Jolanta Rieksta
@jrieksta.bsky.social
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PostDoc @voltcenter.bsky.social & @NTNUnorway working with biogenic volatiles in high latitude ecosystems ❤️rock climbing, mountains, and cats https://jrieksta.github.io/
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Hi! 👋 I am biologist @voltcenter.bsky.social. I am working biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions from high latitude ecosystems in response to various stressors 🌡️🐛🍃 1/n
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Interested in #intraspecific functional trait variation?Have a look at our new paper in
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
: Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes 🍃🧬 #FunctionalTraits #LeafEconomicsSpectrum #Polyploidy
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🍃🌲Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

📷 © 1,2 Jolanta Rieksta 3 Benjamin Wong Blonder

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Really enjoyed the annual @voltcenter.bsky.social retreat with great colleagues - two days of science, creativity, and connection. Great energy to carry into the rest of the academic year!
voltcenter.bsky.social
Every year on week 37 @voltcenter.bsky.social goes away for two days of science, fun, inspiration and team building. Here are some of the many highlights in thread:
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glenpeters.bsky.social
Here is the starter pack you have all been waiting for:

IPCC AR7 Scientists

(the scientists that will write the next assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next few years)

Thanks @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social

bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Had an amazing time at Centre for Digital Life Norway Research School conference in Stavanger, Norway - inspiring talks, great discussions, refreshing morning swims, and of course a touch of volatiles 🍃 #DLN2025
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Resubmitting a manuscript at 09:00 hits different. Feels like I just finished a 8-to-4 before breakfast. 🐝
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Revising the manuscript under the watchful eye of my editor-in-fur. She’s fluffy, silent, and adorably judgmental.
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nanitundra.bsky.social
🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸

Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Illustration of a Greenlandic landscape, showing in the foreground Rhododendron lapponicum on a cliff, with sea ice and icebergs in the background. Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social)
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⏳At the beginning of April I completed 25% of my #MSCA placement @voltcenter.bsky.social. 😱

To celebrate, I wrote a #blog that I hope will help explain my fascination with #isoprene! 🌱

Click below to find out more! #uArctic_project
nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social
Acabo de publicar un nuevo #blog 🌿
Desde senderos en Colombia hasta microbios en musgos del Ártico — mi camino con el isopreno, una molécula pequeña con un gran papel en el clima, sigue creciendo.

Léelo aquí: nasmillelarkemejia.com/isopreno-el-...

#ciencia #microbios #clima #MSCA #uArctic_project
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Are you going #EGU25 @egu.eu ? Here is a nice summary of all the talks and posters by the @voltcenter.bsky.social so you do not miss them ! 🤩
riikkarinnan.bsky.social
@voltcenter.bsky.social will attend #EGU25 @egu.eu!

I'm ready for an overload of great science. Hope to meet many of you next week.

You can find a list of our contributions (#VOCs in #marine, #freshwater and terrestrial #ecosystems, #carbon and #nitrogen cycling, #remotesensing) in this thread:
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We used #ARALAB climate chambers to mimic future #climate conditions and studied how arctic plants respond to a warmer future with more frequent extremes. We will have a few more papers from this large experiment, including setting the observed responses in ecosystem model #LPJGUESS. Stay tuned.
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And some recent core photos from the dendro lab. Do you see when mountain birch was in stress? 👀 2/2
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Admiring a mountain birch core in the field vs in the microscope. Pending: linking dendro data to VOC emissions. Can´t wait to see the results 1/2 🪵🍃🐛
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Vai ne? 💯💯💯🔥
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Very exciting day! My friend, Laura, is defending her PhD thesis today: "On the evolution of floral traits." 🌺🌸🌼🐝 Her work also includes volatiles (floral scent )—my favourite topic!
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Massive congrats to @voltcenter.bsky.social PhD student @martacontreras.bsky.social who got a prestigious Elite Forsk travel grant, which she is already enjoying in Australia! 👏
You can read the article below:

volt.ku.dk/news2024/vol...
VOLT PhD student receives prestigious Elite Forsk travel grant
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yijiao.bsky.social
📢PhD Vacancy📢: Fully funded PhD fellowship in #peatland #VOC #biogeochemistry at Copenhagen University! This position is part of my Villum young investigator grant, co-supervised with @riikkarinnan.bsky.social, and hosted by the @voltcenter.bsky.social.

➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
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riikkarinnan.bsky.social
A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.

+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

Please repost!
jrieksta.bsky.social
Benzene float (Hexaphenyl) 1983 by Monira Al Qadiri at the 📍PoMo - A Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art in Trondheim
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voltcenter.bsky.social
Congratulations to all Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grantees! At @voltcenter.bsky.social, we got 4: Yunyao Ma, @zzwy.bsky.social, Mehrshad Foroughan and Cecilia Costas Selas. What an amazing achievement!
Click below to read about the MSCA and other recent grants for VOLT
volt.ku.dk/news2024/tre...
Tremendous funding success for VOLT Center!
volt.ku.dk
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masalgar.bsky.social
🔔 New article alert 🔔

Have you ever wonderered what life in extreme environments smells like? In our latest article (and my first published paper!) we review #VOCs produced by #extremophiles, and we discuss the roles they play in #astrobiology, #biotechnology, and more!

doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Extreme smells – microbial production of volatile organic compounds at the limits of life
Abstract. Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (MVOCs) are diverse molecules produced by microorganisms, ranging from mere waste by-products to important s
doi.org
jrieksta.bsky.social
Yesterday, we dove into a collective creative writing experience led by Paul Acker—scientist, performer, and writer. We crafted and performed incredible texts, exploring the inner world of scientists, the duality of being both human and researcher.The energy was electric,the words alive.What a ride!
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I'm attending 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems in Copenhagen
@voltcenter.bsky.social. Join me on May 21-23. 🤩
‼️ abstract submission deadline: February 24
#Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions
riikkarinnan.bsky.social
We will be hosting the 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems in Copenhagen in May 2025.

This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.

Welcome!
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