Julie Bethany Rakes, PhD (@rakes_julie) 's Twitter Profile
Julie Bethany Rakes, PhD

@rakes_julie

I'm a PhD researcher focused on the microbial ecology of biocrusts and desert soils, as well cyanobacterial and soils restoration.

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Christine Lewis PhD (@christy_k_lewis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Plant Cells of Different Species Can Swap Organelles! In grafted plants, shrunken chloroplasts can jump between species by slipping through unexpected gateways in cell walls. #coolscience #photosynthesis doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…

Claire Wong (@clairerwong) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Guys, I think I’ve solved it. Hear me out... We make any day the temperature goes above 32C in the UK an automatic bank holiday And then watch the big corporations scramble to fix climate change ASAP

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In this experiment Dr Rob Thompson of Reading Meteorology shows just how long it takes water to soak into parched ground, illustrating why heavy rainfall after a #drought can be dangerous and might lead to flashfloods. Dr Rob Thompson Water @ Reading

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Biocrusts are key to the health of arid lands but a newly discovered microbe may mean they're more delicate than we thought. We were able to identify a bacterial predator of cyanobacteria and its functional impacts on biocrusts. Ferran Garcia-Pichel nature.com/articles/s4146…

Patrick F. Bloniasz (he/him) (@patrickbloniasz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

[1/n] I am offering a free Zoom "intro to R" data visualization workshop on November 5th, 2022 after popular demand. Specifically, I will go through the use of ggplot2. All disciplines and beginner* R skill levels are welcome. PhD Voice - Independently Run Academic Chatter™ OpenAcademics

Julie Bethany Rakes, PhD (@rakes_julie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just found out I was awarded a Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grant. Can't wait to get out in the field and start working with those soil microbes!