The last few months have been very busy for our project. Added to the general chaos of life in an everchanging pandemic, we haven’t found the time to update our social media very much. We have been productive though; the greenhouse phase of experiment three was completed before Christmas so all efforts are now onContinue reading “Experiment Three Harvest Summary”
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The New Greenhouse and the Next Phase
On my first day back at work after a short holiday, and Océane’s first day out of quarantine after flying back to Manchester from France, something wonderful happened… The university took official ownership of our shiny new modern greenhouse building! After years of general delays and 6 months of COVID delays, we were finally allowedContinue reading “The New Greenhouse and the Next Phase”
Polytunnel Progress
The University of Manchester is still in lockdown, with all learning online, and every member of staff possible working from home. So for now, instead of the swanky new greenhouses we were promised many years ago, we are growing our plants in a large and slightly draughty polytunnel – but it’s better than nothing! EachContinue reading “Polytunnel Progress”
Corona Chaos
Like everyone else, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, social distancing measures and subsequent lockdown in the UK has had a huge impact on experiment three of the project. After months of preparation and methodical batch germination, we had just reached the potting out stage of our microbial community experiment. The plan was to plant our seedlingsContinue reading “Corona Chaos”
Microbial response to extreme climatic events 