Mark McDonald

Asst. Prof @ University of Louisiana at Lafayette. studying Soils, Permafrost, Microbial Ecology, Carbon and GHG. #SoilScience #Agriculture #Permafrost

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

@MicrobiomeData A student and myself have been unable to login to NMDC EDGE all weekend with our ORCID iDs. Getting "API server error", please advise.

[Joint Genome Institute @jgi]

To better understand how changes in soil biology affect the carbon cycle in permafrost soils, @MMcDonaldSoil of @argonne will investigate how the functions of soil microorganisms change following permafrost, to connect the info to the loss of carbon from thawing soils.

[Trends in Microbiology @TrendsMicrobiol]

The Feb issue is live! Articles on evolutionary addiction in host-microbe interactions, microbial #dormancy, sex in gut-brain comms, enterococci in polymicrobial infections (cover image), P/ N signalling, #microbiome research in sub-Saharan Africa & more!

https://t.co/kyL0oiIRlI

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Cover crops provide many benefits in West Texas #soil but how do they effect the #microbes that drive biochemical processes?

In short, the environment selects, but the cover crop host refines.

Check out our new paper in Applied Soil Ecology!
@TxSoilFert
https://t.co/Rvcy8yfLxi

[EMERGE @EMERGE_BII]

📢ICYMI…the first collaborative @EMERGE_BII Summer Program paper from our 2022 cohort was just published in @TrendsMicrobiol!! This #TeamScience effort was led by @jlw_ecoevo and @MMcDonaldSoil! Congrats to our EMERGEnts and summer program participants! https://t.co/TX2PinawxJ

[Trends in Microbiology @TrendsMicrobiol]

Out online now: An Opinion piece on 'What is microbial dormancy?'

https://t.co/431ZZvE0kC

@jlw_ecoevo @MMcDonaldSoil @AnsahCarlos @ZacharyMalone17 @JessErnakovich @ibba_michael @scbagby

[Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash]

What is microbial dormancy? https://t.co/uuDl1K06Y6

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Life can be stressful, dormancy can help you wait it out. Our new framework for microbial dormancy is out now in @TrendsMicrobiol w/ @AnsahCarlos J. Ellenbogen @ZacharyMalone17 @mpricketts S. Frolking @JessErnakovich @ibba_michael @scbagby @jlw_ecoevo https://t.co/lmMXW944vO

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

@sciliz I always try to add 15-20 bp just to be safe, but I think a minimum would be around 10

[Frontiers in Soil Science @FrontSoilSci]

New Research: New Research: Nitrogen fertilizer driven nitrous and nitric oxide production is decoupled from microbial genetic potential in low carbon, semi-arid soil https://t.co/BJDfJFfy3f #SoilScience

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

@TxSoilFert

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Super excited to announce our most recent publication on the disconnect between pore-space N gases and microbial genetic potential in semi-arid agriculture! https://t.co/hLOlgWPG4r

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Just heard an exciting talk about “The Science of Living Worlds” and how teaching/learning is as important as discovery for the future of our planet! #AGU22

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Great to hear from Dr. Berhe at the keynote address #ACSmtg 2022! @doescience @argonne @ASA_CSSA_SSSA

[PATRICBRC @PATRICBRC]

We're having a free workshop in July just outside Chicago! Details and registration are available here: https://t.co/2UhKhjOG0O

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Reconciling post-dissertation qPCR results with dissertation discussion points is proving challenging. They don’t contradict, thankfully. But more complexity is not a friend of conciseness.

[Andrew McGuire @agronomistag]

Meta-analysis of hundreds of studies: "All soil organic carbon fractions increase under nitrogen fertilization."
Not open access.
From @ecology_katie
https://t.co/d7YgSQ2nEj

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Awesome paper for those interested in bioinformatic pipelines and metatranscriptomics!

[Steven Wilhelm @TN_Marine_Micro]

Given all the interest in #Microcystis blooms and people moving to molecular tools, @helena_pound and Eric Gann decided it was time to take a hard look at the shotgun molecular tools.

Meet Frankenstein's Microcystis! https://t.co/uNkHnoQg5x

[Steven Wilhelm @TN_Marine_Micro]

Given all the interest in #Microcystis blooms and people moving to molecular tools, @helena_pound and Eric Gann decided it was time to take a hard look at the shotgun molecular tools.

Meet Frankenstein's Microcystis! https://t.co/uNkHnoQg5x

[Mark McDonald @MMcDonaldSoil]

Come watch my Rapid Oral Presentation (255F) and visit my poster (1340) to learn about my work with the soil metatranscriptome in conservation farming systems! #ACSmtg @ASA_CSSA_SSSA