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Together with co-author Jörg Blech I wrote a book about soil for a general audience (in German)....so if you speak German, maybe you'll find it of interest. It will appear later this year.

Paper just out in Global Change Biology Plastic biofilms as hotspots of nitrogen cycling in estuarine ecosystems Led by visiting PhD student Xinrong, w/ lab postdocs Guanghui and Mohan Bi doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70…

Small excursions outside of your established research area can be rewarding and do not necessarily lead to negative career outcomes, via Matthias C. Rillig matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/pivot-penalt…

Friendship in academia. What are your experiences? open.substack.com/pub/matthiasri…

Keep in touch with your friends...they are one of the best things in academia.

New paper out in SBB: Harnessing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities for ecological restoration: a conceptual framework Nice collaboration with the lab of Baodong Chen, including first author and current postdoc in our group in Berlin, Wei Fu. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Well, that blew my mind. Are we writing for entities other than humans in the future?

Reading in journal club: Systemic territoriality in academia: The Gollum effect’s impact on scientific research and careers One Earth sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Consciousness Radio Interview at OIST: Part5 /5 On the procedure of writing grants, papers, etc. youtu.be/eyTN4ioE-yQ?fe… YouTube This is the last part of my interview with Matthias C. Rillig!

Paper just accepted: Deep Mutual Learning: incentives and trust through practitioner engagement for integrating artificial intelligence into sustainability science Will share details when available

Paper just accepted: Meta-analysis of effects of common mycorrhizal networks formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant and fungal parameters Will share full details to open-access paper once available

Paper just online: Ristok et al. Towards a comprehensive assessment of soil biodiversity in Germany: status quo, challenges, and policy implications soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/a…

Paper just accepted: Mycorrhizal allies: synergizing forest carbon and multifunctional restoration Wills share details once available

Some thoughts on how to cope in this time of multiple crises. Please share your thoughts if you additional points! open.substack.com/pub/matthiasri…

Great paper, resulting from a collaboration of 4 doctoral researchers in our group!

Reading in journal club: Bea Bock et al. in Communications Biology Evidence for common fungal networks among plants formed by a Dark Septate Endophyte in Sorghum bicolor nature.com/articles/s4200…

Paper accepted: Abrupt versus gradual application of pesticides: effects on soil bacterial and fungal communities Will share details of open-access paper once available

Paper accepted: Research landscape of experiments on global change effects on mycorrhizae Will share details of open-access paper once available.

A new soil ecology walk video is out: How much biodiversity is there in soils? youtu.be/iBz_-5bR8B4?si…

ICYMI Alternative careers for postdocs and PhD students: overcoming academia as the default choice I think it's important to change the culture, taking into account that there are many interesting careers out there. youtube.com/watch?v=vlVwnT…