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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · May 6

2. PostDoc Position (3 years)

Must start by 1st October

** DEADLINE 26th May **

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/leverhul...

PostDoc Wanted!

Modeling biomineralisation processes.

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · May 6

1. PhD Studentship (3.5 years)

Starting 1st October.

** DEADLINE MAY 16th **

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/biomin/l...

PhD Student Wanted!

Modeling biomineralisation processes.

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · May 6

🚨🚨🚨 TWO FULLY FUNDED POSITIONS 🚨🚨🚨

Both working out how shells are made, building quantitative models of the #biology, #mineralogy and #geochemistry of #biomineralisation.

Come join our cross-disciplinary team funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk !

#phd #postdoc 🌊

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/gra...

Building Shells

Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Biomineralisation

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · May 5

Registration deadline is TODAY for #ICP15

Sign up now to avoid disappointment!

www.icp15.com/news/5th-may...

5th May - Extension — ICP15

Deadline extension!

www.icp15.com

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · May 2

The Registration and Abstract Deadline submission deadline for #ICP15 has been extended to the 5th May.

We know you were all busy at #EGU25 😁

@egu.eu

www.icp15.com/news/5th-may...

5th May - Extension — ICP15

Deadline extension!

www.icp15.com

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Apr 19

So exciting to be able to support so many ECRs!!

Looking forward to #ICP15!

Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Apr 19

#ICP15 #awards 120 #ECR #grants.

We were able to support a diverse group of applicants from 21 #countries, around 80% of which were #PhD students.

Congratulations to all successful applicants 👏🏽👏🏽

Read more 👇🏼
www.icp15.com/news/ecr-gra...

#ICP15 deadlines and announcement of 120 ECR grants.

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Mar 17

#ICP15 #perspective #speakers are Raja Ganeshram @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social , B N Goswami, Sidney Hemming @lamontearth.bsky.social @bridgetwade.bsky.social Thomas Westerhold @marumunibremen.bsky.social
All our #pleanry #speakers are now announced 👇🏼😊
www.icp15.com/themes

#ICP15 perspective speakers are Raja Ganeshram, B N Goswami, Sidney Hemming, Bridget Wade and Thomas Westerhold

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Mar 10

#ICP15 announces #invited #plenary #speakers on past climate state reconstructions from #proxies and #models Alex Farnsworth
Lukas Jonkars @marumunibremen.bsky.social
Johann allege @awi.de
And
Pam Vervoort @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Complete line of theme speakers:
www.icp15.com/themes

#ICP15 invited speakers on past climate state reconstructions from proxies and models are Alex J Farnsworth, Heather Ford, Lucas Jonkers, Johann P Klages and Pam Vervoort

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Mar 10

#ICP15 announces #invited #plenary #speakers on #ocean-climate dynamics
Cristiano Chiessi
Sophie Hines @whoi.edu
@fpoeppelmeier.bsky.social Margit Simon @bjerknes.bsky.social
And Xu Zhang @bas.ac.uk

#ICP15 announces speakers for #ocean ocean-climate dynamics: (left to right) Cristiano M Chiessi, Sophie Hines, Frerk Poeppelmier and Xu Zhang

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Mar 6

#ICP15 presents #invited #plenary #speakers for #paleomonsoon #monsoon dynamics theme @triptychphrases.bsky.social Pedro DiNezio @edhathorne.bsky.social @antacl.bsky.social Chuan-Chou (River) Shen and Arun Deo Singh

www.icp15.com/themes

#ICP15 invited speakers photos (from left to right): Tripti Bhattacharya, Pedro DiNezio, Ed Hathorne, Anta-Clarissa Sarr, Chuan-Chou (River) Shen and Arun Deo Singh.

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Mar 4

#ICP15 presents #invited #speakers in theme 5, #innovation / #novel approaches in #paleocenaography and #paleoclimatology
Hana Jurikova -> Uo St Andrews
Lenart De Nooijer ->
Matt Osman -> UoCambridge
Yi Wang -> Tulane Uni
Martin Ziegler -> Utrecht Uni

www.icp15.com/themes
(Scroll down to theme 5).

#ICP15 invited speakers of Theme 5 are: (from left to right) Hana Jurikova, Lenart De Nooijer, Matt Osman, Yi Wang and Martin Ziegler.

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Mar 3

#ICP15 presents theme 1 #invited #speakers #biogeochemistry #Climate
@eleniwater.bsky.social @alexauderset.bsky.social @chalkyoceans.bsky.social @seavdavis.bsky.social @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social and Arvind Singh

Theme 1 invited speakers at the ICP15, Eleni Anagnostou, Alex Auderset, Tom Chalk, Kate David, Jesse Farmer and Arun Singh.

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Ryan H Glaubke @ocnogrphr.bsky.social · Dec 20

Paleo peeps: ICP15 website is live!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Bengaluru next year! 🌊

Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Dec 20

Website for #ICP15 is now live 👇🏼

www.icp15.com

Please create an account to be on ICP15 email-list and receive conference updates:

www.icp15.com/account/logi...

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Jesse Farmer @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social · Dec 20

ICP15 website is live!!

Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Dec 20

Know what you're up to next Summer? Come join us for an exciting conference in India!

www.icp15.com

#ICP15 🌊

ICP15 - 15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography, Bangaluru, India

15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography, Bangaluru, India

www.icp15.com

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Dec 20

Know what you're up to next Summer? Come join us for an exciting conference in India!

www.icp15.com

#ICP15 🌊

ICP15 - 15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography, Bangaluru, India

15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography, Bangaluru, India

www.icp15.com

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Dec 20

Website for #ICP15 is now live 👇🏼

www.icp15.com

Please create an account to be on ICP15 email-list and receive conference updates:

www.icp15.com/account/logi...

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Cambridge Earth Sciences @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social · Nov 28

Deadline for applications is 7 January 2025. More information on how to apply may be found here: www.esc.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ner...

New NERC CREATES PhD funding programme announced | Department of Earth Sciences

The Department of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a series of new PhD studentships, starting from October 2025.

www.esc.cam.ac.uk

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Nov 30

Excited for a fun day of #coral talks at #RCUK2024!

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Nov 22

🚨🌊🐚 Fully Funded PhD Position!! 🪸🌊🚨

Carbonate biominerals are a big deal. For global carbon cycling, and our understanding of past climates... But how do they form?! There's a lot we don't know. Come and join us to build a computational model of these mysterious processes!

#ocean #carbon #shell

PhD Student Wanted!

Modeling biomineralisation processes.

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk

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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Biominerals play a central role in Earth's past, present and future climate, but there are major gaps in our understanding of how they form. In this chapter, led by @oscarbranson.bsky.social, we show how the geochemistry of CaCO3 biominerals can fill these gaps tinyurl.com/3uvmfuc8 🧪⚒️🪸🐙🌊

A geochemical schematic of the biological and crystallographic processes of biomineralisation. A mineralized skeleton (bottom) grows from a calcifying fluid which is separated from external seawater by a layer of tissue. There are multiple possible ways to transport ions across this tissue layer to the site of calcification
(solid arrows), which are often associated with the co-transport or counter-transport of other ions (dashed arrows).

A conceptual space for exploring the dynamics of biomineral geochemistry, with labels for a calcite biomineral.

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Jun 21

🚨🚨🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨🚨🚨

3-year #postdoc position to study the #geochemistry of marine #calcification!

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/leverhul...

Come join my @leverhulme.bsky.social project to work out how shells are made!

@eurogeosciences.bsky.social @eageo.bsky.social @geochemgroup.bsky.social

PostDoc Wanted!

Geochemistry of Marine Calcification Mechanisms

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Jan 10

🚨🚨🚨 9 days left!! 🚨🚨🚨

To apply for this fully funded PhD studentship studying the geochemistry of biominerals!

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/biomin/l...

PhD Student Wanted!

Outside the comfort zone: geochemical changes in marine calcifiers in response to extreme environmental conditions.

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Jan 10

9 days left for UK students (or internationals with independent funding) to apply for this!

Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Jan 4

One for the carbon chemistry nerds...

Check out our preprint about Kgen - a new, cross-platform tool for calculating ocean carbon speciation constants in modified seawater composition!

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/pap...

New Paper: Kgen!

Kgen: reducing inconsistencies in seawater carbon calculations.

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · Jan 2

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