Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham 🇬🇧 working on synthetic communities of the oak microbiota and Acute Oak Decline 🌳🦠🍄‍🟫. She/her 🇫🇷https://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3mpnv5pwxck2oLovely to see Sandra Denman presenting our work on bacteria-beetle interactions in AOD at the Herefordshire Parkland Conference @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social @gathomas12.bsky.social @imibirmingham.bsky.social Check out the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxag07102 Jul 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnv5pwxck2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3menru4v2m22oSuper proud to be part of this brilliant team. Check out this new paper and cool journal cover! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3menru4v2m22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3m5ys64g45k25Do go and check out this tour de force by @alejandra1909.bsky.social and @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social where we isolated a HUGE number of microorganisms from the oak microbiome in the UK. Impressive work and talent from Ale! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ys64g45k25https://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3lwjbmuxnr22zGo and check out the pre-print of the landscape-scale tree microbiome study from the Future Oak project. Huge amounts of efforts and talent went into this work, with a pinch of "this is crazy, but we can do it". Well done @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social @cenococcum.bsky.social et al. Thread below 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwjbmuxnr22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3lsw3p3bxrs2hGo and check out the great review by @xinmingxu.bsky.social and collaborators in this issue, and also shout-out to @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social for supporting amazing science art actually made by a real humans and not AI! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsw3p3bxrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3lm5ikukj4s2yI am a bit late, but very proud of the achievements of Dr. Hussain who was my first co-supervised PhD researcher and brilliantly passed his viva. Well done Usman for processing thousands of samples to bring some fascinating insights on the resilience of oak tree microbiomes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Apr 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5ikukj4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3lk6xatgezc2qThank you @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social for such a great organisation and everyone for the fantastic discussions. I even managed to visit Amsterdam Microbe Museum before catching my train! Looking forward to hosting you, @sofiaifgomes.bsky.social and Xinming in Birmingham ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6xatgezc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3lk2bk2hewk25It was a great day in Leiden today, with lots of cool science talks and future collaborations discussions. Thanks @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social and team for organising this mini symposium, and looking forward to more discussions tomorrow [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2bk2hewk25https://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3ldjlnytips2oAnother great outcome for @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social's group with prizes for best talk and best poster with @alejandra1909.bsky.social 🥳🥳. Plus the next MMEG to be held in Birmingham! #MMEG202417 Dec 2024 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjlnytips2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3ldhfdk7l3k2uIt's so nice being back at #MMEG2024 in Southampton finally presenting the results of our study in insect-bacteria interactions @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social @gathomas12.bsky.social16 Dec 2024 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhfdk7l3k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marccamb.bsky.social/post/3l23an6ofsl2pIt is a privilege to be at the first ISME conference held on the African continent in Cape Town! Please come and have a chat if you are interested in bacteria-insect interactions and missed my presentation. #isme1919 Aug 2024 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:j6evydrtphqmm5umwslvkxvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3l23an6ofsl2p