in Cape Town, South Africa!

See the website below for more info:

icsz2024.org

🔜 Zoom into Soil Webinar: Carbon Sequestration
📆Wednesday 8 May
🕛12-1pm (UK time)

Join Prof. Pete Smith, from University of Aberdeen, & Dr. Jagadeesh Yeluripati, from James Hutton Institute, on our next webinar as they discuss carbon sequestration.

REGISTER FOR FREE: ow.ly/YXMf50RglMs

A rare #fungus has been found for the first time in #Scotland by ES James Hutton scientists assessing restoration work on a Scottish temperate rainforest.

The Chamonixia caespitosa, a type of truffle, is typically only found in the Alps and Scandinavia.

More: bit.ly/3UfYFaO

Claire (Claire McNamee) is a 2nd-year PhD student based in Aberdeen focused on the impact of restoration on microbial processes+C sequestration 🌱She is looking forward to getting to know the wider peatland+wetland community through BES+exciting events we will hold in the future!

Have your say! 📢We are very excited to announce that we are working on a project to create a new website & update our brand offering. Please spare 5 mins to give your feedback on the direction of the Trust’s website & brand 👉form.typeform.com/to/xXfEI7sF

Are you an earthworm scientist? If so, see below on how to contribute your data to Soil BON Earthworm's global coordinated effort 🪱🤎

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Our first paper from my Daphne Jackson Trust fellowship is now available to read: Thanks to everyone School of Biological Sciences who made my research return possible but especially Dr Ashish Malik for introducing me to the microbial realm of soils!

I’ll be presenting the results of my Daphne Jackson Trust fellowship at School of Biological Sciences this morning at #Microbio24 , come along and hear who soil microbiome management builds healthy soils

I'll be giving an invited talk in the session 'Microbes as sentinels and solutions in a changing world' on Monday 8th 15.15.

Lisa Cole will present on Tuesday 9th 10.45: 'Microbial inoculants obtained from pristine grassland can build soil organic carbon in cropland soil'

Our final SUPER Doctoral Training Partnership project is 'How seminatural environment are affected by climate change? A study on climate impacts and future challenges on heathland soils' with Dr Marta Dondini and Graeme Paton #PhD #FullyFunded bit.ly/3GQfcdS 3/3