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Johanna Mappes @jmappes.bsky.social · 12d

🚂 🚂 whoop whoop! Meillä @helsinki.fi #Viikki on yliopistonlehtorin pesti auki! Vastuullasi on kehittää ja opettaa tulevaisuuden ympäristöongelmien ja luontokadon ratkaisijoita.
Saa kernaasti jakaa!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Yliopistonlehtori, opetus- ja tutkimusalana ympäristöbiologia

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Teppo Hiltunen @teppo-h.bsky.social · 9d

Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.

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Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto - Työpaikat - Duunitori

Avoin työpaikka: Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto, Turku. Duunitorilla lisäksi yli 30 000 muuta avointa työpaikkaa. Lue lisää nyt!

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Arne Pommerening @arnetanyronnen.bsky.social · 9d

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Modern continuous cover forestry traces roots to 17th-century European farm practices

A study in Forest Ecosystems revealed that Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) in Europe partly originated in a 17th-century practical agroforestry innovation, and not exclusively in a 19/20th-c...

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Ben Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 13d

2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in
@uniexecec.bsky.social
- Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
- RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Pls share!

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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 15d

Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.

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Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · 16d

🔔Last chance to apply!
#postdoc #openpositions

Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?

We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!

Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!

DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki

3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics

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Kaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 19d

Delighted to present our Tansley Insight on what we know about the potential of different root cortex layers to do develop into different things!

👩‍🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social

📗 @newphyt.bsky.social

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Coordination of cortex modifications in time, space, and under stress

In roots, cell-type-specific differentiation enables specialized responses to environmental stress. The cortex, located between the vasculature and epidermis, is a key site for stress-responsive modi....

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Fletcher Halliday @fletcher-h.bsky.social · 20d

Preprint alert!
The epidemiology of wild–crop interfaces: Integrating ecology, evolution, and management through modeling - www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/abs/10.3...

The epidemiology of wild-crop interfaces: integrating ecology, evolution, and management through modeling. | agriRxiv

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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 21d

Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p

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Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 21d

@annaliisalaine.bsky.social, with wonderful urban biodiversity in the background, challenging the leaders of @helsinki.fi to think of how our decisions may have biodiversity impacts, and what their tradeoffs are

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Jarno Vanhatalo @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social · 21d

NordStat will be in Helsinki in 1-4 June, 2026. Website and preliminary program have been published:
www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

30th Nordic Conference in Mathematical Statistics | University of Helsinki

1-4 June 2026, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 21d

Look like a very nice powdery mildew infection on Plantago major 😊

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Jarno Vanhatalo @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social · 24d

A reminder. You have still about a week to apply to these postdoc positions in
👉 biodiversity science
👉 genetic indicator assessment
👉 ecological statistics

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 22d

🌍 Across 55 populations on 3 continents, new #PlantPopNet study finds that key size metrics capture growth, survival & reproduction very well. Big step for scaling large-scale comparative demography to plant population ecology!
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Led by @drbaudraz.bsky.social

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Science Magazine @science.org · 22d

"I realized I would need to figure out my postdoc personality on my own."

During #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek, check out this #ScienceWorkingLife story on how one researcher found their way as a postdoc. https://scim.ag/4pqszGX

An illustration of man sitting at desk with scroll rising up and reflecting himself back, with text that says: I wasn’t sure how to be a postdoc. Here’s how I found my way.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 24d

✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/6) Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Vahter et al. focus on investigating biomass–diversity relationships in the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal group.

$Fig. 4 Relationship between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal biomass from the neutral lipid fatty acid fraction and community-weighted mean host abundance niche optimum of AM fungi.$

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Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · 28d

REC seminars have commenced for the Autumn 2025!

This week post doc Jean-Baptiste Floc'h presented his recent results regarding the effects of carbon management on plant leaf microbiomes.

#ecology #microbiome #plantecology #carbonmanagement #agriculture

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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 29d

A few more days to apply!!!

Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are recruiting‼️A permanent university lecturer position in BIOSTATISTICS is available at @helsinki.fi Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Great colleagues, excellent infrastructures and startup support 🙌🏻
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jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

University Lecturer in Biostatistics

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 29d

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!

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University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi · Sep 8

Suomen sijoitus akateemisen vapauden vertailussa on laskenut viime vuosina. Suomalainen tiedemaailma on nyt 47. vapainta, kun aiemmin sijoitus on ollut kymmenen parhaan tuntumassa.
www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

Suomi putosi akateemisen vapauden vertailussa 38 sijaa kahdessa vuodessa, nyt sijaluku on 47 | Helsingin yliopisto

Lasku akateemisen vapauden indeksissä kuvaa huolestuttavasti suomalaisen tiedemaailman tilaa, arvioivat koulutuspolitiikan ja viestinnän tutkijat.

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Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · Sep 8

Interested but want to learn more about us before applying? Check out our Instagram (@rececochange) and Youtube (@rec-researchcentreforecolo141) channels!

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 Postdoc opportunities! 🚨
We’re looking for postdocs in 🌿 biodiversity science, 🧬 genetic indicator assessment, and 📊 ecological statistics.

Join us in unraveling the drivers & consequences of global change on biodiversity — and be part of a supportive & collaborative environment!
DL 24 September

Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?

We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!

Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!

DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki

3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 Postdoc opportunities! 🚨
We’re looking for postdocs in 🌿 biodiversity science, 🧬 genetic indicator assessment, and 📊 ecological statistics.

Join us in unraveling the drivers & consequences of global change on biodiversity — and be part of a supportive & collaborative environment!
DL 24 September

Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?

We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!

Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!

DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki

3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · Aug 30

Hyvää Suomen #luonnonpäivä ä 💚Tänään on monta hyvää syytä mennä metsään!

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