Oliver Bossdorf
@bossdorf.bsky.social
Plant evolutionary ecologist @ Uni Tübingen. Genetic diversity, rapid evolution, invasions, herbaria. No expert on anything. Trying to be more human. https://uni-tuebingen.de/plantevoeco. https://uni-tuebingen.de/herbarium.
What a fabulous #BES2025 conference this has been! How friendly and modern and fun! So much great science, amazing keynote by Sandra Diaz, great party, good food. And Edinburgh is a very cool city.
December 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
What a fabulous #BES2025 conference this has been! How friendly and modern and fun! So much great science, amazing keynote by Sandra Diaz, great party, good food. And Edinburgh is a very cool city.
Library catalogue Heidelberg
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Library catalogue Heidelberg
JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
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October 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
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Please re-post!
Job Alert! We're hiring a BIOINFORMATICIAN / NGS SPECIALIST to support our new Molecular Biodiversity Lab in the @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Like the idea to use your skills for understanding biodiversity? To work on diverse questions in a wonderful place? Apply!
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September 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Job Alert! We're hiring a BIOINFORMATICIAN / NGS SPECIALIST to support our new Molecular Biodiversity Lab in the @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Like the idea to use your skills for understanding biodiversity? To work on diverse questions in a wonderful place? Apply!
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Please repost!
Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
September 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
Morning hike to Les 3 Becs, the highest point of the cretacous cliffs surrounding the Forêt de Saou in Drôme - an unusual rock formation (boat shaped syncline) with amazing biodiversity. I have never seen so many butterflies (meadows at bottom) and silver thistles (montane pastures)
August 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Morning hike to Les 3 Becs, the highest point of the cretacous cliffs surrounding the Forêt de Saou in Drôme - an unusual rock formation (boat shaped syncline) with amazing biodiversity. I have never seen so many butterflies (meadows at bottom) and silver thistles (montane pastures)
Geoökologie-Fan? Im November feiert der Studiengang Geoökologie @unituebingen.bsky.social sein 25-Jähriges. Motto: Bio-Geosphären-Wechselwirkungen (siehe @terra-cluster.bsky.social). Tolle Vorträge (z.B. von @chriswernerlab.bsky.social), Führungen und viel Zeit zum Austausch! Anmelden & weitersagen!
July 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Geoökologie-Fan? Im November feiert der Studiengang Geoökologie @unituebingen.bsky.social sein 25-Jähriges. Motto: Bio-Geosphären-Wechselwirkungen (siehe @terra-cluster.bsky.social). Tolle Vorträge (z.B. von @chriswernerlab.bsky.social), Führungen und viel Zeit zum Austausch! Anmelden & weitersagen!
Nice job at Aarhus University @au.dk: we need more professorship in genetic biodiversity!
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July 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Nice job at Aarhus University @au.dk: we need more professorship in genetic biodiversity!
tech.au.dk/en/about-the...
tech.au.dk/en/about-the...
Nice new building on our campus @unituebingen.bsky.social but the designer monoculture lawn in the front is clearly not climate change-resistant. New strategy please!
July 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Nice new building on our campus @unituebingen.bsky.social but the designer monoculture lawn in the front is clearly not climate change-resistant. New strategy please!
Next PhD from our group: Well done, Dr. Frank Reis, and thank you Mika Tarkka, Katja Tielbörger and Eric Kemen for the excellent questions! Frank studied effects of plant age, genotype and organ on the microbiome of Lotus corniculatus, within the @dfg.de SPP 2125 DECRyPT. @unituebingen.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Next PhD from our group: Well done, Dr. Frank Reis, and thank you Mika Tarkka, Katja Tielbörger and Eric Kemen for the excellent questions! Frank studied effects of plant age, genotype and organ on the microbiome of Lotus corniculatus, within the @dfg.de SPP 2125 DECRyPT. @unituebingen.bsky.social
So happy that Junhee @junhee-jung.bsky.social defended his thesis @unituebingen.bsky.social! Note the knitted DNA tie, the discarded (a.k.a. garbage can) sequences on the hat, and the PhD-themed cookies. Niek @plantevoeco.bsky.social, Eric Kemen and Kyle @kylemojo.bsky.social asked great questions!
June 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So happy that Junhee @junhee-jung.bsky.social defended his thesis @unituebingen.bsky.social! Note the knitted DNA tie, the discarded (a.k.a. garbage can) sequences on the hat, and the PhD-themed cookies. Niek @plantevoeco.bsky.social, Eric Kemen and Kyle @kylemojo.bsky.social asked great questions!
I didn't know the Black Forest was so beautiful. Extensive grasslands full of Arnica, orchids and butterflies.
June 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I didn't know the Black Forest was so beautiful. Extensive grasslands full of Arnica, orchids and butterflies.
Excellent job opportunity at @unihohenheim.bsky.social: build your own team in Experimental Plant Biodiversity Research (within @plantecology.bsky.social, group of Frank Schurr). Great environment (also b/c of new @greenrobust.de and #TERRA @dfg.de clusters of excellence), and great people!
June 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Excellent job opportunity at @unihohenheim.bsky.social: build your own team in Experimental Plant Biodiversity Research (within @plantecology.bsky.social, group of Frank Schurr). Great environment (also b/c of new @greenrobust.de and #TERRA @dfg.de clusters of excellence), and great people!
After her excellent PhD defense, Maryam Mahmoudi goes on a ride with her supervisor Eric Kemen. Check out her work about temp variation in plant microbiota: doi.org/10.1093/isme... doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
More to come soon!
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@cmfi.bsky.social
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More to come soon!
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@cmfi.bsky.social
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May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
After her excellent PhD defense, Maryam Mahmoudi goes on a ride with her supervisor Eric Kemen. Check out her work about temp variation in plant microbiota: doi.org/10.1093/isme... doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
More to come soon!
@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
@cmfi.bsky.social
@unituebingen.bsky.social
More to come soon!
@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
@cmfi.bsky.social
@unituebingen.bsky.social
I just poured coffee # 18789 from our lab coffee machine. I know others e.g. @colauttilab.bsky.social have posted this before, but most important piece of equipment! Would love to have more detailed stats (who, when, diurnal/seasonal patterns etc.)
April 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I just poured coffee # 18789 from our lab coffee machine. I know others e.g. @colauttilab.bsky.social have posted this before, but most important piece of equipment! Would love to have more detailed stats (who, when, diurnal/seasonal patterns etc.)
Ah, the beauty of a new experiment! This one tests whether urban populations of three annual Asteraceae are more tolerant to saltier and PAH-polluted soils than rural populations of the same species. Son = Sonchus oleraceus. SP = Salt + PAH. #urbanecology #rapidevolution #weeds
December 20, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Ah, the beauty of a new experiment! This one tests whether urban populations of three annual Asteraceae are more tolerant to saltier and PAH-polluted soils than rural populations of the same species. Son = Sonchus oleraceus. SP = Salt + PAH. #urbanecology #rapidevolution #weeds
Wow, I love this work by Carlos @cmhmaliani.bsky.social! Summer flowering Asteraceae in Spain create an actively "refrigerated flower layer" which protects pollen and makes pollinators happy too. Wonderful thorough discovery work!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 30, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Wow, I love this work by Carlos @cmhmaliani.bsky.social! Summer flowering Asteraceae in Spain create an actively "refrigerated flower layer" which protects pollen and makes pollinators happy too. Wonderful thorough discovery work!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
On the way to @debbiemleigh.bsky.social 's excellent seminar talk this afternoon. If you like geometry this part of @unituebingen.bsky.social campus is good for you...
November 29, 2024 at 8:03 PM
On the way to @debbiemleigh.bsky.social 's excellent seminar talk this afternoon. If you like geometry this part of @unituebingen.bsky.social campus is good for you...
Wer hat Angst vor Gentechnik – und warum? Texte zur Grünen Gentechnik in ScienceNotes @sciencenotes.bsky.social. Besonders gut finde ich den Artikel von Bernd Eberhart über finanzielle Interessen kritischer NGOs. Lesen! sciencenotes.de/wer-hat-angs...
November 23, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Wer hat Angst vor Gentechnik – und warum? Texte zur Grünen Gentechnik in ScienceNotes @sciencenotes.bsky.social. Besonders gut finde ich den Artikel von Bernd Eberhart über finanzielle Interessen kritischer NGOs. Lesen! sciencenotes.de/wer-hat-angs...
Our #Protea common garden in the Western Cape, South Africa. In collaboration with @plantecology.bsky.social. 1.5 years ago we planted ~6500 seedlings of 18 Protea species, and look how pretty they are! So far only small catastrophes. Stay tuned for the results in 10 years...
November 20, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Our #Protea common garden in the Western Cape, South Africa. In collaboration with @plantecology.bsky.social. 1.5 years ago we planted ~6500 seedlings of 18 Protea species, and look how pretty they are! So far only small catastrophes. Stay tuned for the results in 10 years...
Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in!
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November 15, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in!
www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
This #JapaneseKnotweed really wants to get out!
November 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
This #JapaneseKnotweed really wants to get out!
@plantricia.bsky.social and I are organizing a symposium on collections-based global change research at #Evol2024. All questions, approaches, taxa. Keynotes: Emily Meineke + Rob Guralnick. Come and present your research, and join the community (deadline: May1). @evolmtg.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social
April 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM
@plantricia.bsky.social and I are organizing a symposium on collections-based global change research at #Evol2024. All questions, approaches, taxa. Keynotes: Emily Meineke + Rob Guralnick. Come and present your research, and join the community (deadline: May1). @evolmtg.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social