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Matthias C. Rillig
@mrillig.bsky.social
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Professor, ecology, FU Berlin, own views, book author
Global change, soil, fungi, environment, microplastic, biodiversity 🧪
https://www.youtube.com/@mrillig
https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinthesoil
rilliglab.org
https://matthiasrillig.substack.com .. more

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 2d
Reading in journal club:

"I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too
If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.
www.nature.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 3d
No. I dream with images...

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 3d
Very interesting to me, especially since I have aphantasia. I wonder what it's like to have active mental imagery.

Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.
www.nature.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 5d
Spectacular talk today by Klaus Schlaeppi, University of Basel.

@kschlaeppi.bsky.social

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 6d
A stream of consciousness about being content in academia.

Wrote this mostly for myself, perhaps you also find it interesting.

open.substack.com/pub/matthias...
What is contentment in academia?
Should you be content? Can I be content?
open.substack.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
Looking forward to this meeting and the presentation!
nordicoikos.bsky.social Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 9d
Our 3rd keynote at #NSO2026 #gfoe2026 is Matthias Rillig, Professor of Plant Ecology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. He is a leading soil ecologist working at the interface of belowground biodiversity and global change.
vist.ly/4p26h @gfoesoc.bsky.social @mrillig.bsky.social

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Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 9d
Our 3rd keynote at #NSO2026 #gfoe2026 is Matthias Rillig, Professor of Plant Ecology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. He is a leading soil ecologist working at the interface of belowground biodiversity and global change.
vist.ly/4p26h @gfoesoc.bsky.social @mrillig.bsky.social

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
Reading in journal club

Shelton et al.
Fungal ecology in the age of 'omics

@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fungal ecology in the age of 'omics
The advancement of technology in recent decades has given us an unprecedented ability to observe the natural world. With modern sequencing and bioinformatics technologies, we can obtain more informat...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 10d
Mein Radiointerview mit ndr zum Bodenschutz und dem Buch "Mutter Erde"

www.ndr.de/kirche/podca...
Gott und die Welt mit Matthias Rillig
"Wenn wir den Boden wertschätzen sind wir bereit, ihn mehr zu schützen", sagt Matthias Rillig, Biologe im Gespräch mit Klaus Böllert.
www.ndr.de

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 12d
I just call it a friend. Despite of distance and frequency of contact. Based on how it works when we actually are at the same place, which may only be once a year, and based on how I feel when they leave (sad).

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 13d
Academic friendships are super important for creativity in science.

What's been your experience?

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Academic friendships and creativity
Friends are important for creative ideas in science
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 18d
New paper out:

Li, Rongstock et al.
Number and dissimilarity of soil amendments influence soil properties and plant communities in a greenhouse experiment

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Number and dissimilarity of soil amendments influence soil properties and plant communities in a greenhouse experiment
Soil health is fundamental in supporting plant diversity and productivity. In turn, a species-rich plant community enhances soil functions and is cruc…
www.sciencedirect.com