How does algae survive at the planet's coldest extremes? 🍀

That's the question that took Emily Broadwell (aka Emily 🐝) to Signy Research Station, as part of her PhD research at MicroLab@Bristol 🏔️

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Second MicroLab@Bristol paper out in 2 days! See here for our new The Leverhulme Trust iDAPT paper on the role of ancient glaciations and the origin of multicellularity in plants - excellent work from the iDAPT team Alex Bowles Bristol Glaciology Centre Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-ar…

New MicroLab@Bristol paper out today revealing glacier algal bloom ecology during record melt years in the alps! Great work by the The Leverhulme Trust iDAPT team and others. Bristol Glaciology Centre Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

Really excited to be here as part of our work at MicroLab@Bristol

Bon voyage to Emily 🐝 of MicroLab@Bristol as she sets off for Antarctica!

Was fun to be on BBC Radio Bristol this afternoon to chat about my upcoming trip to Signy. Hopefully will be able to update on my progress in a week or two 🐧 (Tune in at 2:25)

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First Microlab meeting of 2024, say hi to this year's team!
We have familiar faces (post doc Jaz Millar, PhD students Emily 🐝, Maddy and Paulina) plus new members research technician Sonia Giulietti and PhD student Holly Liken. And of course Chris lurking behind the camera

In 10 days I’ll be off to Signy Island, Antarctica with British Antarctic Survey 🐧 to assess the snow and glacier algal blooms there.

I’ll be sharing more of the journey and what I get up to on our team page (@MicroLabBristo1) and my insta (em_lm98) 🐧❄️

#Antarctica #algae #polar #microbiology

Our second The British Phycological Society talk is also from Chris - the new and exciting UK Research and Innovation #CASPICE project - bringing together a global network of #cryosphere #algae scientists to collaborate on sampling and analysis methodology and strategy. And we're still reaching out for participants!

‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

Please RT! Exciting new #PhDposition with MicroLab@Bristol on #AI for Environmental Science. Looking for #DataScience folks to join our team! Deadline 24th Nov, starts early 2024. Lets go! Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 Jean Golding Institute
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Our new preprint on the evolution of glacier algae - from our The Leverhulme Trust funded iDAPT (ice-Dependent Adaptations for Plant Terrestrialisation) project with Alex Bowles Tom Williams Phil Donoghue Doug Campbell and Chris Williamson

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our new preprint on the evolution of glacier algae and their adaptations to life on ice is out - biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Work led by Alex Bowles alongside MicroLab@Bristol, Phil Donoghue and myself...

Please RT! Exciting new #PhDposition with MicroLab@Bristol on #AI for Environmental Science. Looking for #DataScience folks to join our team! Deadline 24th Nov, starts early 2024. Lets go! Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 Jean Golding Institute
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