Five more days to apply! PhD position in our long-term Arctic project based at Leibniz University Hannover with fieldwork in Abisko. Focus: berries, functional traits, climate change & future food systems (with a microclimate angle). Please share: www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/id/8...

⏳ One week left to apply! We’re hiring in Plant Ecology and Biodiversity at Leibniz University Hannover: • Senior Researcher (permanent, full-time) www.uni-hannover.de/jobs/id/8379/ • PhD on long-term coastal vegetation change (North & Baltic Seas) www.uni-hannover.de/jobs/id/8435

Wir stellen ein! 🌱 Unbefristete E13 (100 %) Stelle in Pflanzenökologie & Biodiversitätsforschung an der Leibniz Universität Hannover: www.uni-hannover.de/jobs/id/8379 Frist: 15.04.2026

Ecosystem resilience depends on successful regeneration - not just adult plant performance - yet these processes remain largely overlooked in monitoring and risk assessments. Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Open letter: A call to integrate plant regeneration into sustainability science and policy

This Open Letter highlights plant regeneration as a critical and overlooked dimension of ecosystem resilience under global environmental change. Biodiversity monitoring, conservation and agricultural....

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📢 PhD position in Vegetation Ecology (@ Leibniz University Hannover) Join our team to study long-term coastal vegetation dynamics under sea-level rise, climate & land-use change. Fieldwork, traits, spatial analyses & drones included. Deadline: April 15, 2026

A handbook for standardised measurements of plant reproductive traits: from pollen grain to seedling url: connectsci.au/bt/article/7... This handbook discussed protocols for 58 reproductive traits of flowers (10 traits), fruits (6 traits), seeds (36 traits), and seedlings (6 traits).

My first course (“Biodiversity”) at Leibniz University Hannover is completed. 🌱 Ten exciting days exploring global and local plant diversity passed far too quickly. Many thanks to the students for the great atmosphere and the best teaching evaluation I have ever received!

We’re hiring! 🌿 Permanent E13 (100%) position in Plant Ecology & Biodiversity Research at Leibniz University Hannover. Focus: vegetation ecology, field research, quantitative skills, teaching (BSc, German required). Deadline: 15 April 2026 Details: www.uni-hannover.de/jobs/id/8379/

Our handbook on standardised measurements of regenerative plant functional traits is now published: connectsci.au/bt/article/d... It provides protocols for 58 traits across pollen, seeds, and seedlings aimed at improving consistency and comparability in regeneration trait research.

🌱 Can we predict which plant species are likely to establish and spread around the world – before they actually do? Our new study shows that the answer lies in a very early life stage: seed germination.

For several days, my main tools have been a measuring tape and a screwdriver rather than a computer and keyboard. Setting up our new office and lab spaces is slow but oddly satisfying and a good reminder that teaching and research depend on very concrete infrastructures.

Back from a incredible week with the International Tundra Experiment (#ITEX) in Sweden! Our team shared key research on how the Arctic is responding to global change. A thread on our highlights 🧵 #ArcticEcology #ClimateScience

🌱 New paper in Diversity & Distributions! We show that European alpine plants remain largely stable despite warming, with abundance shifts varying regionally. Seed traits offer limited power to predict “winners” & “losers,” highlighting the need for long-term monitoring. 📖 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

🌊 Rising seas threaten Danish coastal plants—increased salinity hampers germination, and limited dispersal prevents migration. Congrats to @TanjaLazic on defending her excellent MSc thesis! 🎉 Rigorous data, complex stats, and sharp insights. Wishing you all the best! 👏

Hello Bluesky!🙂 Some colleagues and I are compiling early-career researcher perspectives on the future of #macrophyte research. So, if you are a student or post-grad interested in #aquaticplants - please take a moment to fill out our survey before July 1st: forms.office.com/r/rVNmmcNFKN

We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative". Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...

I've made a collection of eco-evo journals on BlueSky so that other scientists/ecologists/conservationists can easily find and access them: go.bsky.app/DgQZ1wk Which ones am I missing? Please let me know if I've overlooked a journal! 🌍🧪💚 #AcademicSky

🌱 We’re expanding #SeedArc! Our collaborators at @UniOviedo are hiring a Postdoc in Seed Regeneration Niche to grow the global database & research seed germination ecology. Starts July 2025, 18-month contract. Spread the word—apply by 12 June!

+++ Regional verschollene Pflanzenart wiedergefunden! +++ Über 30 Jahre nach dem letzten Nachweis wurde der im niedersächsischen Hügel- und Bergland verschollene Mauer-Gänsefuß (Chenopodium murale) am Südharzrand wiederentdeckt! ➡️ researchgate.net/publication/... 📸 André Kuklik

💍 The Gollum Effect: possessive behaviours, attempts to undermine others, and efforts to restrict access to data, resources or opportunities https://go.nature.com/4mxAJvG

Science’s ‘Gollum effect’: PhDs bear brunt of territorial behaviour

Nature - Survey respondents at all career stages report colleagues engaging in territorial and possessive behaviours — but early-career researchers are most often affected.

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All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

Yesterday, for fun, I re-analyzed a chapter of my PhD thesis using an AI platform. What once took me 4 months - textbooks, forums, emailing package devs - I did in just 2 hours. The future is now. 🚀 #DataScience #AI #rstats #AcademicTwitter

Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change (University of Leeds): jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change

Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change (Teaching and Research)Salary: Grade 8 (£48,149 – £57,422 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be ...

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Meet Louise Winther, PhD student at University of Copenhagen 🌱 Her research on pollen viability & germination across Arctic & coastal species sheds light on plant regeneration under climate change. Plus, her positivity and humour keep our team motivated! #PlantEcology #PhD

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

Choose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants' erc.europa.eu/news-events/... grants to follow ERC model open to individual researchers of any nationality, working at or ready to move to a host institution in an Horizon Europe member NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...

Choose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants'

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering la...

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We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher: - Teaching in ecology and nature conservation - Research on plant-pollinator interactions - Supervision of students - Contribution to our major collaborative projects Start 01.09.2025 Salary according to TV-L E13, 100% 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

1/5 New study: How do wild plants survive heat waves? Research on *Silene vulgaris* shows pollen/ovule traits DON'T adapt locally across Europe, despite climate differences. @DFG @NNF onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....