Author: twhitman
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Posted on July 2, 2013
Reviewing for Soil Biology and Biochemistry
I’m working on a review for Soil Biology and Biochemistry. I’ve reviewed papers for quite a few different journals, now, but this is my first […]
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Posted on June 16, 2013
The Joys of Small Conferences (SES2013)
I got back from the Soil Ecology Society conference today, and can report that it was AWESOME! It was so fun being surrounded by so […]
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Posted on June 12, 2013
SES2013
The Soil Ecology Society meeting started Tuesday afternoon, and it’s been awesome so far. I had a good feeling about it all when the first session […]
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Posted on June 2, 2013
Different places have different microbes… now what? (ASM 2013: Post 2)
A big part of the ASM meeting for me was thinking about the role I envision for myself within the microbiology community, and how it […]
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Posted on May 23, 2013
Citizens doing Science, or Science on Citizens? (ASM 2013: Post 1)
[Note: posted a few days after writing] I just left the last session of my first full day at the 2013 American Society of Microbiology […]
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Posted on May 16, 2013
Digging pits at my summer field site
Akio and I went out to my summer field site yesterday to dig some pits, checking out the profile. Major findings include: (1) yes, the […]
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Posted on April 18, 2013
Today, I became a real biogeochemist
I’m so excited: I just performed my very first ever 13C isotopic pulse-label! We are growing labelled biomass in the CO2-regulated growth chambers for my […]
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Posted on March 28, 2013
Shocking news: Honeoye soil about to be trampled on?!
After Canada abandoning the UNCCD, another shocking story this morning – NY Senator John J. Bonacic is trying to name a new NY state soil […]
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Canada abandons the UNCCD!
Canada is leaving the UN Convention to Combat Desertification! This seems so crazy to me. We will now be the only country that is not […]
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Posted on March 6, 2013
Being an “Expert Reviewer” for the IPCC!
I’m excited to be helping review the IPCC’s 5th assessment report. The Working Group III (Mitigation of Climate Change) has their second draft out for […]