Dajana Radujković

Dajana Radujkovic

@dajana-r.bsky.social

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Biologist; soil biodiversity 🦠🍄‍🟫🧬 and ecosystem functioning, microbial communities, plant-soil interactions 🪴

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Biology 29%

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Reposted by Francis Martin, Dajana Radujković

Stephanie Watts-Fawkes @mycoresearch.bsky.social · 17d

New study from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social lab, showing that many commercial mycorrhizal inoculants are snake oil. So important for this data to be published!

Between this, @lizkoziol.bsky.social and Matt Salomon’s work… well I think we make a strong point.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Poor Quality of Commercial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculants Used for Agriculture and Home Gardening

There is an urgent need to develop microbial inoculants that can consistently improve crop performance as part of efforts to implement sustainable agricultural practices and reduce the environmental ...

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Reposted by Paul Kardol, Maria Faticov, Dajana Radujković

Soil Ecology Group @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social · 24d

We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!

Soil Ecology Group - British Ecological Society

Understanding the vital ecosystem services provided by soil

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Dajana Radujkovic @dajana-r.bsky.social · Sep 27

Soil biodiversity 🦠🍄 may enhance some grassland functions but suppress others, sometimes depending on soil conditions. Whether the overall effect is “positive” depends on our perspective or goal. Happy to share our new paper in Soil Biology & Biochemistry. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lrAt8g13f...

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Reposted by Maria Faticov, Dajana Radujković

Laura van Galen @laura-vangalen.bsky.social · Sep 27

If you are in need of soil microbial data relating to PLFAs or enzyme activities, check out our latest paper that provides an open-access global database of data form around the world. Thanks very much to the long list of collaborators who made this happen! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities

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Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Dr Jasper Wubs @jwubs.bsky.social · Sep 10

How do you know if a person is #smart? You ask questions.
How do you know if a #soil is #healthy? You take measurements.
But are we taking the right #measurements?

I think we can do better.

Here you can read my proposal, an 'IQ test for soils'.
shorturl.at/knvG4

What’s yours?

Reposted by Martín A. Núñez, Antonio J. Pérez‐Luque, Julen Astigarraga , and 1 more Martín A. Núñez, Antonio J. Pérez‐Luque, Julen Astigarraga, Dajana Radujković

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Aug 21

Celebrating the small wins in academia….a reminder to myself (and maybe you….)

Please share with someone you think might also need this reminder :)

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Celebrating the small wins in academia

A little reminder...

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Reposted by Seth M. Munson, Dajana Radujković

Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · Aug 18

My new paper is out! 🧪🦠

Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵

Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds

Native mycorrhizal fungi enhance prairie restoration by boosting native plant diversity, supporting late-successional species, and reducing invasive plants

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Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Nichole Ginnan 🦠 @botanichole.bsky.social · Aug 8

Great publication from Maggie Wagner (KU) and Manuel Kleiner (NCS) on how to design microbiome (+ other Omic) projects with downstream statistics in mind!

A must read for trainees!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How thoughtful experimental design can empower biologists in the omics era - Nature Communications

Here, the authors discuss principles of experimental design that are relevant for all biology research, along with special considerations for projects using -omics approaches, highlighting common expe...

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Reposted by Dajana Radujković

SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you do #qPCR on soils you might be interested in this paper led by @aoifeduff.bsky.social @femsmicro.org which shows the effect of mastermix, sample type, platform and gene target on the inhibition, precision and accuracy of quantification academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

Counting soil microbial communities: the impact of qPCR platform and mastermix on accuracy and precision

qPCR is used to measure soil microorganisms but can be affected by inhibitors, change in mastermix, and platform. This study measured precision and accurac

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Reposted by Håvard Kauserud, Martin Ehbrecht, Dajana Radujković

Justine Karst 🇨🇦 @j-karst.bsky.social · Jul 6

In our review of CMNs, water stood out as a resource that might be transferred between plants via fungal connections. This new study provides further support (and in DSEs!). Nice expt by Bea Bock et al 👍 Great to see new research.

doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Evidence for common fungal networks among plants formed by a Dark Septate Endophyte in Sorghum bicolor - Communications Biology

A lab experiment shows that Dark Septate Endophytes can form common fungal networks between plants, increasing biomass and enabling water movement, suggesting that non-mycorrhizal fungi may contribute...

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Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Jun 19

Very glad to see this nice paper by Anika out; systematic mapping is such a useful tool to get an overview of an entire field.

Plants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · Jun 18

Systematic mapping of experimental approaches to studying common #mycorrhizal networks in arbuscular mycorrhiza

#Review by Anika Lehmann and @mrillig.bsky.social

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#LatestIssue

Depiction of growth system categorization and network criteria used in this study.

Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Ecology of Soil Microorganisms @esmmicrobes.bsky.social · Jun 17

What an inspiring group of researchers! And they are all here in Helsinki for the soil microorganisms! 🤩
#esm2025 #soils

Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Mathilde Borg Dahl @mathildebio.bsky.social · Jun 16

A great day at #esm2025 coming to an end here on Helsinki, with the last event of todays programme being a reception at the beautiful city hall 🥂 So wonderful to reconnect with colleagues I haven't seen in a long time 😊

Panorama shot of the city hall of Helsinki as it fills with scuentists.

Four scientists posing for my social media post in the entrance space of th ecity hall.

Shaky selfie of me and Dr. Andrea Söllinger cheering in white wine at the end of a long and very interesting day.

Reposted by Martín A. Núñez, Dajana Radujković, Jenalle L. Eck

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Jun 16

The final version of this viewpoint paper is now out in @funecology.bsky.social

Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Follow-up papers: see thread

Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · Jun 4

We often measure AM fungal colonisation assuming it tells us something about function. But… what does it tell us?

A short Letter where I ask what root colonisation really means for plant growth, P uptake, and defence.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi #plantmicrobiome
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What does colonisation tell us? Revisiting the functional outcomes of root colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Click on the article title to read more.

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Reposted by Rob Marchant, Dajana Radujković

Jonas Lembrechts @jlembrechts.bsky.social · May 8

What happens belowground when a mountain road cuts through nature?

After epic fieldwork, root sequencing & modeling marathons, we found: roads unravel fungal interaction networks—fewer links and more generalists.

@dajana-r.bsky.social

📖 Blog: the3dlab.org/2025/05/08/w...

What mountain roads do to root-associated fungi

Some papers just hit harder than others. And this latest one – just out in Molecular Ecology – sits right at the top of the epic scale. The topic? The impact of mountain roads on plant-…

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Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · Apr 26

New #MIREN publication 📜 Roadsides in mountains around the world alter plant & fungal communities, favouring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi & putative plant pathogens at the expense of ectomycorrhizal fungi ⬇️ Amazing work led by #Dajana #Radujković

@dajana-r.bsky.social

🌐🌏🏔🛣🍄‍🟫☘️🍁🌳

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Reposted by Meelis Pärtel, Julian Schrader, Dajana Radujković

Jonas Lembrechts @jlembrechts.bsky.social · Apr 3

New study in @nature.com: we focus on the diversity that's missing - “dark diversity.” Human impact means only 1 in 5 species persist in disturbed areas versus 1 in 3 in pristine ones. My summary of the project & its implications: the3dlab.org/2025/04/03/g...

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by ‘dark diversity’

Back in 2019, we ventured into the field with a rather unusual mission: to search for the biodiversity that wasn’t there. At first glance, this might seem counterintuitive – after all, we’re …

the3dlab.org

Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · Mar 15

Wrapping up our Applied Plant Transcriptomics course! From RNA-seq to de novo transcriptome assembly.
#Bioinformatics #PlantSciences
📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl...

Screenshots of the Applied Plant Transcriptomics slides: https://github.com/bpucker/AppliedPlantTranscriptomics

Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Mar 13

This week's newsletter is about appreciation in academia at various levels and in various contexts - and the lack thereof.

What do you think?

matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/appreciati...

Appreciation in academia

We could all do with a bit more appreciation: receiving and giving.

matthiasrillig.substack.com

Reposted by Encarni Montoya, Dajana Radujković

Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Mar 3

If you do not know it already I would certainly recommend the channel of @mrillig.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@mrillig You will find there very helpful videos about life in academia. Topics include publishing, writing, reviewing, research strategy, rejections and success - and plenty of advice

Life in academia

Hi there! I am a professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. In this channel I'm talking about life in academia from graduate student to running a lab and everything in between. Topics ...

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Reposted by Dajana Radujković

Riikka Rinnan @riikkarinnan.bsky.social · Feb 26

A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.

+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

Please repost!

Dajana Radujkovic @dajana-r.bsky.social · Feb 8

Hi, Frank. I would very much like to be included in the group, if possible. 😊

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Feb 6

Soil microbiome inoculation: don't forget about microbial communnity coalescence!

My newsletter for this week.

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Soil microbiome inoculation and microbial community coalescence

Interactions of entire microbial communities

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