Catherine Preece
@cathepreece.bsky.social
Plant and soil ecologist. Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Catalunya.
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In our rapid selection experiment we're using hoverflies to pollinate the Brassica rapa flowers. Here's a photo from the first test run 🪰
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In our rapid selection experiment we're using hoverflies to pollinate the Brassica rapa flowers. Here's a photo from the first test run 🪰
Congratulations Marcos! @burriach.bsky.social www.creaf.cat/en/articles/...
Marcos Fernández-Martínez receives the 'Ángeles Alvariño' national research award for his contribution in the field of ecology
Marcos Fernández Martínez, ERC researcher at CREAF, who has received the “Ángeles Alvariño” national research award in the category of Natural Resources Sciences and Technologies.
www.creaf.cat
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Congratulations Marcos! @burriach.bsky.social www.creaf.cat/en/articles/...
Great opportunity to join IRTA (Catalunya) with a permanent research position in soil science. Apply here talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6477...
Researcher in Soil Science for the Sustainable Field Crops Program - IRTA
We are an agri-food Research Institute under the Government of Catalonia, where over 1000 professionals work, with commitment, across 19 research areas to contribute to the future and to society.
talent.irta.cat
October 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Great opportunity to join IRTA (Catalunya) with a permanent research position in soil science. Apply here talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6477...
Had a great time talking about root exudates at the workshop about soil health at IRTA Cabrils today. And lots of other great talks!
September 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Had a great time talking about root exudates at the workshop about soil health at IRTA Cabrils today. And lots of other great talks!
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Desde la @academiajoven.bsky.social queremos felicitar a las personas galardonadas con los #PNI y #PNIJ en especial a los miembros de nuestra Academia:
Jesús Campos @camposgroup.bsky.social
Marcos Fernández @burriach.bsky.social
Marta Sánchez de la Torre @MSanchezdlTorre
¡Enhorabuena!👏
Jesús Campos @camposgroup.bsky.social
Marcos Fernández @burriach.bsky.social
Marta Sánchez de la Torre @MSanchezdlTorre
¡Enhorabuena!👏
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Desde la @academiajoven.bsky.social queremos felicitar a las personas galardonadas con los #PNI y #PNIJ en especial a los miembros de nuestra Academia:
Jesús Campos @camposgroup.bsky.social
Marcos Fernández @burriach.bsky.social
Marta Sánchez de la Torre @MSanchezdlTorre
¡Enhorabuena!👏
Jesús Campos @camposgroup.bsky.social
Marcos Fernández @burriach.bsky.social
Marta Sánchez de la Torre @MSanchezdlTorre
¡Enhorabuena!👏
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Last days to apply for a PhD position with us at IRTA Cabrils (Catalonia, Spain) to work on drought resistance of crops, root exudates, rhizosphere microbes, crop wild relatievs and more! talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6147...
PhD Candidate for a project about drought resistance of crop roots - IRTA
We are an agri-food Research Institute under the Government of Catalonia, where over 1000 professionals work, with commitment, across 19 research areas to contribute to the future and to society.
talent.irta.cat
September 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Last days to apply for a PhD position with us at IRTA Cabrils (Catalonia, Spain) to work on drought resistance of crops, root exudates, rhizosphere microbes, crop wild relatievs and more! talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6147...
‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants
Newly appointed expedition botanist Matthew Jeffery feels ‘daunted’ but inspired by his unique globetrotting role collecting wild species
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share.
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share.
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
Reposted by Catherine Preece
#PhD position now open to work with us in Catalunya at IRTA (Cabrils) investigating domestication effects on crop roots and drought tolerance. Apply here: talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6147...
PhD Candidate for a project about drought resistance of crop roots - IRTA
We are an agri-food Research Institute under the Government of Catalonia, where over 1000 professionals work, with commitment, across 19 research areas to contribute to the future and to society.
talent.irta.cat
July 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#PhD position now open to work with us in Catalunya at IRTA (Cabrils) investigating domestication effects on crop roots and drought tolerance. Apply here: talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6147...
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New paper alert!
Water sources shape drought effects on mammal activity in mediterranean woodlands
Congratulations Eleni! This is the result of 6 years of continuous monitoring of animal activity in Montnegre within the Gat Fer project (DSLC-ICHN)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Water sources shape drought effects on mammal activity in mediterranean woodlands
Congratulations Eleni! This is the result of 6 years of continuous monitoring of animal activity in Montnegre within the Gat Fer project (DSLC-ICHN)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Water sources shape drought effects on mammal activity in mediterranean woodlands - Mammalian Biology
Drought frequency and severity have notably increased in the Mediterranean basin throughout the 20th century, thereby impacting freshwater sources and forest regrowth, which are crucial for woodland m...
link.springer.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New paper alert!
Water sources shape drought effects on mammal activity in mediterranean woodlands
Congratulations Eleni! This is the result of 6 years of continuous monitoring of animal activity in Montnegre within the Gat Fer project (DSLC-ICHN)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Water sources shape drought effects on mammal activity in mediterranean woodlands
Congratulations Eleni! This is the result of 6 years of continuous monitoring of animal activity in Montnegre within the Gat Fer project (DSLC-ICHN)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Catherine Preece
{tinytable} is a dead simple, ultra-flexible, and dependency-free #Rstats 📦 to turn data frames into beautiful tables: html, word, pdf, latex, typst, markdown, etc.
v0.10.0 has cool new features and important bug fixes. Check out the detailed tutorials at:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
v0.10.0 has cool new features and important bug fixes. Check out the detailed tutorials at:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
July 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
{tinytable} is a dead simple, ultra-flexible, and dependency-free #Rstats 📦 to turn data frames into beautiful tables: html, word, pdf, latex, typst, markdown, etc.
v0.10.0 has cool new features and important bug fixes. Check out the detailed tutorials at:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
v0.10.0 has cool new features and important bug fixes. Check out the detailed tutorials at:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
The maize in the experiment is getting BIG. We've already had some interesting early findings with the VOC measurements, and I'm looking forward to analysing the exudates! #WILD-ROOTS
July 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The maize in the experiment is getting BIG. We've already had some interesting early findings with the VOC measurements, and I'm looking forward to analysing the exudates! #WILD-ROOTS
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Last week we had a great kick-off meeting with colleagues and collaborators!
June 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Last week we had a great kick-off meeting with colleagues and collaborators!
IRTA Torre Marimon was looking beautiful in the sunshine today.
May 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
IRTA Torre Marimon was looking beautiful in the sunshine today.
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🧪Open Postdoc position (up to 2 yrs) on Integrating Flux Data and Remote Sensing to Quantify Environmental Footprints of Agroecosystems in my lab at ETH Zurich: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
jobs.ethz.ch
May 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🧪Open Postdoc position (up to 2 yrs) on Integrating Flux Data and Remote Sensing to Quantify Environmental Footprints of Agroecosystems in my lab at ETH Zurich: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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Some of the beautiful flowers in the WILD-ROOTS greenhouse today.
May 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Some of the beautiful flowers in the WILD-ROOTS greenhouse today.
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@mpallandt.bsky.social and I were awarded financial support through the new EGU EDI Participation Support Scheme, to bring our child to #EGU25. This enables EC scientists to attend without monetary punishment for having children and no local support system. I hope more such initiatives will follow!
March 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@mpallandt.bsky.social and I were awarded financial support through the new EGU EDI Participation Support Scheme, to bring our child to #EGU25. This enables EC scientists to attend without monetary punishment for having children and no local support system. I hope more such initiatives will follow!
Reposted by Catherine Preece
📢New paper! One fifth of global farmland contaminated by toxic metals @science.org
Data from 800,000 soil samples identified a high-risk zone stretching across southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Read the full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/fifth-g...
Data from 800,000 soil samples identified a high-risk zone stretching across southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Read the full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/fifth-g...
April 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📢New paper! One fifth of global farmland contaminated by toxic metals @science.org
Data from 800,000 soil samples identified a high-risk zone stretching across southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Read the full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/fifth-g...
Data from 800,000 soil samples identified a high-risk zone stretching across southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Read the full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/fifth-g...
Nice to still get to help out with the greenhouse work from time to time on the #WILD-ROOTS project
April 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Nice to still get to help out with the greenhouse work from time to time on the #WILD-ROOTS project
My first time growing radish in an experiment-excited to include some root crops in the #WILD-ROOTS project. The modern and traditional varieties do look quite different! @wild-roots.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My first time growing radish in an experiment-excited to include some root crops in the #WILD-ROOTS project. The modern and traditional varieties do look quite different! @wild-roots.bsky.social
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Causes i efectes de la toxicitat en organismes i ecosistemes
Cicle de conferències de l'Atzavara (Mataró), del 2 d'abril al 3 de maig
No us els perdeu!
www.culturamataro.cat/toxicitat-en...
@ichn.iec.cat @arebroc.bsky.social
Cicle de conferències de l'Atzavara (Mataró), del 2 d'abril al 3 de maig
No us els perdeu!
www.culturamataro.cat/toxicitat-en...
@ichn.iec.cat @arebroc.bsky.social
toxicitat en organismes i ecosistemes
Cultura Mataró. Agenda cultural
www.culturamataro.cat
March 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Causes i efectes de la toxicitat en organismes i ecosistemes
Cicle de conferències de l'Atzavara (Mataró), del 2 d'abril al 3 de maig
No us els perdeu!
www.culturamataro.cat/toxicitat-en...
@ichn.iec.cat @arebroc.bsky.social
Cicle de conferències de l'Atzavara (Mataró), del 2 d'abril al 3 de maig
No us els perdeu!
www.culturamataro.cat/toxicitat-en...
@ichn.iec.cat @arebroc.bsky.social
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Soil VOC emission measurements underway (with SPMEs) thanks to our Masters student Jordi. Will wild relatives have different emissions compared to modern crops?
March 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Soil VOC emission measurements underway (with SPMEs) thanks to our Masters student Jordi. Will wild relatives have different emissions compared to modern crops?