First day/week of Spring semester and guess what? Daycare is (partially) closed for 10 days because of multiple covid cases...

We are in need of peer reviewers for #ESA2022 abstracts! Any ESA member is eligible to be a reviewer, including graduate students and postdocs. Volunteers need to commit to reviewing in March (March 8-22). Each abstract will just be reviewed to see if it meets ESA’s guidelines.

Competition for water and species coexistence in phenologically structured annual plant communities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

A candidate for a Dean (Science) just basically insulted all biologists in their talk: "all biologists know abt math is multiple and divide". Maybe physics too "it's a diluted math"

First fieldwork of the Lumibao Lab in the marshes a few weeks ago. With my two awesome undergrads

This is very cool & useful for fieldwork! Before you go: a packing list for portable DNA sequencing of microbiomes and metagenomes Arwyn Edwards microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa… #PublishingForTheCommunity Microbiology Society #MicrobioJ

[1] I'm offering a free Zoom workshop to introduce complete beginners to R programming/biostatistics–covering from instillation to basic hypothesis testing/data visualization/regression analysis. All devices and academic disciplines are welcome. PhD Voice - Independently Run Simply Neuroscience

Our paper on microbial mediation of salinity response is out!

🎉GlobalFungi - NEW RELEASE 🎉 We added data from 148 novel studies, and now there are more than 57 000 samples showing fungal data diversity worldwide! globalfungi.com

Great tips for presenting

I hope Ecological Society will be addressing the fact that most international participants to #ESA2022 and particularly African students have not been able to get visa to enter Canada. Most have cancelled their talks including two of my students. #DEI

Great to see the masks are 'enforced' at #ESA2022. Almost everyone is wearing a mask.

If you're at #ESA2022 this week and loves microbes, here is a list for you.

Opportunity for Early-Career microbiome scientists! @Agmicrobiomes is organizing a session on MICROBIOMES at 2022 SACNAS Meeting in San Juan, PR (Oct 27-29). We will sponsor 4 early-career scientists to attend meeting & present short lightning talks on their MICROBIOME research

Amadou is a material made from Fomes fomentarius, also known as the hoof fungus. It has historically been used as tinder. Amadou can also be made into a substitute for felt or leather to craft hats and other items, such as the hat pictured here! #FungalFriday #FungalFolklore

Nice day for a fieldwork in the matsh/dune #Lumibaolab

Interested in plant-microbe interactions? Coastal marshes? Or resurrection ecology? Come visit our poster today EEB 1150 #ASMicrobe