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Mirjam Meischner @mm-ecophys.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just as my experimental plants 🌲 had a smooth start at @voltcenter.bsky.social this July, so did I ☺️. Now, it's time for both me and the plants to grow roots in our new environment and prepare for the upcoming experiments🥼.

Tree saplings (Pinus sylvestris) with root balls after delivery from tree nursery.

Close-up of the shoot of a Scots pine sapling. This year's generation of needles is developing.

Scots pine saplings are potted and in a green house.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Temperature and light responses of moss-associated nitrogen fixation vary across climates Yunyao Ma and Kathrin Rousk nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @voltcenter.bsky.social #PlantScience

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

‼️Job alert‼️ @voltcenter.bsky.social is looking for a #postdoc to conduct cutting-edge, hypothesis-driven research within the scientific area of VOLT, focusing on process understanding related to VOC exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. You can propose a research plan employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

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Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the Center for Volatile Interactions

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In our last VOLT-All meeting before the summer break, new Postdoc Yumeng gave an introductory talk about her interdisciplinary background, and her current research on moss-cyanobacteria symbiosis and terrestrial nitroplast evolution. Our talks and cakes will resume at the end of the summer! ☀️🍰

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This week started with the usual breakfast journal club, where @nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social presented and led a discussion on soil isoprene fluxes in the Amazon rain forest. You can read the paper here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Nasmille Larke-Mejía, PhD @nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A proud supervisor moment with @riikkarinnan.bsky.social: congratulations to Sophia Paatsch on an excellent MSc defense and well-deserved 12. Her thesis “Isoprene emissions and microbial consumption in Sphagnum under drought,” made valuable contributions to #uArctic_project. @voltcenter.bsky.social

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

At today's volt-all there was cake, and Neel's PhD status presentation on soil VOCs.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

How does forest dieback affect the atmosphere around it? A new study led by VOLT PhD Student @martacontreras.bsky.social has just been published, exploring the impact of snow gum dieback on VOC emissions: doi.org/10.1029/2025... We also made a short video to help illustrate this study.🌳☁️

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Snow Gum Dieback And VOC Emissions In The Australian Alps

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Congratulations, @lasseriemann.bsky.social ! Looking forward to great reads! 👏

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Today we got a fantastic update from PhD student Eve Galen on the results from last year's ocean campaign through the Atlantic-Arctic and 2 different phytoplankton blooms.

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Mingyue Yuan @mingyueyuan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Anyone going to #BIOGEOMON2026 next week in Umeå? Really excited to share our #moss work along a coastal dune gradient!🌱🏖️

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In today's VOLT-all meeting we learnt about a cool model moss system to study interactions between mosses and cyanobacteria. Thomas Ammitsøe reported exciting findings related to nitrogen cycling in the system. We look forward to hearing what volatile signals are exchanged between the organisms.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

@martacontreras.bsky.social gave a great update on vertical profile of VOC emissions from trees in tropical and savannah ecosystems in Yunnan, China.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The calm before the storm... It's pint of science week and @voltcenter.bsky.social took over night 2 with 3 fantastic talks on climate change and environmental consciousness #pint2026

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Kathrin Rousk @kathrinrousk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Join us in #Copenhagen 19th May KBH Huset to have a pint of…the wonderful world of #Moss, #VOCs and more! @voltcenter.bsky.social

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Meet Albert Egea Guevara, a visiting PhD student who has been working with a unique long-term dataset from a birch forest in Abisko, where he combines VOC measurements, carbon fluxes, machine learning, and ecosystem modelling. www.linkedin.com/posts/meet-t...

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Meet the scientists: Albert Egea Guevara (Predoctoral Researcher) | VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions

Meet Albert Egea Guevara, a visiting guest and predoctoral researcher at VOLT. He has been working with a unique long-term dataset from a birch forest in Abisko, where he combines VOC measurements, ca...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

7am start today: just picking some flasks and a cooler up from the lab in Copenhagen to take to Helsingør. Spend a morning sampling with Cecilia, Ane, and Ana!

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The week at @voltcenter.bsky.social started with an interesting discussion on soil organic carbon dynamics, led by postdoc Junyu Dong.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

VOLT at #EGU26: Cecilia Costas' talk Impact of phytoplankton blooms on marine VOCs emission. Mehrshad Foroughan, @sumansom.bsky.social, Eve Galen, Joseph Donald Martin, Ane Helberg, Simon Rohard, Klara Li Termansen, @riikkarinnan.bsky.social, and @lasseriemann.bsky.social Abstract: shorturl.at/zHFDq

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

VOLT at #EGU26: @kajsaroslund.bsky.social's talk: Volatile compounds in cave ecosystems and their roles in subterranean carbon cycling. Ana Sofia Reboleira, @kbodawatta.bsky.social, Luka Civa, Anders Sommer, @michaelpoulsenucph.bsky.social and @riikkarinnan.bsky.social Abstract: shorturl.at/rcVgA

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This week is quiet at VOLT with many members being away at #EGU2026, but interesting discussions over lunch go on. Yesterday PhD student Annika Engroff gave updates on her project #isoprene consumption in #Sphagnum palustre under warming.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today we have a special guest at our VOLT-all meeting: Mirjam Meischner, who will soon join us as a postdoc from July. She gave a very nice overview of her previous work at Freiburg on #VOC emissions from soils, roots and shoots of woody plant species, and revealed a bit of future plans at VOLT.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

At @voltcenter.bsky.social the week starts with journal club breakfast! MSCA postoc @zzwy.bsky.social presented and led a discusdion on small scale nitrogen cycling in biological soil crusts. You can read the paper here👇 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Breakfast and science at @voltcenter.bsky.social . This time, we had PhD student Neel presenting and leading a discussion on drought effects on soil #VOCs. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This year's Bio Conference is in full swing, and @voltcenter.bsky.social's @martacontreras.bsky.social's and Jonathan Donhauser's posters are getting a lot of attention!

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This week's journal club on global thresholds for plant water stress was presented and led by postdoc Hongliang Ma. You can read the paper below: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In today's lunchtime meeting at @voltcenter.bsky.social @kajsaroslund.bsky.social gave a super update on all the projects she has been working on: from caves in the south of Portugal, to remote Greenland!

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

In this week's journal club, instead of discussing a paper, we shared and discussed our experiences with publishing papers. What worked, what did not go so well, frustrations, tips and tricks! How has your publishing experience been so far?

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We at @voltcenter.bsky.social just held a very engaging mini symposium on polar biogeochemical cycles today. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

As per usual, VOLT-all meetings are fuelled by cake and good science. Here are a couple of pictures from a talk by @danilloalvarenga.bsky.social on #cyanobacterial #symbioses with #mosses and #lichens.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

@voltcenter.bsky.social's centre-wide fortnightly meetings always have exciting talks. Sometimes by VOLT members, sometimes by guests. This time, we had a brilliant, surprising and insightful talk by @lonegram.bsky.social on the role of #antibiotic molecules in #microbial #ecosystems.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Today @jrieksta.bsky.social and her cat joined our #VOC lunch meeting to talk about her work on bark VOC emissions.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Kolby Jardine from Berkeley is visiting @voltcenter.bsky.social for a year, so we invited him to share his research plans for his time here. He gave a great overview on coupled assimilation of ammonia and C1 volatiles by leaves under elevated CO2 using laser spectroscopy measurements.

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Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab @biosci.lbl.gov · 07/10/2024

Kolby Jardine is an EESA area researcher who also works with #TeamBioSci. Kolby's unique path has left him inspired about science and the environment with every destination along the way. eesa.lbl.gov/2024/09/03/kolby-jardi… @berkeleylab.bsky.social

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

'Science is at its best when guided by curiosity, intuition, and the courage to explore ideas that others might overlook.' In Profile: Kolby J. Jardine nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

Kolby Jardine, working on a laptop under a canvas canopy in a tropical forest.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

At @voltcenter.bsky.social we started the week with breakfast and discussions. Postdoc Wim Verbruggen introduced a cool paper on organizing principles in plant communities and how they can be used for ecosystem modeling: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nasmille Larke-Mejía, PhD @nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I made a little video to celebrate #internationalwomenandgirlsinscienceday #uArctic_project Watch the full video from @voltcenter.bsky.social here: youtu.be/E02l_bODeKQ?...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

VOLT is celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! In the video below, we highlight some of the many dedicated women at the centre who advance research on VOCs and ecology from across all career stages in Science as they share their work and perspectives. youtu.be/E02l_bODeKQ

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science at VOLT

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Today at the breakfast journal club @mingyueyuan.bsky.social presented an exciting paper about linking species traits with ecosystem functioning besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... (No picture was taken, so Jonathan Donhauser kindly sent in this piece of art depicting the discussion)

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Today we started off the week with updates from our postdoc Cecilia Costas Selas on the impact of #phytoplankton #blooms on #VOCs. This is from the #seawater samples she and Eve Galen collected during a bloom last year.

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Who said Mondays are tough? At VOLT we start our weeks with stimulating discussions over delicious breakfast. Today, postdoc Cecilia Costas presented and led a discussion on a paper about marine sulphur aerosols and their climate effects. You can read the paper here 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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VOLT Center @voltcenter.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

New year, new schedule for our @voltcenter.bsky.social- all meetings! We kickoff with a great presentation by Sana James on the dataset she has been working on: high monoterpenoid emissions from Scots pine litter controlled by moisture.

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