the most powerful climate report of the decade was published on monday, after 195 governments fought over the words in its summary for policymakers, and the only media allowed in the room just published its account of who lobbied for what 1/

Mom asked, "I wonder when cherries bloom in Japan?" So I found 1200 years of data online and made her a plot.

The new Cell Host & Microbe Special Issue presents a series of reviews & primary research articles to examine how microbial communities & their dynamics impact the host and other members of the microbial community. Take a look. hubs.li/Q01Kl_590

Great to see Sondre Ulvund Solstad's banana index in print, and the utmost respect to Rosamund Pearce for pulling it all together so speedily

Exceptional 30-country LGBT+ Pride study by IPSOS surveying 22,500 adults The report offers an unprecedented look into LGBTQ+ people, visibility and rights in comparative perspective The average share of the LGBT+ population in the 30 countries is 9% ipsos.com/sites/default/…

I do have some time for the ‘it’s too inhospitable for trees in the Northwest Highlands' theory. But also, here's a box canyon with oak, pine, birch, willow, aspen and holly, in what just happens to be the only inaccessible place for herbivores on a 10km walk 1/4

Aquí tenemos a “Aspergillus flavus” creciendo en diferentes medios de cultivo y ya veis cómo cambia dependiendo del sustrato 🧫 Los hongos son súper sorprendentes 🤩 Y no me digáis que no es una foto preciosa 📸

Flora Arias and Björn W's Alice Haym and Géraldine Alberti's crazy artificial selection experiment is finally out on biorxiv doi.org/10.1101/2023.0… showing that one can use this approach to optimize microbial communities of known species composition

Once a year or so I ask people to tell us about their most underappreciated paper. A paper they believe made a real advance but was somehow missed by the community. I always find new gems this way. Please do tell us!

WANTED: #quantitative #postdoc to #model a waste-heat-powered farming system with Olivier Keech, Sebastian Diehl and Jonas Westin at @UmeaUniversity! Deadline: 21-Sept-2023 Full details➡️icelab.se/opportunities/…

We're excited to announce that abstract submission and registration are now open for MEEhubs2024, which takes place Jan 9 – 11, 2024! MEEhubs is a grassroots, innovative global conference in microbial ecology and evolution. It is also free! meehubs.org 1/10

La Red Mexicana de Biología & Matemáticas invita a todas las personas interesadas en las matemáticas, la biología y todas sus intersecciones a participar en el Evento Inaugural de la Red Mexicana de Biología y Matemáticas. Más información en: redmexbiomate.org.mx

I will soon open several post doc positions in my European Research Council (ERC) Advanced grant. If you're at ICPP2023 and are interested in working on the ecology and evolution of natural plant-microbe communities both above- and below-ground, please reach out. I would be happy to chat more!

A few days after she becomes a World Champion and Jenn1 Hermos0 needs to deal with this shit. A bizzare joke that unfortunately still is the reality in the women’s game. What should we do to end these behaviors?

🇫🇷 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 Benoît Coulanges ! 🏆 Le Français s'offre sa première victoire en Coupe du monde dans une ambiance complètement folle aux Gets 🤩👏 Suivez la Coupe du monde de VTT sur Eurosport #MTBWorldCup eurosport.fr/vtt/

last week I asked Carl if I could use the picture of us together in which he's doing a headstand for my defense acknowledgements, and he replied w/ "I'd rather you didn't, my posture isn't straight on that pic" so anyway we took a new one & if you wanna see it come to my defense!

I'm excited to announce 3 post doc positions on my European Research Council (ERC) project "Co-evolutionary consequences of biodiversity change" 🌱ecology & evolution of plant-microbe interactions 🌱Soil microbial ecology 🌱Ecological statistics DL 4 December University of Helsinki jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-3…

It's almost four weeks since the horrific terrorist attack on #Israel. A lot has happened, the public debate has become heated and confused. Find thoughts from Vice-Chancellor Robert #Habeck in the video, putting the events in context. 📣With English, Hebrew and Arabic subtitles.