The 2nd paper for my PhD is now published! Kettle holes are specific, but there are some horizon-based patterns of methane-cycling microbes, especially #methanogens and #methanoperedens. Thanks to my coauthors from @zalf.bsky.social and @unibonn.bsky.social ! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Methanotrophs and methanogens are differently affected by small-scale heterogeneities in transiently flooded kettle holes

Kettle holes are small depressions, frequently surrounded by agricultural fields and often classified as wetlands. Kettle holes can emit substantial a…

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🌱🦠 🐄 A study by ZALF and the universities Greifswald & Hohenheim shows that #grassland #soils that were previously intensively used have not yet restored their potential to absorb #methane after three years of extensive use. www.zalf.de/en/aktue... #Grassland #Methane #Climate #Soil #Research

ending the year with my second paper submitted and being accepted for a presentation @vaam-microbes.bsky.social conference 2026. See you in March! 😀

MicGeo team on the DBG conference 2025 in #Tübingen. Talk given by Danica Kynast. Drivers of Methane Formation and Consumption by Microbiomes in Kettle Holes #Climate #Methane @dfg.de

great science, cool people, a beautiful city, and I won a poster prize - I had a awesome time at the @esmmicrobes.bsky.social conference!

#esm2025 is proud to publish @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org award winners for the best posters: Francisca Prieto Fernandez and Danica Kynast. Congrats!

congrats!! I helped cutting @jruggaber.bsky.social's poster 😀

Ecology of Soil Microorganisms@esmmicrobes.bsky.social · last yr.

#esm2025 is proud to publish @newphyt.bsky.social grant winners for the best oral presentations by Elsa Hilaire and Elias Barmettler, and for the best posters by Karolina Jörgensen, Julian Ruggaber and Luise Brandt. Congrats!

Great science today on ESM2025 #Helsinki #soil #fungi #microbenetworks

By the way, my first paper is published! A huge thank you to everyone involved from ZALF and @igb-berlin.de ! Detectable land use impact on methanotrophs and methanogens in kettle hole sediments but not on net methane production potentials academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

Detectable land use impact on methanotrophs and methanogens in kettle hole sediments but not on net methane production potentials

The land use type around kettle holes, small, dynamic freshwater systems, impacts the general and methane-cycling microbiota composition in the sediments,

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MicGeo News. We are hiring! We seek a Tenure Track Scientist in Biogeography of Microbiome Functions in Agro-Ecosystems #microbiome #agriculture #jobposting Apply here online jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/b...

Many thanks to Julia Haak from Berliner Zeitung for covering our new project at Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), #WetNetBB www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

Ackerbau auf Schwamm: Wie es mit der Wiedervernässung in Paulinenaue im Havelland vorangeht

Moor ist ein regelrechter CO₂-Sauger. Ein Besuch in Paulinenaue im Havelland, wo Forscher das Wasser steigen lassen und Landwirte ausprobieren, was dann noch wächst.

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throwback to the last sampling campaign of this year and possibly my entire PhD time. Still can't quite believe it! #kettlehole