#Micro2026 in Cádiz - what a vibrant discussion platform! The #Microplastics community asking most vital questions on whether all the research is actually finding its way into decision making. The @crc1357.bsky.social is happy to contribute! 👏💪

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1st Day of #MICRO2026! What a day at Cádiz. We are so happy that we have 28 scientists contributing to his year's MICRO2026. We wish all participants a fantastic time and lots of good discussions! @bayceer.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social @dfg.de

Record Results in International University Ranking www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-rel... #Ranking #THE #UniBayreuth #UBT #THEWUR

Record Results in International University Ranking

The University of Bayreuth has firmly established itself in the 301-325 band of the latest Times Higher Education World University Ranking (THE WUR) and has achieved new record scores in research quality and international outlook.

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Congratulations to our PhD Nicolas Tyborski on his most successful thesis defense! Very proud of your research in #Rhizotraits and how well you defended this week. 👨‍🎓👏 All the best for your future within CRC #FoodDiverse @zefbonn.bsky.social. We will miss you @bayceer.bsky.social 🥲👋

💧👍See how our PhD Felix Pfaff, together with Adrian Seeholzer and the great #NitratLurch team make cool use of methane to remediate nitrate-polluted groundwater! Thx to @bmftr_bund for funding in #Wasser:N 🤝 Free access at #WaterResearch authors.elsevier.com/c/1nZdO9pi-l...

In situ treatment of nitrate polluted groundwater by methane-dependent denitrification: meso‑scale flume proof-of-concept

Nitrate concentrations in groundwater frequently exceed the EU drinking water limit of 50 mgL⁻¹, threatening drinking water quality. This study evalua…

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Very distinguished guest speaker at our @bayceer.bsky.social seminar tomorrow! 💪

BayCEER@bayceer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How can international climate policy move forward in times of geopolitical tensions and fragmentation? Join Martin Kaiser of #Greenpeace Germany to discuss the future of global climate action. www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/bayceer/de/a... #ClimatePolicy #ClimateAction @martinkaiser.bsky.social

😎 Just selected Editor's choice in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiol Ecol! Aileen Jung and our wonderful @crc1357.bsky.social team reveal how different #microplastics trigger surprisingly distinct microbial responses in the #rhizosphere! 🌽🍓🦠 Thanks @dfg.de & @bayceer.bsky.social for support!

Conventional and biodegradable microplastics elicit contrasting taxon-level responses in rhizosphere microbiomes of maize and strawberry

Microplastic effects on rhizosphere microbiomes depend on both plant species and polymer type, with biodegradable plastics selectively stimulating potentia

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🌿 BayCEER Retreat 2026 🌿 Two inspiring days in Waischenfeld filled with research exchange, networking, and interdisciplinary discussions. A special thank you to our guest speaker Prof. Tina Heger for her valuable insights and contributions. #BayCEER #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience #UniBT

In 1881, drawing on her experience as a cook, Fanny Hesse suggested using agar instead of gelatin to culture bacteria: a simple idea that helped shape microbiology today. Happy birthday to a pioneer who deserved far more recognition. 🧫 Illustration by Veronica Pisano

📢 Missed the first deadline? Good news! Applications for BaySISS 2026 – Bayreuth Stable Isotope Summer School have been extended until June 14. 🌍🔬 📅 September 20–25 📝 New deadline: June 14 www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/baysiss/?lan... #StableIsotopes #SummerSchool #PhD #isotope #scienceschool

BayCEER@bayceer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌍 Interested in ecology, limnology, microbial research, or stable isotope methods? Join BaySISS 2026 in Bayreuth for a week of practical training, lab workshops, and exchange with researchers from different fields. More info: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/baysiss/ #StableIsotopes #SummerSchool #PhD

No better way to wish a dear guest farewell than a Frankonian Bratworscht 😋 and a Radler 🍻. Our visiting PhD Rosemary Agbeko from Prof. Chioma Chikere's Lab 🇳🇬 is returning home after work on oil polluted soils. Thanks to @femsmicro.org and @isme-microbes.bsky.social for kind mobility grants!

🔔 Reminder: The FEMS & Biolog webinar is happening today 🎓 At 16:00 CEST, join the microbiology community for the FEMS & Biolog webinar on assessing microbial community function and responses to environmental stressors. Expect expert speakers and valuable insights. Register here: buff.ly/STz8YNU

Our cool @natrevbiodiv.nature.com article led by Pau Balart-García and Mattia Saccò now out on how #omics technologies can help to better understand, protect, and harness subterranen biodiversity. Fauna AND microbes included! 🦇🪱🦐🦠👍

Advances, challenges and frontiers for omics in subterranean ecosystems

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Life in subterranean ecosystems is extraordinary yet largely hidden. This Review explores how omics technologies shed light on biodiversity, evolutionary patterns and...

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Microbiology Postdocs from all over Europe and the globe, do not miss this next splendid opportunity for career building and networking! 🦠🧑‍🔬🧑‍🎓💯🇵🇹

FEMS@femsmicro.org · 7mo ago

🌟 Applications are now open! 🌟 Ready to level up your research career this summer? Join a select group of early‑career scientists for an immersive 6‑day mentor‑led Summer School in Porto, Portugal, from 26–31 August 2026. 👉 Start your application here: buff.ly/Ppu8RY3 and apply by 15 April.

Our PhD student #SulariAnthony most lively discussing 🔥 results from the @crc1357.bsky.social Soil Microplastics Observatory #SMO at the #VAAM2026 conference. Thanks to @vaam-microbes.bsky.social and Berlin colleagues for a great conference! 👌🚀

🤩 Now out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Comms! #NicolasTyborski and our wonderful #Rhizotraits team unravel how old landraces and modern varieties of maize distinctly modulate their #rhizosphere #microbiomes under drought via soil water potentials! 🌽🥵🦠 Thanks to #BayCEER #Rhizo4Bio #bmftr_bund

Breeding effects on the root-associated microbiome of Zea mays L. are linked to plant-induced variation in soil water potentials

Abstract. Modern crop varieties may exert reduced influence on their microbiome compared to their progenitors, as plant-microbe interactions were not targe

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Most inspiring spring meeting of our #BMFTR @bonares.bsky.social funded #Rhizotraits project in Raitenhaslach Monastery of @tum.de ⛪️ Thanks to all colleagues of @bayceer.bsky.social, #LfL … for fruitful discussions 🌽👍🏼

🧬 New at Keylab Genomics & Bioinformatics: 🧬 The latest-generation MiSeq-i100 NGS device (Illumina) is now available at the Uni Bayreuth for environmental, biodiversity, and microplastics research. #NGS #Genomics www.genomics.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2026... @dfg.de @unibayreuth.bsky.social

🚀 VAAM Annual Conference 2026, Berlin, 23–25 March Don’t miss out — register now & meet the microbiology community for talks, poster sessions, Research and PhD Awards, and special events for Young Scientists. Connect, learn, and exchange ideas! 👉 Join us & register here: t1p.de/b2vf8 #VAAM2026

♨️ Final version now published! 🥳 Explore our provocative new proposal on how to interpret the morphologies of archaean microfossils! 🌋🦠 Thanks to former colleague #DheerajKanaparthi for pulling this all the way through and to @elife.bsky.social for the like! 👍

On the nature of the earliest known lifeforms

Microfossils reported from Archaean BIFs most likely were liposome-like protocells, which had evolved intracellular mechanisms for energy conservation but not for regulating cell morphology and replic...

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Students are enthusiastic about the Unsity of Bayreuth #StudyCheck #unibayreuth #Ranking #UBT #Spitzenbewertung #UniversityRanking www.uni-bayreuth.de/press-re...

Students are enthusiastic about the Unsity of Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth: Our liveable campus university offers innovative, interdisciplinary degree programmes and good career opportunities.

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🥳 ...and again, splendid national and international rankings for ecology, environmental and earth sciences @unibayreuth.bsky.social. Well done, all colleagues @bayceer.bsky.social 👍🌍

Universität Bayreuth@unibayreuth.bsky.social · 11mo ago

University of Bayreuth Achieves Top Positions in International Ranking #Ranking #UniBayreuth #ShanghaiSubjectRanking #UBT #International www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press...

📢 We are down to the FINAL WEEK of the FEMS survey. If you have not shared your views on emerging science, career development, and community support, now is the time! It is quick—only about 12 minutes. The survey closes on Tuesday 11 November: buff.ly/ZghfWnM

What a wonderful celebration of our University turning 50 this year. Half a century and going stronger than ever! And ecosystem sciences were prominent in research and teaching right from the start. 👏🥳 @unibayreuth.bsky.social @bayceer.bsky.social ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de/festakt-50-j...

Happy Birthday, Uni Bayreuth!

Die Universität Bayreuth feierte mit 500 Gästen im Markgräflichen Opernhaus ihren 50. Geburtstag. 

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Bayreuth Researchers Call for Holistic Ecosystem Assessment www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press... #Plants #ÖBG #ClimateChange #UniBayreuth #Pflanzen

Bayreuth Researchers Call for Holistic Ecosystem Assessment

Plants adapt the growth of their roots and shoots differently in response to environmental changes. This is the outcome of a study involving the Ecological-Botanical Garden (ÖBG) at the University of Bayreuth. The researchers challenge previous assessments of climate change impacts on plants, which often extrapolate from aboveground to belowground plant structures. Their findings have been published in the journal Plant & Soil.

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🌿 Great energy at the 17th BayCEER Workshop 2025! 🌿 A day of sharing research, ideas, and inspiration across ecology and environmental sciences. www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/ws2025/ #BayCEER #Workshop #Ecology @unibayreuth.bsky.social @luederslab.bsky.social

Very thankful to receive the 2025 Honorary Membership of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology. And even more thrilled by all the great research presented here at the 7th Central European Forum for Microbiology in Siófok, HU. mmt.org.hu/en/current-s... #CEFORM2025 #MMT

The @femsmicro.org SSPD 2025 is going strong! 💪 An amazing crowd of postdocs and mentors from all over the globe has gathered for highly inspiring and illuminating discussions of microbiology and career development on the shores of the beautiful Lake of Ohrid - City of Light. 🦠🌞🇲🇰 t1p.de/v7sxs

Nice surprise after summer break: elaborate insights in @elife.bsky.social on our upcoming microfossils article. Thanks to Lubbers & Claessen of @unileiden.bsky.social for taking note! Final accepted version of our reviewed preprint will be out shortly! elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Microfossils: Mimicking early life-forms in the lab

Studying the growth of bacteria without cell walls in an artificial environment can shed new light on the proliferation of primitive life-forms billions of years ago.

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Cheers go out to Brielle Hrymoc of Casey Hubert's Lab @ucalgary.bsky.social and Ania Szlembarska of Brett Poulin's Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social for two well-deserved poster prizes for ECRs at the 2025 AEM GRC Conference. Thanks to #FEMSMicrobiolEcol @femsjournals.bsky.social for sponsoring!

📢 Join the 4th D-A-CH Geobiology Young Scientists Symposium in Vienna, 18 to 19/09. Open to PhD students, postdocs, and undergrads working between bio- and geo-sciences. No participation fees! Cool invited talk by @microecolotta.bsky.social More info: ecology.univie.ac.at/news/dach-ge...

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D-A-CH Geobiology Symposium is happening for the first time here in Vienna! Don’t forget to register 👇🏻