Dr. Kimberley Bird

In 2021, MBA marine biologists Dr Kimberley Bird & Dr Birthe Zäncker embarked on a thrilling Arctic Ocean expedition with the Synoptic Arctic Survey! ❄️ 🔬 Aboard icebreaker Oden, they explored how particles & fungi influence the carbon cycle beneath the sea ice. #MBA140

Polar expeditions are thrilling journeys to the ends of the earth, uncovering new discoveries in extreme environments! 🌍❄️ Whilst more accessible today, it is still a rare privilege - one that future generations may not have. Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/4bJNSMi #MBA140

Modern day Arctic expeditions rely on icebreaker ships with specially designed hulls to navigate through ice! Unlike historic wooden ships powered by coal, today's icebreakers are steel giants powered by diesel, making polar explorations much more efficient 🚢📷 #MBA140

Our latest work on active marine bacterioplankton diversity across the Atlantic Ocean 🚢🦠🧬 in @FrontMarineSci @Kimberley_EBird @rojallen Colin Murrell @ueaenv @NERCscience @EnvEast Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) @PlymouthMarine @thembauk @PlymUni frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

New paper out from my PhD! @thembauk doi.org/10.3389/fmars.… Latitudinal variation in the potential activity of Atlantic Ocean bacterioplankton. Find this & other research from the AMT @FrontMarineSci Topic: The Atlantic Meridional Transect Programme (1995-2022)

#OceanObservation #Oceanography FMS: Latitudinal variation in the potential activity of Atlantic Ocean bacterioplankton revealed through 16S rRNA and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

New Research: Latitudinal variation in the potential activity of Atlantic Ocean bacterioplankton revealed through 16S rRNA and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding: The activities of bacterioplankton sustain open ocean biogeochemical and ecological… #MarineScience frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Congratulations to Professor Michael Cunliffe on his promotion to Professor of Marine Microbiology @plymouthbiol. Michael leads a research group @thembauk who study a range of topics in microbial biology, ecology & evolution. buff.ly/3ObjNL0

A 17-year time-series of #fungal environmental DNA from a coastal ecosystem reveals long-term seasonal-scale and diversity patterns #ASMicrobe #ProcB #OpenAccess ow.ly/ysh450OP9Cj @CyanoEvo @sea_bugs #Ecology #Ecosystem #Microbiology

The beach won, eventually 🏖

Work motivation is tough today! The office is roasting 🌡🥵, the lab is a construction site🚧🔊 🙉, and the sea is calling 🌊🌞

Are you heading to #ISME18 and are interested in #MarineMicrobes or the #SouthernOcean? Check out my poster on the Monday evening session ! @ISME_Microbes @thembauk @MBAPhDGang @ARIES_DTP @RoSES_ocean @PlymUni @UKRI_News @NERCscience

📢#PhDpostion: We have fully funded joint PhD postion between @MarInvMet (University of Exeter @LSI_Exeter) and @Venky_MVN (Marine Biological Association @thembauk). 🔬Project focuses on the evolution of larval sensory system. 👉 exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… jobs.ac.uk/job/CRW356

Home after a non stop 12 hour sampling trip! @mba_rv Time for a beer 🍺

Flying the flag of our new branding for the first time with the buzzing backdrop of #Plymouth @britainsocean and @SailGP Hoping all the spectators and crews have a fabulous weekend! #SailGP

Microbiome people, as a collective please try and accept more reviews. Lot's of people submitting papers, but these paper sometimes have 15-25 reviewers all declining. Even the same people declining that have papers in-review...

@CyanoEvo Oooo pretty ropes 😍

Wild day out in the Cairngorms on Sunday

Now that it’s official, I’m delighted to announce that my lab is moving to @LESUniBham @UoBbiosciences in September. Really excited to take up this position as Professor in Microbial Ecology and I look forward to working with colleagues @IMIBirmingham @BIFoRUoB and beyond

@mba_rv @sea_bugs @thembauk @MbaCell You're not so bad yourselves! None of it possible without the ship and crew. We even rope them into a bit of filtering from time to time 😁

Always a pleasure to work with Cunliffe research group - today we supported another monthly transect survey out to long-term station E1, off the coast of Plymouth #MarineFungi 🍄 @sea_bugs @thembauk @MbaCell

Please RT: I will have a full-funded 3.5 year PhD studentship available in Oct 2022 (hopefully) or the year after (definitely). Determining unique carbon & phosphorus acquisition mechanisms driving the success of Flavobacterium in the plant microbiome.