New paper just out in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology A call for studying the impact of multiple stressors on biological systems w/ Ron Mittler and Sara Zandalinas nature.com/articles/s41... Free share link: rdcu.be/fy2rP

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...

How many different versions of soils were there at the beginning of terrestrial ecosystems? matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/how-many-d...

We need more response surface designs in microplastic research; but these are tricky. PhD student Tamara in our group just has a paper out on this topic: Microplastics drive both gradual and abrupt shifts in soil multifunctionality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am wondering how many totally different versions of soil there were right at the beginning of terrestrial ecosystems, well before the arrival of land plants.

Check out our new review: Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome just out in @natrevmicro.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reading in journal club Khan et al. in The unseen architects: Unraveling soil faunal necromass contribution to soil carbon sequestration w/ lab alumnus @aguilart.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ICYMI Need a review article on soil fungal ecology; with a focus on global change impacts? Fungal diversity, ecology and functions in soil ecosystems | @natrevmicro.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper out, first authored by visiting PhD student Naying Li: Microplastic pollution enhances methane emissions from remote mountainous lakes via plastisphere-mediated microbial processes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We have a new doctor! Congratulations to Rebecca Rongstock who recently successfully defended her PhD on multi-factor ecological science. @fubcp.bsky.social

New paper online: Stress combination in biology, ecology, and medicine: embracing complexity to resolve our central challenges w/ Ron Mittler & Sara Zandalinas in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Question for all my soil science friends out there: Where in the soil profile is the oldest soil?

Reading in journal club: Defining and protecting old-growth soils @frantecol.bsky.social writing in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In my course 'Creativity in the scientific process', the students worked using Lego Serious Play again. Always interesting how different the models are....

Farewell talk by Dr. Yongxing Cui today. Very sad to see him leave, but glad we had the time to bask in his brilliance - I am sure there's great stuff coming from him in the future. We will miss you! Stay supported by @humboldt-foundation.de

At the end, today a lovely visit to the tapestries of the apocalypse in Angers.... do you see the mushroom ?

Great presentation by Francis Martin on the saprotrophic-symbiotic continuum in fungi. At the @newphyt.bsky.social workshop in Angers @fmartin54.bsky.social

Session this morning at the @newphyt.bsky.social workshop in Angers started with a broad overview of fossil evidence of early land plants by Paul Kenrick.

Next, Corentin Loron explains how FTIR and machine learning can be used to study molecular composition in the fossil record Prototaxites as the example. Might not be a fungus.🥺 New Phytologist workshop in Angers. @newphyt.bsky.social

Christine Strullu-Derrien introducing some findings of our recently accepted paper on early soils and plants, at the New Phytologist workshop in Angers. @chistinesd.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social

Swag at the New Phytologist workshop in Angers, France. Looking forward to the next two days.

The harvest of a large greenhouse experiment is ongoing for several days this week, with lots of people helping.

Two massive experiments are being harvested, starting today. This one is for @soilolive.bsky.social

Unsere bodenökologische Forschung ist in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Bild der Wissenschaft - siehe 'Von der Petrischale bis zum Acker'.

Last week's Art-Science Meetup at our lab at @fubcp.bsky.social in collaboration with @artlaboratoryb.bsky.social was a success!! About 30 people, scientists and artists, listened to talks and then jointly discussed the topic of experimental co-design in mixed groups of scientists and artists.

Japan has cherry blossoms, but Schorlemerallee in Dahlem, Berlin, has Flieder. 😀😂

Here is a question to ponder: If you could construct a terrestrial ecosystem from scratch, for example for use on another planet, as an enclosed system containing plants and a soil-like substrate: would you include plant pathogens or pathogens in general? Why or why not?

If you could build a synthetic plant-soil ecosystem from scratch for use on another planet (ignore if this makes sense or not), would it have mycorrhiza? Explain why or why not... 😀

Happy Earth Day! Our lab works to find out how human-made threats affect our soils and what we can do about it. #Earthday

Congratulations to Peter Meidl for successfully defending his PhD thesis today!! Thanks to the committee and to everyone who came to the event online and in the lecture hall. @fubcp.bsky.social