Jamie Smith

Please RT: Open position as Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in "Biodiversity" at the Department of Biology @lunduniversity, #Sweden Join me and my colleagues. Apply here no later than February 11 2026: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

PhD position advertised in our Lab. Osmia bee tag tracking in orchards + pollen metabarcoding to assess foraging. Uni of Hull, UK in collaboration with Uni of Sheffield, on the Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership 🐝 🍎 🧬 see below: findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

Here's an amazing postdoctoral opportunity to shape a key biodiversity metric for the agrifood sector, working closely with me & the Agroecology group at Cambridge @Camzoology & @CoolFarmTool (forms.zohopublic.eu/coolfarmallian…). DM me for more information. DEADLINE 8AM 12 JAN 2025

Thrilled to share our new paper “Comparative genomic analysis of a metagenome-assembled genome reveals distinctive symbiotic traits in a Mucoromycotina fine root endophyte arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus” in BMC Genomics! 🥳 bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… #Mycorrhiza #Mucoromycotina

Join us on the next Rewilding the World podcast with Dr. James Canton, author of Renaturing: Small Ways to Wild the World. Discover how James transformed a humble 2-acre field into a buzzing haven—digging ponds, sowing meadows, and inviting wildlife back. Learn accessible "renaturing" tips for your garden or windowsill to heal our planet, one patch at a time. Out now wherever you get your podcasts.

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) season the UK 🍄

Great to be in Glasgow for the first time this week for @RoyEntSoc Annual conference. Really enjoyed presenting my work on thermal fertility in solitary bees 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌡️ 🐝

UK job opportunity! Head of #Conservation , permanent £60k position with The Deep aquarium and The University of Hull, to contribute to our IUCN-informed MSc Wildlife Conservation. #zoology #academicjobs #lectureship thedeep.co.uk/sites/default/…

@JoshCole2504 Looks very cool! Hope you’re enjoying Australia and the fungi work over there

My phone’s best attempt at capturing some arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi down the lens… might need to get the camera out but it still looks amazing to me 😅

@Darron_Cullen Thoroughly enjoyed the seminar!

Really lovely study by Koutaro and colleagues!

Some ideas on what flowers to grow to help bees cope with hot weather from the @The_Buzz_Club "Bees & Heatwaves" citizen science project, download report from link below: thebuzzclub.uk/bees-heatwaves @yanetsepulveda

Happy #WorldBeeDay

🐝 This #WorldBeeDay, we’re celebrating a buzzing success! Young people across Wales asked you to pledge to go pesticide-free — and you listened. 💚 Read the latest blog by @NorthWalesWT to see how their campaign took flight & how you can keep can help. wtru.st/4dsy81V

Did you know there are over 20,000 species of bee in the world?

We’re running a short survey on how blue spaces (rivers, lakes, coasts 🌊) support people & nature. 🕒 Takes 5 mins, totally anonymous. 👉 Please take part & share — the more voices, the better! #BlueSpaces #Research #PhD #Nature #Rewilding #SurveyBlue app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/hull/blue-sp…

I’m well respected in the bug community, but unfortunately bugs don’t live very long so in a month or two I’ll have to earn the bug community’s respect again

Interested in bees and pollination? We're advertising PhD studentships to work on Aussie stingless bees, focusing on topics such as colony reproduction, diet and microbiomes, and bee health in cropping environments. For details see: tinyurl.com/mrx3mmu9

⚠️ A new study shows that between 19% and 36% of the EU’s economy depends on ecosystem services. Protecting pollinators is not only vital for the environment but for the economy too. Read more about the study here: publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/han…

Biodiversity is under intense pressure from human activity worldwide. Sir David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to humans, how biodiversity loss is impacting our world and how there is still time to change direction – if we act now: