Sandra Varga
@sandravarga.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist. Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln, UK.
#Plants | #Soil | #Mycorrhizal #Fungi | #SustainableFoodProduction | #NetZero
https://sites.google.com/site/sandravargaes/home
#Plants | #Soil | #Mycorrhizal #Fungi | #SustainableFoodProduction | #NetZero
https://sites.google.com/site/sandravargaes/home
Day 2 at the #BES2025. So great to see so many colleagues awarded for their ecological work and initiatives! And many related to fungi, as it should be!
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Day 2 at the #BES2025. So great to see so many colleagues awarded for their ecological work and initiatives! And many related to fungi, as it should be!
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🚨Happening today!🚨
📝If you're at the #BES2025 Annual Meeting and are thinking about becoming an editor, come along to our workshop!
💡@britishecologicalsociety.org editors Franciska de Vries, Rob Fish, Sandra Varga and Tim Higham will be sharing their experiences and top tips on the role
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📝If you're at the #BES2025 Annual Meeting and are thinking about becoming an editor, come along to our workshop!
💡@britishecologicalsociety.org editors Franciska de Vries, Rob Fish, Sandra Varga and Tim Higham will be sharing their experiences and top tips on the role
🧪🌍
🤔Sorting out your schedule for the #BES2025 Annual Meeting? Interested in becoming an Associate Editor?
💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
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💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
🧪🌍
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🚨Happening today!🚨
📝If you're at the #BES2025 Annual Meeting and are thinking about becoming an editor, come along to our workshop!
💡@britishecologicalsociety.org editors Franciska de Vries, Rob Fish, Sandra Varga and Tim Higham will be sharing their experiences and top tips on the role
🧪🌍
📝If you're at the #BES2025 Annual Meeting and are thinking about becoming an editor, come along to our workshop!
💡@britishecologicalsociety.org editors Franciska de Vries, Rob Fish, Sandra Varga and Tim Higham will be sharing their experiences and top tips on the role
🧪🌍
Come and join us! Such a rewarding way to give back to society and the BES and being on top of current science!
🤔Sorting out your schedule for the #BES2025 Annual Meeting? Interested in becoming an Associate Editor?
💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
🧪🌍
💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
🧪🌍
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Come and join us! Such a rewarding way to give back to society and the BES and being on top of current science!
Reposted by Sandra Varga
📰Published📰Adding beneficial root bacteria to densely planted maize fields improves soil health and boosts yields🦠
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Adding beneficial root bacteria to densely planted maize fields improves soil health and boosts yields
Ning Wang, Meng Hao, Rui Zhou, Bao-Zhong Wang, Peng-Yang Wang, Hong-Yan Tao, Ying Zhuc, Yan Hu, Hai-Ying Liu, Guang-Fu Huang, Fu-Yan Jiang, Qing-Yuan Huang, Xing-Ming Fan, You-Cai Xiong This is a p…
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December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📰Published📰Adding beneficial root bacteria to densely planted maize fields improves soil health and boosts yields🦠
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❄️December issue out now!❄️
📙On the cover: A female Weddell seal rests on the sea ice. Since she skipped having a pup this year, she doesn’t have to expend energy caring for offspring - leaving her with more time to enjoy a nice snow pillow! Credit: Amy Kirkham🦭
Read it here👇
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📙On the cover: A female Weddell seal rests on the sea ice. Since she skipped having a pup this year, she doesn’t have to expend energy caring for offspring - leaving her with more time to enjoy a nice snow pillow! Credit: Amy Kirkham🦭
Read it here👇
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December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
❄️December issue out now!❄️
📙On the cover: A female Weddell seal rests on the sea ice. Since she skipped having a pup this year, she doesn’t have to expend energy caring for offspring - leaving her with more time to enjoy a nice snow pillow! Credit: Amy Kirkham🦭
Read it here👇
buff.ly/b29bCGX
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📙On the cover: A female Weddell seal rests on the sea ice. Since she skipped having a pup this year, she doesn’t have to expend energy caring for offspring - leaving her with more time to enjoy a nice snow pillow! Credit: Amy Kirkham🦭
Read it here👇
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Reposted by Sandra Varga
📰Published📰Caterpillars and aphids leave different “soil memories” that change how plants resist attack🐛
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Caterpillars and aphids leave different “soil memories” that change how plants resist attack
Carla Vázquez-González, Kristin M. Barbour, Beatriz Lago-Núñez , Beatriz Rodríguez-Garrido, Lydia S. Dean, Ignacio Vicente-Díez, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Kailen A. Mooney This is a plain language su…
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December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📰Published📰Caterpillars and aphids leave different “soil memories” that change how plants resist attack🐛
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Mural on the back of a flower shop in Portland, Oregon #Photography #StreetArt #Mural #Bloomscrolling📷🐸🌹
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Mural on the back of a flower shop in Portland, Oregon #Photography #StreetArt #Mural #Bloomscrolling📷🐸🌹
We are recruiting! We are currently accepting applications for our 4-Year PhD Studentship (start date October 2026) in the application of Artificial Intelligence to sustainable agri-food (deadline 1st October).
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September 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We are recruiting! We are currently accepting applications for our 4-Year PhD Studentship (start date October 2026) in the application of Artificial Intelligence to sustainable agri-food (deadline 1st October).
www.sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-p...
www.sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-p...
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We're seeking a new Senior Editor! ⏰
Are you...
👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management?
👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team?
👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards?
More info 👇
bit.ly/4lPzaIx
Are you...
👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management?
👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team?
👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards?
More info 👇
bit.ly/4lPzaIx
Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society
Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 07 Sep 2025.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We're seeking a new Senior Editor! ⏰
Are you...
👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management?
👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team?
👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards?
More info 👇
bit.ly/4lPzaIx
Are you...
👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management?
👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team?
👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards?
More info 👇
bit.ly/4lPzaIx
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VACANCY - We’re currently hiring into two new senior roles:
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: okt.to/tqoasR
🗓️ Closing date: 25 August 2025
·An Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: okt.to/fDV0ha
🗓️ Closing date: 5 September 2025
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: okt.to/tqoasR
🗓️ Closing date: 25 August 2025
·An Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: okt.to/fDV0ha
🗓️ Closing date: 5 September 2025
August 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
VACANCY - We’re currently hiring into two new senior roles:
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: okt.to/tqoasR
🗓️ Closing date: 25 August 2025
·An Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: okt.to/fDV0ha
🗓️ Closing date: 5 September 2025
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: okt.to/tqoasR
🗓️ Closing date: 25 August 2025
·An Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: okt.to/fDV0ha
🗓️ Closing date: 5 September 2025
These little gestures always make my day, week, or even month! Tell your lecturers/tutors/colleagues when they are doing a good job, especially these days with so much going on... And yes, this little plant has found a home! #ilovemyjob
July 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
These little gestures always make my day, week, or even month! Tell your lecturers/tutors/colleagues when they are doing a good job, especially these days with so much going on... And yes, this little plant has found a home! #ilovemyjob
Reposted by Sandra Varga
There's a full-time position as Ecologist (with botanical skills) and Field survey co-ordinator advertised here at @ukceh.bsky.social. Full details here: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
February 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There's a full-time position as Ecologist (with botanical skills) and Field survey co-ordinator advertised here at @ukceh.bsky.social. Full details here: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
Emotional intelligence is so underrated... it should be taught from kindergarten until you can demonstrate proficiency as a functional adult.
January 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Emotional intelligence is so underrated... it should be taught from kindergarten until you can demonstrate proficiency as a functional adult.
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When you look at the garden and realize that the 8 varieties and 80 broccoli and cauliflower plants you chose with maturation dates to come in over two months have plasticity. And this year the plasticity means they are coming all at once because it never really got cold.
a man in a green shirt is surrounded by a bunch of stuffed animals
ALT: a man in a green shirt is surrounded by a bunch of stuffed animals
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January 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When you look at the garden and realize that the 8 varieties and 80 broccoli and cauliflower plants you chose with maturation dates to come in over two months have plasticity. And this year the plasticity means they are coming all at once because it never really got cold.
Just another amazing sunset...!
December 24, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Just another amazing sunset...!
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Talking to friends about this, I realised the big difference between cycling in the UK and NL is the mental load.
In the UK, I’m constantly alert, looking in every direction, navigating bad junctions, expecting drivers to put me at risk.
In NL, I can assume I am largely safe and just cycle.
In the UK, I’m constantly alert, looking in every direction, navigating bad junctions, expecting drivers to put me at risk.
In NL, I can assume I am largely safe and just cycle.
Apropos of this, having recently had a week in NL - I cycled in strong winds, zero temps, driving rain, over steep bridges, up & down surprisingly long underpasses, across exposed countryside, through busy cities - and it was all pretty easy, because it was safe & convenient.
Infrastructure works!
Infrastructure works!
A lovely Newsround piece with @annaholligan.bsky.social and some Dutch schoolkids telling us why Dutch kids cycle - because they have the infrastructure and because it’s fresh air, energising, non-polluting, good for the environment, liberating, exciting, happy & fun!
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/vi...
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December 14, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Talking to friends about this, I realised the big difference between cycling in the UK and NL is the mental load.
In the UK, I’m constantly alert, looking in every direction, navigating bad junctions, expecting drivers to put me at risk.
In NL, I can assume I am largely safe and just cycle.
In the UK, I’m constantly alert, looking in every direction, navigating bad junctions, expecting drivers to put me at risk.
In NL, I can assume I am largely safe and just cycle.
And have I mentioned the manuscript rejected today as well? #RejectionIsTheRule
So lovely to start the week with a grant rejection... #RejectionIsTheRule.
December 10, 2024 at 7:55 PM
And have I mentioned the manuscript rejected today as well? #RejectionIsTheRule
Come and find me by our poster to know more about the effects of #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi and a novel low C emission fertiliser on potato crops. #BES2024
December 10, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Come and find me by our poster to know more about the effects of #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi and a novel low C emission fertiliser on potato crops. #BES2024
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Three positions as assistant professor in #Biodiversity
You could become my colleague. I'll be at the #BES2024 conference from tomorrow Wednesday if you want to chat about it.
Maximum 7 years since phd . Excellent package comes with the positions
#stockholmUniversity 🌍🧪
www.su.se/english/news...
You could become my colleague. I'll be at the #BES2024 conference from tomorrow Wednesday if you want to chat about it.
Maximum 7 years since phd . Excellent package comes with the positions
#stockholmUniversity 🌍🧪
www.su.se/english/news...
Faculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Stockholm University
Faculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Stockholm University
www.su.se
December 10, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Three positions as assistant professor in #Biodiversity
You could become my colleague. I'll be at the #BES2024 conference from tomorrow Wednesday if you want to chat about it.
Maximum 7 years since phd . Excellent package comes with the positions
#stockholmUniversity 🌍🧪
www.su.se/english/news...
You could become my colleague. I'll be at the #BES2024 conference from tomorrow Wednesday if you want to chat about it.
Maximum 7 years since phd . Excellent package comes with the positions
#stockholmUniversity 🌍🧪
www.su.se/english/news...
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🌿 We need to raise the profile of #bryophyte ecological research 🌿 (and also a bryophyte emoji!)
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 AM
🌿 We need to raise the profile of #bryophyte ecological research 🌿 (and also a bryophyte emoji!)
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
Reposted by Sandra Varga
We're thrilled to welcome you to #BES2024! 🎉
Connect with fellow ecologists, and celebrate the innovations that come out of this week 🌿
Don’t forget to tag us and share your favourite moments from the Annual Meeting. We can't wait to see what inspires you! ✨
Connect with fellow ecologists, and celebrate the innovations that come out of this week 🌿
Don’t forget to tag us and share your favourite moments from the Annual Meeting. We can't wait to see what inspires you! ✨
December 10, 2024 at 6:43 PM
We're thrilled to welcome you to #BES2024! 🎉
Connect with fellow ecologists, and celebrate the innovations that come out of this week 🌿
Don’t forget to tag us and share your favourite moments from the Annual Meeting. We can't wait to see what inspires you! ✨
Connect with fellow ecologists, and celebrate the innovations that come out of this week 🌿
Don’t forget to tag us and share your favourite moments from the Annual Meeting. We can't wait to see what inspires you! ✨