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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
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 4d
Happy winter solstice!

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 7d
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨

The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists

Interested? Get in touch via direct message
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 7d
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 8d
If you could design a soil fungus, what would it be like?

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
Our building in the afternoon sun.

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
Sucht noch jemand ein Weihnachtsgeschenk für eine tolle Person, die sich für die Ökologie und Biodiversität des Bodens interessiert?

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
And all grant proposals during the last two years were rejected. Interesting times ahead...

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
Who were here in 2025, not all at the same time. And we for sure missed some BSc students...🙂

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
Our lab in 2025!

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 9d
Fun little thought experiment from our last lab meeting discussion:

If you could design a soil fungus, what traits would you want it to have and why?

Follow-up: if you were to design a fungus for soil C storage: what would this fungus be like?

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 10d
Paper just accepted:

Unique species interactions determine the decomposition activity of fungal communities

Will share full details once available

Reposted by Michael Marmot, Matthias C. Rillig, Dimitri P. Bertsekas , and 7 more

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 11d
Reading in journal club:

Induced endosymbiosis between a fungus and bacterium reveals a shift from antagonism to commensalism | Nature Communications

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Induced endosymbiosis between a fungus and bacterium reveals a shift from antagonism to commensalism - Nature Communications
Gassler et al. implant a free-living bacterium into fungal cells to study early steps in the establishment of an endosymbiosis. They observe vertical transmission of the bacteria despite initial host ...
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