Karl Schmid
@kjschmid.bsky.social
Professor of Crop Diversity and Breeding Informatics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Website: https://evoplant.uni-hohenheim.de
Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@kjschmid
Opinions are my own.
Website: https://evoplant.uni-hohenheim.de
Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@kjschmid
Opinions are my own.
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Karl Schmid
@kjschmid.bsky.social
· Jun 25
New preprint led by our bioinformatician Mireia Vidal Villarejo on the demography of a maize fungal pathogen in Switzerland 🇨🇭.
Main finding: In a multiyear survey we observed a rapid replacement of established by exotic, tropical genetic lineages of the pathogen.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Main finding: In a multiyear survey we observed a rapid replacement of established by exotic, tropical genetic lineages of the pathogen.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Glad to share our latest work on #barley and #climatechange. The heat is definitely on breeding!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Projected shifts in climate and spring barley yields under future (CMIP6) scenarios across eight environmental zones in Europe
Breeding of climate-resilient barley cultivars requires knowledge about shifts in climate hazards and potential yield impacts. This Europe-wide study …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Glad to share our latest work on #barley and #climatechange. The heat is definitely on breeding!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
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New preprint from the lab! Ella Ludwig assembled the first pangenome for grain amaranth and Tom mapped the genetic control of flowering time. Together it looks a lot like an insertion changing flowering time. If you are at #PAG don't miss Ella's talk on this! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The grain amaranth pangenome reveals domestication-associated changes in diversity and function of structural variation
Background: Grain amaranth is a nutritious pseudocereal from the Americas that was independently domesticated three times from a common wild ancestor. The three domesticated grain amaranths, their wil...
www.biorxiv.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
New preprint from the lab! Ella Ludwig assembled the first pangenome for grain amaranth and Tom mapped the genetic control of flowering time. Together it looks a lot like an insertion changing flowering time. If you are at #PAG don't miss Ella's talk on this! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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I suspect that one of the reasons behind the widespread adoption of generative AI by faculty is that it gives people the illusion that they can still do the things they knew how to do as a postdoc. Gen AI is used as a poor substitute to maintaining core skills.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I suspect that one of the reasons behind the widespread adoption of generative AI by faculty is that it gives people the illusion that they can still do the things they knew how to do as a postdoc. Gen AI is used as a poor substitute to maintaining core skills.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Haller, Ralph & Messer present SLiM 5, a major extension of the SLiM simulation framework for simulating multiple chromosomes, enabling a heightened level of realism for full-genome simulations.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf313
#evobio #molbio #compbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf313
#evobio #molbio #compbio
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Haller, Ralph & Messer present SLiM 5, a major extension of the SLiM simulation framework for simulating multiple chromosomes, enabling a heightened level of realism for full-genome simulations.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf313
#evobio #molbio #compbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf313
#evobio #molbio #compbio
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Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
Blinded by the lights? Re-examining the adaptive role of transposable elements in plants with population genomics
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of the genome whose mobility can be triggered by environmental stress and influenced by genotype…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
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Not that this passes without being noticed: The GreenRobust cluster of excellence is officially alive since Jan 1, 2026! Looking forward to at least seven years of exciting science in the field of plant ecology, molecular biology, agriculture and the combination of all these fields. Stay tuned!
January 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Not that this passes without being noticed: The GreenRobust cluster of excellence is officially alive since Jan 1, 2026! Looking forward to at least seven years of exciting science in the field of plant ecology, molecular biology, agriculture and the combination of all these fields. Stay tuned!
Last ski climb of the year of a nice 3100 m peak (Ferdener Rothorn in Lötschental 🇨🇭) with friends and family. Perfect conditions (except the snow) to let go of 2025.
I wish my followers a healthy, happy and peaceful year 2026!
#2026
I wish my followers a healthy, happy and peaceful year 2026!
#2026
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Last ski climb of the year of a nice 3100 m peak (Ferdener Rothorn in Lötschental 🇨🇭) with friends and family. Perfect conditions (except the snow) to let go of 2025.
I wish my followers a healthy, happy and peaceful year 2026!
#2026
I wish my followers a healthy, happy and peaceful year 2026!
#2026
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It should surprise no one that most contemporary scientists are woke. As far as I can tell, most of us are into improving the human condition, minimizing hardship across the board, empowering the underprivileged, and ensuring the prosperity of our society for the future.
June 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It should surprise no one that most contemporary scientists are woke. As far as I can tell, most of us are into improving the human condition, minimizing hardship across the board, empowering the underprivileged, and ensuring the prosperity of our society for the future.
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I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...
December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...
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I'm convinced large labs are a survival mechanism in a hypercompetitive funding environment. You need the critical mass to write the big papers that allow you to get the next round of funding. 1/2
I've often wondered why so many academic scientists want large labs (i.e., numerous graduate students, postdocs, etc).
Today it occurred to me that we learn how to run a lab from our own advisors and statistically, at least, tend model our labs on theirs.
(1/2)
Today it occurred to me that we learn how to run a lab from our own advisors and statistically, at least, tend model our labs on theirs.
(1/2)
December 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm convinced large labs are a survival mechanism in a hypercompetitive funding environment. You need the critical mass to write the big papers that allow you to get the next round of funding. 1/2
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No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues...
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues...
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
Unser @unihohenheim.bsky.social Kollege und Experte für Agrarmärkte Sebastian Hess gibt in der FAZ seine Einschätzung zum Mercosur-Abkommen (Geschenklink)
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Bauern gegen Mercosur: Warum das Abkommen "dämonisiert" wird
Über die Heftigkeit der Bauernproteste gegen das Mercosur‑Abkommen zeigt sich Agrarökonom Sebastian Hess erstaunt. Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen für Europas Landwirtschaft hält er für geringer, als es v...
www.faz.net
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Unser @unihohenheim.bsky.social Kollege und Experte für Agrarmärkte Sebastian Hess gibt in der FAZ seine Einschätzung zum Mercosur-Abkommen (Geschenklink)
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
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Seit gestern ist Maria Kalesnikawa frei. Heute haben wir die belarusische Oppositionelle zum ARD-Exklusiv-Interview getroffen. Auch nach Jahren in politischer Haft hat sie sich ihren Optimismus nicht nehmen lassen. Eine beeindruckende Persönlichkeit. Mehr: www.tagesschau.de/ausland/kole...
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Seit gestern ist Maria Kalesnikawa frei. Heute haben wir die belarusische Oppositionelle zum ARD-Exklusiv-Interview getroffen. Auch nach Jahren in politischer Haft hat sie sich ihren Optimismus nicht nehmen lassen. Eine beeindruckende Persönlichkeit. Mehr: www.tagesschau.de/ausland/kole...
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„Identitätspolitik, die“
(Acht Männer in Anzügen beschließen vor Nostalgietapete das Verbrenner-Aus.)
(Acht Männer in Anzügen beschließen vor Nostalgietapete das Verbrenner-Aus.)
December 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
„Identitätspolitik, die“
(Acht Männer in Anzügen beschließen vor Nostalgietapete das Verbrenner-Aus.)
(Acht Männer in Anzügen beschließen vor Nostalgietapete das Verbrenner-Aus.)
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Schau an. Von offizieller Stelle würde so was derzeit wohl kaum veröffentlicht. Dabei haben diese jungen Journalisten nur öffentlich zugängliche Informationen ausgewertet. #Drohnen
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Schau an. Von offizieller Stelle würde so was derzeit wohl kaum veröffentlicht. Dabei haben diese jungen Journalisten nur öffentlich zugängliche Informationen ausgewertet. #Drohnen
A proud dad moment: The first peer reviewed paper of our son was published today, based on his master thesis at ETH Zurich @ethz.ch .
Congratulations, Paul!
nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
Congratulations, Paul!
nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
Deep learning-based object detection on LiDAR-derived hillshade images: insights into grain size distribution and longitudinal sorting of debris flows
Abstract. Debris flows are hazardous natural phenomena characterized by rapid movements of sediment-water mixtures in steep channels, posing significant risks to life and infrastructure. Better unders...
nhess.copernicus.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A proud dad moment: The first peer reviewed paper of our son was published today, based on his master thesis at ETH Zurich @ethz.ch .
Congratulations, Paul!
nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
Congratulations, Paul!
nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
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European Council and Parliament agree on relaxing rules for bringing genome-edited plants to the market - a central step for facilitating a science-based management of our current plant systems.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
New genomic techniques: Council and Parliament strike deal to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of our food systems
Council and Parliament reach provisional deal on a set of rules for new genomic techniques, aiming to improve the competitiveness of European agriculture and support the sustainability of our food sys...
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
European Council and Parliament agree on relaxing rules for bringing genome-edited plants to the market - a central step for facilitating a science-based management of our current plant systems.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Yet another grant proposal (with an awesome group of colleagues) rejected today. On to the next one...
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Yet another grant proposal (with an awesome group of colleagues) rejected today. On to the next one...
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Ganz unabhängig davon, wie man zu den Neuen Genomischen Techniken (NGTs) steht, gibt es natürlich einfach grundlegende Fakten, die man nicht einfach ingnorieren kann.
Leider stellt Frau Krenkel in dem Interview einige Falschbehauptungen auf:
1/
Leider stellt Frau Krenkel in dem Interview einige Falschbehauptungen auf:
1/
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ganz unabhängig davon, wie man zu den Neuen Genomischen Techniken (NGTs) steht, gibt es natürlich einfach grundlegende Fakten, die man nicht einfach ingnorieren kann.
Leider stellt Frau Krenkel in dem Interview einige Falschbehauptungen auf:
1/
Leider stellt Frau Krenkel in dem Interview einige Falschbehauptungen auf:
1/
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Jan Lohmann erhält Lautenschläger-Forschungspreis: Auszeichnung ist mit 250.000 Euro dotiert – Preis für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs geht an Lukas Bunse www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #forschung #preis #biologie #medizin #theologie
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #forschung #preis #biologie #medizin #theologie
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Jan Lohmann erhält Lautenschläger-Forschungspreis: Auszeichnung ist mit 250.000 Euro dotiert – Preis für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs geht an Lukas Bunse www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #forschung #preis #biologie #medizin #theologie
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #forschung #preis #biologie #medizin #theologie
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How do new centromeres evolve while staying compatible with the division machinery?
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How do new centromeres evolve while staying compatible with the division machinery?
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
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Statt auf dem Smartphone zu lesen oder zu spielen, kann man jetzt für die Fahrt Bücher leihen – fast direkt am U-Bahngleis. In Warschau entsteht eine analoge Gegenbewegung zum Smartphone-Trend: Die „Metroteka“ in einer U-Bahn-Station lädt zum Lesen echter Bücher ein."
Polen: Eine Bibliothek in der U-Bahn
Statt auf dem Smartphone zu lesen oder zu spielen, kann man jetzt für die Fahrt Bücher leihen – fast direkt am U-Bahngleis.
www.dw.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Statt auf dem Smartphone zu lesen oder zu spielen, kann man jetzt für die Fahrt Bücher leihen – fast direkt am U-Bahngleis. In Warschau entsteht eine analoge Gegenbewegung zum Smartphone-Trend: Die „Metroteka“ in einer U-Bahn-Station lädt zum Lesen echter Bücher ein."