@_MBreed

Dad, mentor, scientist, bike rider. Likes restoring ecosystems, genomics, plants, microbes and why we are better with nature (He/him | Follows/RT≠endorsements)

 South Australia, Australia
flinders.edu.au/people/martin.breed
Joined September 2014
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Excited to announce #SoilYourselfSeptember! A speaker series promoting the soil, gut and mind connection! Led by the Grounded Minds Consortium (a Deakin University & Flinders University collaboration). Book your free tickets here: jakemrobinson.com/sys #soilhealth #guthealth
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🦠🩷Could love be microbial? ❤️🦠 Does a microbial-endocrine interplay shape love-associated emotions in humans? A hypothesis New paper out: journals.asm.org/eprint/HH8F…
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Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional. The Academy offers a comprehensive relocation package including research funding, Australian research infrastructure access, family relocation support, and visa acceleration. We are seeking research leaders, senior scientists and innovation experts. 📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025 Learn more: science.org.au/news-and-even…
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We have just opened searches for three new continuing Teaching & Research Academics.  All positions are open at Level B (Lecturer) or Level C (Senior Lecturer), and we have one position in Genomics and two in Ecology. careers.pageuppeople.com/513… careers.pageuppeople.com/513…

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Preprint update [now to peer review] - Are degraded ecosystems a blind spot for global health? - Do soil microbiomes & monomethyl branched-chain fatty acids connect healthy ecosystems to healthy people? biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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I'm cycling 2,000 km in 2 weeks to raise money for 2 ecosystem restoration charities in S. Australia––Trees for Life & The Forktree Project. The challenge involves oodles of hill climbing (> 2 Mount Everests!) Find out more and donate here: gofundme.com/f/the-trails-fo… Pls rt 🙏
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🚨My publisher @pelagicpublish is offering a Christmas discount of 30% off your total order. Please consider purchasing #InvisibleFriends and #Treewilding as a gift and use the code XMAS30 at the checkout! Many other nature books to choose from, too! 🦠🌳pelagicpublishing.com/produc…
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📢 Excited to finally release our new tool ReefAdapt.org - making genomic information more accessible for #marinerestoration. Out now @CommsBio nature.com/articles/s42003-0… @uwaoceans @UWAresearch @Flinders
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Please take 10-mins to complete our nature connection research survey: qmunature.github.io/Survey Please also repost. Thanks! 🍃
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Excited to share our latest paper showing that sound boosts the growth of 'friendly' fungi! 🎶🍄 T. harzianum growth & sporulation increased when stimulated with a vintage-radio-like white noise. We're hoping to develop this to aid soil restoration. royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Applying for an ARC DECRA or Future Fellowship? Here's some advice ARC or your research office won't tell you. Based on experience (I've been fortunate enough to have sponsored/hosted 6 ARC fellows, and held 3 fellowships) tinyurl.com/tbbpxfty
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New #review in #ProcB - Monitoring #soil fauna with ecoacoustics #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/d… #Ecosystem @CraigLiddicoat @_jake_robinson @_MBreed
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New Review in #ProcB - Monitoring #soil fauna with ecoacoustics #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/d… #Ecosystem #Ecology@_jake_robinson @CraigLiddicoat @_MBreed
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Monitoring soil fauna with #ecoacoustics! Our new review in Proc B: royalsocietypublishing.org/d… Thanks to co-authors Amy Annells, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, @CraigLiddicoat, Heidi Rogers, Alex Taylor & @_MBreed
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Book review 📚 why repairing forests is not just about planting trees go.nature.com/3ySHSCT
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🚨 New soil #ecoacoustics paper alert! We're developing an ecological equivalent of a stethoscope to monitor soil health! 🩺🪱🪲🐜🕷️ Sounds of the underground reflect soil #biodiversity dynamics. Here's our new study (open access): besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Animation of our soil ecoacoustics research here: youtube.com/watch?v=9nTQfQao… - created by the awesome Traci Klarenbeek and narrated by my wonderful wife, Kate! There's an insect rave of crackles, clicks and bubbles going on beneath our feet. 🩺🪱🪲🐜🕷️🔊🎧
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Planting trees/holobionts the 'right way' phys.org/news/2024-08-trees.…

Planting trees the 'right way'

Large-scale global efforts to replace trees for carbon capture and urban greening may be doing more harm than good if they neglect to restore viable ecosystems, a Flinders University expert says.

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🌳Treewilding Publication Day!🌳 Find upcoming book talk events on my website (more coming soon): jakemrobinson.com/events Thanks to @georgecmcgavin @BenGoldsmith Hannah Hagen Bjørgaas Bruce Pascoe, @IanThewildside, Mike Bossley, Tim Jarvis & others for your kind endorsements!
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Join the @Flinders - SARDI collaboration as a PhD candidate to improve the climate resilience of crops. You will study plant-soil-microbe interactions in the field and lab. This exciting opportunity comes with $40k pa tax free for 3.5 yrs. APPLY NOW: tinyurl.com/4jch56sz
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