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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 (MicroLab@Bristol) and my insta (em_lm98) 🐧❄️ #Antarctica #algae #polar #microbiology

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

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) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

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

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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_Glac Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 @GeogBristol frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

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_Glac @GeogBristol academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-ar…

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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 🏔️ 🧵

This is a BIG week! Microlab is hosting the first CASP-ICE workshop, bringing together global leaders in snow/glacier algae research to standardise and innovate sampling methods. Watch this space! #CASPICE #Algae #Phycology #PolarScience #AlpineScience #microbiology #cryosphere

CASP-ICE is in full swing with lots of exciting conversations, ranging from smaller scale sampling methods up to large scale satellite monitoring 🔬🛰️ #CASPICE #algae #phycology #AlpineScience #microbiology #cryosphere

Delighted to see the work from my postdoc at University of Bristol on algal evolution on ice and land out in New Phytologist Tom Williams (tweethinking.bsky.social) | Phil Donoghue | Doug Campbell | MicroLab@Bristol @Bristol_Glac | UoB Palaeobiology nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… 1/6

Fantastic manuscript out yesterday on our The Leverhulme Trust #iDAPT project on glacier algal evolution, genomics and links to snowball Earth. Amazing work by Alex Bowles and the iDAPT team @Bristol_Glac @GeogBristol University of Bristol nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Genome-scale data of glacier algae elucidates streptophyte evolution on ice and land Bowles et al. Alex Bowles Tom Williams (tweethinking.bsky.social) Phil Donoghue MicroLab@Bristol 📖 ow.ly/Ub9O50SaASZ

Life in the deep freeze: the evolution of glacier algae theconversation.com/how-glacier-al… Some thoughts on our recent paper in New Phytologist for the The Conversation nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Dr Alexander Bowles gives insight into the evolutionary journey of glacier algae from the deep past to the present in this new blog. As we face a changing climate, understanding these microscopic organisms is key to predicting the future of Earth’s icy environments.

The The British Phycological Society Hilda Canter-Lund photography competition shortlist is open for voting until 5th July: #HCLcompetition2024 #algaephotography Canter-Lund 2024 - Gallery Shortlist - The British Phycological Society (brphycsoc.org)

Time to head to Greenland with the DEEP_PURPLE #ERCSyG 2020-2026 crew for some glacial algal chasing on our The Leverhulme Trust #iDAPT project.

Really nice commentary on our recent The Leverhulme Trust #iDAPT project glacier algal genome paper. Many thanks to the authors, mainly associated with the MadLand project I believe. Nice work Alex Bowles @Bristol_Glac @GeogBristol nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11….