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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for something fun and interesting to do in the #weekend in #copenhagen? Come to the #fungi #festival and listen to @voltcenter.bsky.social's @kajsaroslund.bsky.social's talk together with @kbodawatta.bsky.social on cave microbes and explore unique-looking fungi @ our stall!
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#cavemicrobiomes #cavevocs | VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions

This coming weekend Kasun Bodawatta, Luka Civa, + Kajsa Roslund and Csenge Nagy from VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions will be at the Royal Danish Academy to talk about "Hidden Fungal diversity ...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 7d

We just received a "postcard" from #Barcelona!
@voltcenter.bsky.social's postdoc Cecilia Costas Selas and PhD student Eve Galen are attending the #SAME18 #aquatic #microbes #conference.
Enjoy the sunshine and the talks, posters and discussions!

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Nasmille Larke-Mejía, PhD @nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social · 10d

Pitched at #FallingWallsLab last week 🌍✨ Didn’t win, but left inspired, with new connections, and excited to keep sharing the hidden world of microbes. Next step: #ArcticBear_game 🎲 — a board game to show how microbes help protect our planet. #uArctic_project

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Danmarks Grundforskningsfond @dg.dk · 16d

📸 Last chance!
The deadline to enter the 2025 Photo Competition is TOMORROW! 👉https://dg.dk/en/dnrf-photo-competition-2025/

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Jolanta Rieksta @jrieksta.bsky.social · 21d

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!

VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23d

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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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 22d

The last day was reserved to discuss risk taking at @dg.dk @voltcenter.bsky.social and some early career researchers did short presentations and we discussed what scientific work can be done in the future.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 22d

Dinner was with a sea view and the sun was setting. Then, it was time for karaoke, that included many languages, genres and even dance and headbanging!

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks @danilloalvarenga.bsky.social for organising, we had a blast!
There were even cards for teams to ask for help, and baskets with beverages to keep us fresh and hydrated!

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 22d

Since we had 6 working groups, there were 6 identical escape rooms and a mystery to solve. Apparently, @riikkarinnan.bsky.social decided VOLT is leaving @dg.dk and going corporate. 😅 However, it was all a scam from the new partners and suddenly we had to escape through a time machine!

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23d

After lunch, it was workshop time! We had a guest for AI and then after replenishing our caffeine levels we kept using AI plus our human brains to come up with gaps in #VOC knowledge.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23d

Our center leader @riikkarinnan.bsky.social did an introduction to remind us what are centers of excellence, our ambitious scientific goals, where we are on the timescale, as well as the Center values that we are proud of.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23d

After refreshments upon arrival, we started with a fun challenge to smell and identify a volatile compound and then make the molecular structure.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23d

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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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 28d

Sometimes science is field work, sometimes it is lab work, computer work, discussions, presentations... and sometimes it is executing plan B and driving a highly sensitive and sophisticated scientific instrument across four countries and over 1500 kilometers!
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PTR-MS Technology used in Research Campaign | IONICON

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our summer fieldwork has started to take shape in the lab! ⛰️🔬 Today’s lunch meeting featured talks on ongoing projects and experiments surrounding #moss and #isoprene, and discussions on the next steps ahead.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Sep 4

It apPEARs more exPEARiments are needed. The PEARameters are imPEARcise, and it is imPEARative to PEARform PEAR-wise comPEARisons.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Sep 3

❗Job altert!❗
@voltcenter.bsky.social is #hiring a #LabManager /Lab specialist. Are you familiar with PTR-TOF-MS and GC-MS? You'll coordinate lab&field activities, QC&calibration, solve problems, assist with tech installations, and provide tech support to researchers
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Laboratory manager or laboratory specialist position at the Center for Volatile Interactions, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

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Riikka Rinnan @riikkarinnan.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣New paper📣
We measured #VOC & #CO2 fluxes from 3 ponds in a peatland forest using floating chambers. Understanding of freshwater ecosystems as VOC sources is poor, so this work led by Y. Qin, published in #ASLO_LO provides important new data.

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Researcher working with floating chambers

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Net #emission of #atmospheric volatile organic compounds ( #VOCs) from #ponds in a #peatland #forest by @voltcenter.bsky.social's former MSc student Yinghuan Qin is out now! doi.org/10.1002/lno....

Net emission of atmospheric volatile organic compounds from ponds in a peatland forest

The role of small water bodies in global carbon emissions is increasingly acknowledged. In addition to the well-investigated greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane, volatile organic compo...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Monday mornings are for breakfast journal clubs. 😋🤓
At @voltcenter.bsky.social we started the week with a discussion on #microbial #ecological strategies, led by postdoc Jonathan Donhauser.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Aug 29

#DHLrace day! The @voltcenter.bsky.social team is ready and in high spirits. Bring on those 25k per team! 🏃‍♀️🏃💨💪

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Aug 29

Clean-up day at BIO!🧹 VOLT members came together to organize and clean our shared spaces 💻🔬🧪. With teamwork, enthusiasm (and cake!), we now have refreshed workspaces to support our projects.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today we welcomed Professor Sándor Gonda from the University of Debrecen, for a guest talk on plant-microbe interactions at the plant metabolome level in horseradish. He shared interesting insights on a species that most of us had never studied before! 🌱

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are now (mostly) all done with holiday and field work, and we kick off being back in the office with a breakfast journal club hosted by postdoc Mehrshad Foroughan on new insights in #climate #science.
How is your lab coming back into the swing of things?

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Nasmille Larke-Mejía, PhD @nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social · Aug 8

Another late night in the lab… and between sampling points I made this inspired by my #Sphagnum #moss floating in my vials #uArctic_project #scienceart #midnightart @voltcenter.bsky.social

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