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Mason Stothart
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Recently minted PhD from Canada. Host-microbe interactions among animals at the blurry boundary between wild and domestic. stothartresearch.com
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We’re recruiting for a multi-university (and ECCC) cross-city project on urban biodiversity, connectivity, and ecosystem services: 1) a Concordia or U Laval MSc student (PhD possible), 2) a UBC MSc student, 3) a postdoc.

I’ll link to each position below. Please share broadly!
August 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Comprehensive taxonomic identification of microbial species in metagenomic data using SingleM and Sandpiper - @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social go.nature.com/3IwOxHh
Comprehensive taxonomic identification of microbial species in metagenomic data using SingleM and Sandpiper - Nature Biotechnology
Novel microbial species in metagenomes are identified using conserved regions within universal marker genes.
go.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Another compiliation of #ConservationJobs in Canada: www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

* Related to environment, incl practice, policy, research, philanthropy, etc.
* All job ads show salary range
* Most are at non-profit/civil society orgs
* Ideas welcome! Comment with link to job ads.
June 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Great work by PhD student Micky Ahn 🎉! Make sure to check this one out if interested in equine or wildlife parasitology, and/or DNA metabarcoding of mixed parasitic infections aka #nemabiome 🐴🪱👇🏻
December 12, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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Sharing again for those who were on summer holiday when it came out: Gut microbiome variation predicts survival in feral horses @NatureComms https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49963-x
Methanogenic patterns in the gut microbiome are associate...
Gut microbiota are hypothesized to shape the ecology and ...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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📢MicrobesNG POPUP Conference is coming to Oxford!
This is a FREE Microbial Genomics conference 7th Mar🦠🧬

We're accepting abstracts for talks now! Focus on ECRs. Please repost!

Submit abstract by 6th Dec 👉 www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Oxford_Abs...

Organised by @rwheatley8.bsky.social
#MNGPopUp #ECR
October 24, 2023 at 3:50 PM
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Does ecological drift explain variation in microbiome composition among groups in a social host species?

-in J Evol Biol by Clémence Rose et al

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 1, 2023 at 10:20 AM
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We’re hiring! Please share 👇
Ten (10) open positions at the Nature Conservancy of Canada. www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...

Please share! Working here is great. #ConservationJobs
September 28, 2023 at 1:44 PM
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Science on Bluesky is growing rapidly!

Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based?

I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area.

🧪🦑🌎🦈🐡
September 26, 2023 at 2:32 PM
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Hi! I'm Carly, and I study urban and landscape ecology 🧪🌎.

I work with students and many collaborators and partners to ask how we make our cities more sustainable, healthier, safer spaces for people and nature. I'm based in the Biology department at Concordia University in Montreal
September 26, 2023 at 5:42 PM
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UMaine hiring Assistant Professor of Microbiology umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?...
September 14, 2023 at 4:32 AM