Early Career Scientists
13:00 – 13:15 Will Pallier (Rothamsted Research) - Linking microbial physiology to carbon accrual and loss in peatlands
13:15 – 13:30 Wenxin Bai (University of Warwick) - Characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria driving DMSO reduction in anoxic sediments
13:30 – 13:45 Margaret Cramm (Queen Mary University of London) - Stable isotope probing with H218O reveals a dynamic microbial community response to summer thaw in high Arctic soil
13:45 – 14:00 Shuaizhi Guo (University of Warwick) - Global change processes in peatlands: A study of the microbiology and biogeochemistry of nitrogen cycling
14:00 – 14:15 Jake Smallbone (University of Essex) - Let there be light: marine oil snow and its associated bacterial communities
14:15 – 14:30 Jim Downie (Bangor University) - Exploring the diversity of the oak (Quercus robur) microbiome across the UK landscape
14:30 – 14:45 Cordelia Roberts (Marine Biological Association and University of Plymouth) - Mapping the ‘particlescape’: one particle at a time