@MegMFoley

PhD from @EcossNAU 🦠🌾 Incoming postdoc with @KeiluweitLab Research interests: soil microbial ecology, stable isotope probing, SOC formation and persistence

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Joined February 2020
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Growth rate reflects an organism's fitness and resource use, offering a link between the ecology and evolution of microorganisms and their roles in ecosystem services, such as carbon and nutrient cycling. Link: nature.com/articles/s41559-0… (2/6)
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Our paper is out in @NatEcoEvo: "Growth rate as a link between microbial diversity and soil biogeochemistry” (1/6)
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This was a team effort with many amazing collaborators @BruceHungate @Tris_Caro @NoahFierer @Jenniferca @NoahSokol + many others. (6/6)
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Link to access full text: rdcu.be/dUjgP Artwork by @victorleshyk !
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Soil microorganisms exist in a range of physiological states, from dormancy to exponential growth, with profoundly different consequences for soil carbon and nutrient cycling. Join me next week to explore how microbial growth rates affect soil ecology. #PhDDefense #Soils #Ecology
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Noah Sokol@NoahSokol25 Mar 2024
Our manuscript is out: 'The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture.' We show that the microbial traits associated with soil C are not universal, but vary with soil habitat. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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when it comes to MAOM formation, there's no one-ring-to-rule-them-all..💍 @NoahSokol @AGreenlon and @MegMFoley did a massive 13C/18O/drought/soil habitat study to figure out what microbial ecophysiological traits control formation of persistent SOC. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Noah Sokol@NoahSokol13 Nov 2023
I’m hiring a soil biogeochemistry postdoc @Livermore_Lab to study soil-based strategies for carbon removal in the field, esp. interactions between soil organic C cycling and enhanced weathering. Work with an amazing, collaborative team! Salary: $108K/yr. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LLN…

LLNL is looking for a Soil Biogeochemist - Postdoctoral Researcher in Livermore, CA, USA

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Hot off the online press! Rapid growth rate responses of terrestrial bacteria to field warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. @EcossNau @BruceHungate @ISMEJournal rdcu.be/dpih1
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The only essential characteristic of a scientist is honesty.
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Oppenheimer built the bomb that killed my great-grandmother while her grandsons were drafted into the US army and the govt imprisoned her kids. If you're into moody great man biopics, I guess that's cool, but I personally really don't care how he felt while he was doing it.
Clara Iwasaki@claraiwasaki6 Aug 2021
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In a letter to my great uncle, my great grandfather wrote "I guess this is war. I sure feel it."
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Noah Sokol@NoahSokol10 Apr 2023
We're hiring a postdoc at @Livermore_Lab to work on microbe-mineral interactions for our Soil SFA! Co-supervised by me and @Jeffinerca. Study microbial ecophysiology and soil carbon storage w an amazing, collaborative team. Salary: >100K a year. Apply: llnl.gov/join-our-team/caree…
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Finally approved! I'm hiring 4 postdocs! 1) Soil OM/Isotope Biogeochem – REF4214O 2) Microbe Mineral Interactions – REF4265Z 3) Soil Ecology – REF4260E 4) Soil Microbiome Bioinformatics – REF4259F Apply here: llnl.gov/join-our-team/caree… Find me at #GSB2023, or see 👇 Please RT!!
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my additional advice: find an advisor who is above all else, kind.
Celia Ford
@cogcelia26 Jan 2022
some unsolicited advice to throw into the grad school interview szn void: ✨go where you'll be HAPPY✨ PhD programs are long & hard. where will you, as a human, thrive? build community? explore yourself? grad school steals your young adulthood, MAKE IT COUNT.
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@EcossNAU PhD candidate Ayla Martinez featured here in this @NAU story about amazing women in science @NAUResearch news.nau.edu/women-in-scienc…

‘Pursue what you want, believe in yourself and push as many boundaries as you can’

According to UNESCO, fewer than 30 percent of the world’s scientists are women. In the United States, women are 28 percent of the workforce in STEM fields, according to AAUW. And, although there is a…

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so exciting to see this out! excellent work led Bram Stone exploring the copiotroph-oligotroph dichotomy nature.com/articles/s41396-0…

Life history strategies among soil bacteria—dichotomy for few, continuum for many

The ISME Journal - Life history strategies among soil bacteria—dichotomy for few, continuum for many

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The Morrissey Lab @WestVirginiaU is seeking a #graduate #student to study the #ecology of #microbes in #nature. Fully funded #PhD position (~26K stipend, health insurance), lively community, great location. morrisseyem.wix.com/morrisse… please RT
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