great discussion about microbial biospherics during our lab mtg today

Ecologists, read about the regular experiences of your colleagues. PIs, how do you plan for the safety of your POC trainees in the field?

Cool new microbial biospherics paper from the lab of Seppe Kuehn bioRxiv Closed microbial communities self-organize to persistently cycle carbon biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

My students compiled a comprehensive list of national bail funds organized by city. Feel free to share. Also, faculty, feel free to cancel their final exams. 😁@MarcosJazlyn generationeco.me/black-lives-ma…

I am seeing a lot of people in #STEM and #chemtwitter making posts in support of protests and statements of commitment to #DiversityandInclusion in STEM. As someone who is #BlackinSTEM that has spent time in both industry and academia, I would like to say talk is cheap. 1/n

“Ten simple rules for building an anti-racist lab” Scientists, PIs (current and future): read what Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (she/her)👩🏽‍🔬🌍 and I wrote about actions you can take today to work toward racial equity and inclusion in your STEM lab. ecoevorxiv.org/4a9p8/

Interesting journal club discussion about this paper, including perspectives on boundaries, etiquette and #openscience. It also inspired a few lab members to join -- looking forward to hearing what you have to say Liliana pinek and Leonie Grünfeld!

Wheee!

Final version published #openaccess Liliana pinek et al. w/ India Mansour @Milshable Masahiro Ryo Rate of environmental change across scales in ecology #H2020 European Research Council (ERC) -funded research #ecosystems #climatechange #globalchange #biodiversity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br…

yay #LGBTQSTEMDay! I'm India (she/her) and I'm a queer microbial community ecologist #BiInSci. I'm also excited about #BioArt -- seen here exploring decay and waste at the Panke River through observation/participatory action last year with @ArtLaboratoryB James Whitehead

New paper out — Matthias C. Rillig (currently sabbatical @OIST) lab reflections on resilience of a scientific working group, emerging from a virtual group discussion in March

The idea that North America was some untouched, “pristine” wilderness before colonizers showed up is actually a concept rooted in anti-Indigeneity and I want y’all to throw it out of your minds.

15 women are listed on the 2020 ISI Highly Cited Researchers List for Ecology and the Environment (of 212 awardees). I'm proud to be on that list. I also know so many deserving female ecologists who ought to be there too. Think before you cite, here's why bit.ly/3lP96ys

Happy #WorldSoilDay! Listen to the first episode of our 'Life in the Soil' podcast: Living #soil - a habit hidden from view #WorldSoilDay2020 #soilhealth #biodiversity #podcast rilliglab.org/podcast/

Yip yip! This was a fun one to work on/discuss with a great group of co-authors

new video from Matthias C. Rillig (currently sabbatical @OIST) discussing our paper on hosting an artist in a scientific lab!

Paper just out PNASNews w/ J. Antonovics India Mansour Microbial self-recycling and biospherics A commentary on the paper by Shoemaker et al. pnas.org/content/118/33… pnas.org/content/118/37…

If you’re in Berlin, come join us this weekend!

I am excited to share that our new Perspective “Formation of necromass-derived soil organic carbon determined by microbial death pathways” is out now in @NatureGeoscience. This was a great collaborative effort with Kyle Mason-Jones, India Mansour, Matthias C. Rillig (currently sabbatical @OIST) and @JLehmannCornell ...