How do biodiversity and productivity interact in agroforests? A new paper in Basic and Applied Ecology by researchers at DEEP reveals how bird and bat diversity affects herbivory and yield trade-offs in Arabica coffee’s native range.🦇☕ @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social

New in Basic & Applied Ecology! Researchers at DEEP have looked at how soil moisture and surrounding forest cover influence Armillaria root rot incidence—highlighting how local habitat conditions shape forest health👇 @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social

Today I enjoyed chairing Laura Schat's excellent public defence of her thesis Evolutionary pathways to traits diversity and specialisation. Great opponent Jeremy Beaulieu @phylieu.bsky.social . Can you name the grasses? 😁

Lignin diversity helps plants thrive on land – without them, they become small, sterile plants that produce far less biomass. 🪴 This is revealed in a new study in @newphyt.bsky.social by @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social & #TUAT 👇

Dandelions that clone themselves still make pollen, but why? The #NoSexPoorPollen project led by @yannickwoudstra.bsky.social studies how pollen degrades when it’s no longer needed for sex, and what that means for evolution 🌼 Learn more about the project below!

Ever wondered how plants adapt to changing environments? 🌱 Check out our latest publication by Gitte Petersen in @annbot.bsky.social below. @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

We’re hiring! 📣 DEEP at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social is looking for a tenured Associate Professor in Plant Ecology. Join a vibrant research & teaching community in the heart of Sweden’s capital. Learn more and apply below by 16 Nov.👇

New in @oikosjournal.bsky.social! 📃 The study, led by Peter Hambäck at DEEP, explores how interactions between hosts and enemies shape biodiversity. Results show that bottom–up and top–down diversification don’t work the same way, and that parasitoids often adapt faster than their hosts.👇

Sommarens illa omtyckta #cyanobakterieblomningar kanske inte är helt igenom dåliga trots allt – de kan ha avgörande betydelse för strömmingsyngel, som hade haft sämre förutsättningar för att växa sig stora utan dem. 🦠🌊 Läs mer nedan! @ostersjocentrum.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

New study by Group Winder at DEEP reveals limited diet overlap among small pelagic fish in the Baltic Sea. 🐟 Does this mean that flexible feeding habits may boost the ecosystem’s resilience in a changing climate?🤔 Find out more below. @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Newly published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social's journal by Group Foster at DEEP.👇 A diatom’s cyanobacterial partner keeps a key bicarbonate transporter, helping sustain photosynthesis in low-CO₂ oceans. Discover how this shapes carbon cycling in the open sea below. 🌊🦠 @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

📣Join us at DEEP! We have several open positions at the moment: - Postdoc Fellow in Evolutionary Genomics - PhD student in Fungal Evolutionary Biology - PhD student in Fungal Biology - Research engineer in Fungal Biology Help us spread the word! 🗣️ @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

New study in @heredityjournal.bsky.social shows how leaf beetles evolve defence genes to fight off a shared parasitoid wasp. 🪲🦟 Co-authored by researchers at DEEP, this study reveals lineage-specific targets of positive selection, offering fresh insights into host–parasite coevolution. 👇

How do microbes become permanent partners? 🌊🔬🦠 Check out our new study published in Current Biology showing how cyanobacterial genomes evolve step-by-step into endosymbionts of diatoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social

Tiny partners, big insights! 💡 A new study led by researchers at DEEP unveils a microscopic alliance between algae and bacteria; offering rare, step-by-step snapshots of how bacteria lose genes and become increasingly dependent on their hosts. 🦠 Curious to learn more? Read the press release below.

The microscopic alliance between algae & bacteria offers rare, step-by-step snapshots of how bacteria lose genes and adapt to increasing host dependence. New study led by Rachel Foster @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social @kawresearch.bsky.social www.su.se/english/news...

A study co-authored by Prof. Hambäck at DEEP shows that wild bee diversity drives apple seed set much more than managed honeybees. Functional diversity makes the biggest difference. The takeaway: healthy, diverse wild pollinator communities are key for productive orchards. 🐝🍎 Access it here:

Planerna på at utvinna mineraler från Östersjöns havsbotten innebär stora miljörisker, och det kan ta lång tid för den känsliga miljön att återhämta sig. Läs mer om @nascimentofj.bsky.social's forskning om hur havsbotten påverkas av gruvprojekt som dessa, i @dagensnyheter.bsky.social.👇

DEEPs Rasmus Erlandsson collects spiders in the Vindelfjällen mountains with the help of a “spider vacuum,” to find out what spiders eat and how their diet is affected by a warming climate.🕷️ Curious to know more about the project? Listen to the interview in #Naturmorgon from 2 August (in Swedish).👇

New paper out now! Curious about what happens with the mushrooms after a dry summer? 🍄🤔 Irena Koelemeijer et al. are providing you with the answers in this new study, published in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Fungal Ecology.

Big congratulations to Prof. Hanna Johannesson who was just awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by @erc.europa.eu! 👏🎉 The project ”The early sequestered germline of fungi – spatial distribution, mechanism and generality across the kingdom” is preliminary granted almost 2.5 million euros over 5 years.

Kom och fira biologiska mångfaldens dag idag med oss på DEEP! 🪻🪷

In my first post here, I just want to draw your attention to my labs homepage where you can find descriptions on current projects and publications. I will not be super active on this platform, but plan to share important milestones. @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social www.hylanderecology.com

Hi colleagues! 👋 Great opportunity here at DEEP — help us spread the word! @stockholmuni.bsky.social

Fresh off the press!📃🔥 New paper led by DEEP researchers broadens the understanding of how behavioral and biological mechanisms influence microbial transmission, stability, and diversity through insect life cycles. Access the publication below👇 @bolincentre.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Vad är grejen med våtmarker? 🤔 Välkommen till en workshop och guidad visning av våtmarken i Bergianska trädgården på biologiska mångfaldens dag den 22 maj! Guidar gör Peter Hambäck och David Åhlén från DEEP. Registrera dig till workshopen här: bit.ly/3GIhWgR Läs mer om den guidade vandringen 👇

Don't miss today's lunch seminar organized by @researchersdesk.bsky.social! At 12:00 CEST, Peter Hambäck from @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social will talk wetlands. 👇

🗣️Forskarkollegor – stå upp för vetenskapen! @researchersdesk.bsky.social samlar underskrifter till en debattartikel som kräver att politikerna tar forskningen på allvar. Vi vill gärna ha så många underskrifter som möjlig för att visa att detta är en ödesfråga. Intresserad? Skicka DM för länk!🔗

För den här debattartikeln vänder vi oss till forskande och/eller undervisande doktorander, post-docs, forskare, lektorer, professorer med flera som är verksamma vid svenska universitet, högskolor och forskningsinstitut.

Forskarkollegor – stå upp för vetenskapen! Vi samlar underskrifter till en debattartikel som kräver att politikerna tar forskningen på allvar. Vi vill gärna ha så många underskrifter som möjlig för att visa att detta är en ödesfråga. Intresserad av att skriva på? Skicka DM så skickar vi en länk!

Friendly reminder that the deadline to apply for this amazing opportunity is tomorrow, 10 April! 🤗

🌊Nedskärningar gör det svårare att följa hur havet mår Marinekolog Jakob Walve medverkade i Vetenskapsradions nyheter, där han diskuterade bl.a. hur nedskärningar av budget för den marina miljöövervakningen gör att viktiga mätningar av plankton pausas. 🎙️Hör hela inslaget här 👇

We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts. Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪

Are you our new PhD student in Ecology and Evolution? Join @tanjaslotte.bsky.social's team in the KAW funded project "Harnessing evolutionary transitions, machine learning, and genomics to decode pollen evolution and unravel sexual selection mechanisms shared across kingdoms”. Apply by 22 April!👇

📣Join DEEP as an Associate Professor in Plant Molecular Physiology! 🪴 The successful candidate will engage in cutting-edge research, teach undergraduate and master’s courses in plant physiology, and mentor PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Learn more & apply before 10 April!👇