William L King

Asst Prof at the Uni of Southampton: plant-microbe interactions and microbial colonisation in soil. 🇦🇺 to 🇺🇸 to 🇬🇧

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

Hiring two postdocs, 3-years each, at @unisouthampton. We're investigating bat guano in Mexico

One postdoc in my group - plant/soil micro/microbiome: https://t.co/Yma3BxPYST

One postdoc in bat ecology + ecoservices: https://t.co/q8W00Ms82p

Deadline is March 30 2026

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

@unisouthampton
@FindAPhD
#phd #findaphd

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

PhD opportunity: Interested in plants, fungi, and bacteria? Want to understand the cross-talk between all of them + get field and lab experience? Learn cutting-edge omics! Apply for a PhD with me (USoton) and Kew Gardens. Due Jan 8.

Details here: https://t.co/FlDugtSCHI

[Phytobiomes Journal @PhytobiomesJ]

Editor’s Pick: Terrence H. Bell et al. believe that there is no single “best” approach to iterative microbiome passaging but that experimental design choices can have substantial impacts on outcomes. Learn more: https://t.co/qDUEXe5Vb0 @DrMicroWill

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

I had an absolute blast at the #rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh! It was so lovely catching up with so many existing and new colleagues! Very first conference with my lab! @sotonbiosci @unisouthampton

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

First ever conference for my PhD student, Sarah Connery! Representing @unisouthampton @sotonbiosci at #rhizosphere6 - playing around with synthetic communities

[PlantEcoHutton @PlantEcoHutton]

Today marks the first day of the #Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh. We look forward to a week of engaging presentations and discussions on the latest advances in root-soil-microbe interactions.
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[William L King @DrMicroWill]

Check out our recent paper about maize exudates (quantity and composition) at their youngest growth stages! Great study led by @bensch_armin from the lab of @TarynBauerle out of @Cornell

[Benjamin Hafner @bensch_armin]

#Exudates decrease strongly during #plantdevelopment and #metabolome shifts from diverse, sugar-dominated to secondary exudates. Fast-growth genotypes exude root establishing, slow-growth more defensive compounds. @DrMicroWill @TarynBauerle @ScharfPlants: https://t.co/sOfxwYrmwU

[PlantEcoHutton @PlantEcoHutton]

❗️Don't forget to submit your abstracts for Rhizosphere 6 before 23:59 BST on the 28th of February. Just over one week to go ❗️🌿

#Rhizosphere
@JamesHuttonInst
@HuttonES

https://t.co/I2JmKt8V12

[PlantEcoHutton @PlantEcoHutton]

The new look ISRR website is now live https://t.co/PAj1YGJIjK. See all the latest information on the society and if not already a member then join us for free.

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

Deadline is approaching (Jan 8) - reach out if you want to chat about this environmental microbiology PhD opportunity! @sotonbiosci

#findaphd #newPI #phdopportunity #phd #education #ecology #sustainability #conservation #microbiology #microbiome

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

PhD: Interested in conservation and enviro microbiomes? Want to work in a forest and in the lab + root-microbe interactions and root exudation? Apply for the IGNITE DTP to join my lab. Due Jan 8. Conservation ecology placement in the forest! #phd @FindAPhD https://t.co/EEsxH49NKO

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

@gutmicrobiome @UniofBath Congratulations!

[Chris Anderton @The_AnderPLANTS]

Our team is looking for a Post Masters Research Assistant! If you're interested in doing some really cutting edge Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Method Development, please apply! @PNNLab @asmsnews @IMSSNews https://t.co/ZBpc1KDVY5

[Dr Peter Irga UTS @LabHydroculture]

New paper: https://t.co/Qd9EGmmRmx
🌿 Green walls remove the most toxic VOCs in gasoline vapor
🌱 Phyllosphere bacteria show increased metabolic activity, boosting the green wall’s VOC removal power

#GreenInfrastructure #AirQuality @plants_uts

[Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig]

Launching a new YouTube channel 'Life in the Soil', with the first video going online tomorrow at 15:00 Berlin time.

Feel free to subscribe, there are another two videos coming until December 5th.

Produced with Ahnen & Enkel, and w/ support from BMBF.

https://t.co/pOaFeSI9hA

[Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash]

Bacterial defense and phage counterdefense lead to coexistence in a modeled ecosystem https://t.co/OSODP33Eap

[Kieran Samuk @ksamuk]

Hi all, my lab at UC Riverside is recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025! These positions will be fully funded and include NIH-funded projects on recombination rate evolution and chromosomal inversions. Get in touch with me at [email protected], and please RT!

[Trevor Keenan @trevorkeenan]

Exciting postdoc opportunity with @Sami_Rifai focused on geospatial forest ecology:
https://t.co/EGOT6vFh4P

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

PhD: Interested in conservation and enviro microbiomes? Want to work in a forest and in the lab + root-microbe interactions and root exudation? Apply for the IGNITE DTP to join my lab. Due Jan 8. Conservation ecology placement in the forest! #phd @FindAPhD https://t.co/EEsxH49NKO

[William L King @DrMicroWill]

@WernerRamona_ @BokuEcology Congrats!!