Cindy Morris
@dbszane.bsky.social
Scientist, lyricist, singer, gardener and cyclist striving for the objectivity needed to nurture Planet Earth and foster mutual respect among its inhabitants. Born at 315 ppm CO2.
Thesis defense of the incredible Margaux Darnis! #aerobiology
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thesis defense of the incredible Margaux Darnis! #aerobiology
Reposted by Cindy Morris
We are pleased to announce the Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (BVBD) summer school, 1–5 June 2026, France (sister course of BVBD in Idaho). Apply here bvbd-france.workshop.inrae.fr to bridge disciplines (biology, ecology, epidemiology, modeling, policy) and work on real-world wicked challenges.
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are pleased to announce the Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (BVBD) summer school, 1–5 June 2026, France (sister course of BVBD in Idaho). Apply here bvbd-france.workshop.inrae.fr to bridge disciplines (biology, ecology, epidemiology, modeling, policy) and work on real-world wicked challenges.
Our new book "Biological Highways in the Sky" about the aerial dispersion of microbes and small insects will be available as of 31 Oct. www.quae-open.com/produit/346/...
Biological Highways in the Sky - The dispersal of microorganisms, insects and other small life forms via the atmosphere - (EAN13 : 9782759241262) | Quae-Open : Des livres scientifiques en libre accès
Biological Highways in the Sky - The dispersal of microorganisms, insects and other small life forms via the atmosphere - (EAN13 : 9782759241262)
www.quae-open.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our new book "Biological Highways in the Sky" about the aerial dispersion of microbes and small insects will be available as of 31 Oct. www.quae-open.com/produit/346/...
We are now taking applications for the workshop on "Tracking the Dispersal and Impact of Biological Particles that Ride the Atmospheric Highways", in Avignon, 21 -24 April 2026: beyond.paca.hub.inrae.fr/aerial-dispe...
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are now taking applications for the workshop on "Tracking the Dispersal and Impact of Biological Particles that Ride the Atmospheric Highways", in Avignon, 21 -24 April 2026: beyond.paca.hub.inrae.fr/aerial-dispe...
For Quanta mag's recent article on the Microbial Masters of Earth's climate, journalist Katherine Bourzac interviewed Pierre Amato and myself. Scroll to the part on rainmakers. www.quantamagazine.org/microbes-als...
Microbes Also Change the Climate. Could That Help Us? | Quanta Magazine
A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life forms make to our climate system, and how we can work with them to address cli...
www.quantamagazine.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
For Quanta mag's recent article on the Microbial Masters of Earth's climate, journalist Katherine Bourzac interviewed Pierre Amato and myself. Scroll to the part on rainmakers. www.quantamagazine.org/microbes-als...
Among the treasures is the output from a computer "job" (that was the jargon in 1984) ran on the Univ WI's mainframe computer: 40 sq m of paper to produce a dendogram from a cluster analysis. Somehow I manually translated this into code for a printer to etch out a miniature A4 version.
Slowly cleaning out my office to prepare for retirement. Of all of the documents and various printed stuff I have accumulated over the years that I am sending to recycling, why is it so difficult to get rid of the lab books and computer printouts from my PhD thesis 40 yrs ago?
July 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Among the treasures is the output from a computer "job" (that was the jargon in 1984) ran on the Univ WI's mainframe computer: 40 sq m of paper to produce a dendogram from a cluster analysis. Somehow I manually translated this into code for a printer to etch out a miniature A4 version.
Slowly cleaning out my office to prepare for retirement. Of all of the documents and various printed stuff I have accumulated over the years that I am sending to recycling, why is it so difficult to get rid of the lab books and computer printouts from my PhD thesis 40 yrs ago?
July 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Slowly cleaning out my office to prepare for retirement. Of all of the documents and various printed stuff I have accumulated over the years that I am sending to recycling, why is it so difficult to get rid of the lab books and computer printouts from my PhD thesis 40 yrs ago?
While trying to make a formulation of tartartic acid that sticks to leaves for control of plant patho bacteria, we made a nice litte discovery about the mode of action of carboxylic acids on bacteria.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Chitosan and carboxylic acids, impact on membrane permeability and DNA integrity of Pseudomonas syringae: interest for biocontrol applications - Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
Background Pseudomonas syringae causes major damage to a wide variety of plants and is a good model for antibacterial activity assessment. It is important to understand to the fullest extent the mecha...
link.springer.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
While trying to make a formulation of tartartic acid that sticks to leaves for control of plant patho bacteria, we made a nice litte discovery about the mode of action of carboxylic acids on bacteria.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Up, up and away to discover fungal diversity in the atmosphere over Brazilian landscapes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Airborne fungal spore concentrations double but diversity decreases with warmer winter temperatures in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot
Whilst research on climatic effects on fungal populations and communities (particularly of soil and litter-specialised species) has been done extensiv…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Up, up and away to discover fungal diversity in the atmosphere over Brazilian landscapes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hello @gcabanac.cpesr.fr & others concerned by #deception_in_science. Just received reviews of a manus submitted to a reputable OA journal. Reviewer #1 clearly reviewed a different manus, and I strongly suspect Rev #3 to be ChatGPT (or other AI) (the idea had never occured to me). What would you do?
March 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hello @gcabanac.cpesr.fr & others concerned by #deception_in_science. Just received reviews of a manus submitted to a reputable OA journal. Reviewer #1 clearly reviewed a different manus, and I strongly suspect Rev #3 to be ChatGPT (or other AI) (the idea had never occured to me). What would you do?
Check out Mediapart's recent article on ice nucleation ! www.mediapart.fr/journal/cult...
Comment naissent les flocons
Bientôt Noël et ses flocons qui tombent du ciel. Leur naissance dans les nuages d’altitude fascine les scientifiques, qui viennent de démontrer un phénomène surprenant : les régions situées sous les …
www.mediapart.fr
December 22, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Check out Mediapart's recent article on ice nucleation ! www.mediapart.fr/journal/cult...
Reposted by Cindy Morris
[#HLB] 🍋🍊New work published in #EvolAppJournal on #CandidatusLiberibacter an overlooked pathogen before 2015, with medium- to long-distance movement, using #backyard trees acted as relays for #disease spread @cirad.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social #PHIM #PVBMT
Genetic Signatures of Contrasted Outbreak Histories of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus”, the Bacterium That Causes Citrus Huanglongbing, in Three Outermost Regions of the European Union
In an era of trade globalization and climate change, crop pathogens and pests are a genuine threat to food security. The detailed characterization of emerging pathogen populations is a prerequisite f...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:16 AM
[#HLB] 🍋🍊New work published in #EvolAppJournal on #CandidatusLiberibacter an overlooked pathogen before 2015, with medium- to long-distance movement, using #backyard trees acted as relays for #disease spread @cirad.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social #PHIM #PVBMT
Great day for the PPR-CPA BEYOND (beyond.paca.hub.inrae.fr) project! Mariya Borovikova defended her thesis on facilitating text mining for #PlantHealth surveillance. Also see x.com/bio_ice_nucl... for this news as I transition from one social media to another
December 13, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Great day for the PPR-CPA BEYOND (beyond.paca.hub.inrae.fr) project! Mariya Borovikova defended her thesis on facilitating text mining for #PlantHealth surveillance. Also see x.com/bio_ice_nucl... for this news as I transition from one social media to another
Lia Lamacque, postdoc in our team @inrae-france.bsky.social in Avignon, presents our results on the effect of organic acid treatments for reducing risk of frost damage to apricot trees in the context of the HALTOGEL project.
December 10, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Lia Lamacque, postdoc in our team @inrae-france.bsky.social in Avignon, presents our results on the effect of organic acid treatments for reducing risk of frost damage to apricot trees in the context of the HALTOGEL project.