Post Doc at @UoABioSci working on CropSustaiN project (@cimmyt) 🌾. PhD Soil Science. Former Research Tech and measurer of isotope ratios.
Aberdeen, Scotland
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While creating a home for my wee worms today I took the opportunity to show how awesome organic matter is at absorbing water. Here is three litres of water being absorbed by a coir block.
Today’s solar eclipse viewing is sponsored by @Eppendorf_Group. It works amazing! Get in to your labs and empty out all your 5ml tubes and make a pinhole camera! #SolarEclipse2026
Call for Abstracts: 2026 Annual Conference
We are pleased to launch the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference taking place on 2-4 December in Aberdeen. The event will provide the opportunity to see the latest research in soil science.
soils.org.uk/blog/call-for-a…
Me in the car: “Ok, so I will get in to the office and start writing straight away”
So anyway my desk is really tidy now
#PostDocLife #Science
I am doing some phishing today. Gathering contact details. Seeing how I can use that information to gain insight into behaviours, interactions and likely outcomes. #Soil #Science #ContactAngle #PostDocLife
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📣 Summer School: Field & Lab Skills in the Biosciences
📅 Sunday 26 July to Saturday 15 August 2026
🔬 Open to students on an undergraduate biological or environmental science programme, who have completed year 2 (pre-Honours)
➡️ Learn more an apply: abdn.io/20Y
ALT microscope
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⏳ 1-week countdown to the Postgraduate Fair!
📍 Elphinstone Hall
📅 Tue 17 Feb
Hear from staff & students, ask questions, and visit school stands to plan your next step.
Register: abdn.io/1Yb
#AberdeenPGFair #AberdeenPostgrad
ALT Graphic which says one week left
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📢 New paper alert! We turned slow coliphage culturing into a high-speed qPCR ride🚀
Faster detection, earlier warnings, robust monitoring, and safer water nature.com/articles/s41545-0…
@PeterJACock @EulynPagaling @LisaAvery @JamesHuttonInst @npjCleanWater @NaturePortfolio
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This PCR machine has helped many a PhD student get their titles.
I pray it does not give out on me now.
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🌱 Delve deeper into the ecology of soil with "The Ecology of Soil: From communities to ecosystems", a fascinating new book release from our Executive Editor Richard Bardgett!
🪱 Read more: buff.ly/6A4abeW
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📌 PhD Position in Rhizosphere Processes and Plant-Soil Interactions at the University of Tübingen, Germany🇩🇪, See details at: wp.me/pbv48T-ciE
The five stages of wiring soil moisture probes to data loggers are:
1. Daunting
2. Ah, not so hard after all
3. Strangely therapeutic actually
4. Dear lord when will this end
5. Repetitive strain injury
You have reached the highest level of educational attainment and you have things like this on your to-do list:
- Put sand in oven
Share yours! 😂
#Soil #Science #PostDoc #PostDocLife
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⏳ Interested in studying a biological sciences degree? There’s still time to register for the University of Aberdeen's Undergraduate Open Day taking place this Saturday 4 October! Learn more and secure your spot ➡️ abdn.io/1I1
ALT Four students sat outside on a wall at Aberdeen campus
Students of @UoABioSci are out today for their Global Soil Geography course. First field trip digging soil pits. Plenty of soil profile pictures to come! #Soil #Science #NatureOnOurDoorstep
