How big is the sjögull (Nymphoides peltata) invasion in 🇸🇪’s 3rd largest lake (Mälaren)? ~17 ⚽️ pitches. I got to see IRL this week the scope of the prob and learn from the folks who fight the spread. See my role slu.se/sjogull (fungi of course!)

How I published zero first-author papers during 2023: - All the data were already collected - 5 papers could have come from all that data - I read mostly manuscripts I am reviewing and student assignments - I write mostly emails

💥Postdoctoral stipend opportunity: Genomics of Heat Stress on Plant Reproductive Health💥 Come join us at SLU to find the genetic basis of heat tolerant reproductive traits - in wild woodland strawberries - for future plant breeding programs. slu.se/en/about-slu/w…

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Very cool, bees.

👏🏻 African swine fever virus (ASFV) eradicated from Sweden.

Makes me a bit sentimental. Despite all biological achievements of our time, modern fundamental Biology probably peaked in the 1900s and Dawkins is one of its last live prophets. I think Dawkins has made some defining ideological mistakes, like elevating naturalism to dogma

Forskare och lärare ska kunna fokusera på forskning och utbildning – inte administration. Vi måste göra upp med den new public management-sjuka som fortfarande finns inom akademin. svd.se/a/lwnoqL/utbil…

Great postdoc opportunity with Carolina Diller. 🌸🍓

My mother watched helplessly as her six sons were taken by ISIS to be executed—no mother should ever endure such horror. The following day, she, along with her sister, two nieces, and one nephew, were brutally murdered and buried together in a mass grave. A decade later, like so

The wonders of ecological succession. These 250 experimental raised beds (1.5x1.5m) were created in 1995 (below) and scrupulously weeded for the next 11 years, with every plant of every species counted and recorded. Weeding stopped at the end of 2006.

Risk Assessment of Psychrobacter, which putatively is the active bacterial ingredient in the biocontrol product Nemaslug. PUTATIVELY…

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I would consider staying on X if someone shows me how to mute all posts about overseas presidential elections. Elon Musk

I am grateful to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson SwedishPM and the Government of Sweden for their decision to provide another defense support package to Ukraine, valued at $445 million. This important assistance, including anti-aircraft systems, anti-tank weapons, and financial

🇪🇺 Mario Draghi presents his report on EU competitiveness. It’s the most straightforward and honest piece I’ve seen from the EU for a long time: ”Growth has been slowing down for a long time in Europe, but we ignored it… Our productivity is very weak… We need to close the

𝔄𝔤𝔫𝔲𝔰 𝔇𝔢𝔦, 𝔮𝔲𝔦 𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰 𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔞 𝔪𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔦.

Om vi inte gör något snart finnas det inga kor kvar i Sverige, och då kan ingen beta. Vill konsumenterna att kor ska få beta fritt måste de betala för det 🧵

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