Are you captivated by the mysteries of fungi & envision a career in astromycology? The SKLPlanets (Space Science Institute- SKLPlanets Macau), offers a unique #PhD #funded #opportunity to deepen your knowledge & propel your research in this fascinating field. Deadline: 31st Jan. PM for details. 😊🔭🔬 #Macau

Please contribute to our survey on metagenomics data reuse! Survey at: shorturl.at/NOUW2 We’re (ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ, @FolkerMeyer, Laura Hug Moraru phages, @environmicrobio) looking forward to know what the scientific community (ISVM, New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction) thinks of this topic!

If there was only one scientific practice I could teach to every scientist regardless of stage or field I think it would be: look at the data. Spot check it. Find a few data points and trace them through to see if they make sense. Look at the raw data. Don't just do analyses.

📢'The World Is Your Oyster' is for those who are born in global north countries--don't experience visa bureaucracy & emotional burden that non-white global south scholars do. Citizenship is a privilege that we need to recognize in the academe. 1/n nature.com/articles/d4158…

Looking forward to attending and presenting some of the work from my doctoral thesis (currently loading - so stay tuned) at my first ISME conference....stoked that it's being held in my home country🇿🇦...drop me a line if you'd like to meet and chat while I'm around

[ON AIR] A call for fair collaborative efforts between African scientists and the rest of the world. We speak to Professor Thulani Makhalanyane in the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking Stellenbosch University

TOUGH CAREER AWARDの投票サイトをオープンしました！15日まではエントリーも受け付けたいと思いますので、「こういうノリなら参加しようかな」という方も歓迎です。エントリーの確認次第、随時追加していく予定です。 tayo-voting.bubbleapps.io

People in academia have to check this out. Tough Career Award! It's in Japanese(Chrome browser translation works well enough). Would be great to see something similar on academic twitter

The new PhD candidate, the post-doc, and the PI

We are thrilled to share the inspiring journey of Ms. Oluyemisi Oluwadare, from #Nigeria, who recently completed the #DeepDive Programme, ISA´s exclusive e-learning platform. #StudentSuccess #ISADeepDive #ProfessionalGrowth #Inspiration #Nigeria #UNCLOS

After the mentorship session ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology president @PhilHugenholtz kicks of #ISME19. It took almost 47 years for the symposium to come to Africa, it should have been earlier. Next, the opening plenary by Jill Banfield

Unforgettable #ISME19 opening ceremony. As a Black scientist, I'm super proud of the local committee for making it happening. Diversity in science is not just essential, it's powerful.

I am so happy that I could make it to my Third ISME conference #ISME19, and more happy that this time it's in my continent with an opening session that was the closest to my heart. Maybe one day I could be part of the organizing committee to host ISME in Egypt 😉😉.

Incredible opening performance from South African Poet and Playwright Gcina Mhlophe at #ISME19 In times when divisive issues threaten our solidarity, this is all what we need.. to be reminded that we are all connected! Let’s celebrate progress in microbial science together!

Opening ceremony #ISME19 was worth the wait. @Thuls_M emphasised the need for global inclusivity celebrating the milestone achievement of ISME19 - with the largest number of delegates from Africa in any ISME conference. Julia Meltzer

.Casey Hubert highlights the historical problem with naming in science reiterating colonial legacies (for amazing coverage of this, Ed Yong’s 2023 write up! theatlantic.com/science/archiv…) and encourages microbial names do better by including Indigenous voices in naming #ISME19