Rebecca Batstone-Doyle
@SyM3Lab
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Being an Assistant Professor in Biology at McMaster means I get to do what I love most - ask cool questions and work with a team to answer them. Science is fun!
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Joined March 2019
This story really captures the values of the lab. Curiosity, courage, and collaboration. Undergrad on a mission expands research capabilities in Biology lab
science.mcmaster.ca
Rebecca Batstone had a problem. Sierra Vaillancourt came up with the solution. Rebecca, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology, wanted to start working with phages...
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I'm sorry to say that my brother, Jonathon Doyle, passed away this past Tuesday. We've set up a Children's Aid Foundation "Dare to Dream" bursary in his name. He will be sorely missed.
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A huge undertaking with a big pay-off. The results from this paper made me rethink our current approaches to solving the "rhizobia competition problem" in agriculture, which I wrote about (with help from two amazing undergrads!) in this @CurrentBiology Dispatch Article #Microbes
How does interstrain competition among microbes affect their services to hosts? Experimental work out today by @ac_arafat shows the marked costs to symbiosis. Check it out here:
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Calling all microbiologists at #BEEPEG2023! 🔬 The Canadian Journal of #Microbiology is curating an interdisciplinary collection on microbial #ecology & #evolution, providing the opportunity for diverse researchers to connect, network, and collaborate. 🔗 https://t.co/w418w4ty2f
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Honoured to kick off the Microbial ecology and evolution symposium this morning! Had such a fantastic time chatting with fellow microbe lovers. Thanks @LeaGrie @acgerstein for organizing this awesome symposium! #BEEPEG2023
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We are recruiting a #MSc or #PhD student to join us @queensu in 2024, to work on bacterial (rhizobium) genomics & ecology. A chance to learn both wet-lab and dry-lab methods. See the attached image or https://t.co/8wbox7hEzn for details and how to apply. #AcademicTwitter
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We have 3 funded #postdoc positions in our team at @queensu! Positions span wet-lab microbiology, dry-lab genomics, and synthetic biology, in agricultural microbiology and green biotech. See the attached images or https://t.co/8wbox7hEzn for details and how to apply.#postdocjobs
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Microbiome transplants help trees tolerate climate changes? Another nifty paper in @ScienceMagazine by @CassandraAllsup and colleagues https://t.co/BPVlNIZpUM
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Microbial communities sourced from more extreme climates can help tree seedlings tolerate cold and drought.
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Come work with us in Biology @McMasterU ! We are seeking to fill a three-year contractually limited, teaching-focused faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the area of Cellular Biology and Animal/Cell Physiology. Please share!
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I’m really excited to share this preprint which is the result of my very first project discussion with @JohnStinchcombe and @ME_Frederickson at the start of my PhD! A thread on latitudinal diversity gradients in symbiotic microbial communities.
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Mutualism is more prevalent in the tropics than temperate zones and is therefore expected to play an important role in generating and maintaining high species richness found at lower latitudes....
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New campus greenhouse to nurture research, learning and outreach #BrighterWorld #McMaster
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An 11,400 sq. ft. state-of-the-art greenhouse is being built beside the Life Sciences Building, with an expected occupancy date of spring 2024. [...]Read More...
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Dear colleagues- Do you plan to #SupportOurScience on Monday? The constant worry over finances is hurting out students, driving some to leave academia, and reducing access. Canadian PhD students and postgrads plan mass walkout over low pay https://t.co/cXDOyFkXdC
@utfaculty
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Nature - Academics are demanding a significant boost to government-sponsored fellowships and scholarships, which haven’t changed for decades.
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We did a thing!! 🎉 Out now @ISMEJournal - A tale of "slimy" and "stabby" bacteria, of modelling (@willpjsmith) and experiments, and a case study on outreach as a powerful catalyst for scientific research. Summary thread 🧵 below! https://t.co/XVTBDbmLcX 1/n
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Excited for our department @bio_mcmaster and the @MacBGSS to be hosting Dr. @CarinaCarlaKern this week! #evolution #genetics #ageing
Join the Biology Department @McMasterScience for a seminar by visiting Research Fellow @CarinaCarlaKern of @IHAatUCL, whose research focuses on the genetics, evolution, and neuroscience of aging and disease. 🕓April 13, 2023 at 4 PM 🏣HSC 1A4 -or- 💻 https://t.co/rxWuPIVJgB
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Congratulations & kudos to Canada's future scientific leaders! Ontario research is in great hands. SPECIAL mention to the @LaurierBiology students & team in front! #OntarioBiologyDay2023 #OntarioBiologyDay @LaurierSci @Laurier Photo credit: @VasseurLiette @BrockUniversity
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The Department of Biology @McMasterU is seeking qualified candidates to join our team as Spring 2023 Sessional Lecturers! This includes an opportunity to teach 2nd year physiology (BIO2A03), and/or 2nd year cell bio (BIO2B03). https://t.co/JgIxrPeQF4 please share broadly! 😀
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So proud of my graduate student @VShivnauth for giving her award winning talk at this year's Graduate Research Day #GRD2023 @McMasterScience The graduate students did an excellent job presenting their research and organizing such an awesome event!!! @MacBGSS
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🗓️ #February11 It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🔬🇨🇦👩🔬 @UN_Women @WomenScienceDay
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #CdnSci #ThinkScienceThinkPeace
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