Tom Smith

Microbial ecology & evolution at Imperial College London.

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Very happy to share our new paper in Nature Microbiogy! We measured the growth of environmental bacteria in the presence of chemical pollutants and investigated interactions in their responses to mixtures. @ic_blabs @PawarLab @CleggTom @JRosindell @EmmaRansome1

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

OUT NOW High throughput characterization of bacterial responses to complex mixtures of chemical pollutants by @EcologicalTom and colleagues https://t.co/Alunoo4X44

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Had a fun time talking to @BBCRareEarth about microbes in the environment- tune in shortly!

[Imperial College London @imperialcollege]

Can microbes mend the environment?

Researchers @ic_blabs and @EcologicalTom, based at Silwood Park, join @BBCRareEarth to discuss how microbes could help improve agriculture and the environment 🌲

📻 The magic of microbes, @BBCRadio4, today at 12pm

https://t.co/lKlt1GARpg

[Tom Oliver @Tom_H_Oliver]

Sought: Highly motivated Post-Doctoral Research Associate to join our food system resilience project, led by @UniofReading , joining a large interdisciplinary team with an excellent track record in food system research. Apply now! (deadline 5th Nov)
https://t.co/8P5qu9Ohyt

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

In a bit of a COVID throwback, our new paper is out in Scientific Reports! We investigated the impact of environmental conditions on the transmission of different variants during their selective sweeps: https://t.co/jAKDJWD9Pf
@willpearse @IDorigatti @creswapi @mahika_dixit

[MMEG2025 @mmeg2024]

Recipients of the best talk and poster awards 🎉🎉

[Neuromatch @neuromatch]

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[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Communities of bacteria alter their composition in response to temperature changes, tapping into a reservoir of latent species which are better suited for these new conditions. https://t.co/wmQkIsnQyv

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Some plain language summaries here: https://t.co/rOHTtwdEP8 & https://t.co/lpXobz9oKd

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Our new paper, an @ic_blabs and @PawarLab collaboration, is out in @eLife. We performed an experiment to understand the importance of species sorting in the responses of bacterial communities to temperature change. https://t.co/d1kSdPxR9p

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

We found that changes in temperature can lead to the resuscitation of previously inactive species or strains, a potentially important mechanism for community responses to environmental change. #microbes #bacteria #warming @mhasoba1 @DGKontopoulos @EmmaRansome1

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Really enjoying the first day of MMEG, great to get to share our work from the Bell lab @ic_blabs @ImperialSci #MMEG2022

[MMEG2025 @mmeg2024]

Dr Tom Smith (Imperial College) looking at interactions among multiple stressors and effect on microbes: no effect? antagonistic? Synergistic? Turns out lower order interactions persist in complex mixtures! 😳

[MMEG2025 @mmeg2024]

Registration now open for #MMEG2022 https://t.co/bUtSxE06BC! We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to #Glasgow on 1-2 December to discuss all aspects of molecular microbial ecology! Please register early to secure your place at the meeting!

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

@ImperialSci @GMaceCentre @imperialcollege @ic_blabs @PawarLab Many took their pictures home with them, but these ones got left behind!

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Great day discussing microbial ecology and seeing the kids' artistic interpretations! @GMaceCentre @imperialcollege @ImperialSci @ic_blabs @PawarLab

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Message to Tory MPs. This is who you're voting on.

[Owen Osborne @OwenGOsborne]

New paper in @EcographyJourna & R package: Fauxcurrence: simulating multi-species occurrences for null models in species distribution modelling and biogeography https://t.co/j3Q8LL73sl 1/8

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

@Researchfish So basically "sorry not sorry". Not even a real fish.

[Andrew Helmstetter @ajhelmstetter]

Our new paper is out today in @RSocPublishing #ProcB #openaccess We use #genomic data to investigate the history of some of the rarest plants on #Madagascar - we tackled a simple question - were these rare species always rare? https://t.co/uM46M8kEw7 Thread 1/7

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Excited to be able to share our paper in @Ecology_Letters investigating the temperature dependence of microbial carbon use efficiency! https://t.co/oBKKmCikEH

[PawarLab @PawarLab]

Our paper on systematic variation in the temperature dependence of strain-level carbon use efficiency across bacterial clades is now out: https://t.co/lZ9Wljnh72

Thanks to a wonderful Tom-heavy collaboration with @EcologicalTom, @CleggTom, and @ic_blabs

[Tom Smith @EcologicalTom]

Really happy to have this paper out in @PNASNews. We found that colder, more population-dense states had higher SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates, but that these environmental effects were negated when strong non-pharmaceutical interventions ("lockdown") were in place.

[Will Pearse @willpearse]

The impact of temperature and population density on COVID across the US - fantastic work led by @EcologicalTom out now in @PNASNews https://t.co/cmyqcE5oFr @flaxter @IDorigatti @amandagallinat @SylviaKinosian @M_Stemkovski @EttieUnwin @charliewhittak @ojwatson92