UKCEH Molecular Ecology
@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Research group, mostly based at UKCEH Wallingford, using molecular techniques to understand function, and dynamics of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Particular interest in #AMR, #eDNA & #microbial #ecology
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Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Welcome back to our "meet the researcher" series! Previously we introduced you to our PhD students.
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
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📢 All #PhD #adverts now live 📢
All on #AMR 🦠🧫 in the #environment 🌊🌱 and deadlines are throughout January!
For details of different projects, see thread below ⬇️
#WAAW #WAAW25 #WAAW2025
All on #AMR 🦠🧫 in the #environment 🌊🌱 and deadlines are throughout January!
For details of different projects, see thread below ⬇️
#WAAW #WAAW25 #WAAW2025
🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨
I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️
More being advertised soon 👀
@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️
More being advertised soon 👀
@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We got a very exciting delivery last week! Can you guess what's in the box? 🧬📦
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We got a very exciting delivery last week! Can you guess what's in the box? 🧬📦
It's the final day of World #AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW25 🦠🧬🧫
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
#amr #amr #waaw #antimicrobialresistance | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
🚨 PhD opportunities! This World AMR Awareness Week is the perfect time to explore new research projects with our #AMR researchers Isobel Stanton, Holly Tipper, Andrew Singer & Daniel Read, plus UKCEH,...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's the final day of World #AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW25 🦠🧬🧫
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026.
The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus
Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
Over the summer, @amycthorpe.bsky.social presented at @sedadnasociety.bsky.social in Tromsø, Norway. Amy presented her research using lake sedimentary #DNA to reconstruct historical #microbial dynamics in the Lake District in response to nutrient status 🦠🧬🌊
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Over the summer, @amycthorpe.bsky.social presented at @sedadnasociety.bsky.social in Tromsø, Norway. Amy presented her research using lake sedimentary #DNA to reconstruct historical #microbial dynamics in the Lake District in response to nutrient status 🦠🧬🌊
In October, @brionyjones.bsky.social presented at the European Commission's Joint Research Council in Ispra for a AI4SoilHealth meeting earlier in the month. The presentation title was 'Global F.A.I.R.ness of co-located microbial and soil health data in public genomic repositories.' 🌱🦠🧬
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In October, @brionyjones.bsky.social presented at the European Commission's Joint Research Council in Ispra for a AI4SoilHealth meeting earlier in the month. The presentation title was 'Global F.A.I.R.ness of co-located microbial and soil health data in public genomic repositories.' 🌱🦠🧬
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Really inspiring attending this day at the @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Centre for Art and Ecology – possibly the world’s first university centre dedicated to this field!
@laurens-colours.bsky.social was recently invited to present at a @britishecologicalsociety.org & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social event on art & science 🎨
Lauren's full talk on scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling can be found here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdA...
Lauren's full talk on scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling can be found here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdA...
Scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling with Dr Lauren Cook
YouTube video by British Ecological Society
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Really inspiring attending this day at the @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Centre for Art and Ecology – possibly the world’s first university centre dedicated to this field!
@laurens-colours.bsky.social was recently invited to present at a @britishecologicalsociety.org & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social event on art & science 🎨
Lauren's full talk on scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling can be found here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdA...
Lauren's full talk on scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling can be found here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdA...
Scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling with Dr Lauren Cook
YouTube video by British Ecological Society
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
@laurens-colours.bsky.social was recently invited to present at a @britishecologicalsociety.org & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social event on art & science 🎨
Lauren's full talk on scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling can be found here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdA...
Lauren's full talk on scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling can be found here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdA...
@buzzingbennett.bsky.social has been busy doing lots of talks and outreach recently on his PhD project and the National Honey Monitoring Scheme!
Michael has given a lab tour to fellow PhD students, spoken at the National Honey Show 2025 and talked to the Kennet Beekeepers Association 🐝🍯
Michael has given a lab tour to fellow PhD students, spoken at the National Honey Show 2025 and talked to the Kennet Beekeepers Association 🐝🍯
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@buzzingbennett.bsky.social has been busy doing lots of talks and outreach recently on his PhD project and the National Honey Monitoring Scheme!
Michael has given a lab tour to fellow PhD students, spoken at the National Honey Show 2025 and talked to the Kennet Beekeepers Association 🐝🍯
Michael has given a lab tour to fellow PhD students, spoken at the National Honey Show 2025 and talked to the Kennet Beekeepers Association 🐝🍯
@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby!
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby!
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
Check out the latest from #MolecularEcology @ukceh.bsky.social
Led by @amycthorpe.bsky.social, new research highlights the utility of river #biofilm #bacteria for freshwater biomonitoring.
Led by @amycthorpe.bsky.social, new research highlights the utility of river #biofilm #bacteria for freshwater biomonitoring.
Excited to share our new preprint on #bacteria in river biofilms 🦠 🌊
"River biofilm bacteria as sentinels of national-scale freshwater ecosystems"
Read the preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
"River biofilm bacteria as sentinels of national-scale freshwater ecosystems"
Read the preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
River biofilm bacteria as sentinels of national-scale freshwater ecosystems
Freshwaters face increasing pressures from chemical, hydrological, and climatic changes, yet tools for assessing their condition remain limited. River biofilms, composed of diverse microbial communiti...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Check out the latest from #MolecularEcology @ukceh.bsky.social
Led by @amycthorpe.bsky.social, new research highlights the utility of river #biofilm #bacteria for freshwater biomonitoring.
Led by @amycthorpe.bsky.social, new research highlights the utility of river #biofilm #bacteria for freshwater biomonitoring.
Reposted by UKCEH Molecular Ecology
🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨
I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️
More being advertised soon 👀
@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️
More being advertised soon 👀
@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨
I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️
More being advertised soon 👀
@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️
More being advertised soon 👀
@ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Reposted by UKCEH Molecular Ecology
Always a pleasure at the UKCEH PGR Get Together - some amazing PhD projects going on here!
Great opportunity to chat about the parasites lurking in Windermere zooplankton populations too... 🦠
@ukceh.bsky.social
@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Great opportunity to chat about the parasites lurking in Windermere zooplankton populations too... 🦠
@ukceh.bsky.social
@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Always a pleasure at the UKCEH PGR Get Together - some amazing PhD projects going on here!
Great opportunity to chat about the parasites lurking in Windermere zooplankton populations too... 🦠
@ukceh.bsky.social
@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Great opportunity to chat about the parasites lurking in Windermere zooplankton populations too... 🦠
@ukceh.bsky.social
@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social
Yesterday was our Annual Postgraduate Showcase at UKCEH! A number of our PhD researchers participated by presenting their research as either a poster or as a talk! 🦠🐝🧬
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yesterday was our Annual Postgraduate Showcase at UKCEH! A number of our PhD researchers participated by presenting their research as either a poster or as a talk! 🦠🐝🧬
@joedtaylor.bsky.social & @laurens-colours.bsky.social recently attended the @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social meeting at @zslofficial.bsky.social
Joe gave a keynote talk titled: "Biodiversity and importance of microbial eukaryotes in freshwater lakes" 🦠🌊
Joe gave a keynote talk titled: "Biodiversity and importance of microbial eukaryotes in freshwater lakes" 🦠🌊
October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@joedtaylor.bsky.social & @laurens-colours.bsky.social recently attended the @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social meeting at @zslofficial.bsky.social
Joe gave a keynote talk titled: "Biodiversity and importance of microbial eukaryotes in freshwater lakes" 🦠🌊
Joe gave a keynote talk titled: "Biodiversity and importance of microbial eukaryotes in freshwater lakes" 🦠🌊
Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
Reposted by UKCEH Molecular Ecology
Excited to be speaking at this, plus my first time being a 'Conference Artist'! I'll be sketching during the talks and hosting an art corner over lunch time 😄
#NBNconf25 5 weeks to go! Have you booked yet? 16 inspiring speakers, announcement of #NBNawards25 , fireside chat with new NBN Trust CEO Dr Gareth Thomas & BBC Head of Nature, Tom Gray, Art Corner with @laurens-colours.bsky.social , Sir John Burnett Memorial Lecture and networking! bit.ly/NBNconf25
October 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excited to be speaking at this, plus my first time being a 'Conference Artist'! I'll be sketching during the talks and hosting an art corner over lunch time 😄
Denise has recently published research titled "A lidar based national model of hedgerows and other woody linear features in rural England" 🌱
Check it out here ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check it out here ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Denise has recently published research titled "A lidar based national model of hedgerows and other woody linear features in rural England" 🌱
Check it out here ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check it out here ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Andrew's latest paper was published today, titled: "Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi" 💊🌊
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Andrew's latest paper was published today, titled: "Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi" 💊🌊
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The work on evaluating the UK's #AMR National Action Plan was recently published which focused on stakeholder opinions on the implementation of the 2019-2024 plan 🦠
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The work on evaluating the UK's #AMR National Action Plan was recently published which focused on stakeholder opinions on the implementation of the 2019-2024 plan 🦠
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
Tim recently published a paper on how soil properties in agricultural systems impact microbial genomic traits 🦠🌱🚜
Check it out here ⬇️
academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...
Check it out here ⬇️
academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Tim recently published a paper on how soil properties in agricultural systems impact microbial genomic traits 🦠🌱🚜
Check it out here ⬇️
academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...
Check it out here ⬇️
academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...
@laurens-colours.bsky.social recently published a paper on the design of an eDNA qPCR assay to detect invasive Chinese mitten crab 🦀 - work that was undertaken during her PhD.
Check it out here ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Check it out here ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@laurens-colours.bsky.social recently published a paper on the design of an eDNA qPCR assay to detect invasive Chinese mitten crab 🦀 - work that was undertaken during her PhD.
Check it out here ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Check it out here ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Welcome back to our "meet the researcher" series! Previously we introduced you to our PhD students.
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Welcome back to our "meet the researcher" series! Previously we introduced you to our PhD students.
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Check out the latest paper from our group 🌱🧬⬇️
Led by our researcher Tim Goodall
@susheelbusi.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
Led by our researcher Tim Goodall
@susheelbusi.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
🚨 New #OpenAccess paper in #Environmental #DNA! 🚨
Led by #TimGoodall @ukceh.bsky.social with @danread.bsky.social we tested whether #soil #eDNA metabarcoding can capture plant #biodiversity & vegetation cover across the UK 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Led by #TimGoodall @ukceh.bsky.social with @danread.bsky.social we tested whether #soil #eDNA metabarcoding can capture plant #biodiversity & vegetation cover across the UK 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Deciphering Landscape‐Scale Plant Cover and Biodiversity From Soil eDNA
Biodiversity surveys are essential but challenging to conduct at scale, prompting this study to evaluate soil-extracted eDNA as a proxy for traditional field-based surveys for describing plant commun...
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Check out the latest paper from our group 🌱🧬⬇️
Led by our researcher Tim Goodall
@susheelbusi.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
Led by our researcher Tim Goodall
@susheelbusi.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
September 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠