Hazard & Nicol Labs. We aim to understand soil microbial interactions - prokaryotes, fungi, viruses, their contribution to biogeochemical cycling & mitigating their impact or harnessing their potential for reducing climate change. https://soilmicrobes.fr/
Soil Microbial Ecology Group
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📣 We are happy to announce two University of Lyon-China Scholarship Council-funded #PhD projects examining Soil Virus Ecology! 🦠
✍️ To apply: please send a detailed CV and letter of motivation by January 30, 2026. Interviews will take place in February.
Further details can be found here 👇
🎓 Congrats to Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang and Dr. Huaiyu Wang on successful PhD defenses!! 🎉
Dr. Zhang’s research on soil RNA viruses and Dr. Wang’s work on soil methylotroph viruses represent remarkable scientific achievements. We wish them every success on the next exciting chapters of their careers 🌟🚀
🚀 New INRAE Research Position Likely Opening in 2026 at Our Department!
🎯 Excited to work at the interface of microbial and plant biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions?
📍Microbial Ecology Laboratory, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
📅 Offer will be posted end of January 2026
📣 Only a few in-person spots left!
Connect with the soil virus research community at #ISVC2026
Register now 👉 soilmicrobes.fr/internationa...
#Virus #Phage #Virology #SoilMicrobiology
The final edition of the ACTIONr Network Newsletter is now available!
This issue includes the Editorial: “Insights from ACTIONr and Side Projects on Nitrification Inhibitors – Mechanisms, Performance, and Practical Implications”
Read it here: www.actionr.eu/actionr-news...
📣 PhD Scholarship Opportunity for International Students!
Are you looking to do a PhD in soil microbial and viral ecology?
✍️ Get in touch now!!
✅ Requirements: Masters degree, Distinguished CV, Highly motivated
⏳ Application deadline: November 24
www.univ-lyon1.fr/recherche/fo...
📣 PhD Scholarship Opportunity for International Students!
Are you looking to do a PhD in soil microbial and viral ecology?
✍️ Get in touch now!!
✅ Requirements: Masters degree, Distinguished CV, Highly motivated
⏳ Application deadline: November 24
www.univ-lyon1.fr/recherche/fo...
Latest publication! 📢
Using nitrifying microbes as a tool for testing the toxicity of agriculture pesticides ☠️!
Congrats Eleftheria Bachtsevani -first paper of your PhD! Great collaboration with co-first author Maria Kolovou, and Dimitrios Karpoyzas & Evangelia Papadopoulou (Univ. of Thessaly)
We'll be digging into this fertile ground at the upcoming International Soil Virus Conference! 🦠 ⛏️
Thanks @amiposts.bsky.social for sharing this piece! 🙌
#ISVC2026 #SoilViruses #ViralEcology #Microbiology #Virome #SoilScience
📢 We are thrilled to announce the International Soil Virus Conference 2026 in conjunction with the Saint Loup Research Institute.
🗓️ June 16 – 18, 2026
📍 Château de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France
👇 RSVP by October 31st, 2025
#virus #phage #ISVC2026
Let’s Team Up Vacancies PhD Scholarship: University of Lyon – China Scholarship Council TOPIC: Probing the soil RNA virosphere: Viral interactions with key microbial drivers of biogeoch…
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