@cjanion

Soil biodiversity

 Cape Town, South Africa
Joined May 2012
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entsocsa@entsocsa8 Aug 2025
Udzungwana bispinosa, a new species and genus is discovered and described from the Udzungwa mountains in Tanzania. Read more here: doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2…
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entsocsa@entsocsa9 Aug 2025
Happy Women's Day to all our ESSA members. #womeninentomology #entomology
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Launching a new YouTube channel 'Life in the Soil', with the first video going online tomorrow at 15:00 Berlin time. Feel free to subscribe, there are another two videos coming until December 5th. Produced with Ahnen & Enkel, and w/ support from BMBF. youtube.com/@LifeintheSoil
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🚨ANOTHER JOB ALERT!🚨 Love insect physiology and how it links to species coexistence in wild places? Come and work with me, @cjanion, @RebeccaASenior and @andrewbdavies at @UCT_news! 🐜🐜🐜❄️🔥 This is our second ant-facing postdoc funded by @HFSP. Please share and apply!
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Tom Fayle@tomfayle9 Oct 2024
Exciting postdoc opportunity to work in the @TomRBishop lab on ants, microclimate and mountains! krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGne…. Deadline 27th October.
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XIX International Colloquium on Soil Zoology (ICSZ) XVI International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA) SoilBON foodweb workshop highlights: 🪱Discussed progress 🪱Q&A 🪱Explored opportunities in South Africa 🇿🇦 🪱Fruitful brainstorming session #ICSZ2024 #ICA2024 #capetown
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Congratulations Marizanne! Collembola as indicators of restoration. #springtails @InvasionScience
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entsocsa@entsocsa30 Aug 2024
We are excited and delighted to announce that we have successfully bid to host the XXVIII International Congress of Entomology in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2028! Many thanks to the efforts of our bid committee and delegation, and supporters and partners to make this happen!
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First keynote of #icsz2024 Zoë Lindo.
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We are ready! #ICSZ2024 #capetown #soilhealth #soilbiodiversity
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Since leaving uni at 19 to study beetles on Marion Island, SAEF Director Prof Steven Chown has been fascinated by the Antarctic region. A terrific profile by @dailymaverick on Steven's 40+ yr career & the haunting reality of being a polar scientist. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…

Living on the edge of ice: The haunting reality of top scientist Steven Chown's Antarctic odyssey

The South African-born scientist Steven Chown — now one of the world’s most cited polar researchers — delves into the existential weirdness of watching the South Pole melt.

dailymaverick.co.za
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If you are interested in soil biodiversity, please check out icsz.org to register for this hybrid event, 26-29 August, Cape Town, South Africa. @theGSBI
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Postdoc position available, working in the beautiful Cederberg Mountains in South Africa using #LiDAR and on the ground environmental sensors to test mechanisms of species coexistence, working with me, @RebeccaASenior, @TomRBishop & @cjanion! Please RT academicpositions.harvard.ed…
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Come join us in Cape Town, South Africa for an amazing international meeting on all things soil fauna! For details go to: icsz2024.org. Please share. #soilfauna #soilhealth #ICSZICA2024 @WomenInSoilEco @theGSBI @AntonCollembola
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Have you visit the Sentinels @Iziko_Museums in @CityofCT ? If not get going and take friends and family along.
Iziko_Museums@Iziko_Museums31 Jan 2024
Explore 'Sentinels of the South’ exhibition that showcases the rich and unique biodiversity found on islands, and the role these islands play in helping us understand some of the global issues affecting everyday South Africans. Visit the Iziko South African Museum and explore!
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Great opportunity to study how earthworms, nematodes, and springtails affect the formation of soil organic matter, and to dive into global biogeochemical cycles. This PhD project will include experimental work at the Ecotron iDiv and the GCEF! #SoilEcology #Earthworms #SoilFauna
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Don't forget to check out our latest blog from Beneath Our Feet. Beneath Our Feet is a short blog about ground-breaking new research in soil biodiversity. Blogs are posted on a (mostly) monthly basis. Learn more about Earthworms contribution to food production below 👇
GlobalSoil BiodiversityInitiative@theGSBI8 Jan 2024
Our latest blog just dropped! Dr. Steven Fonte discusses Earthworms as drivers of global food production 🪱🌱🌽 "Earthworms contribute to roughly 6.5% of global grain production and 2.3% of global legume production..." Check out the blog below 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity.org/b…

Earthworms as drivers of global food production — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

By Steven Fonte, Colorado State University

globalsoilbiodiversity.org
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Did you know that tourists from all over the world 🌏 travel to South Africa 🇿🇦 to catch a glimpse of our endemic Cape Parrot 🦜? Find out more about the Bird of the Year 2023 with our latest infographic, & feel free to download a high res version here: birdlife.org.za/bird-of-the-….
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