New paper out 🌊🪱🔬 We investigated the microbiome of the polychaete Lanice conchilega. We identified Endozoicomonas as a key component of the microbiome, which is subject to seasonal changes. Read the full story here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @icbm-uol.bsky.social 🦕

Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions. Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting: merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 3-year Postdoc position in Coastal Ecology at the University of Oldenburg! 🌊 First 2 years: Join the DFG Research Unit DynaCom – collaborate with outstanding partners across five synthesis projects. Final year: Pursue your own research + build your academic profile. 👉 uol.de/job773en

Ready to make a difference in agro-entomology research? Join us for a PhD in the "GoodWeedBadWeed" project in Göttingen&@leibnizlib.bsky.social! 🌾🌱 on plant-pollinator interactions using eDNA, nectar & pollen. Fieldwork near Göttingen (driver's license required).Apply at tinyurl.com/GoodWeedBadW...

🌎How do some birds reach the world’s most remote islands while others fall short? Our new paper explores how wing traits shape birds' ability to navigate isolation🐦🏝️🦉. 📖 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢#WeAreHiring! I am looking for a #postdoc (2yr position) either in ecological modelling or experimental trait-based ecology to join us in Northern Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning group at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social Thanks for reposting! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

I am accepting applications for a PhD student to join my lab at the University of California, Riverside. If you are interested in plant community ecology, ecosystem function/stability, global change, or restoration, please contact me. Fully funded position available. See my website for more details.

Read our new paper in EcologicalMonographs esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We introduce a framework on how to partition species contributions to ecological stability in disturbed communities based on species absolute change in biomass and relative change in proportion.

Very productive spring retreat of DFG funded research unit DynaCom in Göttingen. Exciting external input by @jon-chase03.bsky.social, @zurelllab.bsky.social and @jonnorberg.bsky.social, multifaceted discussions about meta-foodwebs at the land-sea interface. Cool venue at the historical observatory!