Remco Stam
@rstam.bsky.social
Professor of Phytopathology | Kiel University
| Crop wild relatives and their pathogens | Likes quantitative and qualitative resistance mechanisms & popgen
| Crop wild relatives and their pathogens | Likes quantitative and qualitative resistance mechanisms & popgen
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“We recently conducted three separate searches for Data Scientist positions. Each received more than 500 applications… But the problem was not just the number. It was how alike they all felt.” #higheredjobs
When AI Makes You Average: Lessons from Our Data Scientist Job Search
<p>Artificial intelligence has reshaped nearly every industry, and hiring is no exception. A chief analytics officer shares a cautiona
www.higheredjobs.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“We recently conducted three separate searches for Data Scientist positions. Each received more than 500 applications… But the problem was not just the number. It was how alike they all felt.” #higheredjobs
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'Although AI is helping Science catch errors that can be corrected or elements that are missing from a paper but should be included, such as supporting code or raw data, its use and the evaluation of the output require more human effort, not less.'
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Resisting AI slop
It’s hard to talk about any topic in science or education today without the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) coming up—whether large language models should be allowed to aid in searching for a ...
www.science.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
'Although AI is helping Science catch errors that can be corrected or elements that are missing from a paper but should be included, such as supporting code or raw data, its use and the evaluation of the output require more human effort, not less.'
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Open Senior Bioinformatician position at
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
Senior Bioinformatician - Biodiversity Cell Atlas
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Open Senior Bioinformatician position at
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.
📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
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Reading paper with link to deposited data in Dryad, but link didn't work. Author said they'd deposited data thinking it was free, but were then asked to pay. They didn't & Dryad took data down. So DOI doesn't ensure a persistent dataset. Has anyone else experience of anything like this?
#opendata
#opendata
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reading paper with link to deposited data in Dryad, but link didn't work. Author said they'd deposited data thinking it was free, but were then asked to pay. They didn't & Dryad took data down. So DOI doesn't ensure a persistent dataset. Has anyone else experience of anything like this?
#opendata
#opendata
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I admire the Dutch for many reasons, one of which is that they celebrate the New Year with doughnuts. I’ve taken a leaf out of their book, and so Oliebollen, the doughnuts in question, are #RecipeOfTheDay.
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
New Year Doughnuts - Oliebollen
You can’t set foot in the Netherlands in the festive period without encountering these Dutch doughnuts, even though it’s on New Year’s Eve that they are most traditionally eaten; indeed, it’s said tha...
www.nigella.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I admire the Dutch for many reasons, one of which is that they celebrate the New Year with doughnuts. I’ve taken a leaf out of their book, and so Oliebollen, the doughnuts in question, are #RecipeOfTheDay.
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
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That you MUST publish to meet your financial targets, which makes a mockery of working on a quality-only basis.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
December 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
That you MUST publish to meet your financial targets, which makes a mockery of working on a quality-only basis.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
At @openlibhums.org, the finances work the other way around. Libraries pay in advance, so we know how much money we have. That sets the cap on how many articles we can publish.
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In our latest study, we took a critical look at #fungal family #Nectriaceae by analyzing 1,530 #genomes! We built a robust #phylogenomic backbone that supports current taxonomy but also reveals gene-tree discordance and unresolved boundaries. More info www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In our latest study, we took a critical look at #fungal family #Nectriaceae by analyzing 1,530 #genomes! We built a robust #phylogenomic backbone that supports current taxonomy but also reveals gene-tree discordance and unresolved boundaries. More info www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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So wild. Ein Bundesministerium, das seine Position auf den tendenziösen Umfragen von NGO und wirtschaftlich involvierten Labelbetreibern aufbaut 🫣
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
❌ Eine Mehrheit der EU-Mitgliedstaaten hat heute für die Aufweichung des Gentechnikrechts gestimmt. Das EU-Parlament kann noch korrigieren.
👉 Falls nicht, muss es in DE für Betriebe, die weiterhin gentechnikfrei produzieren wollen, gentechnikfreie Lieferketten sowie neue Nachweismethoden geben.
👉 Falls nicht, muss es in DE für Betriebe, die weiterhin gentechnikfrei produzieren wollen, gentechnikfreie Lieferketten sowie neue Nachweismethoden geben.
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
So wild. Ein Bundesministerium, das seine Position auf den tendenziösen Umfragen von NGO und wirtschaftlich involvierten Labelbetreibern aufbaut 🫣
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
Man stelle sich ein solches Vorgehen bei anderen neuen Technologien vor, z.B. bei Impfstoffen oder regenerativen Energien. Ist doch crazy
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With help of international colleagues at @jgi.doe.gov, @oregonstate.edu, and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, we are relasing new parameters for Tiberius. Thx to Lars Gabriel, @tomasbruna.bsky.social, Samuel Talbot, @chriswheat.bsky.social, @masta.bsky.social - and many others. github.com/Gaius-August...
Release v1.1.7 · Gaius-Augustus/Tiberius
⚠️ New Models available:
Diatoms
Eudicotyledons
Lepidoptera
Monocotyledonae
Mucoromycota
Saccharomycota
Sordariomycota
Several bugfixes.
github.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
With help of international colleagues at @jgi.doe.gov, @oregonstate.edu, and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, we are relasing new parameters for Tiberius. Thx to Lars Gabriel, @tomasbruna.bsky.social, Samuel Talbot, @chriswheat.bsky.social, @masta.bsky.social - and many others. github.com/Gaius-August...
The university updated my institute's website. It looks great.
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The university updated my institute's website. It looks great.
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
I am just a bit disappointed that the stock image they used contains a hydroxyl group instead of a cyclic ring... 😅
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Structural basis for heat tolerance in plant NLR immune receptors. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.17.694812v1
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Structural basis for heat tolerance in plant NLR immune receptors. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.17.694812v1
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Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
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Fabbri et al. studied the Apennine brown bear population, which has coexisted with humans in Central Italy for millennia, showing these bears have reduced genetic diversity and selective signatures at genes associated with reduced aggressiveness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fabbri et al. studied the Apennine brown bear population, which has coexisted with humans in Central Italy for millennia, showing these bears have reduced genetic diversity and selective signatures at genes associated with reduced aggressiveness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
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New Preprint!
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Distribution and Shared Pathogenicity of Small-Spored Alternaria on Solanaceous Crops in Europe
Small-spored Alternaria species such as A. alternata and A. arborescens are frequently isolated from diseased potato and tomato plants. However, their respective host ranges and pathogenic behaviours ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
New Preprint!
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
New Preprint!
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Distribution and Shared Pathogenicity of Small-Spored Alternaria on Solanaceous Crops in Europe
Small-spored Alternaria species such as A. alternata and A. arborescens are frequently isolated from diseased potato and tomato plants. However, their respective host ranges and pathogenic behaviours ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
New Preprint!
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
As part of a MSc thesis we went to Serbia (support @daadworldwide.bsky.social) to collect small-spored Alternaria from potato and tomato and compare their populations and virulence properties with those from Germany and Poland!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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👏 Congratulations, Dr. Farooq Ahmad! The postdoctoral researcher from the Institute of Phytopathology receives extensive #BMFTR funding to investigate forest adaptation strategies to climate change using the concept of assisted tree migration.
#KielLifeScience #KielPlantCenter #KiTE #BioKreativ
#KielLifeScience #KielPlantCenter #KiTE #BioKreativ
BMFTR funds plant research on climate adaptation at Kiel University with 2.25 million Euros
Dr Farooq Ahmad from the Institute of Phytopathology receives extensive BMFTR funding to investigate forest adaptation strategies to climate change.
www.uni-kiel.de
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
👏 Congratulations, Dr. Farooq Ahmad! The postdoctoral researcher from the Institute of Phytopathology receives extensive #BMFTR funding to investigate forest adaptation strategies to climate change using the concept of assisted tree migration.
#KielLifeScience #KielPlantCenter #KiTE #BioKreativ
#KielLifeScience #KielPlantCenter #KiTE #BioKreativ
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Comment in @nature.com: "Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Comment in @nature.com: "Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
More great news!
Farooq Ahmad has received funding to establish a junior research group in my department @uni-kiel.de
He will focus on assisted tree migration to combat forest pathogens in a changing climate.
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
He will be looking for PhD students soon!
Farooq Ahmad has received funding to establish a junior research group in my department @uni-kiel.de
He will focus on assisted tree migration to combat forest pathogens in a changing climate.
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
He will be looking for PhD students soon!
BMFTR funds plant research on climate adaptation at Kiel University with 2.25 million Euros
Dr Farooq Ahmad from the Institute of Phytopathology receives extensive BMFTR funding to investigate forest adaptation strategies to climate change.
www.uni-kiel.de
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
More great news!
Farooq Ahmad has received funding to establish a junior research group in my department @uni-kiel.de
He will focus on assisted tree migration to combat forest pathogens in a changing climate.
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
He will be looking for PhD students soon!
Farooq Ahmad has received funding to establish a junior research group in my department @uni-kiel.de
He will focus on assisted tree migration to combat forest pathogens in a changing climate.
www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
He will be looking for PhD students soon!
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Now officially published in Current Biology 🥳🥳 @mfseidl.bsky.social @binfutrecht.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Now officially published in Current Biology 🥳🥳 @mfseidl.bsky.social @binfutrecht.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Note taking more effective than AI for learning
But AI can enrich student learning experience.
www.cambridge.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Two really cool PhD positions available with Christina Barragan on Plant Pathogen evolution!
Our dept. just moved to a brand new building with great facilities and we have an absolutely amazing team!
Our dept. just moved to a brand new building with great facilities and we have an absolutely amazing team!
My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
www.uni-kiel.de
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Two really cool PhD positions available with Christina Barragan on Plant Pathogen evolution!
Our dept. just moved to a brand new building with great facilities and we have an absolutely amazing team!
Our dept. just moved to a brand new building with great facilities and we have an absolutely amazing team!
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Europa bekennt sich zur Wissenschaft! 💚
Natürlich sind noch nicht alle auf dem gleichen Stand. Deshalb stehen wir bei @oekoprog.bsky.social natürlich für alle Fragen bereit! 😌
#GiveGenesAChance
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
Natürlich sind noch nicht alle auf dem gleichen Stand. Deshalb stehen wir bei @oekoprog.bsky.social natürlich für alle Fragen bereit! 😌
#GiveGenesAChance
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
EU einigt sich auf Lockerungen für gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel
Für viele gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel soll es künftig keine Hinweispflicht mehr in Supermärkten geben. Darauf einigten sich Vertreter aus dem Europaparlament und dem Rat der EU-Länder.
www.tagesschau.de
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Europa bekennt sich zur Wissenschaft! 💚
Natürlich sind noch nicht alle auf dem gleichen Stand. Deshalb stehen wir bei @oekoprog.bsky.social natürlich für alle Fragen bereit! 😌
#GiveGenesAChance
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
Natürlich sind noch nicht alle auf dem gleichen Stand. Deshalb stehen wir bei @oekoprog.bsky.social natürlich für alle Fragen bereit! 😌
#GiveGenesAChance
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
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2025 AG @rstam.bsky.social lab retreat success!
Great science and company, seaside views, and a music quiz that revealed way too much about our teenage time... 😅🕺
Great science and company, seaside views, and a music quiz that revealed way too much about our teenage time... 😅🕺
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
2025 AG @rstam.bsky.social lab retreat success!
Great science and company, seaside views, and a music quiz that revealed way too much about our teenage time... 😅🕺
Great science and company, seaside views, and a music quiz that revealed way too much about our teenage time... 😅🕺