Dajana Radujkovic
@dajana-r.bsky.social
Biologist; soil biodiversity 🦠🍄🟫🧬 and ecosystem functioning, microbial communities, plant-soil interactions 🪴
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New study from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social lab, showing that many commercial mycorrhizal inoculants are snake oil. So important for this data to be published!
Between this, @lizkoziol.bsky.social and Matt Salomon’s work… well I think we make a strong point.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Between this, @lizkoziol.bsky.social and Matt Salomon’s work… well I think we make a strong point.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Poor Quality of Commercial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculants Used for Agriculture and Home Gardening
There is an urgent need to develop microbial inoculants that can consistently improve crop performance as part of efforts to implement sustainable agricultural practices and reduce the environmental ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New study from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social lab, showing that many commercial mycorrhizal inoculants are snake oil. So important for this data to be published!
Between this, @lizkoziol.bsky.social and Matt Salomon’s work… well I think we make a strong point.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Between this, @lizkoziol.bsky.social and Matt Salomon’s work… well I think we make a strong point.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!
Soil Ecology Group - British Ecological Society
Understanding the vital ecosystem services provided by soil
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!
Soil biodiversity 🦠🍄 may enhance some grassland functions but suppress others, sometimes depending on soil conditions. Whether the overall effect is “positive” depends on our perspective or goal. Happy to share our new paper in Soil Biology & Biochemistry. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lrAt8g13f...
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September 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Soil biodiversity 🦠🍄 may enhance some grassland functions but suppress others, sometimes depending on soil conditions. Whether the overall effect is “positive” depends on our perspective or goal. Happy to share our new paper in Soil Biology & Biochemistry. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lrAt8g13f...
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If you are in need of soil microbial data relating to PLFAs or enzyme activities, check out our latest paper that provides an open-access global database of data form around the world. Thanks very much to the long list of collaborators who made this happen! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities
www.nature.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If you are in need of soil microbial data relating to PLFAs or enzyme activities, check out our latest paper that provides an open-access global database of data form around the world. Thanks very much to the long list of collaborators who made this happen! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How do you know if a person is #smart? You ask questions.
How do you know if a #soil is #healthy? You take measurements.
But are we taking the right #measurements?
I think we can do better.
Here you can read my proposal, an 'IQ test for soils'.
shorturl.at/knvG4
What’s yours?
How do you know if a #soil is #healthy? You take measurements.
But are we taking the right #measurements?
I think we can do better.
Here you can read my proposal, an 'IQ test for soils'.
shorturl.at/knvG4
What’s yours?
September 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
How do you know if a person is #smart? You ask questions.
How do you know if a #soil is #healthy? You take measurements.
But are we taking the right #measurements?
I think we can do better.
Here you can read my proposal, an 'IQ test for soils'.
shorturl.at/knvG4
What’s yours?
How do you know if a #soil is #healthy? You take measurements.
But are we taking the right #measurements?
I think we can do better.
Here you can read my proposal, an 'IQ test for soils'.
shorturl.at/knvG4
What’s yours?
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Celebrating the small wins in academia….a reminder to myself (and maybe you….)
Please share with someone you think might also need this reminder :)
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Please share with someone you think might also need this reminder :)
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Celebrating the small wins in academia
A little reminder...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Celebrating the small wins in academia….a reminder to myself (and maybe you….)
Please share with someone you think might also need this reminder :)
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Please share with someone you think might also need this reminder :)
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My new paper is out! 🧪🦠
Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...
Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵
Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...
Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵
Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds
Native mycorrhizal fungi enhance prairie restoration by boosting native plant diversity, supporting late-successional species, and reducing invasive plants
academic.oup.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new paper is out! 🧪🦠
Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...
Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵
Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...
Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵
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Great publication from Maggie Wagner (KU) and Manuel Kleiner (NCS) on how to design microbiome (+ other Omic) projects with downstream statistics in mind!
A must read for trainees!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A must read for trainees!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How thoughtful experimental design can empower biologists in the omics era - Nature Communications
Here, the authors discuss principles of experimental design that are relevant for all biology research, along with special considerations for projects using -omics approaches, highlighting common expe...
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Great publication from Maggie Wagner (KU) and Manuel Kleiner (NCS) on how to design microbiome (+ other Omic) projects with downstream statistics in mind!
A must read for trainees!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A must read for trainees!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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If you do #qPCR on soils you might be interested in this paper led by @aoifeduff.bsky.social @femsmicro.org which shows the effect of mastermix, sample type, platform and gene target on the inhibition, precision and accuracy of quantification academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
Counting soil microbial communities: the impact of qPCR platform and mastermix on accuracy and precision
qPCR is used to measure soil microorganisms but can be affected by inhibitors, change in mastermix, and platform. This study measured precision and accurac
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July 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If you do #qPCR on soils you might be interested in this paper led by @aoifeduff.bsky.social @femsmicro.org which shows the effect of mastermix, sample type, platform and gene target on the inhibition, precision and accuracy of quantification academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
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In our review of CMNs, water stood out as a resource that might be transferred between plants via fungal connections. This new study provides further support (and in DSEs!). Nice expt by Bea Bock et al 👍 Great to see new research.
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Evidence for common fungal networks among plants formed by a Dark Septate Endophyte in Sorghum bicolor - Communications Biology
A lab experiment shows that Dark Septate Endophytes can form common fungal networks between plants, increasing biomass and enabling water movement, suggesting that non-mycorrhizal fungi may contribute...
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July 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In our review of CMNs, water stood out as a resource that might be transferred between plants via fungal connections. This new study provides further support (and in DSEs!). Nice expt by Bea Bock et al 👍 Great to see new research.
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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Very glad to see this nice paper by Anika out; systematic mapping is such a useful tool to get an overview of an entire field.
Systematic mapping of experimental approaches to studying common #mycorrhizal networks in arbuscular mycorrhiza
#Review by Anika Lehmann and @mrillig.bsky.social
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#LatestIssue
#Review by Anika Lehmann and @mrillig.bsky.social
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#LatestIssue
June 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Very glad to see this nice paper by Anika out; systematic mapping is such a useful tool to get an overview of an entire field.
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A great day at #esm2025 coming to an end here on Helsinki, with the last event of todays programme being a reception at the beautiful city hall 🥂 So wonderful to reconnect with colleagues I haven't seen in a long time 😊
June 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A great day at #esm2025 coming to an end here on Helsinki, with the last event of todays programme being a reception at the beautiful city hall 🥂 So wonderful to reconnect with colleagues I haven't seen in a long time 😊
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The final version of this viewpoint paper is now out in @funecology.bsky.social
Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Follow-up papers: see thread
Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Follow-up papers: see thread
Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The final version of this viewpoint paper is now out in @funecology.bsky.social
Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Follow-up papers: see thread
Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Follow-up papers: see thread
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We often measure AM fungal colonisation assuming it tells us something about function. But… what does it tell us?
A short Letter where I ask what root colonisation really means for plant growth, P uptake, and defence.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi #plantmicrobiome
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A short Letter where I ask what root colonisation really means for plant growth, P uptake, and defence.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi #plantmicrobiome
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What does colonisation tell us? Revisiting the functional outcomes of root colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Click on the article title to read more.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
We often measure AM fungal colonisation assuming it tells us something about function. But… what does it tell us?
A short Letter where I ask what root colonisation really means for plant growth, P uptake, and defence.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi #plantmicrobiome
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A short Letter where I ask what root colonisation really means for plant growth, P uptake, and defence.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi #plantmicrobiome
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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What happens belowground when a mountain road cuts through nature?
After epic fieldwork, root sequencing & modeling marathons, we found: roads unravel fungal interaction networks—fewer links and more generalists.
@dajana-r.bsky.social
📖 Blog: the3dlab.org/2025/05/08/w...
After epic fieldwork, root sequencing & modeling marathons, we found: roads unravel fungal interaction networks—fewer links and more generalists.
@dajana-r.bsky.social
📖 Blog: the3dlab.org/2025/05/08/w...
What mountain roads do to root-associated fungi
Some papers just hit harder than others. And this latest one – just out in Molecular Ecology – sits right at the top of the epic scale. The topic? The impact of mountain roads on plant-…
the3dlab.org
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
What happens belowground when a mountain road cuts through nature?
After epic fieldwork, root sequencing & modeling marathons, we found: roads unravel fungal interaction networks—fewer links and more generalists.
@dajana-r.bsky.social
📖 Blog: the3dlab.org/2025/05/08/w...
After epic fieldwork, root sequencing & modeling marathons, we found: roads unravel fungal interaction networks—fewer links and more generalists.
@dajana-r.bsky.social
📖 Blog: the3dlab.org/2025/05/08/w...
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New #MIREN publication 📜 Roadsides in mountains around the world alter plant & fungal communities, favouring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi & putative plant pathogens at the expense of ectomycorrhizal fungi ⬇️ Amazing work led by #Dajana #Radujković
@dajana-r.bsky.social
🌐🌏🏔🛣🍄🟫☘️🍁🌳
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@dajana-r.bsky.social
🌐🌏🏔🛣🍄🟫☘️🍁🌳
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April 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New #MIREN publication 📜 Roadsides in mountains around the world alter plant & fungal communities, favouring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi & putative plant pathogens at the expense of ectomycorrhizal fungi ⬇️ Amazing work led by #Dajana #Radujković
@dajana-r.bsky.social
🌐🌏🏔🛣🍄🟫☘️🍁🌳
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@dajana-r.bsky.social
🌐🌏🏔🛣🍄🟫☘️🍁🌳
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New study in @nature.com: we focus on the diversity that's missing - “dark diversity.” Human impact means only 1 in 5 species persist in disturbed areas versus 1 in 3 in pristine ones. My summary of the project & its implications: the3dlab.org/2025/04/03/g...
Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by ‘dark diversity’
Back in 2019, we ventured into the field with a rather unusual mission: to search for the biodiversity that wasn’t there. At first glance, this might seem counterintuitive – after all, we’re …
the3dlab.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New study in @nature.com: we focus on the diversity that's missing - “dark diversity.” Human impact means only 1 in 5 species persist in disturbed areas versus 1 in 3 in pristine ones. My summary of the project & its implications: the3dlab.org/2025/04/03/g...
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Wrapping up our Applied Plant Transcriptomics course! From RNA-seq to de novo transcriptome assembly.
#Bioinformatics #PlantSciences
📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl...
#Bioinformatics #PlantSciences
📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl...
March 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wrapping up our Applied Plant Transcriptomics course! From RNA-seq to de novo transcriptome assembly.
#Bioinformatics #PlantSciences
📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl...
#Bioinformatics #PlantSciences
📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl...
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This week's newsletter is about appreciation in academia at various levels and in various contexts - and the lack thereof.
What do you think?
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What do you think?
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Appreciation in academia
We could all do with a bit more appreciation: receiving and giving.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This week's newsletter is about appreciation in academia at various levels and in various contexts - and the lack thereof.
What do you think?
matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/appreciati...
What do you think?
matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/appreciati...
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If you do not know it already I would certainly recommend the channel of @mrillig.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@mrillig You will find there very helpful videos about life in academia. Topics include publishing, writing, reviewing, research strategy, rejections and success - and plenty of advice
Life in academia
Hi there! I am a professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. In this channel I'm talking about life in academia from graduate student to running a lab and everything in between. Topics ...
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March 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
If you do not know it already I would certainly recommend the channel of @mrillig.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@mrillig You will find there very helpful videos about life in academia. Topics include publishing, writing, reviewing, research strategy, rejections and success - and plenty of advice
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A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.
+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
February 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.
+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
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Soil microbiome inoculation: don't forget about microbial communnity coalescence!
My newsletter for this week.
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My newsletter for this week.
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Soil microbiome inoculation and microbial community coalescence
Interactions of entire microbial communities
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February 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Soil microbiome inoculation: don't forget about microbial communnity coalescence!
My newsletter for this week.
open.substack.com/pub/matthias...
My newsletter for this week.
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