Finally, we published our work on microplastics, AMF and drought effects on plant and soil Soil Ecology Letters: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Many thanks to Linshan Feng, Eva Leifheit, Matthias C. Rillig and Joana Bergmann for the great teamwork. #microplastic #plasticpollution #mycorrhiza #fungi

Hooray! It's finally online!

German Federal Council approved the ban of certain oxo-degradabale single-use plastics from next year on

Interesting results from the MicBin project: water power-plants remove up to 290 tons of #plastic per year from rivers in bavarian Danube river basin bmbf-plastik.de/en/joint-proje…

Interesting position at ProcterGamble in Brussels: They are looking for someone with expertise in biodegradation.

From the very bottom to the very top... we pollute our planet with #plastic

A 6-year research effort solved the mystery of dying salmon in U.S. Northwest rivers: 6PPD-quinone is used to protect #tires from ozone; it leaches out of tire particles, washes off pavement and into streams; seems to be highly lethal to coho salmon sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/c…

Hey, female soil scientists! If you would like to be more involved as keynote speaker, editor, reviewer or in grant funding panels, you should sign up for Franciska de Vries' list of women in #soil science! None of my female co-workers are listed so far... So, go for it!

Check out this job ad! Looks like a very cool opportunity.

Excited to have this perspective paper on #AMF and #microplastic just accepted! "Potential effects of microplastic on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi". Frontiers in Plant Science (in press) frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… I will share full open access link once available

Full open access link now available: Potential Effects of Microplastic on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2…

Just accepted: "Tire abrasion particles negatively affect plant growth even at low concentrations and alter soil biogeochemical cycling" in Soil Ecology Letters

How did you start your day? Smiling? Stressed? Emotions are contagious and you can decide to be the one today to increase happiness in people around you 🤗🤓😁 says Dr. Laurie Santos from the Hapiness Lab. Cool episode 'Make 'Em Laugh' pushkin.fm

Two days left to apply for our fab postdoc position on the toxicity of nano- and #microplastics! Fun project with Andy Booth, Dr. Amy Lusher, Julien Gigault and many more! jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Within the last 4 days I received 3 invitations to review a paper. I am wondering how we will deal with the ever increasing number of publications (and reviews to do). How many reviews do you usually do (per week/month/year)? I am curious about your answers 🙂

Quite happy that my new experiment on #AMF and #decomposition is running now in our climate chamber 🙂

Die Aufgabe unseres Jugend-Fotowettbewerbs: Die Welt aus der Perspektive eines #Mikroplastik-Partikels fotografieren. Es warten tolle Preise auf die Gewinner*innen. Teilnahmefrist bis 10. März verlängert! bmbf-plastik.de/de/fotowettbew… Plastics team, Ecologic Institute BMBF #fotowettbewerb

Aufgepasst junge Leute zwischen 12 und 17! Bis zum 7.3. könnt Ihr an diesem tollen Fotowettbewerb noch teilnehmen #Mikroplastik

A few years ago I started to create a bee-friendly balcony. Enjoyed my bee hunt today 😎

Our paper „Fungal traits help to understand the decomposition of simple and complex plant litter“ is out in FEMS Microbiology Ecology track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=a4…