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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Journal publishers *are* bundling your papers up in "data licensing agreements" for big tech companies to use for AI model training. Our publisher, T&F, got £75m from Microsoft for that last year alone.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

We're experiencing an unbelievable deluge of submissions. At our journal we got ~200 per year in 2020. Last year it was 600. This year it's 800 with several months to go. So that's why we're slower to get stuff out for review.

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Edel Pérez-López 🇨🇦 @edelplopez.bsky.social · Jul 7

Telomere-to-telomere Genome Assembly of the Clubroot Pathogen Plasmodiophora Brassicae url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Telomere-to-telomere Genome Assembly of the Clubroot Pathogen Plasmodiophora Brassicae

Abstract. Plasmodiophora brassicae (Woronin, 1877), a biotrophic, obligate parasite, is the causal agent of clubroot disease in brassicas. The clubroot pat

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 30

Happy May Day eve from empty late-afternoon office!

What am I doing working late before holidays? Well, plating a few dozen Pythium samples from lettuce roots collected on Monday. @marikara.bsky.social shows a great example of possible symptoms: small roots and slow growth despite green color. 😊

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Markus Melin @markusmelin.bsky.social · Apr 28

📣OPEN #RESEARCH #POSTDOC POSITIONS!📣
-Ecohydrology
-Agroecology and soil microbiology
-Land use and fish populations
-Diverse farming practices
-AI in primary production
-Bio-based products, sidestreams
-Policy design and ESG implementation

Here at @luke.fi, Finland 💙💚. You´ll love it!😊
More info 👇

Luke is recruiting eight new postdoctoral researchers for cutting-edge research

www.luke.fi

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Daniel Croll @danielcroll.bsky.social · Apr 25

Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?

We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!

Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs

Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

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Eeva Terhonen @eterhone.bsky.social · Apr 25

This week we launched field work on our forest demonstration sites at SW Finland! #ClimateAdaptation solutions and roadmaps coming up for end-users through our #Precilience #EuHorizon project @luke.fi

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 23

Lol. I almost commented about the duplication :D :D I also noticed a repeating pattern of duplicated word "many" in your messages. Could the author please clarify this? ;)

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 23

So many words and so few answers to the justified concerns about irregularities in publications. You could simply clarify and correct the work, if you could.

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 23

The forest pathology theme continued this week as I joined @eterhone.bsky.social and other @luke.fi forest pathologists for an inspection of a forest regeneration site. Learning about forestry, forest pests and pathogens, and more ❤️ #ClimateAdapation #HorizonEurope #Lakkakääpä @mip4adapt.bsky.social

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 23

Two weeks ago we had a wonderful consortium meeting of #Precilience project in Tartu, Estonia. It was great as ever, insipiring people and disucssions, learning a lot of new facts and ideas. This is definitely the best part of my role as project coordinator! 🥰🤯🤓

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 22

Imagine not having duplications 🤯

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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · Apr 16

Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you.

Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.

Finland invests in research excellence – new funding call by Research Council of Finland to support recruitment of international talents

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has launched a funding call to improve universities’ ability to recruit international experts to Finland. In line with the RCF’s strategy, the call wi...

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · Apr 10

#Sciencejob Alert! Scientific career with excellent publication record, international network & leadership experience? Fluency in English and one Swiss language? We are looking for a new head of the #forest #resources and #management #research unit. apply.refline.ch/273855/1725/...

The Forest Resources and Management Research Unit, which collects and analyses data on the Swiss forest in order to improve the understanding of the conditions of the forest and to develop scientifically based solutions for its sustainable management, is looking due to retirement by April 1st, 2026, or by arrangement, for a

Head of Research Unit Forest Resources and Management 90 – 100% (f/m/d)

As an internationally respected personality, you will manage the research unit with around 80 international employees strategically, scientifically and operationally. You will also represent the research unit internally and externally, maintain regular contact with external partners and stakeholders and advise the Directorate with your expertise. You will take on a leading role in national and international research initiatives (programs, projects) and committees and will be involved in collaboration with authorities and specialist organizations. You will support and develop activities at the interface between research and practice on an ongoing basis. The coordination and development of the six research groups and the management of your own projects are also part of your varied and highly demanding duties.

You are at an advanced stage in your scientific career and have extensive and successful experience in leading heterogeneous groups and coordinating interdisciplinary research projects. You have a strong record in the development and funding of research projects, an excellent publication record and an established international network in your area of expertise. You are an initiative, integrative and committed personality with negotiating skills and a well-structured way of working. In addition, you are motivated to develop the research unit scientifically and have convincing communication skills with fluency in English and at least one Swiss national language, though German is an advantage.

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Frédéric Suffert @wheatpath.bsky.social · Apr 9

A simplified and integrated view of disease control in varietal #mixtures using the #phytobiome framework doi.org/10.1111/pce.... @lauramathieu.bsky.social

A Simplified and Integrated View of Disease Control in Varietal Mixtures Using the Phytobiome Framework

The review explores how intraspecific mixtures manage fungal diseases through physical effects, microbial interactions, and direct plant-plant interactions. It highlights the underestimated significa...

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Eeva Terhonen @eterhone.bsky.social · Apr 9

Great fieldtrip in Estonia with our #precilience consortium #eu #horizon #climateadaptation amazing people, amazing project.

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 9

Impressive demonstrations of Estonian silvicultural research, forest pests and pathogens, and some pieces of most beautiful nature!

With @eterhone.bsky.social @markusmelin.bsky.social and many others from @luke.fi, EMÜ, SLU, NIBIO, TU Dresden, SMHI etc. etc.

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Petteri Karisto @pkaristo.bsky.social · Apr 9

Wonderful consortium meeting of #Precilience in Tartto, Estonia! Big thanks to the organizers at Estonian University of Life Sciences! We had intensive discussions and workshops on project progress and plans, and a lot of socializing of course. Now heading to the field excursion!

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Markus Melin @markusmelin.bsky.social · Mar 23

Mielestäni nyt on asiallisen ja kriittisen katsauksen paikka.

- Miksi tuota 👇 päätöstä on -ihan perustellusti- kyseenalaistettu?

Tämä on rautalankaa viäntävä ketju sinulle joka mietit mistä tässä mesotaan. Lähdetäänpäs kävelylle metsään... 🧵 1/15 #metsä #luonto #Suomi
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Orpon hallitus piti kiinni kiistellyistä kriteereistä vanhoille metsille – järjestöt: ”Farssi” ja ”totaalinen rimanalitus”

Hallitus päätti lahopuun määrää ja puuston ikää koskevista kriteereistä, joiden perusteella se suojelee vanhat metsät. Suojelua edellyttää EU.

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Markus Melin @markusmelin.bsky.social · Mar 23

4/15
On, mutta esim. Etelä-Suomessa ne metsät ovat nuoria ja vanha talouskäyttö näkyy: ne eivät tarjoa kotia luonnontilaisten metsien uhanalaisille lajeille. Alla on esimerkki Leivonmäen nuoresta kansallispuistosta. Nättiä metsää, mutta *vuosisatojen* päässä luonnontilasta.
Ongelma onkin: aika ⏳

Picture from Leivonmäki National Park, Central Finland, showing boreal forest dominated by Scots pine.

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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · Mar 19

Plz RP.
The Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network (OMGN) Meeting 2025 is now open for registration!

Join us in Cologne to discuss the latest in oomycete biology, genomics & host interactions.

Saturday 12 July, before MPMI conference

#OMGN2025 #PlantPathology

🔗 omgn2025.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

Annual conference of the Oomycete Molecular Genetic Network - 2025 - Sciencesconf.org

omgn2025.sciencesconf.org

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Frédéric Suffert @wheatpath.bsky.social · Mar 20

Estimated yield reductions and economic #losses on #wheat caused by #disease from 2018 through 2021
doi.org/10.1094/PHP-...

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Alex Holcombe @alexh.bsky.social · Mar 20

Anybody working on petitioning publishers to mention the people who brought up the concerns in the retraction notice?
It's an issue that keeps coming up, and now it looks like my concerns are the reason for a coming retraction,

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · Mar 19

Hey #chemsky and other science-skys. I am looking for people to participate in the next #YoungScientistNetworking Participants write a thread describing their journey in science and how they have gotten to where they are today. 1/2

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