📢 PhD opportunity at the University of Helsinki! Join the ANEW project to study ecological networks, seed dispersal and biodiversity conservation under global change. Apply by 31 Aug 2026. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/31_8_202... #PhD #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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Hyvinvointivaltio on mahdollista ylläpitää nollakasvun taloudessa, osoittaa Helsingin yliopiston väitöstutkimus. Tutkimus haastaa käsityksen, jonka mukaan hyvinvointi edellyttää jatkuvaa kasvua. #[www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/y...

It's a wrap! After three field seasons and three master's thesis, our city rat data collection investigating pest control effects on rat ecology has come to an end with a celebratory lunch "karonkka" Thanks to our awesome students/technical assistants Jixuan, Tea, and Linnea! 💛

One week to apply this PhD position on alpine flowering plants and pollinators in Switzerland!

Mikko Tiusanen@mikkotiusanen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Are you interested in flowering plants, pollinators or Alps? Plant Ecology Group at ETH Zürich is looking for a PhD student! I can warmly recommend the group! The meadows of the study area are simply amazing to anyone interested in biodiversity! Application DL 30.6. @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social

These findings indicate that in-field flower strips or derived legume-based intercropping systems can help reduce reliance on pesticide use in agriculture 🌼 🍅 🌍 👇️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Tutkijayhteisöä lähinnä ärsyttää tällainen Suomen onnettoman ja surkean tutkimusrahoituksen naamiointi mukamas takeeksi laadusta. Yritetään naamioida rahoituksen vähyys takeeksi laadusta. Tällä tavalla kuitenkin Akatemia lähtee päättäjien leikkiin mukaan ja vain vahvistaa tätä ideologiaa.

Vera Mikkilä@veramikkila.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Suomen Akatemian akatemiahankehakua uudistetaan. Niin tavoitteiden kunnianhimon kuin hankkeiden rahoituksen tasoa nostetaan. Samalla mukaan astuu vuoden hakukarenssi hakijoille, jotka saavat arvosanan 1-4 (asteikolla 1-6). Ensimmäiset karenssit tulevat voimaan 2027 avautuvassa haussa. Lue lisää:

Rohkeita rottia viimeöisessä näytteenottokohteessa! Kolmas ja viimeinen aineistonkeruukesä käynnissä 🌞 Brave rats at our sampling site last night! Our third and final data collection summer has begun 🌞

Very excited to share this theme issue on Wild Plant Pathosystems 🌱🦠🌳, published today in #PhilTransB @royalsocietypublishing.org. Co-edited with @rstam.bsky.social @fletcher-h.bsky.social & @ebruns.bsky.social. royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... Even better: it's all open access!

Volume 381 Issue 1951 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society

Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.

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Evolution induced state shifts in a long-term microbial community experiment (now out, but previously posted here as a preprint) with Ville Mustonen, Lutz Becks @jcairns.bsky.social & others. Experiment continues @utu.fi and now 5+ years www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Evolution induced state shifts in a long-term microbial community experiment | PNAS

Biological communities are complex, dynamic systems that underpin ecosystem functionality, yet their long-term dynamics and predictability remain p...

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There are still a couple of days left to apply for a position as an Ecological Statistician in @rececochange.bsky.social!!

Anna-Liisa Laine@annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social @rececochange.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Please share widely! Abstract submissions open for the 2026 Jacques Monod conference: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world! Held in beautiful Roscoff France from November 2- 6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline : June 6 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

Mom’s helminths rewire microbiota to protect offspring Maternal helminths confer lasting protection against respiratory viruses in offspring. Helminth-induced changes in microbiota increase indole-3-propionic acid, which induces lung IFN-I responses www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Maternal helminths rewire the microbiota to promote offspring antiviral immunity

Fernandes et al. show that maternal helminths, long-standing mammalian partners, confer antiviral immunity to offspring via the microbiota-derived metabolite indole-3-propionic acid (IPA). This work r...

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We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social @rececochange.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Ecological Statistician

Ecological Statistician

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Mixed forest plantations are better for soil carbon sequestration and soil structure than monocultures shows a new study in Journal of Ecology.

Journal of Ecology@journalofecology.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌲A global analysis of 6,550 observations shows that mixed-species plantations increase soil carbon and water holding capacity by about 10.5%. The greatest gains occur in conifer broadleaf mixtures in warm, wet climates through better soil structure 👉️ buff.ly/U3sA2l4

It's also called Nature Amnesia. There is a Dutch book about this that is a really heartwrenching but important read: Natuuramnesie by Marc Argeloo delevendenatuur.nl/nieuws/net-v...

Net verschenen: Natuuramnesie

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LAFAYETTE@lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Shifting baseline syndrome (SBS) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. Each generation grows up with a more depleted environment and calls it “normal,” simply because it’s all they’ve ever known.

Plant phenology tends to track with climate warming, but it could also be sensitive to biotic factors. This study shows that a single year of tree responses to intense insect herbivory can counteract a decade of environmentally driven shifts in spring phenology 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Satellite data show trees delay budburst across landscapes to escape herbivores - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Plant phenology tends to track with climate warming, but it could also be sensitive to biotic factors. This study from a temperate forest landscape in Germany shows that a single year of tree response...

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Jos eduskunta hyväksyy ydinenergialain muutokset, jatkossa virkamiehet tekisivät päätökset pienydinvoimaloista, ja periaatepäätöstä tehtäessä ydinvoimalan sijoituskunnalta ei kysyttäisi mielipidettä eikä ympäristövaikutuksia arvioitaisi. Mielestämme tämä on pöyristyttävää. www.sll.fi/ajankohtaist...

Ydinenergialakiin radikaaleja muutoksia – päätöksenteko pois eduskunnalta, voimalan sijaintikunnalla ei sananvaltaa periaatepäätökseen

Hallitus haluaa, ettei eduskunnalla ole jatkossa sananvaltaa ydinvoimaloiden rakentamisessa. Pienydinvoimaloista päätökset tekisivät virkamiehet.

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Pääsin viime viikolla Karjaan lukion ympäristökurssille kertomaan työstäni ekologian tutkijana. Kiitos opiskelijoille hyvistä ja rohkeista kysymyksistä! Kerroin mm. tutkijan palkasta ja siitä, voik rotan biologiaa muuttaa niin, että se lentäisi (arvelin droonikyborgirotan olevan nopein ratkaisu).

🚨 New paper 🚨 Colleagues from Sironen & Jääskeläinen lab's developed a pan-jeilong-RT-qPCR for jeilong- and parajeilongvirus detection and used it on our rats and other Finnish and Latvian wildlife. Congrats and thanks Emilia for the paper! Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...

My thought-provoker today: www.nature.com/articles/d41... I hadn't realised the connection between the rising bar for funding & the increased use of AI in generating applications. So topical for an early-career researcher trying to secure the next funding. I wonder how (quickly) funders can adapt.

Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems?

Funders must take action before an increase in submission of high-quality proposals written using AI models makes it impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff.

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