I’m quite sad to post this but after 12 years I can’t continue to support Twitter/X after Musk’s brazen use of the platform to sway the US election. I’ll delete my account in the next few days but you can find me on bluesky [at] Prof-Dunc See you on the other side 🫡

A genuine joy to be involved in this amazing research and to make new friends near and far :)

Bittersweet today with the culmination of 5 years working on suppressing bacterial diseases of plants using the microbiome. Thanks to @BBSRC as the lead funder (& the other funders), Huge thanks to Debbie & the coordination team for running this so well!

This!!!

I am looking for a postdoc to join a large project sampling plants and soils from across Canadian prairies to identify genomic indicators (plant genotypes, eDNA, soil biome) of ecosystem function. This person would work with the team to integrate data, with significant latitude.

Incredibly proud supervisor moment, really awesome job @HattSebastian for publishing this outstanding paper, such an incredible amount of work underpins this really elegant study 😊

🌱 Check the newly published paper ‘Parasitic plants show striking convergence in host preference across angiosperm lineages’ in @annbot by Sebastian Hatt and co-authors. 🧵(1/8) 👉 https://t.co/kDr4P4f96r @thorogoodchris1 @AlexZuntini #AoBpapers #Botany #ParasiticPlants

For international ataxia awareness day on September 25th (#IAAD), @AtaxiaUK asked me to say a few words about why #ataxia hasn’t conquered me. AtaxiaUK are a brilliant charity who helped give me (& many others) hope after being diagnosed with this horrible disease.

It’s probably the best meme I’ve ever seen. And yes I am a sad biochemist, what of it? 😂

As a wheelchair ♿️ user I have had enough of pavements and crossings being blocked. In this video I’m calling on @MayorofLondon to sort out @limebike once and for all.

This needs to stop! The devastating Tory cuts in community Policing lead to appalling situations like this 😡

My mum was robbed at knife-point in Meersbrook Park yesterday lunchtime. She's 80 soon and walks with a crutch because of a recent knee replacement. He put a large knife to her chest and took her bag. She should be safe walking her dog in her local park @LouHaigh @olivercoppard

Really cool PhD opportunity in a fantastic lab in a truly beautiful part of the world ⬇️

Really excited to announce that we are hiring! We have 3 post doc positions on our microbiomes rules of life @BBSRC sLoLa led by my pal @SophieLNixon. Links below with a closing date of 06/09/2024 @ISME_microbes @MicrobioSoc @NatureMicrobiol @ASMicrobiology @OfficialUoM @UoMMIB

Been scaling back my use of X/Twitter because of it’s now owner. This will be my last post for a bit, while I work out what to do 👋

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A truly phenomenal achievement by my PhD student Seb to publish a monograph at this stage in his career. I’m an incredibly proud supervisor!! @OfficialUoM @UoM_EES @UoMMIB

We're hiring! Come and join a vibrant team (incl @dunkie_c @katcoyte et al) working on frontier environmental #microbiome science. 5 year Senior Technician role available to start in January, linked to @BBSRC sLoLa project: https://t.co/JY7EWcBOZY

At at time when our trans brothers and sisters and non-binary comrades are under attack from all sides of the political spectrum (shame on you Wes & Keir!) we need to remember how fragile our rights are & to fight for those who need our voices 🏳️‍⚧️

Beyond humbled to have been selected by a group of fellow #LGBTQIAplus #scientists at the University of Glasgow to honour the achievements of #queer scientists. Thank you so much 🥹 I’m truly privileged to work at @OfficialUoM who have such an inclusive culture. @UoMMIB @UoM_EES