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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · 19d

exciting times ahead. the permanent exhibition "breaking the code" about genetic research at @wslresearch.bsky.social is opening soon!

with apprentices from ETH, we developed a computer game to assign white oak species (and their hybrids) based on leaf morphology and genetic markers.

stay tuned!

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · 20d

i can't answer you this question. this depends on local environmental conditions and management history. but our results suggest that oak might be able to react to climate change, whereas we have some doubts for beech.

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · 22d

Brand new!

Analyzing tree rings in common garden experiments in oak and beech, we show that phenotypic plasticity drives trait variation in both species. However, oak shows, in contrast to beech, also signs of adaptation and genetically-based plasticity.

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

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨Join in when IUFRO Working Party 2.02.05 kicks off their brand-new Webinar Series:

🌲Integrating Pollen-Based Assisted Migration and Rolling- Front Landscape Breeding for Forest Adaptation under Climate Change🌳
🗓️Thursday, 25 September 2025 🕕18:00-19:00 CEST

🔗 bit.ly/46cVXaW

#ForestScience

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EvolTree @evoltree.bsky.social · Sep 4

You have a good research idea in the field of evolutionary genetics and genomics of forest trees, but lack funding to carry it out? Leap into action with the network's research initiative, OPPORTUNITY!

The new call has been launched, deadline is 16.11.2025.

More information here:

Opportunity Calls

www.evoltree.eu

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Mapping forest stakeholders across Europe highlights conflicts and cooperation in conserving genetic diversity, managing reproductive material, and protecting forests under varying governance frameworks.

Very proud to be part of this beautiful @optforests.bsky.social paper.

Participatory mapping of the forest community stakeholders in Europe focusing on forest genetic resources, forest reproductive material, and protected forests

The genetic diversity of forest trees, as provided by Forest Genetic Resources (FGR) and being the basis for the production of Forest Reproductive Mat…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dorota Paczesniak @dorotdesigns.bsky.social · Jun 28

#SciArt #Artshare I’m a scientific illustrator with genetics and evolution background open to commissions of infographics, illustrations, scientific figures, …

A fragment of an infographic about genetic markers, showing a close-up of a plant cell with nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts. A DNA strand is unraveling from a chromosome

A vector drawing of Siberian larch (Larix archangelica, syn. Larix sibirica) tree silhouette and branch fragment with seed cones

A large infographic entitled „Genetic variation in improved forests” with sections about tree breeding in Finland, propagation (seed orchards and vegetative propagation) and forest regeneration. Made in collaboration with the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the University of Helsinki

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EvolTree @evoltree.bsky.social · Jun 4

Joint EVOLTREE-FORGENIUS Conference 2025

Call for Abstracts is now open! Deadline 30 June 2025

We invite submissions on evolutionary ecology, genomics, and adaptation in trees and associated organisms.

For more information: www.evoltree.eu/conferences/...

Joint EVOLTREE-FORGENIUS Conference / Third Biannual EVOLTREE Conference

18-25 November 2025, Madrid, Spain

www.evoltree.eu

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Jun 2

Find here my announcement for a 2-year post-doc position in ecological genomics of white oaks in the framework of the Horizon project OptFORESTS. I am looking for somebody with strong skills in bioinformatics, landscape genomics, forest genomics, GWAS, and population genetic simulations.

Post-Doc in Ecological Genomics 80-100% (f/m/d)

The Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology studies the diversity of life in its various forms, from genetic diversity to the diversity of species and ecosystems as well as their interacti...

apply.refline.ch

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EvolTree @evoltree.bsky.social · May 27

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming EvolTree-FORGENIUS Joint Conference "Integrative Diversity of Forest Ecosystems" , which will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 18 to 21 November 2025.

You can find all information and the registration here:
www.evoltree.eu/conferences/...

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · May 16

Do you want to learn about methods for detecting genes involved in local adaptation and for predicting maladaptation to future climate? There are still a few slots left in SSMPG2025 course in the French Alps.

Very proud to be part of such a great team of teachers.

ssmpg2025.sciencesconf.org

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · May 16

Notre guide pratique (WSL Bericht) sur «l'utilisation optimale du matériel forestier de reproduction des espèces de chênes indigènes» est aintenant disponible en français:

@wslresearch.bsky.social

Utilisation optimale du matériel forestier de reproduction des espèces de chênes indigènes

La diversité génétique est essentielle pour l'adaptation des populations d'arbres. Un catalogue de questions aide à utiliser de manière optimale le matériel forestier de reproduction. Les aspects écol...

www.wsl.ch

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Mar 28

Four outreach publications in one day... Only possible in Switzerland.

Check our chapter on genetic diversity in the latest Swiss Forest Report

www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home...

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Feb 25

i guess they are... here we looked at natural, but managed populations.

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Feb 14

out now! instructions for practice on the optimal use of forest genetic resources in white oak species native to switzerland. a @wslresearch.bsky.social product, available only in german (french version in preparation).

www.wsl.ch/en/publicati...

Optimale Nutzung von forstlichem Vermehrungsgut der einheimischen Eichenarten

Genetische Vielfalt ist essenziell für die Anpassung von Baumpopulationen. Ein Fragenkatalog hilft, forstliches Vermehrungsgut optimal zu nutzen. Ökologische, organisatorische und produktionstechnisch...

www.wsl.ch

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Feb 7

Soil properties – water availability and pH – are strongly associated to the spatial distribution of two hybridizing and sympatric oak species (Quercus spp) at local stand scale.

w/@felix-zimmermann.bsky.social, @christian-rellstab.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/eva.70076

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Feb 7

new paper in @evolappjournal.bsky.social with @felix-zimmermann.bsky.social !

Soil properties – water availability and pH – are strongly associated to the spatial distribution of two hybridizing and sympatric oak species (Quercus spp) at local stand scale.

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

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Feb 4

The ETH/ @evoltree.bsky.social block course "Genomics of Environmental Adaptation" at @wslresearch.bsky.social successfully ended on Friday afternoon. Thanks to everybody who made it possible!

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Jan 29

of course it should say „adaptation“…

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Jan 29

Detecting genomic signatures of environmental adaption, an ETH/ @evoltree.bsky.social block course, running now with full intensity at @wslresearch.bsky.social. Great students, motivated instructors, and hot computers.

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Jan 23

Praxis-Empfehlungen: Wie sammle ich Eicheln, damit die genetische Vielalt des Saatguts möglichst hoch ist? Resultate aus dem @wslresearch.bsky.social SeedOpt Projekt. Anwendbar auf viele andere Hauptbaumarten.

Jetzt auf @waldwissen.bsky.social

www.waldwissen.net/de/waldwirts...

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Jan 8

Now online! Our perspective on the genomic offset simulation paper of @brandonlind.bsky.social and @drk-lo.bsky.social. In short: Genomic offset can predict fitness under changed environments, but performance is reduced under highly novel environments.

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

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Jan 8

Now online! In this study led by Jil Pütz and Simon Jansen, we studied the population structure and introgression of Quercus pubescens at its northern range. We found two major genetic clusters and more introgression in wetter, north-exposed, and more western sites.
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

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EvolTree @evoltree.bsky.social · Dec 4

EVOLTREE - Europe's network for researchers in forest ecology, evolution, genetics & genomics - has joined Bluesky. Follow us here for news on events, training courses, and funding opportunities ...... see evoltree.eu for more!

Image of a twisted old oak tree (Quercus petraea) on a grassy hillside

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · Dec 4

EvolTree has joined Bluesky! Please follow us here to get the latest updates on webinars, conferences, summer schools, and funding possibilities!

EvolTree – A dynamic European research group linking #genomics #genetics #ecology #evolution of trees

@evoltree.bsky.social

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