We're hiring! Come and join a vibrant team (incl Prof Dunc Cameron 🏳️‍🌈♿️ 🐝 @katcoyte et al) working on frontier environmental #microbiome science. 5 year Senior Technician role available to start in January, linked to Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research sLoLa project: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

A truly phenomenal achievement by my PhD student Seb to publish a monograph at this stage in his career. I’m an incredibly proud supervisor!! The University of Manchester Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

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Been scaling back my use of X/Twitter because of it’s now owner. This will be my last post for a bit, while I work out what to do 👋

Really excited to announce that we are hiring! We have 3 post doc positions on our microbiomes rules of life Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research sLoLa led by my pal Prof Sophie Nixon. Links below with a closing date of 06/09/2024 ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology Microbiology Society Nature Microbiology ASM The University of Manchester Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

Really cool PhD opportunity in a fantastic lab in a truly beautiful part of the world ⬇️

My mum was robbed at knife-point in Meersbrook Park yesterday lunchtime. She's 80 soon and walks with a crutch because of a recent knee replacement. He put a large knife to her chest and took her bag. She should be safe walking her dog in her local park Louise Haigh Oliver Coppard

This needs to stop! The devastating Tory cuts in community Policing lead to appalling situations like this 😡

As a wheelchair ♿️ user I have had enough of pavements and crossings being blocked. In this video I’m calling on Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan to sort out Lime once and for all.

It’s probably the best meme I’ve ever seen. And yes I am a sad biochemist, what of it? 😂

For international ataxia awareness day on September 25th (#IAAD), Ataxia UK asked me to say a few words about why #ataxia hasn’t conquered me. AtaxiaUK are a brilliant charity who helped give me (& many others) hope after being diagnosed with this horrible disease.

🌱 Check the newly published paper ‘Parasitic plants show striking convergence in host preference across angiosperm lineages’ in Annals of Botany by Sebastian Hatt and co-authors. 🧵(1/8) 👉 botany.fyi/m2vr3h Chris Thorogood Alexandre Zuntini #AoBpapers #Botany #ParasiticPlants

Incredibly proud supervisor moment, really awesome job Sebastian Hatt for publishing this outstanding paper, such an incredible amount of work underpins this really elegant study 😊

I am looking for a postdoc to join a large project sampling plants and soils from across Canadian prairies to identify genomic indicators (plant genotypes, eDNA, soil biome) of ecosystem function. This person would work with the team to integrate data, with significant latitude.

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Bittersweet today with the culmination of 5 years working on suppressing bacterial diseases of plants using the microbiome. Thanks to Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research as the lead funder (& the other funders), Huge thanks to Debbie & the coordination team for running this so well!

A genuine joy to be involved in this amazing research and to make new friends near and far :)