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Elsa Abs
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Researcher CNRS @LSCE_IPSL - Earth scientist and microbial ecologist - @ERC_Research for project GAMEchange - they/iel 🇫🇷 🇱🇧 🏳️‍🌈

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🎉 I'm thrilled to share that I've started a permanent research position as Chargée de Recherche (CR) at the CNRS!
@cnrs-insu.bsky.social

I'm super thankful to all my amazing colleagues and friends who gave feedback and encouragement during the application process 💚
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Wondering where to submit your abstract for #AGU25 @agu.org?

Check out our session co-organized with @kristenobacter.bsky.social (UMass), Ulas Karaoz and Nicola Falco (Berkeley Lab).

In-person invited speakers: @andreasrichter.bsky.social (U of Vienna) & Amilcare Porporato (Princeton) 🤩
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Working on microscale microbial functions and/or scaling up?

Submit to our Elementa special feature!

🔗 lnkd.in/gChyjaiM
📝 Rolling publication
📅 Final deadline: Sept 20, 2025
🌍 Contributions welcome from soil, ocean & human systems.
📣 Our special feature highlighting cutting-edge microbial eco-evolutionary research is now live and open for submissions! online.ucpress.edu/elementa/pag.... Submission deadline: September 20, 2025 (but accepted papers will be published on a rolling basis starting immediately).
July 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New paper out in Global Change Biology 🤩

doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

We built the first soil carbon model that includes microbial eco-evolution using game theory — and found that adaptation could nearly double global soil carbon loss by 2100. Here is how👇(1/7)
June 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Elsa Abs
🚨 New blog! 🌱🌍
What happens when 18 scientists gather in a medieval hall to rethink Land Surface Models using Eco-Evolutionary Optimality?
Find out 👉 research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/si...
#EEO #LandSurfaceModels #LEMONTREE
Simpler, Smarter, Stronger: Workshop on Incorporating EEO into Land Surface Models - Lemontree
The LEMONTREE team and invited guests recently met at Dartington Hall to explore how Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory can simplify and strengthen Land Surface Models.
research.reading.ac.uk
April 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Gorgeous place to think about eco-evolution. Thanks @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social for the invite!
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📣 Our special feature highlighting cutting-edge microbial eco-evolutionary research is now live and open for submissions! online.ucpress.edu/elementa/pag.... Submission deadline: September 20, 2025 (but accepted papers will be published on a rolling basis starting immediately).
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If you loved (or missed!) our AGU24 session, don’t miss our
#EGU25 session, "Advancing Soil Carbon Predictions"! 🥁 Invited speaker: Elena Shevliakova (Princeton), a leader in integrating microbes into land surface models. Submit abstracts by Jan 15 🗓️: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
December 17, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Poster’s up!

Come by Hall B 1399 to chat about integrating microbial diversity and evolution into soil carbon ecosystem models. I’ll be there from 10 AM to 12:30 PM—hope to see you! #AGU24
December 11, 2024 at 1:57 PM
📣 All our sessions about advancing soil carbon predictions is today!
I’m at #AGU24 all week! 📋Come to my poster on Wed morning to chat about integrating microbial diversity and adaptation into ecosystem models. 🗣️Come to our 2 oral sessions Wed afternoon to talk about improving soil carbon predictions. ☕️And message me to chat over coffee!
December 11, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Reposted by Elsa Abs
Heads up for Wednesday at #AGU24

WILL WIEDER (NCAR+INSTAAR)
2:20pm on microbial dynamics in Earth system models
agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...

KATIE ROCCI (INSTAAR+UMich)
2:54pm on combining soil microbes with process-based ecosystem models
agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
If you signed up for the Soil Carbon Research starter pack and are heading to #AGU2024, don’t miss our session on integrating microbial complexity to advance soil carbon predictions! 🦠🌍 Featuring invited speakers: Christina Kaiser, Jackie Weissman, Katie Rocci, and Will Wieder 🤩.
December 10, 2024 at 11:53 PM
I’m at #AGU24 all week! 📋Come to my poster on Wed morning to chat about integrating microbial diversity and adaptation into ecosystem models. 🗣️Come to our 2 oral sessions Wed afternoon to talk about improving soil carbon predictions. ☕️And message me to chat over coffee!
December 9, 2024 at 5:51 PM
If you signed up for the Soil Carbon Research starter pack and are heading to #AGU2024, don’t miss our session on integrating microbial complexity to advance soil carbon predictions! 🦠🌍 Featuring invited speakers: Christina Kaiser, Jackie Weissman, Katie Rocci, and Will Wieder 🤩.
December 6, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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December 4, 2024 at 10:06 PM
I was honored to present the IPCC report and France’s specific climate situation today as part of the “Training in the Ecological Transition” for state executives at the Ministry of the Interior, alongside @pfriedling.bsky.social. Hope it inspires meaningful political action!
December 4, 2024 at 5:53 PM
📢 Add to your #AGU2024 schedule our 3 sessions on integrating microbial complexity to advance soil carbon predictions! 🦠🌍Invited speakers: Christina Kaiser, Jackie Weissman, Katie Rocci, Will Wieder 🤩. Co-conveners: @ultracricket.bsky.social, @hhollandmoritz.bsky.social, Gianna Marschmann, Jing Tao🙏
November 28, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Elsa Abs
📢New paper in ISME Journal: 7 years in the making spanning three affiliations. Really excited to present a trait analysis in populations.

Bacterial population-level trade-offs between drought tolerance and resource acquisition traits impact decomposition doi.org/10.1093/isme...
November 21, 2024 at 5:02 PM
So honoured to have had Professor Mike Hulme travel from Cambridge under the ❄️ to deliver his talk, "Climate Scientists as Analysts, Advisors, Advocates, or Activists: What’s the Difference and Does It Matter?" @lsce-ipsl.bsky.social

Catch the recording here: www.elsaabs.com/climate-action
November 21, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Elsa Abs
🇬🇧The new ERC project of our colleague Elsa Abs. the impact of soil microbes evolution on future terrestrial carbon stocks.
🇫🇷Le nouveau projet ERC de notre collègue Elsa Abs :l’impact de l’évolution des microbes du sol sur les futurs stocks de carbone terrestre.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeed...
Elsa Abs, ERC Starting Grant winner for her GAMEchange project
YouTube video by Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)
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November 13, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Finally on bluesky!
Talking about integration of microbial evolution into land surface models 🦠🌍

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
November 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM