Three dream jobs jobs for postdocs interested in community ecology or functional biodiversity! Synthesis postdocs in the the Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social or @reassemblynet.bsky.social. Amazing data and networks of researchers, and wonderful colleages to work with!

Now published in @newphyt.bsky.social, @1pantunes.bsky.social and I review evidence for the "Novel Weapons Hypothesis" and the role of allelopathy during invasion. Bottom line: there is very good reason to be skeptical. dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Happy to share the results of a long-haul post-doc project, now online @science.org, aiming at understanding the rules of transgeneration epigenetic inheritance over TEs in plants and its extent and impact in nature. More below! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services! We propose a conceptual framework and a roadmap for microbial conservation: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The excellence cluster Ocean floor @marumunibremen.bsky.social @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de opens two strategic positions at the University of Oldenburg. Please distribute widely Scientific Coordinator: uol.de/job723en Data Steward: uol.de/job724en

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social Apply by October 17th Please spread the word! More info 👇 uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Resharing my post from earlier this week, just in case you're working on your syllabus and want to give a think about how you're going to be dealing with AI with assignments. scienceforeveryone.science/how-i-am-thi... 🧪

Please re-post: JOB ALERT! Five open positions in our amazing new @dfg.de cluster of excellence TERRA @terra-cluster.org on biosphere-geosphere interactions: (1) a coordinator, (2) a PR officer, (3) a science-dialog manager, (4) a training coordinator, (5) a data manager/scientist.

Before I became a full-time academic, I worked in an electronics factory, a bakery, an auction house, a wholesale market (for years), as a first-aid instructor, in disability care, in nature conservation administration, and as a bar pianist. I wouldn't have wanted to miss these experiences.

When a PI grows older, the gap between him/her and the lab members inevitably becomes larger, and perception and roles change. Very helpful to think about, and I can definitely relate. Thanks for writing this, @mrillig.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fascinating in the current drought to see deep-rooted species like yarrow & plantain doing well in grasslands A simple illustration of how diversity leads to resilience

*Job alert* Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate. jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... Please repost! 🌐🧪

Just discovered openalex.org, a publication database that seems a pretty interesting alternative to those from for-profit companies. Check it out!

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

If you're doing mentoring right, your mentees will argue with you. And when they win one - that's a great day! scientistseessquirre...

Do you love alpine plants, ancient DNA, and/or population genetics? My lab will be hiring a postdoc soon to be based at the University of Maine! We’re looking for someone who uses genetic tools and thinks like a community ecologist. Happy to chat at #ESA2025 if you’re interested.

Morning hike to Les 3 Becs, the highest point of the cretacous cliffs surrounding the Forêt de Saou in Drôme - an unusual rock formation (boat shaped syncline) with amazing biodiversity. I have never seen so many butterflies (meadows at bottom) and silver thistles (montane pastures)

From bench to big boss: mitigating the widening gap between PI and lab Laboratory dynamics can change as the age and experience of the principal investigator increase. But there are ways to combat this. Read our piece in Nature, with @sprekeler.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

About the enshittification of tech (and other) industries. Paul Krugman is such a good writer. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-genera...

The #Diversitorium task force @aschweiger.bsky.social, @bossdorf.bsky.social, @michaeladippold.bsky.social, K.Tielboerger & Y.Oelmann visited Ihinger Hof field site @unihohenheim.bsky.social for the first time! SO EXCITED to launch our key #TERRA experiment on #geodiversity manipulation: stay tuned!

Looking for a PhD or postdoc in plant eco-evo genomics? The Moi Lab is doing breathtaking research and it is a wonderful, humane place to work in (plus the beauty of California). Go and apply!

Geoökologie-Fan? Im November feiert der Studiengang Geoökologie @unituebingen.bsky.social sein 25-Jähriges. Motto: Bio-Geosphären-Wechselwirkungen (siehe @terra-cluster.bsky.social). Tolle Vorträge (z.B. von @chriswernerlab.bsky.social), Führungen und viel Zeit zum Austausch! Anmelden & weitersagen!

Nice job at Aarhus University @au.dk: we need more professorship in genetic biodiversity! tech.au.dk/en/about-the...

How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...

How cool is this? Turning Data into Sound and Music! www.loudnumbers.net

My most recent design/illustration project is out! 🐡Three infographics for the conservation genetics workshop, aimed at practitioners working in #biodiversity conservation #consgen 🧪 Available in German, French, Italian and English with a CC BY license: free to use, share and modify

We had a really nice lab strategy/ inspiration/ motivation day today. It takes time but it’s so important!

Nice new building on our campus @unituebingen.bsky.social but the designer monoculture lawn in the front is clearly not climate change-resistant. New strategy please!

From Jan 2026, @unituebingen.bsky.social will host a new @dfg.de cluster of excellence #TERRA to study geosphere-biosphere interactions, together with Uni Hohenheim and Senckenberg. There will be many opportunities, incl. several professorships. Stay tuned, and follow this account!

Seed harvesting for #restoration threatens short-lived species, but smarter harvesting based on generation time and harvest frequency will help. Paper is out since a month, but I want to highlight again this amazing idea and analysis led by @annabucharova.bsky.social. Read her post for more details!

Awsome job opportunity for a plant ecologist at University of Halle, with many amazing colleagues nearby at @unihalle.bsky.social, @ufz.de and @idiv-research.bsky.social. Halle is a very cool city. Go for it! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Plese consider signing this open letter to remind EU leadership of the importance of ring-fencing the budget for ERC, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowships and other basic research essential for innovation. www.petitions.com/open_letter_...

Next PhD from our group: Well done, Dr. Frank Reis, and thank you Mika Tarkka, Katja Tielbörger and Eric Kemen for the excellent questions! Frank studied effects of plant age, genotype and organ on the microbiome of Lotus corniculatus, within the @dfg.de SPP 2125 DECRyPT. @unituebingen.bsky.social

My newsletter is about looking for jobs in the current academic job market....please feel free to add any advice you have.... open.substack.com/pub/matthias...

Parting thoughts of our newly minted PhD Junhee @junhee-jung.bsky.social about some challenges he encountered, colleagues, friends and life.

So happy that Junhee @junhee-jung.bsky.social defended his thesis @unituebingen.bsky.social! Note the knitted DNA tie, the discarded (a.k.a. garbage can) sequences on the hat, and the PhD-themed cookies. Niek @plantevoeco.bsky.social, Eric Kemen and Kyle @kylemojo.bsky.social asked great questions!

I didn't know the Black Forest was so beautiful. Extensive grasslands full of Arnica, orchids and butterflies.

The recent acceleration of climate change is wild. Brace for the impact, and get our shit together, world! #ShowYourStripes day. showyourstripes.info

Congratulations Detlef @plantevolution.bsky.social for this award. Well deserved!

Congratulations @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social for this award! Wonderful to see that scientific productivity/excellence can be combined with a humane environment. TBH I find this a much more impressive achievement than having many grants and papers.

Please consider signing this petition, which emphasizes the importance of ring-fencing EU funds for ERC, Marie-Curie fellowships and other collaborative basic research. www.petitions.com/open_letter_...

Seven: don't publish in @natecoevo.nature.com so that people across the world (who did not see this post) can actually read what you say.

Excellent job opportunity at @unihohenheim.bsky.social: build your own team in Experimental Plant Biodiversity Research (within @plantecology.bsky.social, group of Frank Schurr). Great environment (also b/c of new @greenrobust.de and #TERRA @dfg.de clusters of excellence), and great people!

Der „Gollum-Effekt“ in der Wissenschaft: Eine internationale Befragung der MLU und des @idiv-research.bsky.social zeigt, dass Daten und Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung nicht immer freimütig geteilt werden. Das behindert Kooperationen und Karrieren von weniger etablierten Forschenden. mlu.de/64yjw

Pontevedra meeting with some awesome friends and doing awesome science. #AEETSIBECOL2025 @marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social

My newsletter this week is about survivor bias in academia, and what it means for receiving and dispensing advice. Hope you find it interesting or helpful! open.substack.com/pub/matthias...