Lotta Purkamo
@microecolotta.bsky.social
Senior scientist @Geological Survey of Finland
#geomicrobiology #microbialecology #C_cycling #biogeochemistry #climatechange #groundwater #astrobiology #WomenInSTEM #heavymetal #birbwatching
#geomicrobiology #microbialecology #C_cycling #biogeochemistry #climatechange #groundwater #astrobiology #WomenInSTEM #heavymetal #birbwatching
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Scientific Drilling Town Hall Meeting @ ngwm2026.fi
📅 14 Jan 2026, 16:00–18:00
📍 Logomo, Turku – Room Goto 31
All attendees interested in scientific drilling welcome! Join us 👉informal meet-up & short updates on ongoing & planned Nordic drilling projects ℹ️ Full program in Dec. on our ICDP channels
📅 14 Jan 2026, 16:00–18:00
📍 Logomo, Turku – Room Goto 31
All attendees interested in scientific drilling welcome! Join us 👉informal meet-up & short updates on ongoing & planned Nordic drilling projects ℹ️ Full program in Dec. on our ICDP channels
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Scientific Drilling Town Hall Meeting @ ngwm2026.fi
📅 14 Jan 2026, 16:00–18:00
📍 Logomo, Turku – Room Goto 31
All attendees interested in scientific drilling welcome! Join us 👉informal meet-up & short updates on ongoing & planned Nordic drilling projects ℹ️ Full program in Dec. on our ICDP channels
📅 14 Jan 2026, 16:00–18:00
📍 Logomo, Turku – Room Goto 31
All attendees interested in scientific drilling welcome! Join us 👉informal meet-up & short updates on ongoing & planned Nordic drilling projects ℹ️ Full program in Dec. on our ICDP channels
Reposted by Lotta Purkamo
💰 Do you need #financial #support to attend #EGU26?
#EGU is here to ease your participation!
Submit your abstract by 1 December 2025 and get support through one of our three participation support schemes for #EGU26!
👉 Learn more here: egu.eu/5AKEKI
📸: Jerome Mayaud on imaggeo.egu.eu
#EGU is here to ease your participation!
Submit your abstract by 1 December 2025 and get support through one of our three participation support schemes for #EGU26!
👉 Learn more here: egu.eu/5AKEKI
📸: Jerome Mayaud on imaggeo.egu.eu
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
💰 Do you need #financial #support to attend #EGU26?
#EGU is here to ease your participation!
Submit your abstract by 1 December 2025 and get support through one of our three participation support schemes for #EGU26!
👉 Learn more here: egu.eu/5AKEKI
📸: Jerome Mayaud on imaggeo.egu.eu
#EGU is here to ease your participation!
Submit your abstract by 1 December 2025 and get support through one of our three participation support schemes for #EGU26!
👉 Learn more here: egu.eu/5AKEKI
📸: Jerome Mayaud on imaggeo.egu.eu
Few days left to submit your abstract to ISEB 2025 meeting, www.iseb-2025.org and beginning from next week, abstract submission starts for Nordic Geological Winter Meeting! For example the session 3: Biogeochemical cycles and geomicrobiology 😉 Welcome to Turku, Finland! ngwm2026.fi
ISEB 2025
www.iseb-2025.org
August 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Few days left to submit your abstract to ISEB 2025 meeting, www.iseb-2025.org and beginning from next week, abstract submission starts for Nordic Geological Winter Meeting! For example the session 3: Biogeochemical cycles and geomicrobiology 😉 Welcome to Turku, Finland! ngwm2026.fi
Tänään Itämeripäivä! Kirjoiteltiin vähän blogia aiheeseen liittyen @mudjones.bsky.social @eeroasmala.bsky.social Karoliina Koho ja Kristiina Nuottimäki @gtk-fi.bsky.social
Hyvää Itämeripäivää!💙 Mitä GTK:lla tehdään Itämeren hyväksi ja miten geotieteet auttavat Itämeren suojelua? Siitä lisää🔗
Tule viettämään kanssamme Itämerifestiä Helsingin Kansalaistorille tänään klo 12‒19: itameripaiva.fi/tapahtuma/it...
#Itämeripäivä #Itämerifest
www.gtk.fi/ajankohtaist...
Tule viettämään kanssamme Itämerifestiä Helsingin Kansalaistorille tänään klo 12‒19: itameripaiva.fi/tapahtuma/it...
#Itämeripäivä #Itämerifest
www.gtk.fi/ajankohtaist...
Tietoa pinnan alta ‒ geotieteet Itämeren hyväksi | GTK
Itämerelle omistettu teemapäivä tarjoaa hetken pysähtyä pohtimaan, mitä voimme tehdä meren puolesta nyt ja tulevaisuudessa.
www.gtk.fi
August 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Tänään Itämeripäivä! Kirjoiteltiin vähän blogia aiheeseen liittyen @mudjones.bsky.social @eeroasmala.bsky.social Karoliina Koho ja Kristiina Nuottimäki @gtk-fi.bsky.social
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Espoo-päivä lähestyy – tule tutustumaan Suomen kallioperän ja merenpohjan salaisuuksiin la 30.8. Otaniemeen! Tutki kivi- ja sedmenttinäytteitä, tunnista kivilajeja ja ilmoittaudu ekskursiokävelylle. 🌍
Tutustu ohjelmaan ⬇️
www.gtk.fi/tapahtuma/ma...
#EspooPäivä #VisitEspoo #Geologia #Luonto #Tiede
Tutustu ohjelmaan ⬇️
www.gtk.fi/tapahtuma/ma...
#EspooPäivä #VisitEspoo #Geologia #Luonto #Tiede
Maapallomme muisti, muutokset ja ominaisuudet: mitä näytteet kertovat? | GTK
Maapallomme muisti, muutokset ja ominaisuudet. Espoo-päivänä 30.8. GTK:lla avoimet ovet Otaniemessä klo 10-15.
www.gtk.fi
August 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Espoo-päivä lähestyy – tule tutustumaan Suomen kallioperän ja merenpohjan salaisuuksiin la 30.8. Otaniemeen! Tutki kivi- ja sedmenttinäytteitä, tunnista kivilajeja ja ilmoittaudu ekskursiokävelylle. 🌍
Tutustu ohjelmaan ⬇️
www.gtk.fi/tapahtuma/ma...
#EspooPäivä #VisitEspoo #Geologia #Luonto #Tiede
Tutustu ohjelmaan ⬇️
www.gtk.fi/tapahtuma/ma...
#EspooPäivä #VisitEspoo #Geologia #Luonto #Tiede
International Society of Environmental Biogeochemistry ISEB is going to have a great meeting (as always) in Dublin in October! Submit your abstract now to be part of it, great talks, cool mid-conference trip, and mad dancing guaranteed! :D www.iseb-2025.org
ISEB 2025
www.iseb-2025.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
International Society of Environmental Biogeochemistry ISEB is going to have a great meeting (as always) in Dublin in October! Submit your abstract now to be part of it, great talks, cool mid-conference trip, and mad dancing guaranteed! :D www.iseb-2025.org
Have a look at the thematic issue from last ISEBxISSM2023 meeting, and then register to our upcoming ISEB2025 meeting in October! www.iseb-2025.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Have a look at the thematic issue from last ISEBxISSM2023 meeting, and then register to our upcoming ISEB2025 meeting in October! www.iseb-2025.org
Reposted by Lotta Purkamo
This excellent thematic issue connected to the #2023ISEBxISSM conference in Banff is finally out! ♨️
Thanks to our co-guest editors @microecolotta.bsky.social and #MariaDittrich for their great work. 👏
Thanks to our co-guest editors @microecolotta.bsky.social and #MariaDittrich for their great work. 👏
Groundbreaking (literally!) research alert ⛏️ #FEMSMicrobiolEcol 's thematic issue, Subsurface Microbiology, highlights the roles microbes play in various environments, from deep subsurface ecosystems to industrial gas storage systems. Read collection: buff.ly/t7ICAEo
June 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This excellent thematic issue connected to the #2023ISEBxISSM conference in Banff is finally out! ♨️
Thanks to our co-guest editors @microecolotta.bsky.social and #MariaDittrich for their great work. 👏
Thanks to our co-guest editors @microecolotta.bsky.social and #MariaDittrich for their great work. 👏
Last week for early bird -registration to ISEB2025!
Abstracts can be submitted until the end of July, so keep them coming! www.iseb-2025.org/register/
Abstracts can be submitted until the end of July, so keep them coming! www.iseb-2025.org/register/
Register – ISEB 2025
www.iseb-2025.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Last week for early bird -registration to ISEB2025!
Abstracts can be submitted until the end of July, so keep them coming! www.iseb-2025.org/register/
Abstracts can be submitted until the end of July, so keep them coming! www.iseb-2025.org/register/
You want to join www.iseb-2025.org in Dublin? Early bird registration day is approaching quickly!
ISEB 2025
www.iseb-2025.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You want to join www.iseb-2025.org in Dublin? Early bird registration day is approaching quickly!
Thematic issue of FEMS Microbiology Ecology originating from last ISEB-ISSM joint meeting in 2023 is out and there are many exiting papers: academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
Editorial: celebrating the biogeosphere at the joint meeting of International Societies for Environmental Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Microbiology
We show that chemical pollution alters microbial communities in predictable ways, making their evolutionary relationships a useful tool for tracking enviro
academic.oup.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Thematic issue of FEMS Microbiology Ecology originating from last ISEB-ISSM joint meeting in 2023 is out and there are many exiting papers: academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
Hey peeps, now it's time to register to the next International Society of Biogeochemistry www.iseb-2025.org meeting in Dublin, in October!!
ISEB 2025
www.iseb-2025.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hey peeps, now it's time to register to the next International Society of Biogeochemistry www.iseb-2025.org meeting in Dublin, in October!!
The upcoming Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology looks great! www.grc.org/applied-and-... Don't miss your chance, apply now!
2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology will be held in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The upcoming Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology looks great! www.grc.org/applied-and-... Don't miss your chance, apply now!
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Kuinka huokoinen on laskiaispulla? Röntgentomografiakuvat paljastavat.
Normaalisti kuvaus on alkupiste tutkittaessa esim. kivi-, savinäytteitä tai malmirikasteita.
Tuottaa 3D-mallin rakenteesta, johon voidaan muilla menetelmillä saatuja tuloksia linkittää tilavuudellisesti. ½
#Laskiainen #Tiede
Normaalisti kuvaus on alkupiste tutkittaessa esim. kivi-, savinäytteitä tai malmirikasteita.
Tuottaa 3D-mallin rakenteesta, johon voidaan muilla menetelmillä saatuja tuloksia linkittää tilavuudellisesti. ½
#Laskiainen #Tiede
March 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Kuinka huokoinen on laskiaispulla? Röntgentomografiakuvat paljastavat.
Normaalisti kuvaus on alkupiste tutkittaessa esim. kivi-, savinäytteitä tai malmirikasteita.
Tuottaa 3D-mallin rakenteesta, johon voidaan muilla menetelmillä saatuja tuloksia linkittää tilavuudellisesti. ½
#Laskiainen #Tiede
Normaalisti kuvaus on alkupiste tutkittaessa esim. kivi-, savinäytteitä tai malmirikasteita.
Tuottaa 3D-mallin rakenteesta, johon voidaan muilla menetelmillä saatuja tuloksia linkittää tilavuudellisesti. ½
#Laskiainen #Tiede
At #EuropeanOceanDays in Brussels, representing BlueMissionBANOS project. We had a great workshop yesterday obout monitoring and KPI dev across CSAs, thanks to all! #missionocean
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At #EuropeanOceanDays in Brussels, representing BlueMissionBANOS project. We had a great workshop yesterday obout monitoring and KPI dev across CSAs, thanks to all! #missionocean
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Also lake Bourget is truly beautiful !
February 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Also lake Bourget is truly beautiful !
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🌤️ Blue Skies Ahead: ICDP Training Course 2025 🌤️
Calling all scientists & engineers! Join the ICDP Training Course 2025 in Weinan (near Xi'an) for a week of cutting-edge geoscience, hands-on learning, and unforgettable cultural adventures...😍
Apply NOW!!
👉 www.icdp-online.org/support/upco...
Calling all scientists & engineers! Join the ICDP Training Course 2025 in Weinan (near Xi'an) for a week of cutting-edge geoscience, hands-on learning, and unforgettable cultural adventures...😍
Apply NOW!!
👉 www.icdp-online.org/support/upco...
February 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🌤️ Blue Skies Ahead: ICDP Training Course 2025 🌤️
Calling all scientists & engineers! Join the ICDP Training Course 2025 in Weinan (near Xi'an) for a week of cutting-edge geoscience, hands-on learning, and unforgettable cultural adventures...😍
Apply NOW!!
👉 www.icdp-online.org/support/upco...
Calling all scientists & engineers! Join the ICDP Training Course 2025 in Weinan (near Xi'an) for a week of cutting-edge geoscience, hands-on learning, and unforgettable cultural adventures...😍
Apply NOW!!
👉 www.icdp-online.org/support/upco...
And heads up also for the 2025 meeting for the International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry ISEB! Dynamic Earth: Geochemical and biospheric interactions across time. Dublin, Ireland, the end of October. More info soon here: www.iseb-2025.org
ISEB 2025
www.iseb-2025.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
And heads up also for the 2025 meeting for the International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry ISEB! Dynamic Earth: Geochemical and biospheric interactions across time. Dublin, Ireland, the end of October. More info soon here: www.iseb-2025.org
Consider yourself invited to 3rd Paleolimnology & Limnology International Symposium to be held in Aix-Les-Bains, France (6 - 10th October 2025). We are hosting the session IV-1, i.e. biogeochemical cycles in the sediment subsurface.
ialipa-2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
The abstract dl 8.4.
ialipa-2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
The abstract dl 8.4.
February 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Consider yourself invited to 3rd Paleolimnology & Limnology International Symposium to be held in Aix-Les-Bains, France (6 - 10th October 2025). We are hosting the session IV-1, i.e. biogeochemical cycles in the sediment subsurface.
ialipa-2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
The abstract dl 8.4.
ialipa-2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
The abstract dl 8.4.
In case you are interested in a) more studies of Outokumpu, I challenge @riikkakie.bsky.social to tell about her papers, b) doing research in Outokumpu Deep Scientific Drill Hole, it is part of International Continental Drilling Program's infrastructure and open for science, be in contact with me!
February 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
In case you are interested in a) more studies of Outokumpu, I challenge @riikkakie.bsky.social to tell about her papers, b) doing research in Outokumpu Deep Scientific Drill Hole, it is part of International Continental Drilling Program's infrastructure and open for science, be in contact with me!
This publication describes the microbial communities (bacteria and fungi!) attaching the rock surfaces (mica schist) in the #deepbiosphere of Outokumpu. #geomicrobiology #SEM #microscopy #microcosms
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Frontiers | Epilithic Microbial Community Functionality in Deep Oligotrophic Continental Bedrock
The deep terrestrial biosphere hosts vast sessile rock surface communities and biofilms, but thus far, mostly planktic communities have been studied. We enri...
www.frontiersin.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This publication describes the microbial communities (bacteria and fungi!) attaching the rock surfaces (mica schist) in the #deepbiosphere of Outokumpu. #geomicrobiology #SEM #microscopy #microcosms
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
There's a whole bunch of papers that have come out describing the #deepbiosphere in crystalline bedrock fluids in Outokumpu, for example bg.copernicus.org/articles/13/...
BG - Microbial co-occurrence patterns in deep Precambrian bedrock fracture fluids
bg.copernicus.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
There's a whole bunch of papers that have come out describing the #deepbiosphere in crystalline bedrock fluids in Outokumpu, for example bg.copernicus.org/articles/13/...
The Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole draws attention now because of a new publication about volatile organic compounds found from different depths of the bedrock fluids, see Kietäväinen et al. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Naturally occurring volatile organic compounds in deep bedrock groundwater - Communications Earth & Environment
A range of non-methane volatile organic compounds was identified in more than 500 m depth in groundwater-filled Precambrian bedrock fracture zones, along with indicators of microbial metabolism, using...
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole draws attention now because of a new publication about volatile organic compounds found from different depths of the bedrock fluids, see Kietäväinen et al. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
I'm in TV! I was at Outokumpu last week, showing the Outokumpu Deep Scientific Drill Hole to reporters from YLE. areena.yle.fi/1-72548948 #deepbiosphere #voc #groundwater #deepdrillhole #geomicrobiology
areena.yle.fi
February 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I'm in TV! I was at Outokumpu last week, showing the Outokumpu Deep Scientific Drill Hole to reporters from YLE. areena.yle.fi/1-72548948 #deepbiosphere #voc #groundwater #deepdrillhole #geomicrobiology
Finally ditched the Xitter. Hoping for less toxicity and more science in this forum <3
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February 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Finally ditched the Xitter. Hoping for less toxicity and more science in this forum <3