Dr Zahra Islam
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Dr Zahra Islam
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Plant-soil microbes lecturer @FertiliserHub, @SciMelb. PhD @MonashUni on bacteria living on thin air. Alumni of @UNSWScience. She/her
Day 1 of the #MSCW25 conference supported by @amiposts.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social is underway with an excellent topic intro on #GHG and #microbialmitigation by A/Prof Carlo Carere! It's going to be a great day of #ECR talks in this space!
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Huge congratulations to my very first PhD student @carlpille.bsky.social for submitting his thesis last Friday!! 🥳 He has done an amazing job over the past 3.5 years, and has definitely been the #dream first student to primary supervise!
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Congratulations to my very first PhD student @carlpille.bsky.social for a fantastic #PhDcompletion seminar this afternoon! Carl has done some excellent work in the #plantsoilmicrobiome field, so #watchthisspace! #proudsupervisor @unimelbsoc.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Recently, I've had the immense pleasure of volunteering at outreach events: the Science is a Superpower Festival and the Women* In Science and Engineering (WISE) networking lunch. It was so nice to be able to talk about both the research that I do and how we can use microbes to #savetheworld!
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September 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
And that's a wrap on two weeks in Europe/UK! I was very fortunate to have to opportunity to present my latest research on #hydrogencycling in agroecosystems at both the #esm2025 in Helsinki, and at the ELSA Workshop on Microbiology of Climate Active Gases hosted by the amazing @matehg.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I attended my 1st ever #ISME_microbes conference in gorgeous Cape Town, where I presented some exciting upcoming work on H2 oxidation within Australian agricultural soils. And helped to co-organise the hugely successful Climate Change Day of #BMH2024Melb with @greening.bsky.social 3/
January 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
First post on this platform - a bit of a reflection on the year 2024! Lots of great science was done #FertiliserHub and #SciMelb, with some truly memorable (no doubt ongoing!) scientific collaborations initiated with @DagmarWoebken and @DOME_Vienna, courtesy of #ISME_microbes Scholar Fund. 1/
January 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM