Matthias C. Rillig

Professor (Ecology). Our lab at Freie Universität Berlin is interested in soil, global change, biodiversity, and fungi.

I'm also active on youtube, making videos on life in academia.

#PhdChat #PhdLife #PostdocLife #academia #SciComm

#ecology #soil #biodiversity #fungi #ClimateChange #GlobalChange #mycorrhiza #microplastics #EnvironmentalScience #pollution #SoilEcology #plants

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2024-10-31 09:26:44

In thirty years from now, what will people think about the way we did science in 2024?
What do you think?
#science #research #ai #generativeAI #robots #mind
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/in-thirty-years-from-now-what-will?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2024-10-03 17:12:15

Do invasive plant species profit from pollution with synthetic organic chemicals?
Learn why we think they might in our recent letter in New Phytologist. This idea will need to be tested, since this could be a very important effect, given the widespread nature of soil pollution.
#pollution #invasivespecies #environment #soil #plants
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20155

2024-07-30 14:07:45

This year saw a record number of large greenhouse experiments set up and harvested. Now the first results are rolling it. Very cool!
Most of them are on mycorrhiza, and on effects of global change on soils.
#mycorrhiza #soil #globalchange #climatechange #ecology #experiment
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/875/827/436/158/432/original/02338d13089d4ce3.jpg

2024-07-21 07:37:58

Super happy that my substack newsletter has just hit 1K subscribers!
Thanks to everyone for reading and interacting with the posts.
#ecology #environment #creativity #science #research
#newsletter
https://matthiasrillig.substack.com/

2024-07-06 09:05:20

ICYMI
My 10 best postdoc tips
What would you add?
#postdoc #phd #academia
https://youtu.be/lq3rEi2o3LY

2024-06-07 04:46:53

An interesting read in Nature
Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01587-3

2024-05-22 04:39:19

Happy International Biodiversity Day!
Most people (and evidently, AI) think that biodiversity is all above ground, where we can see it. Think again....most biodiversity is in the soil, and overwhelmingly microbial.
Pic: a set of soil saprobic fungi; we've worked on them for 10 yr
#biodiversity #BiodiversityDay
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2024-05-08 07:05:01

Even though rankings are best taken with a grain of salt, I am still happy to see that in 'research.com' I am at position 4 and 5 of scientists in Germany in the categories of Ecology and Evolution and Plant Science and Agronomy, respectively.
Ranking in the top 30 in the world in Plant Science/ Agronomy is also cool. 🎉
#ecology #plants #agronomy #research #science #environment
https://research.com/u/matthias-c-rillig

2024-05-08 07:05:01

2024-04-13 07:30:17

The importance of taking breaks when you're doing research
Remember that your passion doesn't protect you from burnout and mental exhaustion
#mentalhealth #burnout #science #research #creativity
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/the-importance-of-taking-breaks-when?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2024-03-27 15:34:34

Interested in joining our lab in Berlin as a postdoc for work on soil biodiversity, global change, mycorrhiza, fungal ecology?
Departmental fellowship, deadline May 31.
#soil #biodiversity
https://www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/forschung/rising-star/index.html

2024-03-24 06:11:12

icymi
Writing a great research statement for a faculty application or similar occasion
Video has now been watched over 5 thousand times.
#phdlife #AcademicChatter #phd #faculty #academia
https://youtu.be/CxNtGdth6po

2024-03-19 15:59:25

Final version published
Han et al.
Microplastics alter soil structure and microbial community composition
#microplastic #soil #pollution #environment
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024000941

2024-03-14 08:43:26

Some technical terms in ecology also have every-day meaning. That is not always helpful for communication.
Here I write about the term “community” in ecology.
Curious about your thoughts on this topic...let me know in the comments...
#ecology #communication #sciencecommunication #scicomm
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/about-the-word-community-in-community?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2024-03-13 08:49:22

New paper out:
Clarifying the definition of common mycorrhizal networks
(open access)
#mycorrhiza #fungi #soil #ecology
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14545
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2024-02-19 04:51:25

Paper just accepted:
How widespread use of generative AI for images and video can affect the environment and the science of ecology
Will share open-access link to paper asap.
#ai #generativeAI #aiImages

2024-02-01 10:02:11

My newsletter this week is on pseudoreplication, and how to avoid it.
#ecology #science #research #experiment
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/pseudoreplication-in-ecological-research?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2024-01-25 07:24:00

In my new video I explain why you should accept your first job offer (with the one exception I mention at the end).
#academia #faculty #jobs
https://youtu.be/bI4zNZEPTFs?si=-OvMSXlUGVasKuLO

2024-01-06 17:07:36

New paper out:
Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe
Banerjee et al w/ Marcel van der Heijden & others
#fungi #soi #biodiversity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44073-6

2023-12-02 19:08:01

What does a fungal mycelium inside of a solid substrate actually look like in 3 dimensions?
We don't know.
Need ideas for a solid substrate that is translucent and in which a fungal mycelium can develop.
Got any ideas?
#fungus #fungi #mycology
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2023-10-26 13:13:55

The latest newsletter is online: how does creativity enter into the scientific process.
It's not just ideas for experiments....
#science #creativity #research
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthiasrillig/p/how-can-creativity-enter-into-the?r=1yu2t7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web