Was great to host @annecmg.bsky.social in Tübingen this week for fascinating discussions on viral bioinformatics and more 😃

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc position to work on plant robustness in an interdisciplinary project. Great for somebody with experience who can take a central role, coordinate experiments and co-supervise students, and contribute conceptually. @greenrobust.de @unituebingen.bsky.social Please re-post.

PhD Opportunity in Soil Science @ TU Berlin Interested in how plant roots, soil structure, and soil organisms shape carbon cycling? Join the DFG-funded ROOT-DECAY project and work with X-ray CT, ¹³C isotope tracing, and field, greenhouse & lab experiments. #PhD #SoilScience #CarbonCycling

Ze zeiden dat we overdreven. Dat het alarmisme was. Dat de markt het wel zou oplossen. Ondertussen bevestigen wetenschappers opnieuw wat al decennia bekend is: de extreme hitte in Europa draagt duidelijk de handtekening van klimaatverandering. [1/4]

Heatwaves in Europe kill 3x more people than car crashes, 16x more than murders, and 10,000x more than terrorists 😳 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Mind-bogglingly crazy’: climate experts alarmed by deadly spring heatwaves searing Europe

Scientists warn of ‘new reality’ of heat extremes that claim three times more lives than car crashes and 16 times as many as murderers

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New workstation arrived 😃 I'm ditching Apple and returning to #Ubuntu, part of uncoupling our core work from US tech (as far as we can)

Onze bijdraag over #bodemleven en #koolstofopslag in Tijdschrift Milieu, nog een super leuke samenwerking met Lisa van Sluijs milieu.vvm.info/milieu-2026-...

Milieu Dossier: Bodemleven heeft sleutelpositie voor ondergrondse koolstofopslag | Milieu 2026-2: Lang leve de actieve burger!

Om koolstofopslag in bodem te behouden of vergroten, is inzicht in bodemecologie nodig. Dit artikel bespreekt kennis, belang en toekomstig onderzoek.

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I'm excited to be the newest member of the Biology subdivision committee for Soil System Sciences at the @egu.eu, joining @nbilyera.bsky.social and @loutsi.bsky.social for the coming years 😊 #EGU26 #EGU27

This week we're saying goodbye to Shuo Wang, who returns home with the furry phage to finish her PhD and start her post-doc, after an 18 month visit in Tübingen. How time flies!

Back this week from my visit to China, three weeks of inspiring scientific discussion, cultural exchange and of course great food (I've gained >4 kg 😳). Super grateful to my hosts including Lichao Fan, Huadong Zang, Fan Ding, Jie Zhou, Luo Yu, Weichao Wu, Tida Ge.

🚨NEW PAPER @isme-microbes.bsky.social on phage-bacteria dynamics. Collab between us and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social labs. "Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics". 👉 doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics

Abstract. Diverse phage-bacteria communities coexist at high densities in environmental, agricultural, and human-associated microbiomes. Phage-bacteria coe

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Strong reason to #QuitGPT (just as I was warming to AI - but at least there are many alternatives) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman

As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

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New paper alert! With Ciska Veen @ciskaveen.bsky.social , Lama Ramadan, Esmer Jongedijk et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interactions between polypropylene microplastics and emerging contaminants increase soil respiration and alter microbial community structure

Emerging contaminants (ECs) are increasingly detected in terrestrial environments, where they can adversely affect soil ecosystems. Biodegradable ECs …

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The science is clear. The stakes are real. AGU condemns the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding — a decision that rejects the overwhelming evidence and undermines climate accountability. We will continue to defend science and advocate for evidence-based policy. buff.ly/wX1BQ2t

The project will be co-supervised by Maire Holz and myself @zalf.bsky.social as part of @bexplo.bsky.social. You will spend time in the greenhouse and the lab as well as in data synthesis and conceptual thinking. jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/a...

Great CMFI symposium today with Kirsten Küsel @kuesellab.bsky.social and many cross-cutting discussions of groundwater, soil & health. Thanks to @cmfi.bsky.social for the invitation

Cluster of Excellence CMFI@cmfi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Great Microbiology Colloquium at CMFI today! Kirsten Küsel (@kuesellab.bsky.social @microverse.bsky.social) shared insights on the groundwater microbiome, plus Kyle Mason-Jones (@unituebingen.bsky.social) on soil bacteriophages. Thanks to all for great talks and discussions!

We have an open position for a bioinformatics/theoretical microbial ecology PhD student to study viral strategies in the global Microverse! Join us at the @microverse.bsky.social at @uni-jena.de, please apply through this link: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/9...

My colleague Christian Poll offers a PhD position in our group at University of Hohenheim, we would be glad if you share this opportunity with potential candidates. His project EcoFuture KAP4 is an interesting collaborative project with University of Tübingen. dbges.de/assets/Uploa...

Brilliant idea by @arjenlubach.bsky.social: The NAAGGA hat. ‘Naagga’ means ‘No’ in Greenlandic. Sold out already! lubach.shop/product/naag...

It’s EGU abstact time! Welcoming submissions in “Microbial metabolism and turnover in soil: new insights into C cycling and soil function”, with keynote @michaeladippold.bsky.social and convenors @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social and Sergey Blagodatsky. Deadline Thu 13:00 CET www.egu26.eu/session/56566

New publication alert - Pushing the envelope on isotope labelling approaches in SOC tracing, with Tida Ge and colleagues www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our #EGU26 session “Microbial metabolism and turnover in soil: new insights into C cycling and soil function” is welcoming abstracts: Support deadline on Mon! with S. Blagodatsky & @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social & keynote @michaeladippold.bsky.social meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

Do please join me on World Soil Day, 5 December, 2pm GMT, for the global launch of the most exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with: The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...

We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...

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At last a little bit of good #climate news www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

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Next #job hire: Our own PhD position within #MultiStress to be funded as KAAD scholarship @unituebingen.bsky.social is out: You're East African scholar interested in #maize #root & #rhizosphere traits +their response to #biotic & #abiotic stress? Ready to perform work in #Germany & #Kenya? APPLY NOW

Great PhD opportunity to discover how phages disperse with nematodes through soil. Applications close next week! An exciting project extending Lisa van Sluijs @w-u-r.bsky.social and our work on phage hitchhiking doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

PhD position - Ecological, Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nematode-phage Hitchhiking

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Wow, US govt. agencies not even pretending at apolitical status anymore

Keen to come from China to Tübingen for a PhD? The 2026 CSC-Tübingen PhD scholarship call is open, including an opportunity to join our team to investigate soil phage ecology in synthetic communities uni-tuebingen.de/de/114003

JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply! Please re-post!

PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP. On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network. Pic: one of our Scottish sites. e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...