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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 2d

To all potential future #TERRAnauts: keep in mind that our next cluster-call for positions has less than 2 weeks till deadline: We search for dedicaded writer, geoscientific lab rats & researchers, who's heart beats for bioinformatics. Apply, and @unituebingen.bsky.social may become your new home 😀.

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Nataliya Bilyera @nbilyera.bsky.social · 5d

😊 Great collaboration of #GBI @unituebingen.bsky.social with Anna Gillini from Uni of Molise (Italy) who combined #SoilZymography 📷 and #Sequencing 🦠 to show the effect of urbanization 🏭 on the interactions between microorganisms 🦠 and roots of oak trees 🌳.

Full text at doi.org/10.1080/1742...

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 6d

#Grassland are key, biodiverse & not well understood. Study on Kenyan #savannah grasses in P&S reveals key #root & #rhizosphere traits for restoration. Great collaboration led by Moses Ngugi with B. Mweu & R. Munene in Kevin Mganga's field trial at South Eastern Kenya University tinyurl.com/29czkasa

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 12d

Congrats Debjyoti @nullsimpleton.bsky.social from @ufz.de: great outcome of #RootWayS project.
Interrelating amplicon sequencing, qPCR & proteomics from field samples of #root channels: what a challenge leading to this wonderful outcome @globalchangebio.bsky.social.
Link: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Cover Crop Root Channels Promote Bacterial Adaptation to Drought in the Maize Rhizosphere

In this study, we examine the structural and functional changes in the bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of a summer cash crop (maize) that reuses root channels from winter cover crops to impr...

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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 13d

Find our new job opportunities at www.terra-cluster.org! We're building up our #TERRA team for the next years!
You are a Bioinformatician, or a Geoscientific Laboratory Researcher? You are looking for a Postdoctoral Project with Interdisciplinary Synthesis and Publication Coordination? Join!

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 14d

Job Alert! We're hiring a BIOINFORMATICIAN / NGS SPECIALIST to support our new Molecular Biodiversity Lab in the @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Like the idea to use your skills for understanding biodiversity? To work on diverse questions in a wonderful place? Apply!
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Nataliya Bilyera @nbilyera.bsky.social · 15d

📌Just published in Rhizosphere journal: Temperature sensitivity🌡️ and spatial distribution of β-glucosidase activity in microbial #hotspots: The impact of root hairs🪴
led Xuecheng Zhang

Free 50 days' link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpfh8jaVh...
doi.org/10.1016/j.rh...

#SoilZymography #ClimateChange

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 17d

Used the opportunity of #DBG2025 for the first in-person meeting with @diegomiga.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social. From an excellent presentation in the #GBI group up to evenings with (nearly) uruguayan barbacues: all centered around Diego inspiring us for the secrets of his managed grasslands!

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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 17d

What a crazy week: While Ronja Ratzbor introduced TERRA at the @unituebingen.bsky.social PostDoc days, Olaf Cirpka went to the #Geo4Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de, and Kira Rehfeld & @michaeladippold.bsky.social introduced TERRA to the @soilsdbg.bsky.social at the #DBG2025. Tasks perfectly shared 👍

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 20d

On time with the end of our #DFG funded project on the impact of #biochar in #soils, we could present our major outcomes: @iraloginova.bsky.social gave an excellent talk on root-biochar interactions and Prashanth Prasanna closed #DBG2025 with the impact of #mucilage on biochar stability: congrats 👋

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 18d

📢 #DBG2025 wrapped up with inspiring soil excursions around Tübingen
🌱The golden “Bohrstock” passed from @michaeladippold.bsky.social & @peterkuehn37.bsky.social to Georg Guggenberger to Uni Hannover — see you all at #DBG2027 and later at #DBG2029 in Bayreuth hosted by Eva Lehndorf and a team! 💚

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 18d

The @unituebingen.bsky.social orga team of the #DBG2025, Thomas, Yvonne, @peterkuehn37.bsky.social, Callum, Harald & myself, say Bye to all participants: We enjoyed hosting you and hope the meeting was memorable. Looking forward to seeing many at the 100-year-event of the @soilsdbg.bsky.social again

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 20d

At #DBG2025, our #SPP2322 & #Storage projects target #bioenergetics in #soils: @lingling1000.bsky.social assessed C & energy use efficiencies, @nbilyera.bsky.social the metabolic costs of enzyme production, & Yang Ding the interrelation of grassland C & N input on microbial storage: Excellent Job👋

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 20d

...and even more about #RootWayS project at the #DBG2025: Yijie Shi (Ada) & Henrik Füllgrabe presented on #microzymography and the subsoil labeling methods (or #Soils dating #CoverCrops ). Congrats to the two for wrapping up the outcomes of the first phase so nicely in their excellent presentations

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 21d

Proud of my "root-&-rhizosphere" team at #DBG2025 on Tuesday: Nipuna Withanage reported from #RootWayS (#BMFTR), Moses Ngugi from the #TERRA pre-project on functions of biodiverse Kenyan grasslands & Rozy Munene + Manisha Koirala from the #MoreCropPerDrop project in sub-Saharan Africa. Great Job 👍

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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 20d

Monday was our #GBI Poster-Party-Day at #DBG2025: 2 times #RootWayS (BMBF) project with Jiangyuzhuo Wang's #subsoil labeling and Yihan Pu's mesh tubes show #intercropping benefit. Yuxuan Zhang of #BNI-2030 (@bmleh.de) added #nitrification inhibition & Ningkang Sun #AMF driven P mobilization on top 👏

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 20d

📢#DBG news
Not only science, but art as well.
On Wednesday evening, a cultural highlight took place at #DBG2025 when artist Elke Lehmann opened her exhibition, "#lumbriwurm," showcasing the earthworm as an artistic motif.

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 20d

Very interesting discussions about soils again this evening during the second poster session. The winners of the Best Award Poster #DBG2025 in five other commissions received books on soils in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
🎉Congratulations to the winners!

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 21d

After a very productive second day of scientific talks and a festive event, the #DBG2025 attendees gathered at the NECKAWA restaurant on the Neckar river to continue their scientific discussions and celebrate the #DBG Medals and Awards🏆, and ... to experience the traditional Tübingen ‘Stocherkahn’.

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Kyle Mason-Jones @kylemojo.bsky.social · 21d

We are hiring! On the search for an ambitious post-doc with hot skills in metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and bioinformatics to join our EcoEnergeticS project with
@michaeladippold.bsky.social

Find the ad here: uni-tuebingen.de/zh/266340

Opportunities

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 22d

📢#DBG2025 news!

Georg Guggenberger (2025) and Kai Uwe Totsche (2024) were awarded the Emil-Ramann Medal by the #DBG for their outstanding achievements in soil science.
🎉Congratulations to the awardees and may they continue to explore more in amazing soil science research!

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 22d

📢#DBG2025 news!
The Scheffer Award by #DFG was presented to two young scientists, Katrin Schieldung and Katharina R. Lenhardt, in recognition of their exceptional work in soil science and their outstanding doctoral theses 2023 and 2024.
🎉Congratulations, and best wishes in your #soil research!

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 22d

The festive event of #DBG2025 with exciting welcome speeches from the conference president, Thomas Scholten; vice rector UniTü Samuel Wagner; president of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining of BW, Birgit Kimmig; Tübingen's mayor, Boris Palmer; and #DBG president, Daniela Sauer.

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 22d

Christian Ahl gave a great talk this morning on the biography of Fritz Scheffer, who contributed to the #DBG in its early years.
🔊Stay tuned to find out who will receive a Scheffer Award this afternoon!
#GesundeBödenKlimaschutz
#HealthySoilsClimateProtection #DBG2025

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soilsDBG @soilsdbg.bsky.social · 22d

📜Very intensive and friendly #DBG discussions about the scientific findings during the first poster session today.
🔖Jury had a hard time selecting the best posters from so many great contributions.
🏆The winners of the Best Poster Award #DBG2025 received Atlas of soils.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

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