Lucas Le Brun
@microbiolucas.bsky.social
PhD Student in Soil Environmental Microbiology
@meebangor.bsky.social at Bangor Uni, UK
Carbon storage - C cycle - SOM - Omics
@meebangor.bsky.social at Bangor Uni, UK
Carbon storage - C cycle - SOM - Omics
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🎉 Exciting milestone … my first PhD paper has been accepted in the Journal of Experimental Biology! 🥳
Not all winter warming is equal: steady, mild winters increase activity and can cause molecular damage, but short, warm spells have little effect on wall lizards 🦎
Not all winter warming is equal: steady, mild winters increase activity and can cause molecular damage, but short, warm spells have little effect on wall lizards 🦎
Accepted manuscript now online! The first paper from @miaryras.bsky.social's exciting PhD work on the consequences of warming winters for lizard physiology and behaviour, in collab w/ @wolfgangwuster.bsky.social, @arc-trust.bsky.social, & others:
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Sleeping beauty awakened: Experimental winter warming increases activity with signs of potential DNA damage in common wall lizards
Winter is warming faster than summer, posing substantial threat to hibernating ectotherms, whose physiology depends directly on environmental conditions. While the effects of active season warming are...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🎉 Exciting milestone … my first PhD paper has been accepted in the Journal of Experimental Biology! 🥳
Not all winter warming is equal: steady, mild winters increase activity and can cause molecular damage, but short, warm spells have little effect on wall lizards 🦎
Not all winter warming is equal: steady, mild winters increase activity and can cause molecular damage, but short, warm spells have little effect on wall lizards 🦎
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PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP.
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP.
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
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📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
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PhD opportunity in my lab!
We’re looking for a proactive student to join our project on how CO dehydrogenase is regulated in response to atmospheric mercury.
Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury FindAPhD.com
Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury FindAPhD.com
PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
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October 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
PhD opportunity in my lab!
We’re looking for a proactive student to join our project on how CO dehydrogenase is regulated in response to atmospheric mercury.
Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury FindAPhD.com
Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury FindAPhD.com
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Just published an interactive article about a magical algorithm known as the Burrows-Wheeler Transform, which powers sequence alignment tools like bowtie and bwa: sandbox.bio/concepts/bwt
It's also notoriously unintuitive so I'm hoping this article helps you build that intuition.
It's also notoriously unintuitive so I'm hoping this article helps you build that intuition.
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just published an interactive article about a magical algorithm known as the Burrows-Wheeler Transform, which powers sequence alignment tools like bowtie and bwa: sandbox.bio/concepts/bwt
It's also notoriously unintuitive so I'm hoping this article helps you build that intuition.
It's also notoriously unintuitive so I'm hoping this article helps you build that intuition.
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PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils”
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils”
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
www.findaphd.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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First PhD sampling completed!
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
May 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
First PhD sampling completed!
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
First PhD sampling completed!
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
May 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
First PhD sampling completed!
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
I went to sample the blackout experiment with 20-year old bare fallow plots at the Henfaes Research Farm (Bangor University)
Here, we want to study SOM/SOC and the cycling of “old persistent” carbon in the absence of new fresh plant input.
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🚨 PhD alert.
PhD opportunity studying how nutrient availability impacts the ability of ecosystems to absorb more CO2 as CO2 levels rise.
With Catriona MacDonald and Ben Smith at Western Sydney University and myself here @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Sheffield
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD opportunity studying how nutrient availability impacts the ability of ecosystems to absorb more CO2 as CO2 levels rise.
With Catriona MacDonald and Ben Smith at Western Sydney University and myself here @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Sheffield
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨 PhD alert.
PhD opportunity studying how nutrient availability impacts the ability of ecosystems to absorb more CO2 as CO2 levels rise.
With Catriona MacDonald and Ben Smith at Western Sydney University and myself here @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Sheffield
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD opportunity studying how nutrient availability impacts the ability of ecosystems to absorb more CO2 as CO2 levels rise.
With Catriona MacDonald and Ben Smith at Western Sydney University and myself here @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Sheffield
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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NEW preprint!🥳
Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries
Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves the inference of orthogroups (blue in fig)
OrthoHMM may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6
🧵 1/8
Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries
Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves the inference of orthogroups (blue in fig)
OrthoHMM may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6
🧵 1/8
December 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM
NEW preprint!🥳
Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries
Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves the inference of orthogroups (blue in fig)
OrthoHMM may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6
🧵 1/8
Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries
Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves the inference of orthogroups (blue in fig)
OrthoHMM may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life
🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6
🧵 1/8
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Abstract submission for the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck #IMC25 is open! Come join us for a great session on mountain soil biodiversity: imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
FS 3.139: Mountain soil biodiversity – #IMC: International Mountain Conference
imc2025.info
January 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Abstract submission for the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck #IMC25 is open! Come join us for a great session on mountain soil biodiversity: imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
I am really happy that I was able to present my first PhD results and I am grateful to the jury for this prize 🦠🧬
And the winner for best PhD talk is Lucas Le Brun @microbiolucas.bsky.social for his work on soil microbiomes!
January 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am really happy that I was able to present my first PhD results and I am grateful to the jury for this prize 🦠🧬
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One of the biggest questions we get is when will our journals be here. We thank you for your patience.
You can now follow our journals with this starter pack!
You can now follow our journals with this starter pack!
December 18, 2024 at 2:57 PM
One of the biggest questions we get is when will our journals be here. We thank you for your patience.
You can now follow our journals with this starter pack!
You can now follow our journals with this starter pack!
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We are recruiting for #PhD opportunity funded by NERC RedAlert CDT investigating novel ways to identify #salmonid diseases in #freshwater ecosystems using #eDNA - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: findaphd.com?pj=176410
@thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social
@thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
We are recruiting for #PhD opportunity funded by NERC RedAlert CDT investigating novel ways to identify #salmonid diseases in #freshwater ecosystems using #eDNA - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: findaphd.com?pj=176410
@thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social
@thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social
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🚨 We are recruiting a #PhD student for a #NERC RedAlert CDT funded project using microbiological and genomic approaches to track #AMR 🦠 in riverine ecosystems in #NorthWales 🌈 - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: tinyurl.com/5wstuwxu
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
🚨 We are recruiting a #PhD student for a #NERC RedAlert CDT funded project using microbiological and genomic approaches to track #AMR 🦠 in riverine ecosystems in #NorthWales 🌈 - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: tinyurl.com/5wstuwxu
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social