Jim Downie<p>Reposting my <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> so I can pin it - I'm a postdoctoral researcher doing <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MicrobialEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrobialEcology</span></a> at Bangor University.</p><p>I'm interested in the interactions between <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> and their associated <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/microorganisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microorganisms</span></a>, particularly how they affect health outcomes in host plants, and how microbial communities differ on hosts across landscapes. I'm also interested in the question of how to accurately quantify and model microbial communities.</p><p>Keen on <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BayesianStatistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BayesianStatistics</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Stan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stan</span></a></p>