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Love microbes AND plants? We're seeking graduate students for spring or summer 2023 to study gene transfer between plants and soil bacteria. See link for more info, and please RT!! bess.tennessee.edu/debruyn-labora…

Our newest paper in mSphere showing that our BMI influences how we decompose. Excellent work by @AMason_UTK and another great collaboration with @TheBodyFarm_UTK journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

New review out of our group, lead by Dr. Mason @AMason_UTK: "Microbial ecology of vertebrate decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems" doi.org/10.1093/femsec… Lois Taylor

Postdoc and Ph.D. openings are available immediately in my lab to understand the role of manganese on C and N cycling in croplands in collaboration with Elizabeth Herndon & Jennifer DeBruyn Please share the news with qualified candidates. Stay tuned for the position descriptions. UTK Soil Management Lab

I have an immediate opening for a Graduate Research Assistantship (Ph.D.) in Soil Biogeochemistry/Soil Biology in collaboration with Jennifer DeBruyn. Great opportunity to join the vibrant and diverse UTK Soil Management Lab lab in UT Institute of Agriculture! Please spread the word. For details, please see 👇

Our latest research on how human decomposition influences soil chemistry is now published in PLOS One: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… UT AgResearch @TheBodyFarm_UTK

Excited that project "Zombie-Bog-Mice" is funded and will take off soon. Leadership by Jennifer DeBruyn and collaborations from our friends at ORNL. Exciting times - big science.

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When an animal decomposes, its microbes are flushed into the environment. Read about the outcome of this microbial "invasion" in our newest paper: doi.org/10.1186/s13717… Dr. Sarah W. Keenan UT Institute of Agriculture #NSFfunded

Happy to share the final publication from my doctoral dissertation focusing on the effects of nitrogen amendments on the degradation of biodegradable plastic mulch films in agricultural soils Jennifer DeBruyn Marie English Jose Liquet🌅

Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains how your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life theconversation.com/your-microbes-… The Conversation U.S. UT Institute of Agriculture Dr. Sarah W. Keenan Allison Mason Lois Taylor @TheBodyFarm_UTK

Ever wondered who cleans up after a homicide, suicide, or unattended death? If so, check out my latest article: "“Out, Damned Spot”: The art and science of forensic restoration" doi.org/10.1042/bio_20…

What happens when a bunch of students head out to a local quarry to learn some basic techniques in limnology....discovery. newsweek.com/tennessee-lake…

JOB ALERT! We have an opening for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Environmental Soil Physics at UT Knoxville within UT Institute of Agriculture Job description, application details and contacts information are here: apply.interfolio.com/144595 Please share!

REU student Jadon shows off his summer research on agricultural #microplastics (mentored by Nimat) UTK Microbiology UT AgResearch

Congratulations to Steven Wilhelm for his election as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Academy of Science. This recognition is the RSC’s highest honor in areas of arts, social sciences, humanities, and science. The Royal Society bit.ly/3XPFDKh

When microbes decompose a human body they suck down all the oxygen in the soil - this "dead zone" has a major impact on the microbial communities and how the body's nutrients are recycled. Read about it in our latest paper: doi.org/10.1093/femsec… Lois Taylor UT AgResearch

What is the fate of the stuff in your body after death? We review what we understand about this microbial recycling and think about what we have yet to figure out in our Trends in Microbiology paper with Dr. Sarah W. Keenan and Lois Taylor UT AgResearch doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.…

Can microbes near a decomposing body be used to predict time since death in forensic investigations? We evaluate some models in our latest #PLOSONE paper led by Allison Mason dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… UT AgResearch UTK Microbiology

A very nice profile our our decomposition research: biographic.com/life-among-the…