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Fall 2025 highlights

1/28/2026

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Congratulations to Pasca who successfully defended her PhD!
James successfully defends his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) at the MIO
James is co-author on a new paper in ISME Journal (Roy et al) on antimicrobial resistance and climate interactions.
Laura presents SIESTA and HFSP research at the UN Climate Change Conference COP30, in Belém, Brazil.
James is an editor of ‘Deep subsurface microbiology and energetics’, published by Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
We welcome Zoé Lemaire as a Masters intern working with James and Eloi on the HFSP aerobiology project.
Goodbye to Begum who completes her internship at MIO.
James and Laura are in Colombia, carrying out an air sampling campaign for the HFSP project.
James gives an invited talk at the 8th International Symposium on Arctic Research, in Tokyo, Japan.

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Summer 2025 highlights

1/28/2026

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New publications: Bradley on microbial dormancy; Schmidt et al on Arctic soil pioneer microbial communities; Bradley et al on Svalbard winter warming; Martinez-Rabert et al on modelling the aeromicrobiomeJames is in Svalbard with Marcela Hernández for the SIOS-supported WARMIC project.
James, Rey, Eloi and Sibylle are in Svalbard for the SIESTA project.
Rey, Sibylle and Eloi present their SIESTA and aerobiology research at JSM3 2025, in Marseille.
James is teaching at the Summer School l'Institut Origines 2025 - Frontiers of Life, at the Observatoire de Haute Provence, France.
Laura and James give an invited seminar on aeromicrobiology as part of the ATTO Seminar Series.
James is collaborator on the project HYDROGENOMIC, selected for Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) funding, led by Marianne Quemeneur
James is guest on the podcast ‘The Diary of a Future CEO’.
Eloi presents his HFSP aerobiology research at ASM Microbe, in Los Angeles.
James participates in the Carotte de Glace France (CGF) workshop at CEREGE.
James and Rey’s project DORMANT is selected for funding through POLARIN.
Sonia presents her research at the BEACON conference in Rekjavik, Iceland.
James is Co-PI on the project MICRO-CASCADES, jointly selected for funding from the Institut Nordique du Québec (INQ), Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) & French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor (IPEV).
Sonia presents her research at Life & Planet, London.
James gives an invited seminar at CEREGE.
James is featured in Nature: ‘Where I work’
James and Rey are in the news for new research on glacier algae: France2, 20h; Le Figaro; La Marseillaise.

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Spring 2025 highlights

5/28/2025

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New publications: Halbach et al. on glacier algae on the Greenland Ice Sheet; Waldrop et al. on permafrost microbiology; Roy et al. on antimicrobial resistance Arctic soils; Cimpoiasu et al on year-round Arctic soil geophysics.
Goodbye to Zhou, Adam and Margaret, who finish their postdocs at QMUL.
James and Laura are in Svalbard for the SIESTA and HFSP projects.
Eloi presents HFSP research at LCB.
Catherine Larose and her team visit Marseille for SIESTA - Paleo-MARE meetings.
James is in Antarctica, as co-chief scientist for the SD049 Antarctic winter-time cruise onboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough, for the WINTER-AIR/HFSP projects.
We welcome Begum Kasapli as a Masters intern working with James and Eloi on the HFSP aerobiology project.
James at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris for the Arctic, Antarctic, TAAF and Deep Oceans Study Group.

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Winter 2024 highlights

12/22/2024

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James is co-author on a new paper in Science Advances on subsurface life, led by Emil Ruff, and selected as the winner of the Deep Life Paper of 2023 from the International Center for Deep Life Investigation.
Adam presents SUN SPEARS research to SBBS, at QMUL .
James gives SIESTA seminar in the Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University.
Sibylle, Rey and James are in Grenoble for the SIESTA project, visiting Catherine Larose’s group.
James gives an invited talk at the Microbiology congress ‘Bacteria in its environment’
Adam, Sonia, and Laura present at Geobiology and MMEG symposia. Congratulations to Laura who won a prize for the best talk at MMEG.
Adam presents SUN SPEARS research at AGU Fall Meeting in Washington D.C., USA.
James is carrying out fieldwork on the west Antarctic peninsula.

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Fall 2024 highlights

10/23/2024

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Congratulations to Amy Solman and Margaret Cramm, who successfully defended their PhDs.
James’ ERC-funded SIESTA project begins.
Welcome to new postdoc Rey Mourot and new PhD student Sibylle Lebert at the MIO.
James & Eloi sampled in Gran Paradiso national park and locally around Provence for the HFSP project.
Laura, Adam and Sonia present at the Geomicrobiology Research In Progress meeting in Glasgow.
Laura, Adam and Pasca join James, Rey, Eloi and Sibylle for a metagenomics workshop at the MIO.
James attends the 1st International Workshop on Biodiversity in Svalbard, in Messina, Italy.

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Summer 2024 highlights

10/23/2024

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Welcome to new postdoc Eloi Martinez-Rabert at the MIO.
Laura, Margaret, Adam, and Pasca joined Eloi and James in Marseille and held a mini-conference at the MIO.
James & Laura were in Svalbard for summer QCarbon fieldwork, along with collaborators Ligia Coelho, Marshall Ledford, Juan Carlos Trejos-Espeleta and Bill Orsi.
James features on the New Scientist podcast and in La Marseillaise newspaper.
James is co-corresponding author on a new paper in PNAS on the role of fungi in soil carbon stabilization during early pedogenesis in Arctic soils.
James gives an invited talk at the Frontiers in Earth Science series at LMU in Munich.
James & Laura are co-corresponding and co-author on a new paper in ISME Journal on atmosphere microbial ecology.
James is invited speaker at the Grands Séminaires, at CERGE, France.

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Spring 2024 highlights

4/30/2024

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James & Laura are doing fieldwork in Antarctica for AIR-BIO project.
Margaret participates in the Geobiology GRC conference in Galveston, Texas, USA.
James & Laura participate in the Antarctic Flags outreach project.
Laura gives a presentation at BAS Arctic Day and her research features in CarbonBrief news article.
James is a plenary speaker at the Séminaires de Microbiologie de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg
James participates in the design of the ‘What is Life?’ exhibition at the Palais de la Découverte in Paris.
James is in Chile to sample from volcano flanks with a team led by UEA collaborator Marcela Hernández.
James is in Bristol to take part in the CASP-ICE meeting.
James & Laura are in Svalbard for WAVES 3 and Arctic Access Scheme project.
Zhou, James and Margaret are first, senior and co-author on a new paper in Earth Science Reviews on seasonality in Arctic soils.
James is co-author on a new paper in Global Change Biology on AMR in the Arctic.
James is senior author on a new paper in Permafrost and Periglacial Processes on Arctic soil geophysical monitoring from the SUN SPEARS project.

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Lab vacancy! We're hiring a 2-year postdoc in atmosphere microbial habitability modelling

3/4/2024

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We're hiring! The lab is looking to recruit a 2-year postdoc in modelling the habitability of the atmosphere (first applied to Earth’s atmosphere and then to exoplanets). The position would suit someone with an interest in habitability/astrobiology, theoretical approaches to environmental microbiology, and who has strong numerical skills (ecosystem, habitability, bioenergetics modelling). The post is based at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, in Marseille, France, with the possibility for remote/flexible working arrangements. More details and apply via the link below:
https://academicpositions.com/ad/aix-marseille-universite/2024/two-year-postdoc-in-atmosphere-microbial-habitability-modelling/212787

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James moves to the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography in Marseille, France, as a CNRS Chaire de Professeur Junior

1/1/2024

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The lab celebrates Polar Pride!

11/18/2023

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Today marks Polar Pride - a declaration of commitment to support and enhance diversity in Polar science. A principal mission of Polar Pride, and our lab, is to celebrate, support, unite and uplift LGBTQIA+ people in Polar science and STEM. Happy Polar Pride!

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