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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · 4d

Great opportunity to join IRTA (Catalunya) with a permanent research position in soil science. Apply here talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6477...

Researcher in Soil Science for the Sustainable Field Crops Program - IRTA

We are an agri-food Research Institute under the Government of Catalonia, where over 1000 professionals work, with commitment, across 19 research areas to contribute to the future and to society.

talent.irta.cat

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · 8d

Had a great time talking about root exudates at the workshop about soil health at IRTA Cabrils today. And lots of other great talks!

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Academia Joven de España @academiajoven.bsky.social · 9d

Desde la @academiajoven.bsky.social queremos felicitar a las personas galardonadas con los #PNI y #PNIJ en especial a los miembros de nuestra Academia:

Jesús Campos @camposgroup.bsky.social
Marcos Fernández @burriach.bsky.social
Marta Sánchez de la Torre @MSanchezdlTorre

¡Enhorabuena!👏

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ERC WILD-ROOTS @wild-roots.bsky.social · Sep 1

Last days to apply for a PhD position with us at IRTA Cabrils (Catalonia, Spain) to work on drought resistance of crops, root exudates, rhizosphere microbes, crop wild relatievs and more! talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6147...

PhD Candidate for a project about drought resistance of crop roots - IRTA

We are an agri-food Research Institute under the Government of Catalonia, where over 1000 professionals work, with commitment, across 19 research areas to contribute to the future and to society.

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Aug 1

‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants

Newly appointed expedition botanist Matthew Jeffery feels ‘daunted’ but inspired by his unique globetrotting role collecting wild species

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share.

Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Jul 31

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find

Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to ‘spark the emergence of a new organ’

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Jul 13

For more info feel free to contact me!

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ERC WILD-ROOTS @wild-roots.bsky.social · Jul 9

#PhD position now open to work with us in Catalunya at IRTA (Cabrils) investigating domestication effects on crop roots and drought tolerance. Apply here: talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6147...

PhD Candidate for a project about drought resistance of crop roots - IRTA

We are an agri-food Research Institute under the Government of Catalonia, where over 1000 professionals work, with commitment, across 19 research areas to contribute to the future and to society.

talent.irta.cat

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EDM-lab @edmlab.bsky.social · Jul 10

New paper alert!

Water sources shape drought effects on mammal activity in mediterranean woodlands

Congratulations Eleni! This is the result of 6 years of continuous monitoring of animal activity in Montnegre within the Gat Fer project (DSLC-ICHN)

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Water sources shape drought effects on mammal activity in mediterranean woodlands - Mammalian Biology

Drought frequency and severity have notably increased in the Mediterranean basin throughout the 20th century, thereby impacting freshwater sources and forest regrowth, which are crucial for woodland m...

link.springer.com

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Jul 13

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published

Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

www.theguardian.com

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · Jul 3

{tinytable} is a dead simple, ultra-flexible, and dependency-free #Rstats 📦 to turn data frames into beautiful tables: html, word, pdf, latex, typst, markdown, etc.

v0.10.0 has cool new features and important bug fixes. Check out the detailed tutorials at:

vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Jul 3

The maize in the experiment is getting BIG. We've already had some interesting early findings with the VOC measurements, and I'm looking forward to analysing the exudates! #WILD-ROOTS

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Jul 3

Wow, looks amazing! Exudate collection on an impressive scale!

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ERC WILD-ROOTS @wild-roots.bsky.social · Jun 18

Last week we had a great kick-off meeting with colleagues and collaborators!

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · May 13

IRTA Torre Marimon was looking beautiful in the sunshine today.

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · May 8

🧪Open Postdoc position (up to 2 yrs) on Integrating Flux Data and Remote Sensing to Quantify Environmental Footprints of Agroecosystems in my lab at ETH Zurich: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

jobs.ethz.ch

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ERC WILD-ROOTS @wild-roots.bsky.social · May 7

Some of the beautiful flowers in the WILD-ROOTS greenhouse today.

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Marleen Pallandt @mpalla.bsky.social · Mar 11

@mpallandt.bsky.social and I were awarded financial support through the new EGU EDI Participation Support Scheme, to bring our child to #EGU25. This enables EC scientists to attend without monetary punishment for having children and no local support system. I hope more such initiatives will follow!

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Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · Apr 17

📢New paper! One fifth of global farmland contaminated by toxic metals @science.org
Data from 800,000 soil samples identified a high-risk zone stretching across southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Read the full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/fifth-g...

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Apr 15

Nice to still get to help out with the greenhouse work from time to time on the #WILD-ROOTS project

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Apr 9

Looking good! Looking forward to seeing the results

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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · Mar 31

My first time growing radish in an experiment-excited to include some root crops in the #WILD-ROOTS project. The modern and traditional varieties do look quite different! @wild-roots.bsky.social

Modern radish variety growing in plant pot with a visible pink root.

Traditional 'landrace' radish growing in a pot, and looking much weedier.

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Marcos Fernández-Martínez @burriach.bsky.social · Mar 24

Causes i efectes de la toxicitat en organismes i ecosistemes

Cicle de conferències de l'Atzavara (Mataró), del 2 d'abril al 3 de maig

No us els perdeu!

www.culturamataro.cat/toxicitat-en...

@ichn.iec.cat @arebroc.bsky.social

toxicitat en organismes i ecosistemes

Cultura Mataró. Agenda cultural

www.culturamataro.cat

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ERC WILD-ROOTS @wild-roots.bsky.social · Mar 24

Soil VOC emission measurements underway (with SPMEs) thanks to our Masters student Jordi. Will wild relatives have different emissions compared to modern crops?

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