Urban ecosystems are highly dynamic environments receiving high pressures from human activities. Despite the highly converted landscapes, urban microbial communities play an integral role in maintaining core ecosystem services in…
Author: Sophie Mazard
Assoc Prof Pauline Mele and Dr Helen Hayden are convening a full day workshop on Agricultural Microbiomes on Monday 25 November 2019, at AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne. The…
The Australian Microbiome Initiative provides publicly accessible sequencing data from a broad range of Australian natural environment and with rich contextual metadata associated to each sample. This can be found…
Here are the main highlights of the Australian Microbiome Initiative activities: The first call for proposals for candidate samples was very successful. We received 22 submissions from the community proposing…
Gardening Australia, Series 30 episode 15, Fri 10 May 2019 Jacob Mills, a microbial ecologist at the University of Adelaide, is investigating the interactions between microbes, plants, and humans in…
The Australian Microbiome initiative is being officially launched today! The media release can be found through the Scimex newsfeed and on the Bioplatforms Australia website. If you are present on…
The Australian Microbiome Initiative could not resist in taking part to the 8th Annual Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars Symposium on Wednesday 20 March 2019. The national and international speakers at…
An exciting opportunity for a highly motivated PhD student to work on kelp and their microbiomes in Australia! The research project is funded by the Australian Research Council, and focused…
Registration for the 8th Annual Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars Symposium is now open, with a fantastic line up of national and international speakers as well as the traditional poster session…
25-30 August 2019 – BIOCRUST 4 The fourth international workshop on biological soil crusts will be held at the Moreton Bay Research Station (MBRS) located on North Stradbroke Island (Queensland,…