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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · 1d

🌱 Our work reveals Arctic seeds are warm-cued & drought-sensitive, a risky trait for the future.

Huge thanks to the organizers! 👏

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 Magnus Linn used a 100-year-old record to show a shift towards taller, slower-growing plants.
🏔️ Ditte Christiansen found micro-topography holds as much diversity as a 2km mountain slope!

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · 1d

Back from a incredible week with the International Tundra Experiment (#ITEX) in Sweden! Our team shared key research on how the Arctic is responding to global change. A thread on our highlights 🧵 #ArcticEcology #ClimateScience

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · Aug 19

🌱 New paper in Diversity & Distributions!
We show that European alpine plants remain largely stable despite warming, with abundance shifts varying regionally. Seed traits offer limited power to predict “winners” & “losers,” highlighting the need for long-term monitoring.
📖 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · Jun 23

🌊 Rising seas threaten Danish coastal plants—increased salinity hampers germination, and limited dispersal prevents migration. Congrats to @TanjaLazic on defending her excellent MSc thesis! 🎉 Rigorous data, complex stats, and sharp insights. Wishing you all the best! 👏

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Jennifer S. Henke @jenniferhenke.bsky.social · Jun 5

#IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #RundumSorglos

Meme: Titel "Rundum-Sorglos-Paket", Schwimmbecken, Mutter rechts mit dem Titel "Deutschland" hebt ein Kind mit dem Titel "US-Forschys" hoch, während das andere Kind unten links im Bild mit dem Titel "Deutsche Forschys" zu ertrinken scheint.

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Lindsay Trottier @elletee10.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hello Bluesky!🙂 Some colleagues and I are compiling early-career researcher perspectives on the future of #macrophyte research. So, if you are a student or post-grad interested in #aquaticplants - please take a moment to fill out our survey before July 1st: forms.office.com/r/rVNmmcNFKN

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · May 29

We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative".
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...

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Jacqueline Hoppenreijs @jhthoppenreijs.bsky.social · Jan 13

I've made a collection of eco-evo journals on BlueSky so that other scientists/ecologists/conservationists can easily find and access them:

go.bsky.app/DgQZ1wk

Which ones am I missing? Please let me know if I've overlooked a journal! 🌍🧪💚 #AcademicSky

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · May 28

🌱 We’re expanding #SeedArc! Our collaborators at @UniOviedo are hiring a Postdoc in Seed Regeneration Niche to grow the global database & research seed germination ecology. Starts July 2025, 18-month contract. Spread the word—apply by 12 June!

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BSG Göttingen @bsggoettingen.bsky.social · May 12

+++ Regional verschollene Pflanzenart wiedergefunden! +++

Über 30 Jahre nach dem letzten Nachweis wurde der im niedersächsischen Hügel- und Bergland verschollene Mauer-Gänsefuß (Chenopodium murale) am Südharzrand wiederentdeckt!

➡️ researchgate.net/publication/...

📸 André Kuklik

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Nature @nature.com · May 25

💍 The Gollum Effect: possessive behaviours, attempts to undermine others, and efforts to restrict access to data, resources or opportunities

https://go.nature.com/4mxAJvG

Science’s ‘Gollum effect’: PhDs bear brunt of territorial behaviour

Nature - Survey respondents at all career stages report colleagues engaging in territorial and possessive behaviours — but early-career researchers are most often affected.

go.nature.com

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · May 23

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · May 24

Yesterday, for fun, I re-analyzed a chapter of my PhD thesis using an AI platform. What once took me 4 months - textbooks, forums, emailing package devs - I did in just 2 hours. The future is now. 🚀 #DataScience #AI #rstats #AcademicTwitter

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · May 20

Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change (University of Leeds):
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change

Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change (Teaching and Research)Salary: Grade 8 (£48,149 – £57,422 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be ...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · May 19

Meet Louise Winther, PhD student at University of Copenhagen 🌱 Her research on pollen viability & germination across Arctic & coastal species sheds light on plant regeneration under climate change. Plus, her positivity and humour keep our team motivated! #PlantEcology #PhD

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · May 5

Choose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants'
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

grants to follow ERC model
open to individual researchers of any nationality, working at or ready to move to a host institution in an Horizon Europe member

NYTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...

Choose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants'

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering la...

erc.europa.eu

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Alexandra Klein @naturealexk.bsky.social · May 6

We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher:

- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects

Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%

🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...