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Tom Williams @tweethinking.bsky.social · 2d

There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)

The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm…

Science Magazine @science.org · 2d

In an analysis of 1.2 million news stories about scholarly research, men-led papers were found to receive more attention overall and were heavily overrepresented in the top 5% of most covered studies. https://scim.ag/4o7l5a5

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · 2d

We are organising a session on #Nitrogen biogeochemistry - links to other elements and biodiversity at #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us! @benhoulton.bsky.social

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 8d

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity

Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · 9d

yes...I vote for BIOGEOMON in Umeå - great program, people, time of year, place (if you like cinnamon and cardamom, and forests(!)), mosquitoes,..?

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · 9d

Big thanks @villumfonden.bsky.social for funding "projects all united by their courage to think differently and take risks" based on anonymous review- including "The symbiotic trinity – the next step in evolution?" #Moss #Cyanobacteria #Symbioses #NewOrganelles villumfonden.dk/en/nyhed/tra...

From transparent fruit flies to the meaning of baby cries

Once again this year, bold and innovative ideas have received support through the Villum Foundation’s programme for unconventional research projects: Villum Experiment

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · 16d

A really neat paper! A pleasure to read..so much to discover about bryophytes. Congrats! And thanks to the authors!

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 16d

Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

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Henrik Toft Simonsen @htsbiotechmoss.bsky.social · 17d

Research on bryophytes has increased significantly. This informative paper highlights the vast diversity while also compiling a wealth of knowledge at the genomic level. Thanks to all the authors. #plants #genome #bryophytes #moss #liverwort #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · 17d

Come to Copenhagen to work on #moss #cyanobacteria interactions! Still time to apply for this postdoc position!! 👇

Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · Jul 7

Interested in deciphering how #moss and #cyanobacteria interact with each other? Want to come to #Copenhagen? Join us for a postdoc! candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... @voltcenter.bsky.social

1.5-Year postdoctoral position on Molecular Biology of Moss-Cyanobacteria Associations

A 1.5-year postdoc position in Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology with a focus on moss-cyanobacteria associations is available at the Department of Biolog

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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis #protistsonsky

Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis | PNAS

Endosymbiotic gene transfer (EGT) and import of host-encoded proteins have been considered hallmarks of organelles necessary for stable integration...

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 22d

Wow!

Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 24d

Happy to share our latest publication:
Production of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in #Physcomitrella #photobioreactors
It's the first report on the production of #VLPs as #vaccine candidates in a non-vascular plant.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Production of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in Physcomitrella photobioreactors - Plant Cell Reports

Key message First production of virus-like particles as a vaccine candidate in a non-vascular plant. Abstract Virus-like particles (VLPs) are self-assembling nanoparticles composed of viral structural...

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Jill Harrison @jillharrison.bsky.social · 29d

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4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 | John Innes Centre

General Information Established thanks to the support of the Genetics Society, the Non-Seed Plant Sectional Interest Group brings together UK researchers studying all aspects of plant biology using…

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Sep 11

Volatile traits expand the microbial playbook

@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion from @laurameredith.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Sep 3

❗Job altert!❗
@voltcenter.bsky.social is #hiring a #LabManager /Lab specialist. Are you familiar with PTR-TOF-MS and GC-MS? You'll coordinate lab&field activities, QC&calibration, solve problems, assist with tech installations, and provide tech support to researchers
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

Laboratory manager or laboratory specialist position at the Center for Volatile Interactions, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Aug 29

#DHLrace day! The @voltcenter.bsky.social team is ready and in high spirits. Bring on those 25k per team! 🏃‍♀️🏃💨💪

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · Aug 29

#Moss #Cyanobacteria #ClimateChange #SYMBIONIX @erc.europa.eu @voltcenter.bsky.social

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 28

The latest American Journal of #Botany is now online at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...!

Check out these issue highlights at botany.org/file.php?fil...!

#plantscience #moss #biodiversity #fungi #monkeyflower

The bright green, feathery moss Thuidium sp. is widely distributed across the globe—from tropical cloud forests to temperate forests. In nitrogen-poor ecosystems, Thuidium sp. and other mosses are heavily colonised by nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, contributing significantly to total ecosystem nitrogen input. [Photo credit: Kathrin Rousk]

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 28

The latest American Journal of #Botany is now online at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...!

Check out these issue highlights at botany.org/file.php?fil...!

#plantscience #moss #biodiversity #fungi #monkeyflower

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · Aug 26

Did you see what is on the cover of the August issue of #AJB…? @botsocamerica.bsky.social
#Moss!!
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American Journal of Botany: Vol 112, No 8

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Let's go to mars with moss!
Moss-derived microbiome improves crop growth in lunar and Martian soil simulants
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Moss-derived microbiome improves crop growth in lunar and Martian soil simulants

This study evaluates the potential of a moss–microbe complex, composed of Hypnum plumaeforme and its associated microorganisms, as a bio-based biofert…

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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 To all molecular mossers 📢

The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy to share our latest review paper:
Multiplication of peat #moss (#Sphagnum L.) species for #climate action
#moosstart #paludifarming
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Multiplication of peat moss (Sphagnum L.) species for climate action

Abstract. Mosses from the genus Sphagnum have experienced 350 million years of separate evolution, resulting in distinctive features, such as unlimited api

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks #AJB for the challenge to put down on paper the latest on #Mosses #Cyanobacteria and their interactions!

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 13

Check out this new On the Nature of Things essay by @kathrinrousk.bsky.social in the #AJB!

Moss-cyanobacteria associations: A model for studying symbiotic interactions & evolutionary strategies

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#botany #plantscience #bryophytes #liverworts #hornworts #mosses #forests

Examples of moss species with different rates of cyanobacterial colonization and - location:
A, B Thuidium sp. from tropical cloud forests, Costa Rica with several hundred cyanobacterial colonies epiphytically all over the moss shoots. C, D Leucodon sp., from mediterranean forests, Italy, with cyanobacterial colonizers forming spherical colonies mostly on the moss leaf tips; E,F Sphagnum sp., boreal forest, Sweden, with cyanobacterial cells inside moss cells.

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Big thanks to #AJB for the invitation to write this essay for the series "On the nature of things" - It was fun! bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

The “On the Nature of Things” Essays: New Ideas and Directions in Botany: American Journal of Botany

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · Aug 13

#Moss-#Cyanobacteria Interactions: A niche-research-field? Yes...but it has a lot of potential! #AJB #SYMBIONIX @erc.europa.eu bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Moss‐cyanobacteria associations: A model for studying symbiotic interactions and evolutionary strategies

Click on the article title to read more.

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