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🌱 15-month Postdoc Position @umr-ecosols.bsky.social Mucoromycotina mycorrhizal fungi: Forgotten symbioses for the agroecological transition? High-risk/high-gain project to uncover the secrets of ancient, widespread plant–fungus partnerships — little studied, yet full of potential.

We lack estimates of root carbon stocks in temperate agroforestry systems. To get such estimates for crops, perennial herbaceous and trees, we dug deep pits in the stony Mediterranean soil of our young agroforestry experimental system and sorted out all their roots! The results in this new paper :

First paper we've found that validates auxotrophy predictions from genomes. in non-host associated communities (e.g. soils) auxotrophy is rare. I believe the assumption of prevalent auxotrophies emerging out of pervasive cross-feeding needs to be reconsidered.. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Un plaisir d'écrire ces chroniques radio avec Tiphaine Chevalier 👇

Our new paper is out to day in Nature Ecology and Evolution! It is called: Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #FunctionalTraits 🌐 ➕📏 @inrae-france.bsky.social @urep.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @bexplo.bsky.social

Our paper on the effect of multiple global change factors on soil prokariotes and viruses, just published in @natcomms.nature.com ! @mrillig.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

La nouvelle chronique "sols" sur @euradio.bsky.social est disponible. Elle porte sur la respiration du sol. En deux épisodes écrits avec @gabin-piton.bsky.social (Eco&Sols) : euradio.fr/emission/9wD...

Is #RegenerativeAgriculture the solution to delivering for both food and nature? A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇 https://shorturl.at/s9TM4

A new study led by @fabien-ferchaud.bsky.social estimated soil organic carbon storage rates of perennial bioenergy crops between 0.26 tC/ha/yr (North France) and 0.96 tC/ha/yr (South France), mainly explained by higher C inputs but weakened by associated SOC priming. Check it out on open access 👇

New paper in diamond open-access @peercomjournal.bsky.social Reducing mineral fertilizer use in mountain grasslands could improve the ability of their soil to maintain their multifunctionality during drought. Last chapter of my PhD 5 y latter. #NewPI never give up publish your science! #Soilscience

À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, l'@ird-fr.bsky.social met en lumière les expériences et réflexions de 4 chercheuses, sur la place des femmes dans les sciences. 1. Lydie LARDY - Chercheuse en sciences du sol (IRD) dans notre unité, affectée en Côte d’Ivoire. 2... 🧵

📢2 postdoc positions with Nick Bouskill at OSU: on disturbance and microbes hr.oregonstate.edu/open-postdoc... and on hillslopes and biogechemical processes (modelling) hr.oregonstate.edu/open-postdoc...

Rapid evolution of bacterial mutualism in the plant rhizosphere www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interested in ultra long read #Metagenomic and Metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from soils ? Our new protocol is for you ! 👇

www.nature.com/articles/s41... While not all new soil carbon persists, 'sequestered', in the soil, there are ways to confidently measure durable new carbon fractions and increase confidence in measurements of soil carbon as a climate solution, when measured correctly. #soil #science #carbon

Interesting paper. This inference stood out for me: "Result suggests a fitness paradox whereby some bacteria can optimize fitness in soil by minimizing mortality rather than maximizing growth." academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Meta-analysis out! Complementarity hypothesis appeared reversed for species mixture effect on SOC. We found that high root mycorrhization and tissue density have + effect on SOC. And combining similar values for these traits seems preferable ! Important finding for climate mitigation strategy.

My morning read. A must! All the results in this paper are so interesting and the writing is so clear. And I agree 100% with the related post by @frantecol.bsky.social Good sciences take time, but our system makes it very difficult. In this case, it was so worth keeping up the effort. Inspiring!

Really nice to see the second paper of PhD student Fangbin Hou out in SBB!!! She did a massive experiment and found that across 17 grassland species, root exudates from plants that experienced drought trigger more microbial respiration. (1) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I also set up an account for my unit Eco&Sols. Follow us : @umr-ecosols.bsky.social ! 70 permanent staff and many brilliant students & postdocs working on functional ecology and biogeochemistry in agroecosystems, from the biodiversity in soil aggregates to plant-soil interactions & global C cycle.

Hi bluesky! I will only share news on my research here. My main topics are microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. My current research digs into the functioning of root-soil system in deep horizons of agroforestry systems and the global life history strategies of soil bacteria. Recent publications 👇