RilligLab

RilligLab We are a research lab at the Institute of Biology at Freie Universität Berlin with a focus on soil ecology, fungi and global change.

Our lab is part of the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB).

The pivot penalty, and why it isn't career advice:
03/07/2025

The pivot penalty, and why it isn't career advice:

Comment on a recent (very excellent) paper in Nature and how it might be misinterpreted....

Are the outcomes of faculty searches fair?If you're applying for jobs, watch this video!
27/02/2025

Are the outcomes of faculty searches fair?

If you're applying for jobs, watch this video!

Sometimes it seems that the outcomes of faculty searchers are not fair. But do you have all the information? In this video I unpack this complex topic, based...

New video out about the fit to the department during a faculty interview.
13/02/2025

New video out about the fit to the department during a faculty interview.

A central aspect of any faculty search is to figure out how a new colleague would fit into the department. This video covers quite a lot of points on how to ...

Join me on another winter soil ecology walk. No, soil and air temperature are not the same... :)Please consider subscrib...
12/02/2025

Join me on another winter soil ecology walk. No, soil and air temperature are not the same... :)

Please consider subscribing if you want more soil ecology walks!

Soil ecology walk #4 This soil ecology walk I take a trip to a nearby weather station and explain how soil and air temperature aren't the same at all. This h...

Soil ecology walk #2 is online. Join me on this short stroll through a snow-covered Berlin, when I explain the differen...
01/02/2025

Soil ecology walk #2 is online.

Join me on this short stroll through a snow-covered Berlin, when I explain the difference between necromass and biomass and why this is important.

Soil ecology walk #2 Join me on this short stroll through wintery Berlin, where I explain the difference between biomass and necromass, and why this is impor...

Alternative careers for postdocs and PhD students: overcoming academia as the 'default'
30/01/2025

Alternative careers for postdocs and PhD students: overcoming academia as the 'default'

For a long time, academia has been the default career choice for postdocs and PhD students, but it seems this is slowly changing. Here, I talk about why this...

How to initiate research collaborations (aka how to write that first email message...)
16/01/2025

How to initiate research collaborations (aka how to write that first email message...)

How do you make contact with a potential collaborator? Sending such cold emails to somebody you don't know is tricky. Here are four points to keep in mind be...

This week’s newsletter talks about why science is so hard, or at least one reason….this was something I struggled with a...
16/01/2025

This week’s newsletter talks about why science is so hard, or at least one reason….this was something I struggled with at the beginning of my PhD.

I wonder if other people feel or felt the same way? Let me know….

And how to cope (at least with this one particular aspect)

Interested in going on a short walk with me? in this soil ecology walk, my first video with this format, I talk about so...
15/01/2025

Interested in going on a short walk with me? in this soil ecology walk, my first video with this format, I talk about soil fungi and their role in decomposition.

Soil ecology walk #1.This soil ecology walk deals with decomposition and the special role of fungi in this important process.Script:Decomposition is an extre...

In case you missed it: an overview of the awesome life in the soil:
14/01/2025

In case you missed it: an overview of the awesome life in the soil:

Life in the Soil: Unveiling the Secrets of Soil BiodiversityWelcome to "Life in the Soil," a captivating journey into the unseen world of soil biodiversity. ...

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