Get your stable isotope analysis for free! Current call for projects is open until end of April! * You are an early career researcher and interested in the application of stable isotopes? * You have a new idea that you want to test? * You need preliminary data for a research proposal? * You want to get a first proof of a concept? * You need some supporting data for a publication? The Bayreuth Center of Stable Isotope Research in Ecology and Biogeochemistry (BayCenSI) offers innovative and sophisticated stable isotope analytics to local, national, and international researchers. Financial support will include: * Development, preparation, and interpretation of results. * Up to 120 samples/analysis per project. * 6-10 projects per year. * Not for travel, hotel, and subsistence expenses! Application procedure: * Call for proposals are open until 30 of April * Submission of an abstract explaining the isotope project Apply: https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/CenSI-steppingstones/

Get your stable isotope analysis for free! Current call for projects is open until end of April!
* Up to 120 samples/analysis per project.
Application is easy:
* Call is open until April, 30th
* Submit an abstract explaining your isotope project here:
www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/CenSI-steppi...

Breeding effects on the root-associated microbiome of Zea mays L. are linked to plant-induced variation in soil water potentials Abstract. Modern crop varieties may exert reduced influence on their microbiome compared to their progenitors, as plant-microbe interactions were not targe

🤩 Now out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Comms!

#NicolasTyborski and our wonderful #Rhizotraits team unravel how old landraces and modern varieties of maize distinctly modulate their #rhizosphere #microbiomes under drought via soil water potentials!
🌽🥵🦠
Thanks to #BayCEER #Rhizo4Bio #bmftr_bund

Most inspiring spring meeting of our #BMFTR @bonares.bsky.social funded #Rhizotraits project in Raitenhaslach Monastery of @tum.de ⛪️ Thanks to all colleagues of @bayceer.bsky.social, #LfL … for fruitful discussions 🌽👍🏼

I am very excited to contribute to this brand new programme and soon meet the first generation of young ecological forecasters here at #UBT!

@ecoforecast.bsky.social

Conceptual graphic of the project aims. Depicted is a schematic of the root economics space (RES) with added exudation traits (Work Package 1: integrating exudates into the root economics space). The lower, brown-colored half of the background shows labels such as soil nutrients, soil pH, and soil moisture, with arrows (effects) pointing toward the RES (Work Package 2: environmental filtering of exudation strategies). The upper, green-colored half shows labels such as productivity, carbon cycling, greenhouse gas, and nutrient cycling, with arrows (effects) pointing from the RES toward this area (Work Package 3: effects of exudation strategies on ecosystem functions). Pictograms of a cow, a tractor, and a fertilizer bag signify land-use effects that mediate these interactions.

We are searching for a PhD student!

Are you curious and excited to unravel how #root #exudation varies between species, how this relates to the root economics space and if and how it explains ecosystem functioning and species distribution in #grasslands?

The project will be co-supervised by Maire Holz and myself @zalf.bsky.social as part of @bexplo.bsky.social.

You will spend time in the greenhouse and the lab as well as in data synthesis and conceptual thinking.

jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/a...

Serious shortcomings in racism research in Germany Racism shapes key areas of society – from housing and work to health and education. Nevertheless, scientific engagement with this topic has so far been insufficiently anchored in German institutions. This is shown in a new report by the Knowledge Network for Racism Research (WinRa), with the participation of Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma from the University of Bayreuth.

Serious shortcomings in racism research in Germany
www.uni-bayreuth.de/Presse-R...
#WinRa #Rassismus #UniBayreuth #Forschung #UBT

Join us at #EGU26 in Vienna for our session SSS4.2 on microbial physiology, co-organized with @jpausch.bsky.social and @aguilart.bsky.social, featuring @edithhammer.bsky.social as Invited Speaker - meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
Deadline for abstract submissions is 15th of January.

Calling all #rootexudate enthusiasts!
Join our @egubg.bsky.social session (with Taryn Bauerle, @melaniebrunn.bsky.social, Maire Holz & Sami Ullah) at the @egu.eu 2026 General Assembly on exudate composition, function & persistence.
Submit by 15 Jan meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

Die BayPilz @unibayreuth.bsky.social @bayceer.bsky.social im #ÖBG ist erfolgreich gestartet! 🤩 Heute und morgen gibt es jede Menge #Pilze zu bestaunen, die von Geschichte, Bibliothek, Vorträgen, Workshops und Kinderprogramm begleitet werden.

🌿 Great energy at the 17th BayCEER Workshop 2025! 🌿

A day of sharing research, ideas, and inspiration across ecology and environmental sciences.

www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/ws2025/

#BayCEER #Workshop #Ecology

@unibayreuth.bsky.social
@luederslab.bsky.social

Cup Plant Outperforms Silage Maize as a Sustainable Bioenergy Crop The cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) offers an ecologically advantageous alternative to silage maize for bioenergy production. This is the conclusion of a multi-year comparative study conducted by res...

Cup Plant: A Greener Bioenergy Choice

A BayCEER study shows Silphium perfoliatum outperforms maize, with more biomass, up to 99% less nitrate leaching, and strong drought resilience. 🌱

👉 Curious to learn more? www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-rel...

@khatababdalla.bsky.social @jpausch.bsky.social

Amazing start of the week in 🇩🇪!

Bayreuth Stable Isotope Summer School (BaySISS).

@alexfrank.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social @bayceer.bsky.social

🍄 Die 2. Bayreuther Pilztage stehen vor der Tür!

Am 11. & 12. Oktober im Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten.
Pilze entdecken bei Ausstellungen, Führungen & Workshops 🧺

📍 Eintritt frei – Anmeldung bis 6.10. bei VHS Bayreuth
👉 www.obg.uni-bayreuth.de/de/veranstal...

👉 www.vhs-bayreuth.de/index.php?id...