Kathrin Rousk
@kathrinrousk.bsky.social
Ecosystem ecologist researches nitrogen cycling in pristine ecosystems. Focus on moss-cyanobacteria associations and nitrogen fixation.
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Computer vision species identification of lichens and bryophytes from biocrusts in Australian drylands
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Computer vision species identification of lichens and bryophytes from biocrusts in Australian drylands
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
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Moss shutdown-restart mechanism for drought survival
Xiao et al.
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Xiao et al.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Moss shutdown-restart mechanism for drought survival
Xiao et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/5JPZDK...
Xiao et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/5JPZDK...
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Interesting read:
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
Crop productivity and food security faces an ever-increasing challenge from drought events world-wide and to establish more drought tolerant crops requires deeper insights into plant dehydration tol...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Interesting read:
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MossDepthMatters for #NitrogenFixation and of course #Moss species...and #Precipitation... It's complicated... #Ecology #SYMBIONIX @erc.europa.eu
Is moss-associated nitrogen fixation controlled by the same factors across shoots, species and segments? Our answer is nope! 🌱#moss#nitrogenfixation#cyanobacteria#pristineecosystems
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Is moss-associated nitrogen fixation controlled by the same factors across shoots, species and sites?
Biological N2 fixation performed by moss-associated cyanobacteria is among the main sources of new nitrogen (N) input in pristine subarctic ecosystems…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#MossDepthMatters for #NitrogenFixation and of course #Moss species...and #Precipitation... It's complicated... #Ecology #SYMBIONIX @erc.europa.eu
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Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
go.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
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🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
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Ready to explore crazy ideas? Join us for 2 yrs for the @villumfonden.bsky.social experiment: The #terrestrial #nitroplast in #MossCyanobacteria associations! Into #OrganelleEvolution #plants #genomics #cyanobacteria #symbioses? This may be for you! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Postdoc position in Terrestrial Ecology: Terrestrial Nitroplast in Moss-Cyanobacteria Interactions
employment.ku.dk
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ready to explore crazy ideas? Join us for 2 yrs for the @villumfonden.bsky.social experiment: The #terrestrial #nitroplast in #MossCyanobacteria associations! Into #OrganelleEvolution #plants #genomics #cyanobacteria #symbioses? This may be for you! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Abstract is open for #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us to talk about #Nitrogen #Biogeochemistry #Biodiversity and more..https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/organisation/departments/forest-ecology-management/research/disciplines/forest-landscape-biogeochemistry/biogeomon2026/
We are organising a session on #Nitrogen biogeochemistry - links to other elements and biodiversity at #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us! @benhoulton.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Abstract is open for #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us to talk about #Nitrogen #Biogeochemistry #Biodiversity and more..https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/organisation/departments/forest-ecology-management/research/disciplines/forest-landscape-biogeochemistry/biogeomon2026/
#Moss and #Biocrusts sampled! Happy moss happy team! Next step: lichens?!
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#Moss and #Biocrusts sampled! Happy moss happy team! Next step: lichens?!
On the hunt for #biocrusts driving across beautiful Sardinia! Happy to report the #MossCyanoTeam was successful!
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On the hunt for #biocrusts driving across beautiful Sardinia! Happy to report the #MossCyanoTeam was successful!
…#NitrogenFixation in the field…Yunyao is efficient..#Moss #Cyanobacteria #SYMBIONIX
October 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
…#NitrogenFixation in the field…Yunyao is efficient..#Moss #Cyanobacteria #SYMBIONIX
Creating acetylene in the field under controlled conditions…always exciting! #NitrogenFixation
October 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Creating acetylene in the field under controlled conditions…always exciting! #NitrogenFixation
October 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)
The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)
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Hmmm…
In an analysis of 1.2 million news stories about scholarly research, men-led papers were found to receive more attention overall and were heavily overrepresented in the top 5% of most covered studies. https://scim.ag/4o7l5a5
When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow
Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds
scim.ag
October 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hmmm…
We are organising a session on #Nitrogen biogeochemistry - links to other elements and biodiversity at #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us! @benhoulton.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We are organising a session on #Nitrogen biogeochemistry - links to other elements and biodiversity at #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us! @benhoulton.bsky.social
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🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity.
The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
web103.reachmee.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
Big thanks @villumfonden.bsky.social for funding "projects all united by their courage to think differently and take risks" based on anonymous review- including "The symbiotic trinity – the next step in evolution?" #Moss #Cyanobacteria #Symbioses #NewOrganelles villumfonden.dk/en/nyhed/tra...
From transparent fruit flies to the meaning of baby cries
Once again this year, bold and innovative ideas have received support through the Villum Foundation’s programme for unconventional research projects: Villum Experiment
villumfonden.dk
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Big thanks @villumfonden.bsky.social for funding "projects all united by their courage to think differently and take risks" based on anonymous review- including "The symbiotic trinity – the next step in evolution?" #Moss #Cyanobacteria #Symbioses #NewOrganelles villumfonden.dk/en/nyhed/tra...
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Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kathrin Rousk
Research on bryophytes has increased significantly. This informative paper highlights the vast diversity while also compiling a wealth of knowledge at the genomic level. Thanks to all the authors. #plants #genome #bryophytes #moss #liverwort #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Research on bryophytes has increased significantly. This informative paper highlights the vast diversity while also compiling a wealth of knowledge at the genomic level. Thanks to all the authors. #plants #genome #bryophytes #moss #liverwort #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Come to Copenhagen to work on #moss #cyanobacteria interactions! Still time to apply for this postdoc position!! 👇
Interested in deciphering how #moss and #cyanobacteria interact with each other? Want to come to #Copenhagen? Join us for a postdoc! candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... @voltcenter.bsky.social
1.5-Year postdoctoral position on Molecular Biology of Moss-Cyanobacteria Associations
A 1.5-year postdoc position in Biochemistry and Molecular Plant Biology with a focus on moss-cyanobacteria associations is available at the Department of Biolog
candidate.hr-manager.net
September 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Come to Copenhagen to work on #moss #cyanobacteria interactions! Still time to apply for this postdoc position!! 👇
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis #protistsonsky
Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis | PNAS
Endosymbiotic gene transfer (EGT) and import of host-encoded proteins have been considered
hallmarks of organelles necessary for stable integration...
www.pnas.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis #protistsonsky
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Wow!
Happy to share our latest publication:
Production of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in #Physcomitrella #photobioreactors
It's the first report on the production of #VLPs as #vaccine candidates in a non-vascular plant.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Production of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in #Physcomitrella #photobioreactors
It's the first report on the production of #VLPs as #vaccine candidates in a non-vascular plant.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Production of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in Physcomitrella photobioreactors - Plant Cell Reports
Key message First production of virus-like particles as a vaccine candidate in a non-vascular plant. Abstract Virus-like particles (VLPs) are self-assembling nanoparticles composed of viral structural...
link.springer.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wow!
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