Dietrich Epp Schmidt

#AcademicTwitter Soil microbial ecology and agroecology. (he/him) @mymycorrhizaeproject on instagram

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

Another paper off my desk! If you're a microbial ecologist and use sequencing to study community dynamics, combine your sequence data with QPCR (or other quantitation method) to produce quantitative estimates of OTU/ASV abundance. 👍https://t.co/6V1r6AdLzX

[Steven de Goede @steven_degoede]

Fungi! And maps! 😍 @Mike_VanNuland of @spununderground shows (predictive) mapping of fungal richness allowing to identify hotspots and areas of interest for protection. Only 12% of (modeled) #ectomycorrhiza hotspots are currently protected, and just 4% of #AMF. #GSB2023 (8/n)

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

Put on repeat this entire thread

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@njoybetz … it’s the minimum good faith effort. Without it everything else is just cynical and performative branding.

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@GlobalSTEWARDS something interesting to discuss re:human and environmental health

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

Amazing work, asking the right questions.

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@Amit_Goldenb Freudian slip. https://t.co/RgwIIiD1u5

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@vmikkkk @unite_sh @FungalDivSurvey

[Nate Bear @NateB_Panic]

There has been a shocking rise in cancer among young people all over the world. This is a hugely significant but under-reported story that will shape our future🧵

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@AWohlwill @Steve__Kelly I would say the vast majority…

[Vega Shah @dr_alphalyrae]

Software in the life sciences is experiencing a moment of disruption much like fintech and edtech did, more than a decade ago. People working in biotech should consider joining software companies because the coming years will be transformative. Some indicators of change 🧵1/3

[Vega Shah @dr_alphalyrae]

@ManuelBichler I have made several previous posts on startups that are building software tools https://t.co/uGFOW6iWYf

[South American Mycorrhizal Research Network @southmycorrhiza]

📣 Position Announcement 📣

Ph.D. position in mycorrhizal symbiosis available from September 2023 in Prague: “Mycorrhiza as insurance: How important is fungal functional diversity for complex mycorrhizal effects?”
More info 👇
https://t.co/T2HeE3RKau

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@sgrandysoil Yes! The idea that it’s “captured” … baffles me. Not based on how soil carbon actually works, or an accurate assessment of the stability of land use in the modern corporate economy.

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@subsurface_life With respect to answering your research question, what are the methodological weaknesses of NGS and how can you address them?

[Dietrich Epp Schmidt @EppSchmidt_DJ]

@megsquitophd @ScientistsLift Yea I think most of the time I enjoy them more this way

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

🇨🇦 Did you know that the *lowest* number of COVID patients in hospital has been increasing through 5 waves of Omicron and that the troughs have all been higher than the *peak* of the Delta wave?

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[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

In April 2016, I broke the story of Trump and Putin, using Russian open sources. Afterwards, I heard vague intimations that something was awry in the FBI in New York, specifically counter-intelligence and cyber. We now have a suggestion as to why. 0/20

[Hannah R. Snyder @Hannah_R_Snyder]

I've been seeing some posts from well-intentioned faculty about eliminating all deadlines in their classes. I study #ExecutiveFunction, #stress and #mentalhealth in college #students, and I'm here to tell you this will hurt the students you are trying to help. . . 1/buckle up