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PhD position at the University of Copenhagen. Start date: 1st of June!
The project integrates field work, RNAseq, MALDI-MSI & FISH to explore composition, regulation, and resilience of termite host-gut symbiont metabolism.
👉 employment.ku.dk/phd?show=156...
⏳ Deadline 23/2/26
Host and microbial defenses against fungal invaders in a fungus-farming termite
-in Insect Science from Itthayakorn Promputtha
with @kbodawatta.bsky.social @michaelpoulsenucph.bsky.social
Termites ➕ Bacillus/Burkholderia 🆚 Aspergillus/Trichoderma molds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This was an amazing Christmas present 🎁🎁🎁 news.ku.dk/all_news/202...
Looking for something fun and interesting to do in the #weekend in #copenhagen? Come to the #fungi #festival and listen to @voltcenter.bsky.social's @kajsaroslund.bsky.social's talk together with @kbodawatta.bsky.social on cave microbes and explore unique-looking fungi @ our stall!
shorturl.at/22mEG
Fungus-farming termites keep of fungal gardens free from invaders—until their colony weakens💥
We mapped #VOCs to uncover chemical changes during comb decay and found 443 VOCs. Some may signal distress or act in fungal defense!
Funding: @erc.europa.eu & @dg.dk
Want to read more?
lnkd.in/dacDfJTd
How New Guinean toxic birds are protected from potent neurotoxins: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... with @kbodawatta.bsky.social
We just finalised our sampling at Søholt Storskov (Aage V. Jensen foundation). We have been visiting the same study site across seasons to survey biodiversity with eDNA tools. Huge thank to Jacob P. Andersen and Ida Marquardtsen for helping us.
#eDNA #MOSS Villum Foundation, @carlsbergfondet.dk
📢Don't miss out on a great opportunity to join a #free exciting workshop on #Spatial #Microbiomics - From #Sampling to #Analysis in May 2025 here @hologenomics.bsky.social in Copenhagen!🦠
The workshop is arranged by @3domics.bsky.social!
@dg.dk, @holobiontbiology.bsky.social, @hologen.bsky.social
In New Guinea, There’s A Bird That Can Poison You With Its Feathers
This year I also got to see multiple charismatic mammal and reptile species (non-bird vertebrates). Here is a selection of cool other vertebrates (mainly from Peru and Brazil) including Tamandua, Three-toed sloth, Black tamarin, Emperor tamarin, Giant River otters and Black Cayman.
I had the best birding year of my life this year, seeing 554 total bird species across Peru (349), Brazil (118), Portugal (104), Denmark (67), and Romania (21). This includes 264 lifers making my total global bird tally into 1,771. Here is a compilation of some of the amazing birds from this year.
@michaelpoulsenucph.bsky.social, @kbohmann.bsky.social, Christina Lynggaard, Henry Lankes, Knud Jønsson, Jose Pareja, Wendy Tori, Lidia Sandoval, Markus Gastauer, Helena Westerdahl, Luka Civa, @celiavinagre.bsky.social, Pavel Munclinger, Christine Beemelmanns, Sofia Reboleira, Irene Hernández
- Organized a symposium on the use of eDNA for tropical biodiversity surveys at the European Conference for Tropical Ecology
- Began assembling datasets on multihost-parasite associations of wildlife malaria in our working group of the COST action WIMANET.
- Conducted field work in amazing places, including Denmark (AAGE V. JENSEN NATURFOND), Peru and Brazil with amazing colleagues and collaborators
- Published seven papers with amazing collaborators on host-microbe associations across many systems including birds, termites, and African viverrids.
- Started work on my VillumFonden Experiment grant (MOSS)
- Received Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship (BornThisWay) to work on crosstalk between gut microbiomes and host immune system in birds
- Got to be a part of successful Swedish Research Council grant to work more on New Guinean Toxic birds
- Made great progress with improving methodologies of capturing airborne eDNA for vertebrate surveys (Carlsbergfondet)
Amazing to wrap up 2024 with many advances of my career 🥳. I would like to thank all my colleagues and collaborators who played key roles to help make this year a success (see comment 😊)
Let’s see what 2025 holds 😊
Barnacle Geese (c) Les Hull https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnacle_Geese_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3896727.jpg
New in #BirdStudy
Avian influenza/bird flu killed at least 20% of the Greenland Barnacle Goose population:
Spatial and temporal variation in mortality from avian influenza in Greenland Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis in their wintering grounds
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
How the social environment influences the bacteria present on developing bird chicks: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mutations in sodium channels of New Guinean toxic birds protect birds from potent neurotoxins, just like in poison dart frogs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Interested doing a postdoc on animal microbiomes in my lab at Uppsala University?
The local Birgitta Sintring Foundation gives out 2-year postdoc scholarships to early career researchers who applies with a PI at the department. Deadline Feb 9.
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
I'm super happy to share our newest preprint on whooping crane genomics 🐣🧬
🚨Persistent genomic erosion in whooping cranes despite demographic recovery🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extremely thankful to @hernmoral.bsky.social and all co-authors!
#conservationgenomics #genomics #whoopingcranes
From #WIMANET
We have an early Christmas present for you! In February, the WG1 @luzglongoria @ChakarovNayden @Ricardo_J_Lopes are organising an online course about Unix and Shell scripting for wildlife malaria studies!
save the date
If you have undergrads seeking an REU experience, I have 2 potential projects listed for the Stanford SURGE REU! Seeking students eager to gain more lab & data analysis/viz skills while thinking about GHGs, land use, & tropical wetlands! Apps due Jan 12.
sustainability.stanford.edu/our-communit...
