Director of Research, CNRS | Microbial Ecologist | incoming EIC for American Society for Microbiology journal #mSystems | ERC #MicroRescue https://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3msbiivxu7c25It's been a delight to work with @microbe700.bsky.social over the last year to create the 3rd edition of Processes in Microbial Ecology. If you teach undergrads or need a holistic reference for your lab library (that includes both aquatic and terrestrial systems!) - look no further than PME 3 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbiivxu7c25https://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3mqu3df56ds2zOur new paper is out in #mSystems! Quantify total and active bacterial cells from environmental samples with MATRIX! @asm.org @cnrs.fr @universitelyon.bsky.social https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00308-26?doi=10.1128/msystems.00308-2617 Jul 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu3df56ds2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3mpgh5ifiu22aI am so EXCITED to engage in this GRC in a two weeks! Hope to see many of you there to discuss unifying ecology across scales! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgh5ifiu22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3mp42mjarss2sfascinating read, especially for young ecologists and microbial ecologists, funding agencies, and university administrators - how to maintain competitiveness and valued, specific expertise in a research ecosystem that is rapidly AI-driven https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.70427?campaign=woletoc25 Jun 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp42mjarss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3mj4xmivcfc2iRe-bonjour Bluesky community! I promise I will check in more often. I had a teeny bit of a social media fast, given Everything. Quoi de neuf? My team has a preprint for quantification of microbiome sizes (# individuals) And, it has a cool acronym: MATRIX https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.16.712149v1.full10 Apr 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4xmivcfc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lsxvz2iq2k2lYesterday, I started my term as Editor in Chief of @asm.org journal #mSystems Looking forward to working with this amazing community to advance publication of our highest quality and most rigorous science! https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00838-2502 Jul 2025 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsxvz2iq2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lstqkejnns2dCheck out this new piece about critical precautions and controls needed to conduct microbiome analyses on low biomass samples (like seed endophytes!) Thanks to @noahfierer.bsky.social & @greening.bsky.social for leading the charge! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02035-230 Jun 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstqkejnns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lppbutof7s2rTomorrow #TeamRhizo and project #MicroRescue are attending the Indo-French workshop on the "Plant microbiome as a driver for the next green agricultural revolution" - so looking forward to meeting new colleagues from India, sharing research, and thinking about harnessing microbes for plant health21 May 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppbutof7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lpka4kaxqk2b#TeamRhizo & @erc.europa.eu #ERC project #MicroRescue were in the field collecting soil for our big upcoming host-mediated-microbiome-engineering experiment! Can't wait to find out which microbes respond to the plant's stress signals! @ecomicrolyon.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social19 May 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpka4kaxqk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3llhpts5ugk27thanks to @ou.edu Biological Sciences and especially Kara De León for hosting me for a seminar today - It was great to meet with students and share some new #MicroRescue @erc.europa.eu data!28 Mar 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhpts5ugk27https://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lkbfkrhlnk2yThe recording of Part 2 of the ASM #mSystems Critical Concepts in Dormancy Webinar is now available An inspiring panel of researchers share their thoughts about how to measure and discriminate different levels of microbial activity Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZubcUbWjps13 Mar 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbfkrhlnk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3li4rc3fum223Congrats to @sambarnett15.bsky.social on our team's paper accepted at the special issue of Soil Biology & Biochemistry We use a 7 year spatio-temporal study of heat disturbance in soil to investigate the coupling of viral community dynamics with bacterial. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003807172500033114 Feb 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3li4rc3fum223https://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lhgjhj6aw22cJoin us for the upcoming American Society for Microbiology #mSystems webinar on microbial dormancy and activity! Free registration here: https://asm.org/Webinars/mSystems-Webinar-Series05 Feb 2025 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgjhj6aw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lfcf5b6d4c2m9 minutes ago Free registration is open for our next Critical Concepts in Dormancy webinar 20 Feb, hosted by American Society for Microbiology journal mSystems! https://asm.org/Webinars/mSystems-Webinar-Series Discuss how to evaluate microbial activity, including in challenging environments! A stellar speaker line up 🤩09 Jan 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcf5b6d4c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3ldj5hksok22aCheck out this article about defining microbial activity and dormancy, and why it's important for thinking about climate change There will be an in-depth symposium moderated by me at the ASM #Microbe2025 in LA! and, good news you can still submit your abstract! https://asm.org/Articles/2024/December/Why-Dormant-Microbes-Matter-in-a-Changing-Climate17 Dec 2024 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldj5hksok22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lcmveqadek2vCongrats to my EcoMicroLyon colleagues on their new publication about pollution gradients, microbial communities, and mosquito larvae! Nice assessment of host-environment-microbiome systems in urban environments https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/100/11/fiae129/777828106 Dec 2024 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcmveqadek2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lchiw6vl722zLook at the new cover of mSystems! Beautiful seeds and their microbiomes In this study we found stable transmission of particular bacterial taxa across plant generations via the seed, despite parent plant exposure to stress @microbialmarie.bsky.social https://journals.asm.org/toc/msystems/9/1104 Dec 2024 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchiw6vl722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lbtgiiy7hs27Submit your abstract for the American Society for Microbiology #Microbe2025 annual meeting in Los Angeles! I'm organizing a symposium on Microbial Dormancy! Hope to receive your abstract and discuss with you there. Early abstracts close Dec 3, don't delay! https://abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20974/session/4926 Nov 2024 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtgiiy7hs27https://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lbk4wrylis2gDid you catch our Thinking Series Webinar on Microbial Dormancy? If not, no fret: it's available on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytz15Xa8Az822 Nov 2024 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbk4wrylis2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ashley17061.bsky.social/post/3lbhdcrbpzu2fI am proud to have represented our research #MicroRescue and THE MICROBES at the recent colloquium by the Fondation Pierre Verots My talk (in English!) is an accessible overview as to why microbes are important for climate change21 Nov 2024 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:tr2fb4wu4iub64k6i5k6phry/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhdcrbpzu2f