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🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology.
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doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology.
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doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications
Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...
doi.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Take and read :) with @michalfilipiak.bsky.social from our Institute :)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications
Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Take and read :) with @michalfilipiak.bsky.social from our Institute :)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Welcome!
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Welcome!
Paper alert!
New #microbiome paper from our lab @ioes-ju.bsky.social! Unexpected host associations for Bartonellaceae - a bacterial family primarily known as mammalian pathogens. Striking #symbiont evolutionary trajectories, exemplified by a highly reduced, 158kb genome with no nutrient biosynthetic capacity!
Ma, @annamichalik.bsky.social, Deng, Hu & @sympiotr.bsky.social discover the presence of Bartonellaceae bacteria in planthoppers, broadening the host spectrum of nonpathogenic Bartonellaceae.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf216
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf216
#genome #evolution
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Paper alert!
Congratulations @ewachrostek.bsky.social from our Institute!
Thrilled to announce our new "Nutri-Wolbachia" project! 🔬 We're exploring how insect diet & metabolism influence Wolbachia's power against viruses. Huge thanks to the National Science Centre for funding & to the reviewers who helped! #Wolbachia #Science #VirusControl #NCN @ioes-ju.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Congratulations @ewachrostek.bsky.social from our Institute!
Take and read :) with Marcin Czarnoleski from our Institute
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Take and read :) with Marcin Czarnoleski from our Institute
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
Article alert:) with Anna Łabęcka from our Institute!
new publication:
Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe - Ambio
Most freshwater mussels (FM) in Europe have dramatically declined and are now facing extinction due to human disturbances. Given the recent EU initiatives to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems,...
link.springer.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Article alert:) with Anna Łabęcka from our Institute!
Article alert! with @sympiotr.bsky.social from our Institute. Symbiotic solutions for colony nutrition: Conserved nitrogen recycling within the bacterial pouch of Tetraponera ants | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Symbiotic solutions for colony nutrition: Conserved nitrogen recycling within the bacterial pouch of Tetraponera ants | PNAS
While microbial symbioses are fundamental to the nutrition of many animal groups, current paradigms focus on symbiont functions at the host individ...
www.pnas.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Article alert! with @sympiotr.bsky.social from our Institute. Symbiotic solutions for colony nutrition: Conserved nitrogen recycling within the bacterial pouch of Tetraponera ants | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The assessment on conservation potential of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) was recently published by IUCN. Dr hab. Izabela Wierzbowska, prof. UJ, and MSc Ekaterina Rostovskaya from our Institute took part in the assessment of wildcat status.
www.iucnredlist.org/species/1810...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/1810...
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The assessment on conservation potential of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) was recently published by IUCN. Dr hab. Izabela Wierzbowska, prof. UJ, and MSc Ekaterina Rostovskaya from our Institute took part in the assessment of wildcat status.
www.iucnredlist.org/species/1810...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/1810...
Welcome!
October 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Welcome!
Welcome!
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Welcome!
All welcome! We are starting this week!
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
All welcome! We are starting this week!
Take and read :)
Our recent paper looks at location-scale interfaces in comparative data. But predicting variance in variance extends much further - if you still have not have a look here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... (another recent paper in @globalchangebio.bsky.social). We show how extending the idea
Location‐Scale Meta‐Analysis and Meta‐Regression as a Tool to Capture Large‐Scale Changes in Biological and Methodological Heterogeneity: A Spotlight on Heteroscedasticity
Meta-analyses are widely used to understand how species and ecosystems respond to global change, but most assume that variability among studies is constant. This assumption can hide important biologi....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Take and read :)
Zapraszamy!
September 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Zapraszamy!
JOB alert!
We are seeking candidates for the position of Research Assistant within the project “Understanding pesticide-Pollinator interactions to support EU Environmental Risk Assessment and policy”. Link and details below.
We are seeking candidates for the position of Research Assistant within the project “Understanding pesticide-Pollinator interactions to support EU Environmental Risk Assessment and policy”. Link and details below.
September 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
JOB alert!
We are seeking candidates for the position of Research Assistant within the project “Understanding pesticide-Pollinator interactions to support EU Environmental Risk Assessment and policy”. Link and details below.
We are seeking candidates for the position of Research Assistant within the project “Understanding pesticide-Pollinator interactions to support EU Environmental Risk Assessment and policy”. Link and details below.
Congratulations Junchen Deng! Fantastic PhD defence!
Congratulation also to the supervisor form our Institute @sympiotr.bsky.social
Congratulation also to the supervisor form our Institute @sympiotr.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Congratulations Junchen Deng! Fantastic PhD defence!
Congratulation also to the supervisor form our Institute @sympiotr.bsky.social
Congratulation also to the supervisor form our Institute @sympiotr.bsky.social
Tropical Ecology Field Course :)
August 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Tropical Ecology Field Course :)
For almost 20 years, the Jagiellonian University has been organising a tropical ecology field course for its students. We started in Venezuela and now the courses take place alternately in Borneo and Costa Rica.
August 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For almost 20 years, the Jagiellonian University has been organising a tropical ecology field course for its students. We started in Venezuela and now the courses take place alternately in Borneo and Costa Rica.
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A new paper by our team @ioes-ju.bsky.social just published in J Invert Pathol @jinvertpathol.bsky.social!
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A new paper by our team @ioes-ju.bsky.social just published in J Invert Pathol @jinvertpathol.bsky.social!
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
Anna Maria Łabęcka, together with numerous European freshwater bivalve researchers, has developed a comprehensive atlas of freshwater bivalve distribution in the Western Palearctic!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Anna Maria Łabęcka, together with numerous European freshwater bivalve researchers, has developed a comprehensive atlas of freshwater bivalve distribution in the Western Palearctic!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Krystian Budzik studiował Biologię - PERSPEKTYWicznY kierunek!
Krystian właśnie obronił pracę licencjacką pt. “Identification, ontogenetic and tissue expression profile of Toll-like receptors (TLR) in the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)”
Krystian właśnie obronił pracę licencjacką pt. “Identification, ontogenetic and tissue expression profile of Toll-like receptors (TLR) in the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)”
July 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Krystian Budzik studiował Biologię - PERSPEKTYWicznY kierunek!
Krystian właśnie obronił pracę licencjacką pt. “Identification, ontogenetic and tissue expression profile of Toll-like receptors (TLR) in the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)”
Krystian właśnie obronił pracę licencjacką pt. “Identification, ontogenetic and tissue expression profile of Toll-like receptors (TLR) in the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)”
The "Mayday, plastic threat!" project implemented by the Socio-Environmental Research Team is coming to an end, so below we present you the latest posters produced as part of the project.
July 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The "Mayday, plastic threat!" project implemented by the Socio-Environmental Research Team is coming to an end, so below we present you the latest posters produced as part of the project.