Call for Abstracts – 23rd World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS 2026, Nanjing, China) June 7–12, 2026

I’m excited to co-convene Session 409110: “Soil microbial life and death: impacts on soil organic carbon dynamics under global change.”
With Qingfang Bi & others, see details🔽

Postdoc Opportunity – Methanotrophs and Drought Resilience
Are you interested or working on microbial ecology and methane ?
We’re looking for a motivated postdoc or final-year PhD interested in submitting a Marie Skłodowska-Curie or HFSP proposal with us (in Italy and/or Norway).

One month left to apply for a PhD position in my group on the ERC funded project EcoMEMO.

Link to the PhD course and application: unibo.it/en/study/phd...

Please contact me if you need more info on the project, the group and life in Italy in general.

More info below⬇️

If you are interested in the PLFA method and his interpretation, plese have a look at our recent perspective lead by a fantastic researcher, Stefan Gorka, and in collaboration with my dear colleagues @christinakaiser.bsky.social and Hannes Schmidt

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I was recently interviewed in a podcast (in Italian) discussing the role of fungi in soil science and climate change. If you are interested here is the link:
open.spotify.com/episode/01CB...

If you are interested in the behind the paper story of our recent article, here is the link communities.springernature.com/posts/soil-f...

Do you study soil microbes and their response to climate change? Consider presenting your research at #EGU25 at our session SSS4.5, which is in its 5th year.
I hope to see you in Vienna!

I am trying to do exactly this going forwards, including prioritising who I do reviews for.

Some lovely people at Montpellier created a database of non-profit and society journals in eco evo: dafnee.isem-evolution.fr

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

This was a short-term experiment, but what we really need in ecology is long-term experiments that test these mechanisms in the field. In the current academic system this is pretty much impossible. (11/x)

I think also a great thank you to the reviewers, especially reviewer number 2 (what a cliché), as they pointed out many things that needed improvement for the publication! Can't wait for all the other things that are still coming out from this method!

Out in @naturecomms.bsky.social with @loutsi.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social and many others.
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This is really amazing if you are into drought and soil microbes.
The method developed here will be part of my ERC_project, #postdoc deadline December 5th. More details below ⏬️

Excited to share our new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social showing that soil fungi, unlike bacteria, remain fully active under severe drought conditions, and also invest in synthesis of storage compounds.
Led by the amazing @loutsi.bsky.social and Alberto Canarini.
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