Arwyn Edwards
@arwynedwards.bsky.social
FLSW. Reader in Biosciences, Aberystwyth University & Professor II in Arctic Microbiology, UNIS. Likes cool microbes in warming places. Posts in personal capacity, etc.
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Host–virome associations in the weathering crust of a rapidly retreating temperate Alpine glacier. Published Open Access and fee-free in MGen using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen #PublishAndRead
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Host–virome associations in the weathering crust of a rapidly retreating temperate Alpine glacier. Published Open Access and fee-free in MGen using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen #PublishAndRead
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Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
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New publication:
A framework for assessing global health impacts of polar change: An urgent call for interdisciplinary research
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A framework for assessing global health impacts of polar change: An urgent call for interdisciplinary research
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A framework for assessing global health impacts of polar change: An urgent call for interdisciplinary research - Ambio
Research on the human health risks of climate change is expanding, yet the influence of polar region shifts on these risks remains underexplored. This paper presents a framework to assess global and r...
link.springer.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
New publication:
A framework for assessing global health impacts of polar change: An urgent call for interdisciplinary research
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A framework for assessing global health impacts of polar change: An urgent call for interdisciplinary research
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We’re delighted that Aberystwyth has been named a UNESCO City of Literature – the first in Wales!
More: tinyl.co/3u04
@librarywales.bsky.social
@uwtsd.bsky.social
@prifweinidog.gov.wales
@unesco.org
More: tinyl.co/3u04
@librarywales.bsky.social
@uwtsd.bsky.social
@prifweinidog.gov.wales
@unesco.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We’re delighted that Aberystwyth has been named a UNESCO City of Literature – the first in Wales!
More: tinyl.co/3u04
@librarywales.bsky.social
@uwtsd.bsky.social
@prifweinidog.gov.wales
@unesco.org
More: tinyl.co/3u04
@librarywales.bsky.social
@uwtsd.bsky.social
@prifweinidog.gov.wales
@unesco.org
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The collateral benefits of the Covid pandemic response was a marked decrease in airborne and aerosol-transmitted infections via masking and non-pharmaceutical interventions
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Collateral effects of COVID-19 pandemic control on the US infectious disease landscape
Using data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) disease surveillance systems, we sought to quantify the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possibilit...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The collateral benefits of the Covid pandemic response was a marked decrease in airborne and aerosol-transmitted infections via masking and non-pharmaceutical interventions
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Beautiful piece about microbes, buildings, and health 🤩
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The Probiotic Home
Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.
www.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Beautiful piece about microbes, buildings, and health 🤩
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
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Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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New article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data, published in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data, published in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
Just signed up to peer review an application for one of the largest science funders in the world.
Asked to confirm I was at least 13 years old. Might explain a lot about the grant review process if it's secretly dominated by teenagers.
Asked to confirm I was at least 13 years old. Might explain a lot about the grant review process if it's secretly dominated by teenagers.
September 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Just signed up to peer review an application for one of the largest science funders in the world.
Asked to confirm I was at least 13 years old. Might explain a lot about the grant review process if it's secretly dominated by teenagers.
Asked to confirm I was at least 13 years old. Might explain a lot about the grant review process if it's secretly dominated by teenagers.
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Long-buried layers of saline permafrost seem to be accelerating climate change’s transformation of the Arctic. https://scim.ag/46AxH2E
Even subzero parts of the Arctic are thawing. Ancient salt is the culprit
Long-buried layers of saline permafrost seem to be accelerating climate change's transformation of the Arctic
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September 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Long-buried layers of saline permafrost seem to be accelerating climate change’s transformation of the Arctic. https://scim.ag/46AxH2E
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Our scientists are leading research into how a widely used vaccine can boost overall immunity in livestock 🐮
More: tinyl.co/3iC7
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social
@ukri.org
#AberTB#bovineTB#bTB#TB
More: tinyl.co/3iC7
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social
@ukri.org
#AberTB#bovineTB#bTB#TB
September 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our scientists are leading research into how a widely used vaccine can boost overall immunity in livestock 🐮
More: tinyl.co/3iC7
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social
@ukri.org
#AberTB#bovineTB#bTB#TB
More: tinyl.co/3iC7
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social
@ukri.org
#AberTB#bovineTB#bTB#TB
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2 Postdoc vacancies: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
September 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
2 Postdoc vacancies: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
@erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA
📢 PLEASE RT
Experimental:
🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, omics, biogeochem
Modelling:
🖥️ Bioenergetics, thermodynamics, ecological, biogeochem
☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply by 30 Sept
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Real pleasure to be part of the Helminth Eco-Health Hub UK. A real opportunity for experts to forge new connections. Information on the network will follow. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/univers...
www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/univers...
Aberystwyth University expert joins network to tackle devastating worm diseases
A parasitology expert from Aberystwyth University has joined a new UK-wide network to drive global research into combating parasitic diseases of humans and animals.
www.cambrian-news.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Real pleasure to be part of the Helminth Eco-Health Hub UK. A real opportunity for experts to forge new connections. Information on the network will follow. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/univers...
www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/univers...
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Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
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Sad views from southern #Svalbard 30.8.25 - melt has reached high up the mountains. From Hornsund to Amundsenisen barely any snow left… how should glaciers build mass like this? Svalbard is heating fast. Only steep mountain walls seem to help accumulate a bit and catch blown snow 📸from✈️
#Glaciology
#Glaciology
September 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Sad views from southern #Svalbard 30.8.25 - melt has reached high up the mountains. From Hornsund to Amundsenisen barely any snow left… how should glaciers build mass like this? Svalbard is heating fast. Only steep mountain walls seem to help accumulate a bit and catch blown snow 📸from✈️
#Glaciology
#Glaciology
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Met Office stats confirm summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Summer 2025 is the warmest on record for the UK
Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
September 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Met Office stats confirm summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
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Temporary lecturer in Microbiology post available at Bangor University. Apply by 15th September: jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....
Job Details | Bangor University Jobs
jobs.bangor.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Temporary lecturer in Microbiology post available at Bangor University. Apply by 15th September: jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....
Thanks to @aberuni.bsky.social for highlighting the phenomenal hard work of Drs @geomicrosoares.bsky.social @sararassner.bsky.social and team in mapping the microbiota of the South Wales coalfield. Prospects for future energy emerges from the legacy of fossil energy. academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
August 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Thanks to @aberuni.bsky.social for highlighting the phenomenal hard work of Drs @geomicrosoares.bsky.social @sararassner.bsky.social and team in mapping the microbiota of the South Wales coalfield. Prospects for future energy emerges from the legacy of fossil energy. academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
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Happy to share our new paper in L&O about autotrophic biofilms in subarctic lakes and streams 🦠 🏔️ @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Environmental controls of autotrophic biofilm biomass and community composition in subarctic lakes and streams in Greenland
Photosynthetic biofilms are key components of Arctic freshwater ecosystems, supporting primary production and forming the base of aquatic food webs. While several environmental factors regulating bio...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Happy to share our new paper in L&O about autotrophic biofilms in subarctic lakes and streams 🦠 🏔️ @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Not bad, but not as gripping as S4C
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Not bad, but not as gripping as S4C
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Thought provoking article to share with your families and friends when they ask what you do, featuring the ever excellent @arwynedwards.bsky.social
Thought provoking article to share with your families and friends when they ask what you do, featuring the ever excellent @arwynedwards.bsky.social
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Thought provoking article to share with your families and friends when they ask what you do, featuring the ever excellent @arwynedwards.bsky.social
Thought provoking article to share with your families and friends when they ask what you do, featuring the ever excellent @arwynedwards.bsky.social
A powerful piece by @mountainogre.bsky.social on #microbes and #Arctic change, featuring our work on glacier ecology @aberdlsagb.bsky.social and work on methane cyclers by colleagues at UNIS
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A powerful piece by @mountainogre.bsky.social on #microbes and #Arctic change, featuring our work on glacier ecology @aberdlsagb.bsky.social and work on methane cyclers by colleagues at UNIS
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A time for good decisions.
Taking a moment upwind to first calmly think through our optimal escape route away from a polar bear and her cub raiding nests in the distance. #fieldphotofriday #fieldworkfriday
Taking a moment upwind to first calmly think through our optimal escape route away from a polar bear and her cub raiding nests in the distance. #fieldphotofriday #fieldworkfriday
August 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A time for good decisions.
Taking a moment upwind to first calmly think through our optimal escape route away from a polar bear and her cub raiding nests in the distance. #fieldphotofriday #fieldworkfriday
Taking a moment upwind to first calmly think through our optimal escape route away from a polar bear and her cub raiding nests in the distance. #fieldphotofriday #fieldworkfriday
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A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3