Soil Microbial Ecology Group
Hazard & Nicol Labs. We aim to understand soil microbial interactions - prokaryotes, fungi, viruses, their contribution to biogeochemical cycling & mitigating their impact or harnessing their potential for reducing climate change. soilmicrobes.fr
- 📣 We are happy to announce two University of Lyon-China Scholarship Council-funded #PhD projects examining Soil Virus Ecology! 🦠 ✍️ To apply: please send a detailed CV and letter of motivation by January 30, 2026. Interviews will take place in February. Further details can be found here 👇
- 🎓 Congrats to Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang and Dr. Huaiyu Wang on successful PhD defenses!! 🎉 Dr. Zhang’s research on soil RNA viruses and Dr. Wang’s work on soil methylotroph viruses represent remarkable scientific achievements. We wish them every success on the next exciting chapters of their careers 🌟🚀
- 🚀 New INRAE Research Position Likely Opening in 2026 at Our Department! 🎯 Excited to work at the interface of microbial and plant biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions? 📍Microbial Ecology Laboratory, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France 📅 Offer will be posted end of January 2026
- 📣 Only a few in-person spots left! Connect with the soil virus research community at #ISVC2026 Register now 👉 soilmicrobes.fr/internationa... #Virus #Phage #Virology #SoilMicrobiology
- The final edition of the ACTIONr Network Newsletter is now available! This issue includes the Editorial: “Insights from ACTIONr and Side Projects on Nitrification Inhibitors – Mechanisms, Performance, and Practical Implications” Read it here: www.actionr.eu/actionr-news...
- 📣 PhD Scholarship Opportunity for International Students! Are you looking to do a PhD in soil microbial and viral ecology? ✍️ Get in touch now!! ✅ Requirements: Masters degree, Distinguished CV, Highly motivated ⏳ Application deadline: November 24 www.univ-lyon1.fr/recherche/fo...
- Latest publication! 📢 Using nitrifying microbes as a tool for testing the toxicity of agriculture pesticides ☠️! Congrats Eleftheria Bachtsevani -first paper of your PhD! Great collaboration with co-first author Maria Kolovou, and Dimitrios Karpoyzas & Evangelia Papadopoulou (Univ. of Thessaly)
- 📢 We are thrilled to announce the International Soil Virus Conference 2026 in conjunction with the Saint Loup Research Institute. 🗓️ June 16 – 18, 2026 📍 Château de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France 👇 RSVP by October 31st, 2025 #virus #phage #ISVC2026
- Hot off the press! 📣 We demonstrate that soil physicochemical gradients alter virus community structure but not the presence of those infecting individual (cultivated) bacteria hosts 🦠🧫 @Sungeun Lee @graemenicol.bsky.social @christinahazard.bsky.social
- 📢 ACTIONr Newsletter #05 is out! Get updates from the network & new research on Nitrification Inhibitors, events, and more. 📝 Editorial by Dr. Chiara Perruchon (UTH) 🔗 Read the full newsletter here: www.actionr.eu/wp-content/u...
- The next ACTIONr webinar is today! Don’t miss out!!
- A full fun week of nitrification at #ICoN9 in Bremen! We got to share our latest work on nitrifier viruses, NOB-AOA interactions, and discuss BNIs. 😁
- Great week at #esm2025 in Helsinki! We shared our latest work on soil methanotroph and nitrifier viruses 🦠😁
- We are back from the ACTIONr Summer School! Fantastic week with a great group of early careers researchers studying BNIs!
- Reposted by Soil Microbial Ecology GroupA few weeks ago we met in the Scottish Highlands to launch our HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social funded project on virus-prokaryotic interactions in wetlands and impact on the methane cycle. What a fantastic team to be part of. @karthik-a.bsky.social @soilmicrobes.bsky.social & Joanne Emerson
- 📣 PhD Scholarship Funding Opportunity! Interested in pursuing a PhD in soil virus ecology and biogeochemical cycling? 🦠 Have a Masters degree from abroad and ranked in the top 20% of your class? 🎓 Get in touch now! See our website for further details. Submission deadline in August.
- Reposted by Soil Microbial Ecology GroupOur paper is out and is open access! Phosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-up. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sieravirus.bsky.social @jeffinerca.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social @christinahazard.bsky.social
