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Review paper just out: Fu et al. w/ Fang Wang Extracellular polymeric substances mediate bacterial biofilm effects on the soil antibiotic resistome: A double-edged sword www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Paper accepted: Root hairs and mycorrhiza represent alternative phylogenetically conserved strategies for belowground absorptive surface maximization Wills share details once available

Paper just accepted: Soil viruses as key regulators of the microbial carbon pump in deep soils Will share details once available

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · last wk.

New paper just out: Reichel et al. A single high compost application accelerates organic matter restoration in marginal soil and enhances C and nutrient retention From research funded by BMBF/BMFTR, project INPLAMINT, led by Nicolas Brüggemann. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Yesterday I gave a keynote as part of the 120th anniversary celebration of Sichuan Agricultural University, here in Chengdu. It has already been a great 2 weeks in China, with stops in Beijing and Ningbo before Chengdu.

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 3w ago

Are future soils increasingly controlled by artificial agents? matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/are-future...

Are future soils increasingly controlled by artificial agents?

In a soil (perhaps) far, far away....

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 4w ago

Has environmental research on microplastics (in soils) reached saturation? What do you think? matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/has-enviro...

Has environmental research on microplastics reached saturation?

Depends on what you mean by ‘saturation’...

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Hydroclimatic-driven pulse enrichment amplifies riverine microplastic export in developing countries | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hydroclimatic-driven pulse enrichment amplifies riverine microplastic export in developing countries

Rivers are key conduits in the global microplastic cycle, but how much they export to ` ocean and what controls this export remain unresolved. Here, we present a global daily dataset of riverine micro...

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Reading in journal club Almaraz et al. Fluxes and imbalances in the modern global nitrogen cycle @natrevearthenviron.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Fluxes and imbalances in the modern global nitrogen cycle - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Synthetic fertilizer use has perturbed the global nitrogen cycle by increasing reactive nitrogen inputs to terrestrial systems. This Review synthesizes estimates of global nitrogen pools and fluxes si...

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New paper out in @pnas.org : Extreme climatic events drive consistent and predictable shifts in soil antibiotic resistance genes Led by Guanghui Xu, postdoc in our lab; a collaboration with @frantecol.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Extreme climatic events drive consistent and predictable shifts in soil antibiotic resistance genes | PNAS

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing One Health challenge, and as climate warming intensifies extreme events, it remains unclear how these d...

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Our article on hosting artists-in-residence in the lab (from 2021) has already been viewed over 5000 times now.... journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Ten simple rules for hosting artists in a scientific lab

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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V.@gfoesoc.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm looking forward to my keynote in Odense! See you there...

We are excited to share in the next days our Keynote Speakers of this years Joint NSO-Gfö Conference in Odense with you! First up: @mrillig.bsky.social Professor of Plant Ecology from @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social @nordicoikos.bsky.social #NSOGfÖ2026

Final version is out: AI agency as a new force in global change biology pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic...

AI agency as a new force in global environmental change: a short explainer. This could be one of the most significant effects of AI on the environment, going far beyond what's currently being discussed (e.g. data centers). What's you take on this? matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/ai-agency-...

AI agency as a new force in global environmental change

Linking the topics of AI agents and global change

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New paper out: Li et al. Microplastic–cadmium co-contamination in agricultural soils: A critical review of interactions, transfer, and plant exposure www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Microplastic–cadmium co-contamination in agricultural soils: A critical review of interactions, transfer, and plant exposure

Microplastics (MPs) and cadmium (Cd) are persistent contaminants in croplands, introduced through plastic residues, organic amendments, irrigation, fertilizer impurities, and atmospheric deposition...

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New paper out: Beyond nutrient concentration: A call for uptake in mycorrhizal research under drought A collab with Bo Tang, CAS. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reading in journal club: Exploring the concept of longevity in fungi @kaleklett.bsky.social linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...

Fostering creative output from lab meetings matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/fostering-...

Fostering creative output from lab meetings

Our journal club has a (relatively) new feature

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Twenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetings | Nature by Hannah Docter-Loeb in Nature Careers Scientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing (including a contribution from our lab) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Twenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetings

Scientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing.

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Paper just out in The Innovation (a collaboration with Prof. Fang Wang & many co-authors) AI for science: Progress, challenges, and perspectives doi.org/10.1016/j.xi...

New paper out: Spatial dynamics of filamentous soil fungi in response to a heterogeneously distributed chemical stressor. Catharina Neumann and @milosbielcik.bsky.social explore what happens when fungal mycelia encounter a localized pollutant patch. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

Reading in journal club Microbial interactions as key players shaping the emergence and spread of de novo resistance mutations Pittaccio, Knowles & @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Microbial interactions as key players shaping the emergence and spread of de novo resistance mutations

Antibiotic resistance and the microbiome are two of the most prominent and highly active research areas currently in microbiology. However, these studies are commonly siloed. Research into antibiotic ...

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We have a new doctor! 🥂🍾 Congratulations to Jeane dela Cruz for successfully defending her PhD; in this case it was an online defense from The Philippines in the middle of a heavy storm/ flood.

Soil persistence Looking for ideas how to distinguish when "positive" soil activities (like decomposition or enzymatic rates) may become a burden for soil persistence. Can this trade-off really be happening? What do you think...? matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/soil-persi...

Soil persistence

An important new dimension to soil health, and some questions

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I liked reading these personal stories: Despite global turmoil, Gen Z researchers are not giving up www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Despite global turmoil, Gen Z researchers are not giving up

Four researchers born after 1997 describe how they stay motivated and cultivate resilience during difficult times.

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Matthias C. Rillig@mrillig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You just never know, but I think this could be one of the most important papers for this year that will initially not be cited.... Let's see in 5 years from now.... 😬

My new paper is just online (open access) Artificial Agency as a New Force in Global Environmental Change Curious to hear what people think! pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic...