Emilia Hannula
@ehannula.bsky.social
Soil ecologist. Fungi, networks, functions. Associate professor at Leiden University, Institute of Environmental Sciences. Mother of two.
This week 120 soil intact soil cores were collected by Unifarm and PhD candidates Sophie and Robin from our field experiment on the effects of diversifying plant root traits in pastures on C budgets. The cores will be 13CO2 pulse labeled so that we can follow C through the system. #coolstuff #soils
September 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week 120 soil intact soil cores were collected by Unifarm and PhD candidates Sophie and Robin from our field experiment on the effects of diversifying plant root traits in pastures on C budgets. The cores will be 13CO2 pulse labeled so that we can follow C through the system. #coolstuff #soils
Last week we were with students on Schiermonnikkoog. Weather was quite extreme (rain and wind) but still had good mushroom excursions and soil sampling campaigns with engaged students! Exhausted but also inspired by my job and interactions it brings!
September 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last week we were with students on Schiermonnikkoog. Weather was quite extreme (rain and wind) but still had good mushroom excursions and soil sampling campaigns with engaged students! Exhausted but also inspired by my job and interactions it brings!
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Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models.
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models - Nature Climate Change
Soil models include a key parameter known as carbon use efficiency, which impacts estimates of global carbon storage by determining the flow of carbon into soil pools versus the atmosphere. Microbial-...
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Rethinking microbial carbon use efficiency in soil models.
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hint consider microbial anatomy and physiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The peer-review system is broken. But there is no good alternative. I have sent 20+ invites today (5 manuscripts) and gotten already 11 declines and no one has accepted. I have also myself already gotten 7 requests which I declined all (I am busy with the ones I am editing). #academicpublishing
September 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The peer-review system is broken. But there is no good alternative. I have sent 20+ invites today (5 manuscripts) and gotten already 11 declines and no one has accepted. I have also myself already gotten 7 requests which I declined all (I am busy with the ones I am editing). #academicpublishing
Academic year is open! I want to wish all teachers and students an amazing year of learning about the topic but also about yourself! In the official opening of the year of @unileiden.bsky.social we heard a lot about detours in the path leading to self-development. I would also further argue that 1/2
September 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Academic year is open! I want to wish all teachers and students an amazing year of learning about the topic but also about yourself! In the official opening of the year of @unileiden.bsky.social we heard a lot about detours in the path leading to self-development. I would also further argue that 1/2
Ready for the new academic year with our brand new BSc programme (Science for Sustainable Societies) starting along with academic year on Monday. The holiday was great, and I got fully recharged looking for fungi, hiking with kids, fishing, eating blueberry pies, and meeting friends and relatives.
August 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ready for the new academic year with our brand new BSc programme (Science for Sustainable Societies) starting along with academic year on Monday. The holiday was great, and I got fully recharged looking for fungi, hiking with kids, fishing, eating blueberry pies, and meeting friends and relatives.
Time to harvest some rucola! They were grown in different microbiomes (inocuated to common sterilized soil). Not to eat (this time) but to analyse microbiomes, metabolites and nutrients. #Soils2Guts #soils #harvesttime
August 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Time to harvest some rucola! They were grown in different microbiomes (inocuated to common sterilized soil). Not to eat (this time) but to analyse microbiomes, metabolites and nutrients. #Soils2Guts #soils #harvesttime
We are officially well into one of my favorite seasons: field work season. I do not get to do it often enough but sometimes I am still needed at least to show sampling locations (and take some soil samples...) and water plants.
July 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We are officially well into one of my favorite seasons: field work season. I do not get to do it often enough but sometimes I am still needed at least to show sampling locations (and take some soil samples...) and water plants.
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Happy to share this big piece on saprobic fungal traits and soil carbon cycling. Great collaboration in the SPP SoilSystems @dfg.de , with Damien Finn, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Denise Vonhoegen, @mrillig.bsky.social and many others contributing to the study. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
What are all these soil fungi doing? Complex carbon use ability as a predictive trait for fungal community functions
Fungal communities in soil play important roles in decomposition processes and soil organic carbon cycling. These communities are tremendously diverse, making it challenging to assign relevant functio...
www.biorxiv.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy to share this big piece on saprobic fungal traits and soil carbon cycling. Great collaboration in the SPP SoilSystems @dfg.de , with Damien Finn, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Denise Vonhoegen, @mrillig.bsky.social and many others contributing to the study. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Legacy article from times @niooknaw.bsky.social on legacy of drought on soil fungal communities and functions. Key finding is that communities in bulk soil recover pretty fast while soil C related functions remain changed. Photos of the experiment for attention!
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
July 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Legacy article from times @niooknaw.bsky.social on legacy of drought on soil fungal communities and functions. Key finding is that communities in bulk soil recover pretty fast while soil C related functions remain changed. Photos of the experiment for attention!
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
To have an impact on society, we need to work together. Our broad consortium (Reap2Sow) got funding from NWA-ORC to investigate the environmental and societal impacts and obstacles of transition from animal based protein to plant based protein. Looking forward to working together to make this happen
July 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
To have an impact on society, we need to work together. Our broad consortium (Reap2Sow) got funding from NWA-ORC to investigate the environmental and societal impacts and obstacles of transition from animal based protein to plant based protein. Looking forward to working together to make this happen
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Soil fungi influence the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality
manipulating plant species richness/soil fungal diversity in 190 plant communities => measuring 10 ecosystem functions
-in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
manipulating plant species richness/soil fungal diversity in 190 plant communities => measuring 10 ecosystem functions
-in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil fungi influence the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality - Nature Communications
Fungal diversity is critical for ecosystem functioning, yet its role in mediating the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality remains unclear. This study finds that funga...
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Soil fungi influence the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality
manipulating plant species richness/soil fungal diversity in 190 plant communities => measuring 10 ecosystem functions
-in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
manipulating plant species richness/soil fungal diversity in 190 plant communities => measuring 10 ecosystem functions
-in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yesterday we had 4 thesis presentations and a lovely soil group gathering! Esmee (Bsc) had looked at fungal CUE, Nio (Bsc) worked on fungal melanin and stress, Jacco (Msc) worked on fungal traits and interactions and Arman (Msc) on mycoviruses affecting soil functions. All did amazing (1/2)
July 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Yesterday we had 4 thesis presentations and a lovely soil group gathering! Esmee (Bsc) had looked at fungal CUE, Nio (Bsc) worked on fungal melanin and stress, Jacco (Msc) worked on fungal traits and interactions and Arman (Msc) on mycoviruses affecting soil functions. All did amazing (1/2)
Happy 71st birthday @niooknaw.bsky.social and thanks for organising an event for alumni. Was nice to see sl many 'old' colleagues (and both of my PhD supervisors) and dance together. Hearing from panel of old directors was very insightful. South side to the win in the tug of war!
June 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Happy 71st birthday @niooknaw.bsky.social and thanks for organising an event for alumni. Was nice to see sl many 'old' colleagues (and both of my PhD supervisors) and dance together. Hearing from panel of old directors was very insightful. South side to the win in the tug of war!
Could not stop the streak with Soil Biology and Biochemistry. I have published with them in 2010 (felt like 2011), 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 (x3), 2023 ... and this week heard that our manuscript got accepted making it come out in 2025. Now on to doing some cool experiments for 2027! 😀
June 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Could not stop the streak with Soil Biology and Biochemistry. I have published with them in 2010 (felt like 2011), 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 (x3), 2023 ... and this week heard that our manuscript got accepted making it come out in 2025. Now on to doing some cool experiments for 2027! 😀
Day 2 highlights were the session I chaired in the morning (especially talk by F. Van der Bom on root traits), climbing to a mountain with some grassland scientists, poster presented by PhD candidate S. Planchenault and the party held at the Scottish museum (with loads of dancing). #rhizosphere6
June 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Day 2 highlights were the session I chaired in the morning (especially talk by F. Van der Bom on root traits), climbing to a mountain with some grassland scientists, poster presented by PhD candidate S. Planchenault and the party held at the Scottish museum (with loads of dancing). #rhizosphere6
Day 3 of #rhizosphere6 and conference fatigue would hit in if talks would not be this interesting. My highlights for today so far were talk by Claudia Knief showing their results on 11C/13C dual labeling, plenary by Ina Meier on hyphosphere and climate and Eva Oburger telling about root exudates.
June 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Day 3 of #rhizosphere6 and conference fatigue would hit in if talks would not be this interesting. My highlights for today so far were talk by Claudia Knief showing their results on 11C/13C dual labeling, plenary by Ina Meier on hyphosphere and climate and Eva Oburger telling about root exudates.
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Interactions between organisms in the rhizosphere, the
#microbiome and beyond
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🧪🦠🌱
#Rhizosphere6 #UniEdinbourgh
#PlantScience
#microbiome and beyond
» Dr. Emilia Hannula
🧪🦠🌱
#Rhizosphere6 #UniEdinbourgh
#PlantScience
June 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Interactions between organisms in the rhizosphere, the
#microbiome and beyond
» Dr. Emilia Hannula
🧪🦠🌱
#Rhizosphere6 #UniEdinbourgh
#PlantScience
#microbiome and beyond
» Dr. Emilia Hannula
🧪🦠🌱
#Rhizosphere6 #UniEdinbourgh
#PlantScience
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Back in the stately McEwan Hall for @ehannula.bsky.social presenting on interactions in the rhizosphere #rhizosphere6
June 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Back in the stately McEwan Hall for @ehannula.bsky.social presenting on interactions in the rhizosphere #rhizosphere6
One castle in France, 40 (micro) soil scientists, 3 days. What is not to love! #microsoil was one of the best meetings I have ever been to. During the week talked about (microbial) death under the fig tree, pores (and non-excisting) aggregates and about persistence and stability of carbon. #soils
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
One castle in France, 40 (micro) soil scientists, 3 days. What is not to love! #microsoil was one of the best meetings I have ever been to. During the week talked about (microbial) death under the fig tree, pores (and non-excisting) aggregates and about persistence and stability of carbon. #soils
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New publication: Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for #carbonstabilization, by @stevendegoede.bsky.social @ehannula.bsky.social and others. #fungidiversity #carbonsinks #greenhousegas
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
June 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New publication: Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for #carbonstabilization, by @stevendegoede.bsky.social @ehannula.bsky.social and others. #fungidiversity #carbonsinks #greenhousegas
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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Register for this free meeting organized by @anapineda.bsky.social for new PI!
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June 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Register for this free meeting organized by @anapineda.bsky.social for new PI!
use this link to register: ifocusandwrite.lpages.co/summit-the-t...
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Had the pleasure to attend 3 PhD defences in 3 weeks, 'working' in only one of them (hence the 📸 of walking to the hall). For others, as a colleague and co-author. Meanwhile, I have evaluated 3 more as a reader 😀 in the past weeks. Congrats to all new doctors (and all almost there!) #lovemyjob
June 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Had the pleasure to attend 3 PhD defences in 3 weeks, 'working' in only one of them (hence the 📸 of walking to the hall). For others, as a colleague and co-author. Meanwhile, I have evaluated 3 more as a reader 😀 in the past weeks. Congrats to all new doctors (and all almost there!) #lovemyjob
Opinions from fellow academics needed! I am handling a manuscript that seemed very familiar and checked to see that I have indeed reviewed it for another journal end of last year. It got rejected but 2 reviewers wrote many comments to improve the ms. Yet the ms has not changed. What to do? Reject?
June 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Opinions from fellow academics needed! I am handling a manuscript that seemed very familiar and checked to see that I have indeed reviewed it for another journal end of last year. It got rejected but 2 reviewers wrote many comments to improve the ms. Yet the ms has not changed. What to do? Reject?
As a supervisor I often only hear when things go wrong or when there is a problem/question. I rarely hear when things get solved (no news is good news) or that there are good news. That is why in the group meeting I implement 'good news/happy about' round and have weekly meetings with all individual
June 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As a supervisor I often only hear when things go wrong or when there is a problem/question. I rarely hear when things get solved (no news is good news) or that there are good news. That is why in the group meeting I implement 'good news/happy about' round and have weekly meetings with all individual